SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19792, 16 February 1928, Page 13

SPORTING

GLIFDEN RACES CUP TO SOLZIA. The Clifden Racing Club’s Annual Meeting was held in glorious weather and before a good attendance. The track was holding. The totalisator handled*£3,933, compared with £4,531 last year. Results;—, Lilburn Handicap, (it. —1 Feuham (car. 8.3, E. J. Ross) 1, Gong (car. 7.11, J. Pope) 2,2 Caraiuba (car. 8.1, F. J. M'Kay) 3. Others: 3 Nyanza 8.8, 7 Miss Flute 8.0, 6 Gumashow 8.0, 5 Red Lure 8.0, 4 Attractive Lady 8.0. Length'and a-hnlf; four lengths. Time, Imin 17 3-ssec. Tuatapcrc Handicap Saddle Trot. IJm. —2 Hushabyc (108yds, J. Walsh) 1, 3 Eons (12yds, G. Shaw) 2, 1 Black Friar (scr, K. Purdue, jun.) 3. Others; 4 .Blanche scr, 5 Stella Maris 48yds. Five lengths; six lengths. Times: 3min 35 4-ssoc, 3min 45 2-ssec, 3min 48 2-sscc. Belmont Hack Handicap. 7f. —1 Takaka (8.8, D. Brodie) 1,2 Divinia! (car. 8.9, J. Pope) 2, 3 Navy Cut (7.11, L. J. Ellis) 3. 4 Caramba also ran. Two lengths and a-half; half a length; Time, Imin 31scc. GLIFDEN CUP, lUOsovs. lim. 3—SOLZIA, car. 7.4| (J. L. Cotton) I 2—Equerry, 8.4 (J. M'Chesney) ... 2 o—Bloom, 8.7 (W. Anderton) 3 Others: 1 Kilbarry 8.0, 7 Counterstroke 7.12, G Some Kid 7.9, 4 Piton 7.7. Half a head; three lengths. Time, 2min 10 3-ssec. Orawai Hack Steeplechase. About 2m.—3 Cazmi (10.5, L. Hunt) 1, 1 Blazing Light (10.3, F. Langford) 2, 4 Cashman (9.7, E. J. Ross) 3. 2 Soldier’s Dream 9.9 also ran. Seventy yards; a furlong. Time, 4miu 14 2-ssec. Waiau Hack Handicaj). Gf.—2 Gong (car. 7.G, J. Pope) 1, 1 Takaka (car. 9.10, D. Brodie) 2, 4 Navy Cut (7.12, L. J. Ellis) 3. Others: 5 Wairio 7.7, 3 Attractive Lady 7.7 Length and a-half; two lengths. Time, Imin 17sec. Alton Handicap Saddle Trot. 2m.—■ 1 Sunshade (24yds bhd, J. Stewart) 1, 2 Hushabyc (156yds, inc. penalty, J. Walsh) 2. Great Gun scr also ran. Two lengths. Times: smin 2ec, 4min 41 2-sec. Farewell Handicap. lm.—4 Divinia! (car. 7.2, J. L. Cotton) 1, 3 Bloom (7.6, W. Anderton) 2, 5 Kilbarry (7.12, L. J. Ellis) 3. Others; 2 Bugle Note 9.0, J. Soltie 8.12, 7 Sotae Kid 7.8, 6 Piton 7.7. Two lengths; head. Soltoe was fourth. Time. Imin 43 3-ssec.

NOTES ON THE RACING. [By St. Claik.] Eenlmm, who was made a, better favorite than Caramba for the LiJbuni Handicap and led all the way, is a three-year-old gelding by Eleetham from Miss Glen, and won a double at the Tokanui-Eortrose Hack Meeting' last Wednesday. Gong, who finished second, is the first of Burrangong’s stock to win money. In a field of live Blackfriar was much better backed than Hushabyo for the Tuatapere Saddle Trot. Blackfriar and Blanche led for a 'mile. Then Eons joined the favorite at the home turn, but Hnshabye caught them at the distance post and won easily. Takaka, in the Belmont Hack Handicap, took charge three furlongs from home, and ran in an easy winner by over two lengths from Divinial. A field of seven started in the Clifden Gup, for which Kilbarry was a little better backed than Equerry and Solzia, only the three being backed. Some Kid and Riton led Solzia for six furlongs. Then the latter got knocked back, and Bloom ran to the front and led into the straight from Solzia, who went up on the outside of the field and beat Equerry by a nose. The latter got blocked through trying to get up on the rails; otherwise he would have won. Only four started in the Orawai Hack Steeplechase, and Blazing Light and Soldier’s Dream wore the only two backed. Cazna led Blazing Light all the way, and beat him very easily by twenty lengths. Both the other starters stopped. Takaka, with a 101 b penalty, was wcjl hacked to win the Waiau Hack Handicap, with Gong the best supported of the others. The latter and Navy Cut led the favorite all the way, Gong beating Takaka by a length at the finish, with Navy Cut two lengths off third. There were only three starters in the Alton Saddle Trot, and one of them, Great Gun. took no part in the race, refusing to leave the mark. Sunshade, who was a little better backed than Hnshabye, le'd all the way, and beat him by two lengths. A field of seven went to the post for the Farewell Handicap, and Soltoe was sent out a good favorite, with only Bugle Note of the others well backed. The favorite got away badly, and Divinial was the first out. She led Bloom, Some Kid, and Kilbarry along the back and into the straight, where the favorite made a forward move, but he could not get up, and Divinial stayed on to win by a length and aquarter from Bloom, with Kilbarry half a length off third. C.J.G. ACCEPTORS Hornby Handicap, SUOsovs. 9f.— Moorland 10.18, Heather Lad 10.9, The Harp, Carnot 10.1, Luminant, Quarterdeck 9.8, Moratorium 9.7, Last Thought, Lancer, Saxette 9.0. Trial Stakes, SOOsovs. 7f.—Cynelli, Greyfiuch, Princess Mafalda, Rhondda, Rina Mangu, Saxette, Some Abbey 8.2, Scoff 8.0, Amor, Fan Exchange, Golden Armor, Phillipic, Raineses, Scrambler, To Awbina 7.11, Honeycomb 7.4. Middle Park Plate, 400sovs. 61. Goblin Market 8.9, Full Feather 8.2, Chide 7.2, Rigmarole 6.13. Midsummer Handicap, 350sovs. Ifni. —Footfall 9.13, Thorndale 8.0, Satrap 7.11, Countersign 7.9, Front Rank 7.5, Assurance, Arikiwai 7.3, Wild Pigeon 7.2. Lyttelton Plate, 200sovs. sf.—Rigmarole 7.13, Starshooter, Gay Crest, Proud Knight, Great Star, First Raid 7.8, Synonym, Pound Note, Merivale 7.6, Wet Paint, Prickles, Star Raid, Impertinence, Amourette 7.5. Craven Plate, SoOsovs. 7f.—Moorland 8.3, Rascal 8.1, Gold Brick 7.10, Sudden Storm 7.9, Economist, Zaragoza 7.2, Finora 7.1. Halswell Handicap, L’OOsovs. 6f.— Rotor 9.4, Starflight 7.13, Money Mine 8.10. Shalimar 8.9, Jarretiere 8.8, Wild Work, Rameses, Fair Exchange, Golden Armrtr 8.1, Te Awbina 7.13, Rina Mangu 7.9, Motor Smash 7.8, Kilbox 7.7, Amor, Sea Gay 7.0. Post Handicap. 20(lsov?. Tin.—Sir Roy 9.9. Opbir 8.4. Hoylnke 8.2. Kenmore 8.12, First Sight 8.1, Margaret Birney 7.11, Moratorium, Mime, Money Peer 7.7. GREYMOUTH TROTS The following are the amended handicaps for the Jubilee Cup at the Greymouth Trots Shadowland, Sungleam, Peter Wilkin, Auditress, Vikota, Okoura, Kreisler, Oriole, Lady Matchlight, ■ Nourmahal, Thorpie, Orphan, Lincoln Hnon, Sahib ser, Cbiniei'j Royal Serene, Henry Logan, Daytime 12yds bhd. La Soiiette 24, Acre, High Jinks 36, Jackie Audubon 48.- ,

CYCLING At English Park, Christchurch, last night the Australian cyclist. Gray, won the sprint match race of half a mile (paced) against A. W. Day in632-ssec. He was second in his heat in the halfmile handicap from scratch, and was unplaced in the final. In the second sprint match race against Day over a quarter of a mile (unpaced) Gray won in 3osec. Gray won the two-mile scratch invitation race from Day in 4min 21 l-ssec. Standen was unable to ride owing to a fall on the previous day. WRESTLING ANDERSON BEATS HOGG. The heavy-weight wrestling championship of New Zealand was decided at Palmerston North last night, when Ern. Anderson (13st, Palmerston North) defeated Wally Hogg (14st, Wellington) in the eighth round. Anderson secured a fall in the fourth and last rounds, and Hogg in the sixth lound. Anderson was the aggressor right through, though both gave a clever display. LAWN TENNIS B GRADE COMPETITION. Balraacewen has won the No. 11. section of the B grade lawn tennis competition without loss. In the No. 1 section the leading teams are Moana, Cosy Dell, Anderson’s Bay, and St. Kilda. The matches arranged for Saturday are as follow: —Cosy Dell v. Moana; Anderson’s Bay v. S. Kilda. POLO In the Canterbury provincial polo tournament yesterday the final of the Stead Cup resulted in the defeat of the Pareora A team, which had held the trophy for several years, by the Christchurch A team by 7 goals to 4. In the final of the Junior Cup Pareora B beat Amuri by 7 goals to 6. CROQUET DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS. In the semi-final of the ladies’ championship singles Mrs Smith beat Mrs Rhodes Williams, 26-19; Miss Hesketh beat Mrs Watkins, 2.5-18: Miss Hesketh beat Mrs Tiffen, 26-16.