THE MINOR CONTESTS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1932, Page 4

THE MINOR CONTESTS

SEVERAL GOOD FINISHES

Eine weather and congenial surroundings again sontributed to make the racing most enjoyable on the final day o£ the Wairarunpa. Racing Club's Summer Meeting on Saturday.- The contests were all interestIng,l and. there were several close finishes. Favourites again had a fairly successful Innings, but, although the dividends on the whole were not large, they were better than on the first day. The aggregate of flfst and second prices for the day was 435 4s 6d, which, it will be observed, compared more thag favourably with the first

day's total of £30 os 6d. A. E. Ellis and S. Wilson shared the riding honours witu two wins each. EMOTION NEATLY. Emotion and Zeebrugge, with S. Anderson and -A. E. Ell.ii In their respective saddles -showed:themselves very denmtety superior to' the-opposition ranged against them in.the Tuwaha .Handicap. At. the critical end of the race they drew well clear, Emotion always holding an advantage and beating the first day's winner by a neck. ... . ... ~--•• Emotion is owner, by the president ot tha club, Mr. W. E Bidwill, and L the victory was a very popular one. The horse allowed Alpinist to make the running to the three furlongs,, then raced round to the lead. Zeebrugge, who had been lying on the rail' behind ■Emotion, went "with him; but was compelled-to run out fairly wide: Emotioii >.: withstood — .Zeebrugge s challenge in- the: straight,; though Ander-sori.'.AV-itlra.: leSsdri leajnt- fi^ni ais defeat on ;d&py.al,: Routine jn: the previous. race, madeCh'iia: do hisi best,":and it was probably.,;a;s;?Tvell that he did.- ■.-/■,.•'v ■-. : ■ Zeebrugge and Emotion carried, the bulk, of investors' money. The change of riders was,a main factor in the. latter's 'success. Revision,; a poor third, was,the beet of the; others, though* WinJoch and • MoabQueen >ere finishing on.' •' ; : :,. #JPRINCE POMBAL AGAIN; '■>"; Prince Ppjnbali Veilmorid's' half-brother, repeated his first day's performance iv the Juvenile Handicap, and won < practically as> easily in spite of the eleven pounds more he had to carry* He drew close in, and, jumping out at,once to the lead, allowed Mister, Quex to accompany him', to the straight, then" drew clear and came onto score. comfortably vby a, length from another- Trenthain representative, ; Gla-ngor. It, was. another; first-class effort, and points to his being a two-year-old to be reckoned with in -the" autumn juvenile clashes. ■ Clangor was always handily placed behind the 'leading pair. He finished solidly along the rail in the straight and cut Mister p.uex out. of; tlie second stake-in the last'fifty yards. He is one of S. J. Reid's team, being a chestnut gelding by Grand Knight, and has lately been showing much improved form on the tracks. His price for second was thr.ee times what .the Ayinner returned;;'., '."'■: ■;;■.'•; ■.■,...'.-, Mister Qiie£ again showed plenty of early speed, but is>tijl unable to stick on. Best of the unplaced horses were Fleeting Glance, Cape Royal, Michael Angelo, Volga Boatman, and Fusion. Fleeting Glance moved round several of the field on the turn, and was running on well. So was Cape Royal, after none the'best of the dispatch. The other three had every chance had they been good enough. Prior to.the race Vivette, a stablematp.'of Cape1 Royal's, bolted a round, then ran down the birdcage fence, throwing her, rider, A. Jenkins. ■ She was started but made no. showing. ■ : A GREAT FINISH. The Moroa Handicap provided-the finish: of the meeting/, the first three .horses,• Zephyrus, Saltpot,. and Ben Hur,-'passing: the judgo with, only heads separating them, and being plaiced ; in--;thai'abrder. , The re-, mainder \pf^h©;Sfiel(i i^eiie. close,up. -S ■'■' :,' Zophyrus.'Wion theragWvery decidedly on the merits..: H'^was never in on the fence, being forced 'ib -settle down on the'outside, of Johneeri behind the pace-ma'kihg Ben; Hur and SaltpOt' till,, the' straight', was: reached.. He then made his run, ranging alongside the .leaders. inside the distance: and sweeping'up ahead of them in the last: half-furlong.:. It was only- at -Feilding'a: month ago .that Zephyrus won hiswiy otifc of hack, ranks.', '■■ He.was'npt seen'atf-Sis: best'.atTAwap-itni,.but fan afair.foiirth at Tauher^nikau On Friday, -He gave S. \Ni\son his second success • for itho day. .' •;' ■-■ Saltpot, ridden by.A: E. Ellis,,'was a 1 warm favourite. BeDHur would not let him race : away-as1 he usually'tries to do, and the result was that he was neyei-in on the fence.' The extra ground he covered possibly affected his chance; nevertheless, he did not' coyer as.much additional ground as the winner. Ben, Hur, the second selection, had every opportunity, but he was not good enough; Best of the. beaten horses were landmark and Foghorn.- Retract made.,a.likely, move on the turn, but was off the course as. they straightened up. PRICE QUICKLY REPAID. Messrs. N. E. Aitken and H. F. Wood's recent Australian purchase,.; Solitaire. 11., nbtd&^;K^/^C9ijii\.^M;e,'-?i};;tIi i e-!..Doininiori wheSiU.lS>lii**«a:6jiiMl^'Jitt'.?the. Greytown Il^6i^^oiiSi!hmMa^&oteK. more-.than Tepa£^^6i^^''j|^ajeaff^]j^>?{C!r°'-}i:eii:'/at the Syd^^^c^!^*ales?:::iShWvis^ery;speedy, but is :lgpc^: MPck'Sip; the end:Ol,heptXce»^>velU •'- • '/■?■■■■■ ■ She*asalfr&sl fticefy placed.' Aeis.'inade the-limnirisf "to- the'-straight; where Solitaire .11. and, Warafjah, were a- couple of lengths behind .him:;, The\ leader was quickly: stopping, ; ancl: .SoHtaire It.: drew up;tp.'himinsideythe::distanee.;. Then Pro-jection'put-iin '--aft'-appearance with a fast run priHhe'iraJlii/but: Solitaire^ It.! was going aweiy front ;him;;.agais at the .end: to win'by Ithree'parts\of:'''a< length. Acis was a like distance back, third,'with; Waratah nexti-v ■';■•-;"■.'."'?' y-i ''■/:'-■ '. ':. ,'■. ,-, , The'^winner .'was 1;he ; outsider of a great bettirjg:'r.ace;;anj] Ve\urrte&a:-most able :pnce. :■ She .'made"', some: amends' tor Autopay'S'. ■■ failures.-■"'■' The1. ■ favourite was rather .■strangely': Lady'■■• Rene, -who never looked ished'last.-/It.::wassasc_ertaiped: aftefwatdß that sWihad1 brpken: down early in the race. Waratah' was; rushed; off \bis fee.t; eaflJT^and' did, nofecbine, pn «t; the f eud. . iPrbjectipp received: a clear; :run?iffn the feiice 'iri'^lie; straigfit^fcui;i^asV'nnabr&';to--talf^.--:ffill"i(d-> vantage'frbft;:#//i>St.V'Roger's chincoiwent when, withvtjj§;rail.::jjp|ition,ihe :;iiissed, : the jump-du^iniV'/^&ilJt^-starfa : 1-: ;^;^|NtHXi^§■^lXTHf.wi^J•;';: .;:- Capetown-,,cqmpleted(- a, vqry sugcessful day for Trenthamlhorses /when he woh.an overdue victoi'y-intHo'Pinnoa' Stakes,. open-; to maiden,' horsfik'^only/ for. lie was the sixth. horse from thevcentre-to score.';TKeiWin was conifortiihly'.'achieye'd. He waited ;»on Granado .till-;they, reached, '.tho , r straiglit, then quickly "assumedcharge' and' came.onto beat'KalmiikijV alength.': He 13 one. of'the few Cafpe Horns ye} to have boen successful, arid he -looks li ke turning out, among the best of those yet seefiin action:. Heveturneda dividend under even nipney. Kalmuk'^aS: unlucky; In-being;-last' to leave thei barrier; ■ but: he. made up. ground quickly. .'■"■He-;ifinißhj'd--iW.eJ|l,-^et--AvbuTd probably have'been no match, for" the^yinner even had he gone away better. Granado ha^i every chance,-and is a really disappointing horse, for bt stopped almost to a canter at the finish. Populace was best of the beaten horses; but this half-sister to Civility is not in the same class as the other members of her family. Lady Noel, prominent part _of the way, ran off the course approaching the straight.