NAPIER PARKEVENTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 45, 16 November 1937, Page 15

NAPIER PARKEVENTS

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Form Displayed at ihe Meeting MISS FlPPARD'S SUCCESS

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Considering tha-t Saturday morning bfoke wet and. the ram fell up to tnidday, the Napier Park meeting did -well to Show an iuerease of over £1500 011 the totalisator. The racing ivas most g&tertaining hnd interesting 'with big eveii fields throughout the afternooh. Miss Eippardj the newly-appointed s6cfetai'yj muet have beeb especially pleasod with the linalieial result ahd she came in for maiiy congratulations on the success of ker initial race meeting. * . * • The meeting .opened with the Greenmeadows hack hurdles in which a fleld q£ seven went to the post, the win'ner turning up in the •ffivoufite, Begorrah) who went to the front a mile from llome and froni then oii was only ofictej and then momeiltarily, headed. Sueee'ss was in no smhil niehsure dtie to the capable uianner iri whic!i he was ridden. * * * Gletrac, who was making his first publie appearance over hurdles, per1 formed well and with a little luck Hiiglit haVe woii. Six furlongs frohi hotne he Was sotnething like eiglit lengths behiild. the Ieader and a rush, outside twb hofseS, to tiiake iip thli leeway toOk too liifieh ofit of hitn Cletrae Will pfobably never reach liatiOliai clhss but looks like ttaking a vefy useful perfofraer, * w * Rapa Waiata tan a fair thifd to bd Within a iength of the winner at thO finish. It 16'oked aS if hc, too, might have been ridden with a little inore judgment, and, with a little mere racing ekpefienbe,- this Hunting Song gelding should fefich a more i'ofWard placo. * ♦ • # Hunter 's Morn daShed awa-y with the 10ad and made a good jbh 6f the first ffence, but whe'ii six lengths ifi front at the nexfc fenee he stoppea; and .bueked over it landing in third positiofa, and frOm thefi on he jiifiiped pooriy and eventUally finished a bad last. Tdp Hat tatt a fair race and eOming to the last ObstaOle lOokfefl like disputing the issue with. RegOtrah and Cletrae, but thefe he hit vfety hard and lost his chance. Mahaki, who ivas . well back fo? tOn futlbngs ^nishfed atr&ngty to weigh in fourth. • * m The flnish in the Trial saw closd heaflS feeparatittg the first three, Sthi" Lad, Atnofoko and Elanie Qlieen, who had been backed in the order in whieh they finished, The winnef, Star Lad, drew N0. 2 at the bArrifef but did iiot get away tob Well, with the result that he was fairly well back ovef the eariy stagos of the short distance, but, finishing fast, lasted lotig enough to get there by a head, * • * Amoroso had every chance, bbing out in the lead for fieafly the whoie Wavi Flame Queon, from, the Outside position at the barrier, fan a splendid race to , gain thifd money afid she impresses as one that will win handicap rados Wiien more expeneUced. • # • Oha was always in the picture to gain fourth at the finish with 'laparad Close up flfth and Guiding Light sixthi The three that fell, Tommy AtkinS} Quimper and Wilful Lady were all out of the picture when the mishap ocdur1 red. • ♦ ' «r - - ivar was Installed favbUrite for the Juvenile Sandicap, beifig ba'cked doWn to odds. on. fle had to bb kejit' iip to it to win by a neck, but, ds this waj{ his first race, he will improVe. • • *i The runner-up, Beaupartir, was very big in Conditibtts, but, hopping away sm&rtly, he was always hafidy and fofight'dtit the finish all the Why doWfi the straight, sb when in proper racing trim he should -maka a mueh better showing, . • '• • # • Sbfeen Lord was well back third just ahead of Merry Simon. Lady Purst showed speed and later on this filly will bo seen winning a rade br tWo. * * # A surprise resulted in the Rark Btakes, the two best backed, Royal Minstrel and Soho, being at the tail of the field at the finish. This form was too bad to be true, and, With H6 ex' Cuses olfering, It i& difficnlt to accOfint for the two very bad disjfiays. # # • Legatee, who raced pborly at the recent Gisborne meeting, was the winner. He was always' nicely placed and : won Well by three parts of a Iength 1 from Limbohm. Limbohm has not beeil 1 in W. C. Grifiiths' stable very long and his trade gallops did not sttggesf him being even a plaee getter but ht he -never been a good . trade hbrse. - «f . * • Buster Brown rau a fair race to gaif fourth position, just ahead of Hmpiro, Gay Hunter had every chance, bul . third was his share. * • • Lindrum let his army of supporteri down with a thud in the six-fui'lou^ sprint. Atldns had him handy througli out, but at the distance, when expeet ed to come on and win, he weakenei to finish fourth. His poor race was mosl . disappointing and by no Uieans in keep ing With what he is capable of. Hii half-brother, High Court, and full sis ter, Chat, haVe more than olice tui mUeh below tfack foriu, so m&ybe it il a family failing. * ir 4 Reasonable, who had won at Hast iugs a wcek earlicr, was the ■ winnei1 , coint; a very n-i*e rno^.- A-t- %

last month Lindrum decisively defeated Miss Twist's bolt, but Saturday saw the positions reversed, « * *r Le Touquet was second to Reasonable, returning a lucrative dividend, in Which his immediate connettions are said to haVfe ha'd little share, as h» hhs let his party doWn of late. An--Other bitter patl of it Was that the stable jockey, J. Dcroley, rode the Winner. >& * # Joe Louis rau a much better race tli&u at Hastings, weighing in third. Gasman was not on the day equal to carrying his 9.3. * * # Joviality proVOd his worth by defeating the opposition in the open sprint. Trainer \V% McKillnon deservestttedit for the inaniier in which he has kept this hbrse up to the mark sinve last May. It is not so difficult to get h horse right aS to keep him at thii top bf his fOrm. * # « Mata Hari ran a fair race, but f ound Joviality too good while ' ' east-iron ' ' Slippery was third. Master Cyklon, Padishah and Mereian Pfince all fouiid the distancb too short » • The last race saw 3000 ten shilling tiekets fung lip, the inost seen at Greenmeadows for mhny years. Eor some unknown reason Bluifer was maue the favonrite, carrying over a hundred investnients more than any other starter, but she was not equai to gaining one of the four ofiieial placings.. % e • FelicitatioU, who in her last three previous starts whs onbe first and twiee second, turned out to be the best iil this rhce, paying a siirprisingly good dividend. Bhe ran a solid race witli 8.7. She is only a handful but in lier Mr Pe'rcy Wall has a vefy fair sort, thoiigh she may never readli tdp grade on aecount of her smallness. * % * Granvale was also at a good priee for seebnd, seeing that he Whs third last week at Hastings and second in the start befote that, and bbth at distances that Were a little too short for him-. His half-brother Gironde ran a Cietter race than recenl form- Suggested and colleeted third money. * * « Hamarin was again fourth, while Lacquer, who had been galloping exceptioiially Well at Greenmeadows waS the meanB of many investments going astrayi # * # The sticcessfiii owners were Mrs M. R. Campbell, Miss Grace Twist, MesBrS A. W. Meikle, F. Ormond, S. H. and N. Smith, F. Hall and P. F. WalJ^ none winning mOre than" one xace. # * # G. Shields was the only rider to pilot -tWO Winhers, A. E. Lord, J. Dbqley, J. Forsyth, J. Leach and H. Callinan'ehbh sbbfihg Oiice. * * * The winhihg trainers Were H. B. Gfeene, W. 0. GriffithS, G. Swinerd, 8. J. Reid, J. Ci AVoods, W. McKin&oii and Oi J.- StoWe.