NAPIER PARK RACES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 83, 5 October 1931, Page 4

NAPIER PARK RACES

MAIIOVEWT TO CHOPIN

ASTON TAKES SPRINT

_, (By felejraph.) (Special to "The Evehlng Post.") ._ ~.. HASTINGS, This Day. The Napier Park Kacing Club's Spring Meiting' was held at Greenmeadows on Saturday in fine, sunny weather, and on a track that was in good order though a trifle; ■low;' There; was a satisfactory attondancft^, buit iiie totalisator turnover of £7328 tepre«ented';a^ drop of £4080 on last y«af'ii:\ii^re«.:;A^im;giiiliingt;.niacnine was in use for the'flrsfc;time. : ;{fil.LiDW FfiGHT BEATEN, ; Pillow Fight, - a bay son -of Night ■• Raid and the imported Holiday House mare, Week End, was all the rage for the Prince of Wales Stakes, but'had to be satisfied with second. place, after , running quite a creditable j"ace.; -At the same time at Kurow hi» ibur-yeai^old full brother, Tarquinius, wa^winninfrthirHighweight Handicap arid breaking "is maiden status. The victor at Napiei'jturned.un in-Mister Quex, a bay colt by Lord Quex*from the Leighton—Bayonne mare, Diaphragm, for whom Mr. E. W. Collins paid 110 guineas at the Flaxmere dispersal.*ale. After a good passage he hung on better than Pillow Fight, who had had to recover a lot of ground early. None of the others were ever poslibllitice. Sabatinl, a three-year-old bay gelding by Arausio from the IStag f3oult mare Gortyn, led all the way.-In tha, Trial Handicap, for maidens,: and beat Monarchy and Chief Clerk, the. l)<3«t of the ; others, by a comfortabk'niarjiin. -He is:owned by the president of the club, Mr. Cecil Louisson, to whom his wasVgiven by Mr. F. Ormond, his breeder, when: Millais was destroyed as th« result 'of- an accident shortly after being purchased- by him. He ran once as a' tW'o-yeM»t>ldi' and "had recently been working well. Flakewhite, the favourite, was' fourth,'and- should do better before lon|.'::-;.'';r.f.-.i fi! f''.>-'.';'"''.- ■; i '.'. '. -"• Mariuiri, a-novice hurdler had too much pae«'; for; His,'opponents over the closing stages of the Greenmeado^vs Hack Hurdles, and beat tU« more experienced Warzone, Eoyal Elfc And: Princess Elizabeth decisively, iue i-was the second of the four of Lord Quex's progeny to score during the day. Only a 'four-year-old, 'he was a disappointment! on : the flat, and this was his first lUflcee* in a race. <: . CHOPIN'S PARK STAKES. Clagfi itood -^» (pWpinin the Park Stakes Handicap,' and' he <mm« at the right end to wear do^n the rather pboi» opposition ranged against- liim. H« nad, not. raced eince-June, but did not m&m much in this respect, as Briar Root was the only one iff the field: to have been out previously thia ieuson. The latter was not used to thi-beat advantage, and had she been kept »» customarily for a final v run she might have beaten the winner. Nea Lap, who was well backed because ot good recent track work, failed to stay. The three-year-olds, Royal Hunting and Chief Cook,•■carried -.the best support in the ■ Ahufiri Hack 'Handicap : arid they filled■ the: dividend places in. reverse der. R6y;al : fi,unting had every chance, but when; tackled by Chief Cook in the straight did «ot:ofler the -expected resistance and wai^ell beaten at the end- Chief Cook s racing »t -Wahganui gava him' an advantage over Koyal Hunting in : condition, but the next time tlie'pair meet the tables may be'turned;-WThe other thee-year-old in the fields. Lotus Lily, was a poor third. .Rasoun did tiest Of the older horses '■~'. . Moa Bird, better. :known ,as v. ; sprinter, was .lueoeifuHn the .Taradade Highweight Handicap'at her., first, essay over a. mile. The slow ipace at which .the race was run conilderiby- isssisted; her j. for she was able to hold ,'On.'to her, none too capacious re-. serve tillthe.closihig:.stages. Had^the, pace been on sooner the Eecond horse, Goshawk, would undoubtedly have accounted for her. Brambletorn, the favourite, would probably also have done much better. SPRINT TO ASTON. Aston, with "the benefit" 'of a race at Wanganui, was able to:exploit his known brilliance" 'to advantage in the Railway Handician'As usual, he was soon at the front, *nd -there- <was nothing seasoned enough in the. race to worry him at the finish. Tho second and third-horses, Fitzquex and Chrysology, ; both short of a run, will pt'Obably t»ke revenge on him the next time they .meet:; Great. Charter; went only a fair race, but the best was not. seen Ot Manifesto, who: ia difficult to handle. Childstudy's;'"two useful showing^ .atWaniahui: made, him look a good thing, for the .County, Hack .Handicap,^but he was flat out at the finish to beat Kapallo by a neck, vie wus his .first success, and is likeljl to/be the. j?relude :to others shortly, for he is.a better horse than the narrow "victory would make him appear. Ho comes from the same stable as the Great-Northern Guineas winner, Golden Wingfc Rapallo arid Acmil are both worth remembering. Charmaline should be capable of an improved showing the next time tha colours «re up. ' RfeSULTS IN DETAIL. * EesultJ of the racing were:— Prince of Wales Btakeo, or 78, ton-, for two-ycar.oW«; four f u riongs.-5 Mister^ Quex, 5 Speed, 8.5, 3. Also started: 4 Royal Hlghn«u 8.5,'■ 8-"Courtyard'B.B, 3 Swift and feura 88i 7 -CasMdora 8.0, 10 Margaret Roae 8.0, fl Deux rr"cs 8.0, car. B.3^j .2 Grumpy 8.0, 6 Gold Trail B^o. Won by thM« ? a«Mt*rs of a length; ,three lengths between second »nd thltd.- Time(.;.BlMa.; v ; ,i ,—■: - - ; Ttt*l Handicap, of.. T5 sots ; six furlobßS.-----2 8»b»tl»l, ' B.U AC. W. France). 1; 7- Mon-. archy, 8.11, 21'B -Chief-.Clerk,. 8.11, 3. Al»o started: 8 lady Makere 0.0, 13 Crown Jest 8.13, c»r. 8.9;. 1 Flakawhlte. 8.12, c*t. 8.1 ; 1C Gold »uI«P «.lS r « filr Spear •8.11. 1« A, n? m,°: meter, cur. 8.8; 3 Gold Maß, 8.11, ft Alpinist 8.11, 4 tord Aimtrce 8.11, 11 Joe 8.11, 15 Gay tun 8.11, 16 Court Lady 8.11, 12 Dozie 8.11, 18 Choshftrtl- 8.11, 14 Plkete 8.11. Won by twa lengths; thrta longths between second and third. Time, lmin IT '3-ssoc. Greeiimeadows Hack flurdles, of 100 sots; one mile nnd a half.—4 Manulri, 0.0 (h. 1. Jarvle), 1; 1 Warzone, 10.9. 2; 2 Royal Elm. ».», 3, Also utartcd: a Princess Elizabeth 10.3, 5 Kaofcaoroa 0.-1, li l'ameterarjgl 0.0, i,

I Autumn Dawn 8.0, car. 9.3. Won by two lengths, a similar distance between second nnd third. Time, 2nitn 48 2-58 cc. PARK STAKES .HANDICAP, of 135 sots; one mllo and a quartor. 3 Chopin, 8.8 (K. J. MaoWe) 1 1 Briar Root, 7.3 (J.. Ounu) ~ 5 Mountain Heath, 7.9 (S. Gcrrand) 3 Also started: i Uory Mor 7.3, car. 7 ; 0; 6 Merry Melody 7.0, 2 Nea Lap 7.0, car. IA'A. Won by halt a leiitfth; two lengths between second and third. Tlmo, 2mln 11 2-Dsec. Ahiiflrl Hack Handicap, of 80 boys; six furlonga.—2 Chief Cook, 8.3 (S. Anderson), 1; 1 Royal Hunting, 8.0, 2; 5 Lotus Lily, 7.10, 3. Also started: 6 Ranoiill 6.0, 4 Tnhoma 8.11, 3 Golden Miac low, 5.5, 7 Brown Sugar 8.0, car. 8.3; 9 Golden Area 7.0 i 8 Honanga 7.0. Won by two lengths and a half; thrco lengths between second and third. Time, lmin 1(1 2-ssco. Tiiradalo Hichwelghl; Handicap, of 100 sow, one mile.—3 Moa Bird, 9.2 (H. Young), 1; 2 Goshawk, 10.11, 2 i 4 . Uory Mor, 9.2, i. Also started: 1 BniMbMom 9.8, 5 Benctlco 8.7. Won by hnlf a length; a length and a half between second and third. Time, lni.ln '4G l-Biec. ■~■-. . . ■!.-'.; ; Railway Handicap, of ,110 soys; Els furioiibs,—4 A»ton, 8.2 (13. Anderson), l; 6 ntzquex, S.O, car. 7.9, 2; 3 Chrysology, 8.5, 8, Also started: 1 Great Charter,B.7, ,S Manifesto 7.12, 2' Cutlclo 7.5, car; 7.0;.7 Head Serani; 7.2. Won by a neck, a length- and a half between second and third. '■ Tlnio, lmin IDsec. County Hack Handicap, of 80 soys; seTen furlongs.—l Chlldstudy, 8.1 (H. Young), 1; 6 RapallO, 7,7, 2; 4 Acmil,' 8.12, 3. Also started: 7 Charmallne 8.12, 7. Imperial .Fame 7.9, 9 Autumn Dawn 7.7,' car. 7.5^; 3 Psychologist 7.7, B Nlggiirhead 7.7, car. 8.1 r 8 Masher T. 7. Won By';a neck; a length nnd a half between, second and third. Time, lmin SOsec. ■ '■