WANGANUI MEETING:

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 120, 7 June 1937, Page 11

WANGANUI MEETING:

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Century Hurdles Won By Clarion Call WIN FOR TAITORU

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WANGANtH, Last Night. The Wanganui Jockey Club's steeplechase meeting opened ou Saturday and the attendance was surprisingly good considermg the weather, which was just ai)out as bad as it was possible to be. The afternoon was hue in patches, but it was bitterly cold with driving showers of rain and kail at intervals. The course was in fair order but the going was siow. The racing was good, close finishes being the feature of the day. The Century Hurdles was won by Clarion Call, the Grandstand Steeplechase by Royal Banquet, while the principal flat events were won by Taitoru and Gold Mission. The totalisator handled £12,822, as against £12,403 on fhe corresponding day last year. ' After- the running of the Grandstand Steeplechase, won by Royal Banquet, the judicial committee met to consider-eyidence,-it is presumed, concerning inIterferonco by Riotous, ridden by W. J. 'Bowden, with Royal Banquet at the home turn, and it was decided that Bowden should be stood down for a month because of a breach of one of the Rules of Racing. PURUA HACK HURDLES, of £150; one mile 4$ furlongs. 3 ETHIOP (A. T. Gatrell), b.g., 5yrs., by Nigger Minstrel — Cora Ora, 10.0, (F. McHugh) 1 1 Hunting Queen (T. A. Duncan), b.m., 5yrs., 10.8 (A. Jenkins) .. 2' 2 Red Manfred (Mrs. M. S. Curle), b.g., 6yrs., 11.2 (C. P. Sheild) .. 3 Also started: 4 Petrarch 9.2 (C. Carroll), 5 Kentucky Song 9.0 (P. Rurgess). Won by a neck; 15 lengths. Petrarch fell. Time, 2.56 1-5. (Winner trained by L. J. F. Jarvis, Marton.) WINTER OATS, of £200; 6 furlongs. 3 GOLD MISSION (G. A. Downs), b.m., 6yrs., by Royal Divorce — Lotusloff, 8.11 (R. W. Savage) . . 1 1 Ben Braggie (G. Gunn), 4yrg., 9.12 (B. H. Morris) 2 2 Notium (E. L. Abbott and H. B. • Gibson), ch.g., 3yrs., 8.11 (C. Cole) 3 Also started: 4 Tonnerre, 8.6 (K. James), 5 Solaria 8.2 (R. Marsh), 6 Hunting Lodge 8.0 (S. Wilson). Won by a neck; two lengths. Tonnerre was fourth. Time, 1.17 1-3. (Winner trained by G. A. Reid, Waverley.)

CENTURY HURDLE HANDICA'p, of £350; two miles and 194 yards. 2 CLARION CALL (G. K. Graee), b.g., 6yrs,, by Huntihg Song — Saxon Saint, 11.2 (A. Jenkins) 1 5 John Charles (N. E. Loisel), br.g., aged, 9.2 (C. Carroll) .... 2 6 Brigadore (E. C. Haddock), br.g., aged, 9.9 (B. Sullivan) 3 Also started: 3 Ruaform 10.3 (A. McDonald), 1 Journet 9.12 (N. C. Trillo), 7. Contact 9.4 (K. Carroll), 4 Sporting Song 9.2 (P. Burgess). Won by half a length ; a length ind a-half. Journet was fourth. Sporting Song lost his rider. Time, 4.5 1-5. (Winner trained by L. G. Morris, Marton.) BALGOWNIE HACK HANDICAP, of £175; one mile and 110 yards. 11 SPENDER (A. E. Neale), -b.g., 5yrs., by Lord Quex — Gold Painting, 8.2 (F. Bentley) ........ 1 1 Myriam (Mrs. W. A. Fuller), ch.m., 4yrs., 9.1 (S. Wilson) .. 2 12 Eara (D. Lupton), ch.m., 5yrs., 8.2 (S. Anderson) 3 Also startfed: 4 Brazen King 9.8 (B. H. Morris), 6 Corowa 8.11 (R. W. .Sav- , age), 8 Lady Siegfried 8.11 (A. Jenkins), 5 The Sandwich Man 8.6 (E. E. Coveny), 1 Maahanui 8.3 (J. W. Chandler), 7 Galteemore 8.2 (W. Doyle), 10 Cloudy Bay 8.0 (G. R. Tattersall), 13 Koura Rua 8.0 (A. W. Sinton), 3 Parakino 8.0 (S. Edwards), 9 Naughty Marietta 8.0 (R. Marsh).

won by haix a length; a length. Maahanui was fourth. Time, 1,56. (Winner trained by owner, Bulls.) GRANDSTAND STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, of £350; about 2$ miles. 1 ROYAL BANQUET (J. Maorae), ch.g., 6yrs., by Mercian King — Lucullus mare, 9.8 (A. Jenkins) 1 4 Sporting Song (Mrs. G. M. Bennetts br.g., 5yrs., 9.11 (P. Burgess) 2 2 Riotous (L. Knapp), blk.g., aged, 10.12 (W. J. Bowden) 3 Also started: 3 Bonnie RolloX, 11.7 (N. C. Trillo), 5 Battleground car 9.3$ (C. Carroll), 6 Platter 9.0 (W. D~. Bush), 7 Rioghail 9.0 (I. Rohloff). Won by a length; six lengths. Platter was fourth. Time, 5.21 2-5. (Winner trained by G. W. B. Greene, Hastings.) ExVlPIRE HANDICAP, of £250; one mile and a distance. 3 TAITORU (E. G. Baylis), b.g., Oyrs., by Sandstar-— Campbird, car. 8.8 (S. Edwhrds) ........ 1 5 Internatioual (J. F. Kiley), eh.e., 3yrs„ car. 7.8 (A. Caffyn) .... 2 2 Pukeko (B. Burgess), blk.g., 6yrs., 8.11 (D. Lamb) 3 Also started: 1 Erieslaud 9.9 (B. H. Morris), 6 Tiger Gain 8,9 (C. P. Sheild), 4 Gay Boy 8.6 (S./Wilson), 8 Master Norval 7.9 (K. Chote), 7 Le Grand 7.8 (R. Marsli). Won by a long head; 3$ lengths. Friesland was fourth. Time, 2.1. (Winner trained by owner, Opunake.) BOBOUGH HACK HANDICAP, of £150; six furlongs. 6 ROTOMA (C. Cooper), b.f., 3yrs., by Gainscourt — Black Lake, 8.5 CA. Jenkiiis)

\ 4 Airing (F. Bristol), ch.g., Gyrs., 9.4 (K, Chote) 2 7 Winsome Lu (Miss F. Barry), b.f., 3yrs^ 8.13 (P. Burgess) ...... 3 Also started: 2 Dietate 9.9 (L. G. Morris), 1 Flying Chief 9.6 (A. Caffyn), 3 Taro 9.5 (B. H. Morris), 8 Dawuiug Light 8.10 (S. Anderson), 10 Ngatirahiri 8.5 (D. Lamb), 5 Te Huia 8.3 (R. W. Savage), 11 Race Call 8.2 (C. P. Sheild), 12 River Feale 8.0 (R. Marsh), 13 Captain Trevaille 8.0 (P. Morrison), 14 Fleeting Arrow 8.0 (W. Doyle), 9 Malibu 8.0 (S. Wilson). Won by a short length; two lengths, Te Huia was fourth, Time, 1.17 3-5. (Winner trained by W. Morrison, Opaki.)