AUCKLAND NOTES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 110, 26 May 1937, Page 13

AUCKLAND NOTES

On Waikato Running FollOwing are eotne extracts1 frprn "Arcker's" commente on Saturday-'s jracing at T© Hapa:-— ! Uack Jumper Surprises. : In spite of the lact tliat iie gave oue of the best dispiays of sehooiing befoie jfhe ineeting fcJaint Musk (MusKetooit-"-iSt. Amans mare) was only eighth in : deaiand on both uiachines lor tne Melivifl'e Hack and Jiunters' fcSteepiecnase lahd returned a win cUvidend of over a | qnaftOr of a century after leading Ith'iroughout. Saint Musk. gavo a dashing : exhibitioA of fencing aiid always hau Most of' the field in trouble. Whem : chdll'esged in the straight by Lucidus >]ie fSa oh gplendidly and seored handj somOly. Afibther at Bouble Figures. ' "fhe ihtpf&Viflg h'ar Land — a fouv-yeax'-old by Actg from iiesearch — who won on the course in February, scOiecT at double figures in the Otorohanga' Hack Handieap, winning decisively frorn the each-way favourite Besiege. Although he drew No. 21 at the barrxer,, Far Land was in front before the field ihad covered a furlong, and praeticslly ghve nothing a chance. Besiege waff l'eSpOfisible for a good showing, and finished ganiely after having none the Best Of liick Oarly and in the middlo stfiges* jliOftf YaFi filifdlGii. j The eaOh-way favottrite Lord Yal i pr evailed narTowly in the Waihate ! Hufdles aftef a hard finish with the 1 f op-weight, Joily Beg'gar,, -#h0 recorded & fine peffoiSM!iee finde'if M« 12.4. Lord Yal wa© steadied qudekiy after •jumping the second fefice in seeorid place and Was allowed to drop well away from the leaders, although he was handily i plaeed in the mrddle stages. It was | apparent that he tvould he dif&cult to :Beat when he Moyed tip on the outside I nearing the turn and etraightened up ' just behind CblHsion, Sandy Dix, Erdnation and Pango. Once over the last fefice Lord Val Soon gained the , lead, buf he had to be hard ridden to i beai J'olly Beggar, r^ho made a inost ; deterntined bid in the run from the last fence. Jolly Beggar had none the best of the eArly funfilng afid should be improved by the race. Oollision mad'e a fine showing and mxght have been more dif&cult to beat if his rider had not moved him to the front so far from home^ Ghief Flat Efentt, It was with a flnO hnishiiig rutt on ;the outside thaf Gay Bose defeated ihe eadh-way favourite B^ing Key in "the Presidentrs Handieap to pay double figures on the wdn maehine, Gay Kose ,was not well plaeed in the early runfiing and did not become prominent until she moved up sMartly approaehing the turn, and entering the straight -was on the outside beMnd RO'yal ,Dance Te Hai, King Rey, Tradesman :»nd. Fenuycomequiek. It appeared *is jiif she would have greab difSeulty in :beating King Rey, whe was in cdttiiffland, and- gbing Well at the distance. However,. she maistained her effort in •fine style to beat him deeisiveiy in the • last little bit. Promising Steeplechaser. JjUproved by his race at Pukekohe, th Lucullus gelding Black Maxiin seofed very decisiveiy in the Corona- • fixon Steepleehase, after being one of the leaders throughout. BlacK Marlin gave a good display Of fencing and rau on splendidiy at the end, even thougli he clouted the last fenee, end was tuo good for Boa Erma,-, who headed Mm about half a mile from home, and was a shade in front at ihe second to iast fenee. Black Marlin is on the improve lOnd^may be very dif&cult to beat in the Gxeat Northerk Bteepleehase. Free Air : went a good race for third and should have prospects at Ellerslie. Yalpeen | headed the others, eome of whom were , easing up after crossing the last fence. The top-weight Tudor was going great t,gnns when he fell at the sod wall about • half a mile from home, One for Hastings. The Hastings representative Peter : Beckford was made an each-way" favourite for the Stewards ' Handieap and he justified the confidence by Winning ■ fiicely, The start was somewkat :straggling, Triune and Lady Diana fe1 ceiving the best of it, while PetOr j Beckford was also well away from ! NO. 4. Peter Beckford was soon in the •lead, tO Be jOaned in the middle stages iby Black Thread, and they practically mad the ifisue to themselves. The big tdfbf t he made early from No. 16 caused Biack Thread to weaken slightly near the 6nd and Peter Beckford beat him fairly comfortablyj While Gay Seton got: Up on the outside in the last f ew stri'des to dead-heat for second with him, Gay Seton was one of the out- : elders of the field and paid double •figures for a place. He was not well : plaeed' early and findshed well* jTrebie for Kider, The jockey B. E. Horiie gained his •third suceess of the day when he Won the Horotiu Hack Handieap on Heno, : another of Musketoon 's gets, who was solidly supported. The race resolved linto a struggle between Eeno and Gay ; Eebel, who had the finish to thexn- ! selves after 8ir Tommy had* set a faet pace. The mote experienced riding of . Horne proved a factor in the suceess 1 of Eeno over Gay Bebel, who Was just ; beaten, Gay St'reak finished solidly to ' gain a moderate third, and Thtirwitxd Was closer in fonrtlx position than at lany other stage. Eeno is tfained by the Rotorua trainer A. McGregor, who also prepared the second winner, Far Land