CUP MEETING FORM

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 40, 10 November 1937, Page 15

CUP MEETING FORM

Onr Own Correspondent.I

Royal Chief Settles Honours | with Smoke Screen PERFORMANCE REVJEWED

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CHBISTQUUBCH, Last K/ht. 'Ihe issue as between the leadiqg three-year-olds, Koyal. Ohief and Simo'ke IScreen, was settled at Riccarton on Derby day with Royal Chief taking the honours. Whfitever opinions niay have been formed about thom as two-year-olds, thTce'-yehr-old form thjs season stands dciinitely in fa'vour of the Chief ituler colt, wijp Jef't no dpufct in tha, minds of those wbo witnessed tho- New Zealaud Derby that tlie best colt xvon. 'i'hey have met throe times tliis eeaeonj txvice at a mile and once at a niilo and a-half, and the honours ure delinitely with Royal Chief, who has won twjce, On thp oceasion of -his defeat iu the Great iSorthern Guineas ho lost sevcrftl leiigths at the statt. Smoke Screep had the run of tho race in 'the Derby, and kad the ilrop on Royal Chief a fa.riong fiiom the post. lf ever he wa§ presented vvith a javoipablo oppoftunjty of cpnqugrjpg the Riecarto'n cplt thi§ was jt, pnd li'o taijed, Like most qf the Cbief Rnjer.s, Royal Chief is a pl&in custpmer, npt built on ciassic linejs, but he lp a sweet galloper with a iine turn of speed at ' hle command afc aay stage of a race up to 12 furlongs. lt is doilbtful if ever he wiJl make a twp miies hprse, Bpioke ^QTeen is ihe vype pf hprse whp inay devejop gpod fourryear'pid form. His perfonaan.ee in winning the Riccarton Handieap of jilpe furlonga with 9.'2 un Cup day was an effort of liioi'e than average merit. When The Crooper flnished on ctrongly into third place behind Royul Chief Und Cuddle in the Hareourt idtakeg at d?rentham, it was evidoht that staying was his game. Ife is a very attractively bpilt colt by Wiggfir Miit* strel, with a solid middlerpipce pnd plenty of substancp. His Derby rider, U. G." Gpulsbro, did noit intend to prejudicP auy chance^ he held of defeat' mg ltoyal Chief by falling for a slowly run Derby, and eet oif af a gro'at pacb to lead all tho way and fipajly fail by two half lcngths. Those were the only tacties to put Rpyal Chiefs stamina, tb the tqst, agd it tvas laTgely dpe |p tlie patient ridihg and spnnd judgment of L, y, Ellis that Royal Chief "was abio to answer-the quostion satisfactoriiy. The Cropner Developing. The Croonpr, who raco3 in tho colours pf hlr T\ H, Lowry, of Ohaiva> is stili develqping, and looks like turning out a handieap propositiop. Roria PU thp lirst two day'a of the Cup meetiug brqught several promising horsep fp light. Thp defeat pf Surmdunt in the Irwell Handieap by the Defoe cplt HefanRer, was a highliglit of Derby Hay. Jt Whs no fluke, Defdulter jg growing quickly and is alfpady on the deg, biit he has been yegnr£ed ag the best colt seea this season xn the yo.uth Island. Thia hp proved when he deeisively defeatpd Stormount. He is a resoiute gaW°PPF and PPj Mpnday had to overcome tlio disadvantage of a slow start through being crowded when the barriers rpse. Earjy iippres^ons pf thp twp^year-olds probably iflatteied them.They do not appear to be a brilliant fot, and judged" by thp ppogrees she 16 making and tho spope she has for im!provehient, Rgerlpgg, ipay b§ th§ best , of them in thp autupja, altkQugh a rpservation mupt bo made fn respect ot , Te Herp whp hpp npt nipf thp 'begt pf thoge tramed outside the Auckland provxnce. - Gay fefoa wap bpaten qu hi? merita' in the Welcoine Stakes, and did not appear to have made any improvenieht after Trentham, Taurangi was anofchet Trentham winner who disappoiutcd, Thp ciags pf;the Sputh Island tWQ'years olds, exeepting Defaplter, ip popr, a fact which is' coniirmed by the very moderate Hastern Heir tinishing in front of them, It ip aiways plpaeihg to sea a gpod horsp return to facing, and the re-ap-pparanee of Trench Fight in the Epsom Haudicap on Derby Day was auppiqioust ly marked by pugcpss, alfjiough ho was. hat out to defeat The Bigot, who was a little unlucky to be involved in some crowding at the home turn. The Bigot added consider&bly to his reputatipa for gaiupness in hiq twb perrormanpPSj respopding fo a SPUh^ hU™mering pn bpth occasisons. He is not out pf hjs place in pppp company. Thp best ' pf the haek f eruv of the horses remaining in thia division has been shown by Jftnet (Saynor, a Duned-in-trained maro by Rpsenpr pr Last DaTt. {3he camp tp Bicparton with only a small raCp at Huroiy fp hpr credit, hnd When she led ail the wpy on thp frst day tp beat Lady Montana, the vxciory was regarded as a iiuke, as Lady Montana was stopped at ta» hoiiie turn, and oue or two pf the pthere were yplvicky in the runnipg. Buf mcetmg thp same horgep on worse terms on the secppd day sho aggin led all the way and won with more in hand. The firgt day'p race hpd imprpvpd her and- those who stuck to her werp rewaided with anothpr big 4ivi^9R4 Horseman Unlucky. ■« Norseman hap b?9U UUiueky in both his raceg. He haudjpg iyet trgcks weli, but his racing so far at Riccarton' shows that he ip not averso to firm going also. Siegihund and Bovereign Lady are two staying hacks likely to do well in near at hand pvents. Siegmund had The Bigot fully extended in the Bpring Riate apd in the samp race govereign Lady cast a shoe at the start ara] befpre it came frpe she stripped ' a leg with it. She ipay have recovere»» sufliciently to race later in the week. Lftdy Montana 's prospect^ among thp sprinting hackfi Pre bright. She haq run two ssconris lo Jauet Qaynor, and beaten the otliei's fairjy deeisively. IrltijPgiJ, ini niexj enepced halLsister Pcd * 'v neariy brought off a su'prise in the Strowan Plate. $he

is being takpn ftlong very patiently, but has shown hef traiixef ' brilliant speed. Sho is the last foal- of her da'm, Glenluee, and is thp only ifllly that marp had. Glenogil is by, Colossus. The griiifiling race for the Hew Zealaud Cup lightened up Boomerang and Ife'iJpl Lad, two lightweight fancieg lp the Eendaiton Handieap, who werp beaten at the end of a mile. Erieslahd was particularly wpll ponditioned for the Cup in which he was cileckpd twice and neariy knocked down in thp straight. Ho looked solid when ho parpcled for the Fendalton and, comppteiifly handled by E. H, Morris, came homp op the outside of tlie field to win attractively by a iehgth from Davojo. Lady Graceful rau a goi| race in the Fendalton, but pulled un lame. Saturday" s Hopes. Motropolitan Handieap candidates whp mhy show up on Saturday are tsrnall Bpy, Suhee a»4 Trobleack, Smftll Bpy's tfaaner was appa'rntiy too easy on'him after Trentham and ho was i" need of a racp when he contested thq Ncw Zgaland Cup. He was beaten When he i'ell pver Might a furlong i'rom thq post, but the race is bound to improvq him. Buneo is not a true stayer , at twp miles, but was going well at the end of 12 furlongs ih thp Cyp", The southcrner Trebjeack pyt in a brliijant run aftei* going a mile and U-qUPl-e? in the Cup to be handy to the iegders at the home turn, He did not stay put the whole journey, but his performancq appealed as a gpod Jdetropoiitan Hpnt dicap trial. Apthipg appeals ag a likely .winner ajnqng the open sprinterp xnore • thgn Faper" yiipper, p&rticuiarjy if tho tlaeks ease M befpre the end pf the. Wbekj He received a rocky assage ijx thp Btewurds ' Handieap and in thp CritprT xon Handieap, of sevpn furlongs, rgn well for foufth pipce. &e is; better af six thap seven, a"pd the raeing is brinc-! mg him to hapd. P Aithough Felmet won the OjitcriPU pn his merits/rebroducing the brilliant track fpfyj for the first timo in ovef lg mpuths, Triune looked a ceriainty bfeaten, He wps gent tp thg outdlde at the start and whs lg'st but one'for half a mile, He buried everything for gpqpd at the finish, but had'to gxve Pplmpt and Wiid Cyreer tbp much" gtaft from thp home turn. Repei ChiPf w&3 intprfpTed with iu both thp Stewards ? and the Critefjon, He lookg better npw than §vfeT he did and with a decent rdu may pick ub a race beforq the meeting conclndep,-