LADY CALLAGHAN WINS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 26, 31 July 1939, Page 13

LADY CALLAGHAN WINS

MANAWATU STEEPLES

FLYING ACRE SURPRISES

(By "Binocular.")

Despite the fact that he had failed to open his account in the hack classes during the major portion of the season, Flying Acre marked his final appearance in the term now officially closed by beating a strong field of open performers in the principal flat event at the Manawatu Hunt Meeting, held at Awapuni on Saturday. Ridden by an apprentice, W. Stevens, he was by no means prominent in the early part of the race, but once landed into the straight he finished full of running to gather up the leading division in good . style. It was certainly a highly promising effort for a hack, and one of those highly pleased with the result was his young rider, who registered his first success in the saddle 'thereby, , and was wearing a big smile on his return to the birdcage. Flying Acre was making his twelfth appearance for the season, but he had not previously been capable of opening his account. Presumably he appreciated the drop in poundage the transfer brought him and better things should lie ahead of him in the new term. A three-year-old son of Acre and the Romeo mare Pink Page, a halfsister to those very useful horses"' Lady Lois, Tuahine, Nucleus, Royal Duke, Perseus, Persham. and Gay Seton, he is well enough bred to develop into a performer of note in the future. Three of the runners claim engagements at the Grand National Meeting, and of the trio Tidewaiter and Lady Montana gaye1 very creditable accounts of themselves, although the latter was beaten home by her stable companion Gay Chou, Liane separating Gay Chou and Tidewaiter, with Lady Montana in close attendance. Old Surrey, the third member, displayed plenty of pace out in front, but he failed to go on with it. FINISHES VERY STRONGLY. . With big fields the order of the day m the majority of the events, Mr D Stevens, who was making his debut as a starter of gallopers, was set a difficult task, but he came through with Hying colours. Some of the finishes were particularly close, but whereas patrons were unable to determine the winner of the hurdle event, the margin m the Manawatu Steeplechase the principal jumping event, was well defined Lady Callaghan producing an excellent finishing run to win goi„" away over the final furlong. * Lady Callaghan was given plenty of time to find her feet, but she made up her leeway on the final round and fan UP Quickly to take, command at MS* '?£**£*' Gle»vane, ?ave for . sinking the hencoop five furlonss from home on the fiAal circuit gave I every inch of ground on the journey He appeared to have the race at Ms mercy two fences from hoSe b!rc he had no chance with Lady Callashan who had an advantage of 271b 5& £«wP«si_-ssp3S taU,e was out of the running at ft. TOPER GETS HOME. dlvidjMt £%£____• 0^ Tnt ur S?7? key fought it all the way "£ ">* straight and only the .judge over thTl^f S S°? c <_ istance back d~ _. e J ,ast "alt-mile to beat Bin abZ^V^i the latt; er *»*S be! ContLt Ji «fPaCemaker throughout. a^erfnd^L argon£ went well for' tan^^^sr beaten some dis" A WELL-BRED SORT frsfH X 1« S Tand G*adium were both pre-1 feued to Lacan for the Ladies' Bracelet, in which ten of the twelve fi i v- the Jast-named confidently fr±i 1S mount t0 the fr^ a long way Sffi ™c dhe stayed there to the close The winner is a half-brother to R?»Le? rm fl nH ood Performer, Chief & 'things. Sh°Uld be Capable of NSitah,? r^- the early leader fr°m JNgaitahu, Gladium, and Lacan but going away from home Lacan moved up to assume charge five furlongs from home. Approaching the straight entrance Kohi-ka and Hethers were both hanay, with Ohanga having a nice run on the rails in behind, but when the ■fel hfT? J! nt looking for an OPe"- l mg he failed to secure-it. In the race J home Lacan held off the challengers • by, a from Hethers, who had only a head to spare from Moonlight Bay, who finished on solidly, with Kohika next. Gladium was ■close up, but was out in the centre of the track. A SPIRITED DUEL. A surprise was forthcoming in the Maiden Race when Patahi, who was I having his second outing with the colours .up, beat Parian after a great duel all the way up the straight. The early brilliance of the latter enabled him to take up the running at the end of the initial furlong, but he was switching his tail.a long way from home. However, he hung on under punishment surprisingly well and went under by a head only. The pair had the finish to themselves, being four lengths clear of Modern Way, who was fifth in the running throughout. Flying Flag, the favourite, was never actually dangerous, but she should improve. The winner is a four-year-old geld-1 mg by Danilof, a half-brother to Sasanof. from the Paper Money—Blue Lake mare Blue Paper, who did service for the late Mr., C. F. Vallance It was the irony of things that Patahi should have been ridden to victory by J. Chaplin, an apprentice attached to G. W. New's stable from which the ' runner-up hailed. FAVOURITE'S NARROW WIN, Favourite for the Hack Cup, Aurora's Star had to be desperately ridden to j hold off the little-fancied Hunting Moments, the pair having the finish to themselves. Little Robin, who lost his place after jumping away from No. 1 position, did well to fill third place four lengths away and ahead of Mother-in-Law, who made a fast move approaching the turn only to be wide out after straightening up. Haile Selassie gave some trouble at the start and got away indifferently, but he was handy enough at the straight entrance. Warehi showed his customary pace to reach the front early but he again failed to run on. Royal Tinge showed improvement by being handy throughout and holding on to be seventh at the post. Auto Sweep was badly placed early but he came home well whereas Seyfried was always labouring. ' ; Aurora's Star, who is a three-year-old daughter of Vaals and that wonderful little mare Aurora Borealis winner of the Grand National and' Great Northern Hurdles of 1930, has shown consistency in her recent racing and the success gave W. J. Broughton! the. champion horseman for the season, yet another, point. It also gave Mr. I

R. A. Mercer, who raced Aurora's Love (an elder half-sister), an immediate return, the transfer. from her trainer being announced on the course. CONSISTENCY REWARDED. The consistent Screen Star gained a well-merited success when he brought the day's activities to a close by winning the Hack. Handicap. The Siegfried gelding was always in or handy to the leading division, and when his rider asked him a question he threw off the challenge of Shining Hours to draw clear. However, Te Ore was possibly a shade unlucky, for she had to come from some distance back over the last half-mile and was actually closing fast on the winner at the close. Shining Hours showed an improvement on her effort at Marton, but she hardly appears to be the filly she was last season. Liberal's .Mmt 5 drew a bad marble, but he began smjartly from the outside position to be up with the leaders in the first furltfng only to. be beaten for pace over the final furlong. Girl Pat was decidedly unlucky in the running and did well to finish fifth, while Raeburn ran particularly well for a fresh horse. ] . ' ■' i INCREASE IN TURNOVER Heavy rain overnight [-left the Awapuni track holding for She Manawatu Hunt Club's Annual Meeting on Saturday. The day itself .was not overinviting', but there. was! an excellent -attendance of patrons arid the totalisator returns showed the "substantial increase of £6707 10s o\Ser last year's aggregate1 of £9125 10s. {. . - Keen racing, which was productive of several close finishes sand some* setbacks to backers, was forthcoming, and the day was a fitting close to the season's activities in the North Island. One matter was brought 'under the notice of the. judicial committee, who extended a caution to E. Deslandes, the rider of -Royal Toast in the. Manawatu Hunt Steeplechase, for crossing Glenvane too sharply after negotiating the second-last fence. Results (per Press Association) were:— Ladies' Bracelet Handicap, £60; amateur riders; 1. miles.—3 Lacan, 10.13 (Mr. S. B. Monteith), 1; 1 Hethers, 10.7 (Mr. E. W. Syxr.es), 2; 7 Moonlight Bay, car. 10.11 (Mr. W. J. Bush), 3. i Also started: 4 Ohanga 12.9, 5 Kohika 12.3, 6 Umpire 12.1, 2 Gladium 11.9, 8 Ngaitahu 10.7, 9 Rover's Joy car. 10.9. Half a length; head. Time. 2min 26 3-ssec. Maiden Race, £75; 6 furlongs—li Patahi, 8.10 (J. Chaplin), 1; 3 Parian, 8.10 (W. Jenkins), 2; 4 Modern Way. j 8.10 (11. J. Callahan), 3. Also started: 9 Amyas Leigh 8.10, 15 Big Wave 8.10. i 2 Colibri 8.10. 13 Fine Gold 8.10, 12.! Israel 8.10, 18 Mon Ace 8.10, 16 Ocahau i 8.10, 8 Taffra 8.10, 5 The Smiler car. 8.13, 9 Vaals Queen 8.10, 14 Fauvette 8.5. 1 Flying Flag 8.5, 6 Kehua car. 8.6, 7 Royal Sign 8.5, 17 Royal Talkie carl 8.9. Head; four lengths. Time, lmin 21 l-ssec. ' Hack and Hunters' Hurdles, £100; 1_ miles.—3 Toper, 9.6 (R. A. Hawkings), 1; 1 HUnting Lore, 9.2 (P. Jarvis), 2; 6 Princess Isabel. 9.5 (T. Tito). 3. Also started: 4 Bing Boy 11.0, 7 Artr ful Dodger 10.4, 3 Contact 10.2, 9 The Tramp 9.5, 10 Stargono car. 9.1-J, 8 Sunbeam 9.0, 5 Tigreterre 9.0. Head; two lengths. Time, 2min 58sec. OPEN HANDICAP, £110; 7 furlongs. 9 Flying A«re. 7.0 (W. J. Stevens) .. i 4 Gay Chou, car. 8.7 (A. Midwood) 2 3 Liane, car. 7.9 (S. Wilson) 3 Also started: 4 Lady Montana 8.12 <bracketed with Gay Chou), 2 Old Surt rey 8.8, 8 Tidewaiter 8.3, 5 Hunting Mint.B.l, 6 Winsome-Lu 8.0, IEI Mey* ■nell car. 7.13, 12 Dorado car. 7.12, 7 Cuisinier car. 7.6, 10 Reipar car. 7.13, 11 Lucullus Boy 7.7. Half a length; three-quarters. Time, lmin 33sec. MANAWATU HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE, £140; about 2| miles.^ 4 Lady Callaghan, 9.9 (T. Tito) .. 1 2 Glenvane, 11.8 (J. Mcßae) 2 3 Royal Toast, 9.9 (E. Deslandes) 3 Also started: 6 Petrarch 10.0 and Nightrunner 9.0 (bracketed), 1 Royal King 9.7, 9 Gaswyn car. 9.4, 8 Sir Acre 9.8, 7 Blue Steel car. 9.8, 5 Vesty car 9.1. Five lengths; length and a half. Time, 4min 48sec. HACK CUP, £100; 11 miles. 1 Aurora's Star, 8.9 (W. J. Broughton) .... i 13 Hunting Moments, 8.0 (S. T Edwards) '2 8 Little Robin, car. 8.2 (P.' Williams) 3 Also started: 10 Royal Tinge 9.0, 3 Seyfned 8.12, 2 Auto Sweep 8.12 4 Peach King 8.8, 6 Warehi 8.5, 7 Gladium ? ar l, S-4' 5 Haile Selassie car. 8.3, 9 Mother-in-Law 8.2, 12 Yed Prior 8.0, 15 Gaiwmd 8.0, 14 Renascor car. 824 11 Laughing Chief 8.0. Neck; four lengths. Time, 2min 19 2-ssec. Hack Handicap, £100; 6 furlongs.— 3 Screen Star 9 0 (G. R. Tattersall), 1; U e- 0l; e T > 8"° (W- J- Mudford). 2; 4 Shining Hours, 9.1 (J. Chaplin), 3. Also started: 7 Lord Moutoa 9.10, 10 Hagen ?-?V I £ lberal * "Mlnt 9-6- 9 Raeburn nl'u ? V ?-? n? 1- c, 8- 9 ' 15 8 2 « S lte Ra T_al] car' B's- 12-Thrasos •' ' o o Cherry Picker 8.2, 14 Conversion 8.2 16 Golden Enterprise car. 8.2 8 (nchkeith 8.0,. 13 Maturity car. 8.3 H^yf2! La£ B;°' 6 Girl Pat ca *- 8.2J Snin «>iS gth; length and a ha]f- Time.