TURF-TOPICS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 121, 9 February 1940, Page 8

TURF-TOPICS

THE ROTORUA MEETING SOLID ACCEPTANCES FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW (By Zetland) The acceptances received for the Rotorua Annual Meeting are very satisfactory, both in regard to number and quality of the entrants. The newly formed course, Avith left-hand ed going, will tend towards the success of the fixture, as it will make for keen contests. 12.15: POHUTU HIGH-WEIGHT Of £200; 1 mile and 160 yards Haile Boy 10.8, Midland 10.6, Star bright 10.4, Vitement 9.10, Australian Star 9.5, Orient DaAvn, Erination 9.2, Royal Huntress, Diversity Norse Lady, Flashing Spear, Wapaugh, Stokowski, Floodlight, Advance Acre, Simint 9.0. There are 3 6 acceptors for this race, thus forming a puzzle at the outset for turf patrons. Among the acceptors is New Zealand's best hurd les performer, who carried .13.5 at Ellcrslie last week, while on this occasion he is at 9.2, being conceded weight by lesser lights in Haile Boy, Midland, Starbrj&W. V.itamcnf and Australian Star. The favourite division is likely to comprise Starbright Erination Midland 12.55: WAIMANGU STAKES Of £160; weight for age; 6 fur Vaalsmae, British Isles, Herbage, Spats, Pleuron, Loch Acre, Ventre a Terrc, Expellant 9.0, Bronze Star, Misora, Miss Ridicule. Fine Lady Princess Lu 8.11, Surtoy, Glenbevan Merry Vaals, Augment, Captain Bell Golden Tom, Commemoration 8.7, Douglas Hyde 8.0; Twenty-one maiden hacks arc listed, and among those well fancied may be Merry Vaals Miss Ridicule Pleuron

1.35: MOKOIA HACK HANDICAP Sweepstakes of £2 each, with £180 added. Six fur. Sir Robin 9.0, Penzance. Spearford, Kenneth Robert 8.12, Town Section 8.8. Valerian 8.7, Silver Cloud 8.6, Pasture 8.5, Sir Tommy Hunter'ls Rose 8.4, Trig Station 8.3 Little Ruse 8.2, Bronze Emerald 7.9 Gazeful 7.8,. Herbage 7.7. This event will be contested byseveral of the best hacks now in commission. Hifh in the estimation of investors may be Penzance Hunter's Rose Sir Robin 2.20: ROTORUA CUP Of £500 and Gold Cup value £50. One mile and a quarter and 180 yds. King Rej r 9.0. Lady Montana 8.7, Jack Tar 8.4, Namara 8.0, Te Hai 7.12, The Cardinal 7.9, Brazilian 7.8, Kena, Saccone 7.(5, Cornish 7.4 Scotland, Greek Queen 7.2, Kiiick. Calorie, Raceline 7.0. With 15 in the Rotorua Cup, to be irun over a mile and a quarter, nlus 180 yards., investors will have a wide choice of competitors. Jack Ta", on Ill's Matamata Cup running will be fancied; Lady Montana, a good performer in the Wellington district is ay;ell up to her weight 8.7: Te Hai is a solid fighter in a hard finish: The Cardinal, assessed earlier in the season as a coming champion down in the weights to 7.9; Cornish 7.7 will be galloping in his best field to date, as also will Greek Queen, while Erlick, if able to repeat his Matamata Cup gallop should again fight out a brilliant finish. Totalisator figures may point to the probabilities of Jack Tar Cornish Brazilian

3.0: HOT SPRINGS HANDICAP Of £105; G fiir. Hunter's Rose 8.7, Trig Station 8.0, Little Ruse 8.5, Estro, Ngawiri 8.1, Aero Queen, Ivakarere 7.12, Gaze ful, Merry Vaals 7.11. Fairfield, Lady Acushla, Acre Man, Valrua 7.7. These entrants are of a very even quality, even if not grading top marks. The public may sum up for Hunter's Rose Ngawiri Merry Vaals 3.45: GEYSER HACK HANDICAP Of £185; One mile and 160 yds May Song, White Rajah 9.0, Mio Fratollo 8.9, Ivaspian, Starbright 8.7, Town Section 8.5, First Gold Money 8.2, Raepata, Agog 7.10, Hunt ing Bee, N T 3 r ola, Surtoy, Karatoki 7.7 Run over a mile and 160 yard& the Geyser Hack Handicap should be quite an interesting race. Ineluded in the contestants will be the recent winners First Gold Money and Town Section, while May Song and Ivaspian ran into places at Thames and Matamata respectivelj'. Those likely to be highly assessed are First Gold Money May Song Town Section 4.30: ARAWA PARK STAKES Of £165; Five furlongs and a half Sir Lvsander 9.5, Heroic Maid 9.0 Phil Vaals 8.6, Fairfield 8.0, Fabian Lord Waitangi, Valsome 7.11. Lady Bloater 7.5, Paymaster, Bronze Bird Surpai, Gold Money Song, Silveyor, Gay Widow 7.0. This dash over five, and a half furlongs, will bring out quite a nuin ber of speedy gallopers. Under this heading may be included Sir Lysander. Heroic Maid, Phil Vaals, Gold Money Song, Paymaster, Fairfield and Bronze Bird. Strong fancics may include Phil Vaals Sir Lysander Silveyor 5.15: TOURIST HANDICAP Of £300; six fur. Farland 9.7, Lornacre 8.11, Sunola 8.4, Corato 8.0, Tosh 7.12, Trilliarch 7.10, Valimeen, Gamos 7.9. Konneta, Anion, Noitaro 7.8, Aero King, Gappy, Penzance 7.7. Saturday's racing will conclude with the Tourist Handicap, of sixfurlongs, and the most popular trio with backers may be Farland Sunola Trilliarch. RE II ANI>ICAPS DECLARED The following rehandicaps for the first day of the Rotorua 'Racing Club's Annual Meeting on Saturday have been declared by Mr F. J. McManemin: — Mokoia Hack Handicap: Town Sec tion, 71b, making 9.1. Geyser Hack Handicap: Town Section, 71b, making 8.12. Rotorua Cup: Erlick, 131b making 7.13. Eastern Heir, 7.0, is an acceptor for the Rotorua Cup and Panthiest, 8.3, for the Arawa Park Stakes. Calorie, whose name appeared in the list of acceptors,, is not engaged in the Rotorua Cup.