NAPIER MEETING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 139, 8 March 1920, Page 8

NAPIER MEETING

LINGERIE WINS BIG EVENT. By Telegraph—Sjccial Correspondent. Napier, March G. There was again ideal weather for the concluding day of the Napier Park Autumn Meeting. The attendance was very large. The machine handled .£37,561, as against .£24,883 on the second day of tlia previous • Autumn meeting. The total for the meeting was i,' 65,175, an increase, of .£17,232 over lost year's figures. Th» money invested on tho last race was a record for the course.'

Strangeways was withdrawn from the Hack Hurdles, and All Talk, on whom E. Thompson was given the mount, was made a warm favourite. Lady Penza led for half a mile, when Sensitive and All Talk took charge and loft the field. The favourite was always going the best, and won, caa'ng up, by a couple of lengths. Zeus was lialf-a-dozen 'lengths away in third place, and theu'eamo Ore Ore. Wishful shaped badly, and could not go' the pace set. Lord Astolat, Wawata, and'Molyneux declined their engagements in the Telegraph Handicap, and favouritism wns divided between Early Dawn and Hepta. The former got a bad passage, and. spoilt her chances, while Hepta -vnd Import began smartly, and were clear of H'fte field entering tha straight. Hepta finished the best, and won by two lengths, while Heathermoon, with a late run on the fence, cut Import out of .second, place. Peis : an King was fourth. Gazique was the only withdrawal from the ll'Vay Memorial Handicap, 4 tho bracketed pair Maioha 'and Lingerie" being made favourite, with Bonnie Maid, Lovematch, and Punka all well backed. Hookah set a very fast paco, and led tho field into the straight, but. then Maioha. who had always been handy, took charge. He wns immediately joined by Lingerie, and she soon had the' position in 'safe keeping. Over the last 100 yards Goidshine and Punka got up and headed the others, but could not reach the black, maie, who won'by a length. Lovomatch and Bonnie Maid were close up. With the :> ?cratching of Delight, favouritism in tho'-Kuao Handicap rested with Caricature, who was much better backed j than Tigrinia "and Little ■lliver. The two former soon! showed '.out, and ran together to the straight entrance. ,In the run homo Caricature was always going a bit the best,' and 'won ■by two lengths from Tigrinia,. with Woden just clear of Little Eiver. • ■ All started in the High Weight Handicap, Palm Oil being a very warm order, with Potentiality second- choico, ■ They finished in tho order indicated, after a really good race. Voluble vtook charge soou after the start, and afc... tho halfmile he looktd to bo making a- runaway raco of it, but the favounto ' ran him down at the distance, and Potentiality and' Elieipa also put in challenges.-' The favourite was ridden out to .win by. a length from Potentiality, while li.heipa wns a ncck away. Tho. Stead-owned Cnshmere was at a\ very short price in the Ma den Scurvy, but tho good thing nearly came undone, for he was unlucky at the start, and it was only in the last few strides that ha got up and defeated Fife and Drum, who led all tho way. Chant Eoyal was also prominent, but he failed to Bee out the distance. Piro Piro finished well in third place, and should not'be long in getting on the winning list. Admiral Codrington was the best-hacked of the 14 runners in tho Hack Welter, while there was a 6trong following for Guanaco and Makepeace. The two latter wcro in front for a furlong, when tho favourite rushed into the lead, and from this P9int he was not again headed, no won nicely from Miss Maid, who finished well, and beat Makepeace for second place. Guanaco and Chit Chat were tho next to cross the line. St. Omer fell, after going a furlong. Hetana, Early Dawn, and Dribble declined their engagements in the St. Patrick's Handicap, leaving eight runners. Gaziqtio was a better than Spanner, a ml" tho publio' were again well on the spot, for the pair filled the places. Spanner and Gazique were'the first to begin, but Matatano soon headed Gazique, and, with Spanner, was well clear across the bottom. Spanner looked a sure winner in tlio straight, but Gazique finished very atrongly, and beat him comforta,blv in tho run home. Lionakin was third, then came Taxi, who was putting in good work at the finish. __