NOTES ON THE RACING

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1654, 22 January 1913, Page 9

NOTES ON THE RACING

'■■•:.-..': Fine-but muggy, weather whs 'experi- ; .euoecl'for thD opening day of tlie/Foxto'n meeting. . iV :record crowd turned -out to' V : witness the racing', which was full of. in- •. terest; . The Cup was' a,;.|good : vaco' tho. .(■■- whole .way,: and was -won by : Mr. ..F.^'S... ;. Eastoh's' lady '.' .Mdutoa,.'; -who' 'SurpnMd ; everybody": by : sticking • well' to . her- task : : ; aiter being prnotically in.front the:whole •' .way,''- Stipendiary 'Stewards M'llahon,and '■;'->::'■ Gotdpniwevß (in: ; attendance, .and.-.had-'■':-.■"'■several.'jockeys before", theni ■'for^^"various ■; r niirWrioffences. ''-,JV;>. ■'':'; -y;'"--- : \ : ;;'' v ■'~''':'--They'■ wer9', a r very' ! poor lot iii the Hack ' .. Hurdles,, -and 'the; public-selected: Eiya '."■•' (ridden by! I'.' Cress ) 'as -the. most .likely. ■■'■■ 'to wihiillo was soon .in front,-' but Ngqto v.- -was keeping 'him company., as ihey 'raced ■i" ; ito the wcond fence, iwlieroi-Kolp fell, and -.'W.'Porter received a severe .shaking.:.: At. ■'•• tho';seven-furlong, post,'.•! Serenity' 'and' v ; KhufsfQrddisplaced Eiyal: but; the Tren-thaiu.'-'getdliig.-was -only there on'', siiffpr-, ■ :"'■'■ anee, ■ and,■■acros's't.ho bottom,';Eiya'ngjain : Headed 'him,\ but .-.could .rnako .no impress. ■'"./.' sionou:Serenity,' who won very coin- -.''. fprtably." ; 'Whimper finished,fast', and got -~'■ second place. .Nkote-arid.Eexer .were the' : v next to finish. '.The. winner was -making .. .' -his -first -appearance ,over fences," and '; , gives'prtmisa of being'decidedly: useful. '.'.'■': His. jumping left a lot to bo desired, but ,; racing will improve, this. The stewards reprimanded .P:- Cress (ridef 'of Eiya)'.for >: ' not reporting A. cross by. Knutstord at '•"'■'.-'; thOjypri.'.'furlorigs. :■'■ ■.-., :;.'.. .'::.

.-"■. Heather: (with ..Oliver ..in tho saddle) was niado''favourite in the Electrio Hack Handicap,, and,-after, getting out first, led all the way, l • -Expect was running'in third place down 'the back wlwn Simple Sum cut across : him and sent him back. Waitofo came:fast oh the bond,'and headed Simple Sam,'after: which he'was joined by General Madera. , fho ,, plnc< l d horses and Expect fonjrht. out a good finish, but had no cluinco of reaching. Ileatlier,, who wotii'comfortably.. The.!stewards ; had Vf. Bell (rider lladero)' and L. Nodder:(rider."of Simple Sam) up for crossing Expect. After hearing the evidence of . tho ;ljoys concerned), a caution: was administered. -. : -

'I'horo was a liiix-up at the-sfnrt for tlio Cup. ■ Oliver, ■ on Kill,, was .oycr-arixious, with .tho result.that the niaro caught, th« tapes in Irer mouth and reared up in tho air, unseating her rider, whoihad his ankle, injurod.■•VJioiiriy Bay' then ran into hor. and tho pair wero loft' fit. tho post. Lady Motitoa' soon teoki up the role of pacoinnko'r, and' led from 'Montreal and Koyni Dragoon, 'vrithf. llannwakaha. and Ngatiinn.ru next. Down the ": back 'llontrt'al waspulling double, hut Dcelry would not allow her to take charge. Lady Mmitoa led round the home turn, where llanawakaha and N'galiiuaru challenged.

The; last-named was soon done with, but Manawakaha stuck well 10, his ■ task, and only failed to reach Lady Moutoa'by a head. -The winner was well handled by M. M'Doiinld, and, afler tlio race, he was Presented with tho gold-mounted whip onated.by Mr. L. Freeman. Eoyal Dragoon, who was left standing at tho pest, .finished very fast in- third place. \ Tho field in the' Trial Stakes was numerically strong, but tho class... was weak. Aviator, tho property-of Mr. E. A. M'Donald, is a good-looking horse with pace, but ho is not nearly ready. Ladify ■via the only two-year-old in the field, and, with ' Deelcy- "in the saddle, she was fancied, but got'a bad run,.and was out of at tho finish. Operation was in - command' till, well into the straight, when' Portraiture, who' had been lying handy, came on and won nicely. The winner-is ft full-brother to Aberbrothock, and is owned by Mr. D. Buick, M.P. . Patronymic, who came with a great reputation from. Hawera, scored i"n tho Hack' Welter Handicap, with the Hast-ings-trained 'Haiitu in second place. An outsider—Bororiia—landed the Flying Handicap from Merton, the favourite, Herinia, being'third.' ';•. ■ \ '■■ Tree Lucerne and Eocene were the dividend payers in the Dash Handicap, and ;the concluding event went .to ! Katun, .with '■': Coromandcl clcse.up. - •' ' ■r;- : : ; Z ."','■. :'. ;;': ; .; Jan". E.C. Annual/ , Jan.: 22,. 23, and 25-Wellington R.C. - . Summer.:, ;■■•- ./•, ■■•: Jan, 22 and 23—Gore R.C. Summer. Jan? .29 and Feb. ,: J.C. Summer.-'..''.. :,- ■ .':'■. '' '■ Feb. I—Canterbury J.C. Summer. , Feb. sand'G-:Egmbnt R.C. Summer/.' Febii fr-To'iKuiti 'Annual. \ •■■•'' Feb. 6 and Tr-Poverty Bay T.C. Summer. Feb..l 2 and,l3-Taranaki J.C..Autumn.'.; Feb. 13 and H-Gisborno:"R.C." Feb. ; 19" and District ■ J.C.' •./■'/Autumn*. ■ •,'■'. ... : V ',:'.•"•'••.' Feb. 19j 20, and 22—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Feb.'2l and 22-Thames J.C. Annual. ■■■■ Feb. 27 'and 'March. i-Wangamn . J.C. ••■'• Autumn. '■"■•'■ "'■/ ; .' ",■ »"'■' -, ■•"'■ •',•'... ■March'-12-and' 13-Nelson J.C. Annual.