OHINEMURI JOCKEY CLUB

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4953, 19 March 1926, Page 2

OHINEMURI JOCKEY CLUB

JUBILEE MEETING.

SECOND DAY S RESULTS.

SCAT WINS PAEROA HANDICAP.

The concluding day of the Ohinemuri Jockey Club’s jubilee meeting was held at Paeroa. on We.dnesd.ay, under idea,! conditions. The weathei, although dull and cloudy in .the early morning was, without rain. . A light southerly breeze dispersed the cjouds and the sun shone with all. the brilliancy it could command for an early autumn day. Ma,ny people from a distance came primed with overcoats and suitable wet weather apparel, but the precaution was unnecessary.

As, a result of a liberal watering' the racing track was in a little better condition than on the first day, and fair times for the various events were recorded. A crowd attended,, a,nd the officials made every endeavour to cope with the numbers satisfactorily. As a result of their efforts undue crowding was reduced to a minimum.

The principal event of the day, the Paeroa Handicap, was won by Mr P. Corbett's Day Comet gelding Scat, with Mr J. Patterson’s bay ma,re Uralla a close second. The success of the local horse was very popular, and was warmly applauded on returning to the enclosure. Messrs Willis and Monteith’s gelding King Pot .annexed the St. Patrick’s Handicap, defeating Dayguard-by the narrow margin o® a neck. The' racing generally was .of a higher, order than on the first-clay, and some exciting finishes were witnessed-

Mr W. A. Gordon, stipendiary steward, was present, and the judicial committee was called together on several occasions during .the day. The evidence of J- W. Cathro,. trainer of Scatt, the running of which was the subject' of an inquiry the first ftlay, was taken. The 1 explanation .that the rubber grips stitched on the reins broke -in the hands. o£ the jockey. Monkley was accepted, and it was agreed that the interference met with in .the straight as a. result was purely accidental, no blame being attached to jockey or trainer. Cammick, rider off Chairman, winner of the Hikutaia Handicap, was cautioned for looking round on ing up the straight.

A complaint, lodged by the owner and lessfee of Lady about that mare’s non-start in. the Hikutaia handicap, investigated. The explanation tendered by the .trainer, Mr H. Eva, was accepted as satisfactory, and no action was .taken. • It, fe considered that there was arecord crowd present on Wednesday. It is interesting to observe ' that the turnstiles to the grandstand enclosure, registered 400 .more persons than for the corresponding day las|t year. Unfortunately, as ou previous occasions, the special train from Auckland was late in arriving at Paeroa, and as a consequence a number of patrons were too late to invest on the first race. The amount invested on t'he eight races on Wednesday totalled £37,701 10s,, which made. ,a grand total of £72,561 10s for the meeting, being £826 10s less, than the sum handled: during the two days last year. No. doubt the fact that there were only five starters in the concluding event on Wednesday restricted speculation, otherwise it is safe to assume that last year’s, figures' would have been easily exceeded; RESULTS.

Following, are the details of the racing' SECOND HURDLES, of £2'oo, One and three-quarter, miles.

ARCHIBALD, C. Hill’ts' br g, syrs,

9.0 '(Stanaway) —. — 1 PRINCE RUFUS’, W. H. Wackrow's b g, aged, 10.12. (Meßae) 2 MISS'MELVA, H. R. Burrett.’s ch

m, aged, 10.11; (Preston) 3 Also Started.—Hopioi 9.7, • Arsene Lupin 9.1, Infante 9.0. : , . A fine race to watch, with no casualties. Archibald, and Prince Rufqs led over: the first hurdle, but when the top stretch was reached Archibald had increased his lead from Miss Melva, Arsene Lupin, Prince Rufus, and Infante, racing in that order. .Passing the Sitand the second time Archibald was still bowling along in good style from Miss Melva, Prince Rufes, and Hokioi. Two furlongs, from home . Prince, Rufus gave chase, but could net’ get nearer than three lengths to Archibald. Miss Melva Ayas four lengthis back third, in front of Hokioi and Aisene Lupin. Time, 3m 13s. ‘

HIKUTAIA HANDICAP, of £2oo'. Seven 'furlongs. CHAIRMAN, R. C. Wallace’s b g, : 4iyrs, 8.9 (Cammick) 1 QUINCOMA, Roulston Bros.’ b g,

4yrs, 8.9 (McTavish) 2 NEW MOON, G. Gillett’s b g, 6yr’S, 8.9 (Gray) — 3

Also Started.—Star of .the East 9.1, Pinon 9.0, Rahepoto 8.11, Gay Comet 8.10, Killute 8.4, Quinsilia 8.3 and Marquil 7.0, Glenidle 8.0, Ohinemuri 7.11, Genetra 7.3, Irish Jig 7.5, Norma Talmadge 7.2, Blue Sky 7-9, Luxurious 7.1, Glen Abbey-7.1%. Blue Sky, who was ridden by E. Keesing, was made' a solid favourite. New Moon received a bump in the first 50 yards, and when the leaders could be singled out the order was Chairman, Quincoma, Genetra, Glen Abbey, Killute, and Blue Sky. New Moon, Star of tfie East and Gay Comet came into the picture across the top, and when the straight was entered the leaders were Quincoma, Genetra, Chairman, Blue Sky, Gay Comet, and Star of the East, with New Moon running wide. Chairman drew out to win by three-quarters of a length from Quihcoma, with New Moon finishing fast on the rails’, third. Killute was fourth. Time, Im- 26 l-ss.

WAITEKAURI HANDICAP, of £2OO Six furlongs).

FLYING JULIET, E. Robinson’s blk f, 8.8 (McTavish) 2. 1 VALUE, F. E ; . Lqomb’s ch f 8.0 (Lee) 2 PHAOLA, E. H. Mllsom’s ch f, 8.9 (Mcßae) 3

Also Started.—Arch Arrow 7.9, Valcon 7-8, Atapai 7.2, Eileena 7.1. When the field settled down Value was in charge, ,witl\ Atapai aiftl Flying Juliet handy. Value led into the straight from Arch Arrow, Flying Juliet, and Atapai. Flying Juliet drew up to Value 100 yards 'from home, and in a good finish won by half a head. Phaola was a length and a-half away third. Time, Im 16s. PAEROA HANDICAP, of £4OO. Que, mile. SCAT, P. Corbett’*? br g, 4yr», 7.8 (Keesing) - 1 URALLA, J. Paterson’s b m, syrs, 7.1 (Tuoheyj 2 .SPOONY, F. Earl’s b g, syiV, 7-12 (Bagby) 3 Also Started.—Desert G,low 7.13, Charlady 7.13, Siaosi 7.9, Master o’Rorke 7.9, Muscari 7.4, Miss Vera 7.2, Curraghmore 7.1, Potoanui 7.0. The start was a good one. Parsing the stand the first time Uralla, Mas..ter O’Rorke, Charlady, Curraghmore, a.nd Scat were racing abreast. Charlady and Spoony got into trouble going out of the straights, and when the back stretch was reached the order was Uralla, Scat, Potoanui, Master Charlady, Muscari, and Curraghmore. There was no 'alteration across the top except that Spoony had cut Curraghmore out of- seventh place, in the run to the post. Keesing kept Scat well together, and passed the box half a length in front Uralla, who beat Spoony by a head. Time, Im 41s. MINERS’ HACK HANDICAP, of £l5O. Six furlongs. DOBBIN,, G. Johiiston'is' ch g, 4yrs, 7-9 (Goldfinch) 1 SERANG, T. Impey’s ch c, 3yrs, 7.0 (Cammick) 2 BERINTHIA, H. L. Russell’s br f, , 3yrS', 8.12 (Tinker) 3 Also Started.— Kingfield 9.0, Green Bonnet 8.12, Abbey Queen 7.5, Native Girl 7.4, Town Hall, 7.10, Orma' 7.0, Orbit 7-0, Harvest Day 7.0, Memsahib 7.0. , After travelling a furlong Dobbin, Kingfield, Serang, Berinthia, Meinsahib, and Orma were opening out a gap on the rest of the field, which increased when the top was crossed. Dobbin was never afterwards headed, and got’ the verdict by a good half length fr'om Serang, who beat Berinthia by a neck for second place. Time, Im 15 3-ss’. ST. PATRICK’S HANDICAP, of £3oo'. Six furlongs. KING POT, Willis and Monteith’si • b g,.syrs, 7.5 (Driscoll) --—— 1 DAY GUARD, Martin and Zimmerman’s bg ( 4yi-s, 8.2 (Goldfinch) 2 CHAIRMAN,' R. C. b g, 4yrs, 7-3, (Cammickf — 3 Also Started—Le, Choucas 8-6, Heisler 8.-3, Finelli 7.9, Prince Abbey 7.8 and Qdinnette 7-4', Dan Quin 7.3, Billikins 7.1. Billikins .unseated his rider as the barrier flew up. Quinette, Prince Abbey, and Heisler were the. early lead'ers., with Le Choucas, Day Guard, and Finelli racing in line. A furlong further the order was Heisler, Finelli, Prince Abbey, Quinette, Le Choucas, and Day Guard, with Chairman coining up on the outer. Finelli drew level with Heisler at t|he home turoj with Prince Abbey, Quinette, and Chairman following. . King Pot then raced past the field and won by a neck from Day Guard, who was a head in front of ..Chairman, the . trio .finishing,very fast'., Time, lm 15-l-ss. AUTUMN STEEPLECHASE, of £250. y About three miles. PETER MAXWELL, L. J. Hyde’s b g, aged, 11.0 (W. Rennie) 1 KING ABBEY, R. Hannon’s ch g,

aged, 10.13 (G. Holland), 2 NGATEA, W. Walker’s ch g, aged,

9.0 (Thompson) — —— 3 Also Started. —Desire 9-0, Miss Rosa 9.0, In Town 9.0.

King Abbey took the lead at the outset and was closely followed past the stand by Peter-Maxwell. The first time round King Abbey still led from Peter Maxwell, with Desire, and Miss Rosa 60 /yards further back. MjsS) Rosa aiid In Town rah off along the fiack, where Desire fell. King Abbey and Peter Maxwell, were together at the double the second time round, with Ngatea 150 yards away. Peter Maxwell went -to the front along the back and had the race in safe keeping from there onwards-, winning by. 50 yards from King Abbey, .with Ngatea a poor third. Time, 6m ss. WAIKINCL WELTER, of £2OO. One mile. JOY RIDE, E» Montgomery’s- ch g, aged, 9.1 (McTavish) 1 EH TIMI, W. M.' Sorensen’s gr g, ’ 4yr&, 8.6 (McCarthy)’ 2 MISS EGYPT, P. E. Brenan’s ch m, syrs, 8.7 (Keesing) 3 Also Started. —Mount Marta 8.13, Loch Abbey 7. in.. Loch Abbey got the rails passing the stand, and was attended by Miss Egypt, Eh Timi, and Joy Ride. Miss Egypt took the lead along the back from Loch Abbey, Eh Timi, and Joy Ride. At the far turn the long-strid-ing. Eh Timi went to the front* but was doing hits' bes,t at the straight entrance to keep in front of Miss Egypt and Joy Ride. In the run to tjhe post Eh Timi drew out but was beaten on the post by Joy Ride by a neck. Miss Egypt got to jvithin a head of Eh Timi, and was half a length in front of Mount Marta, with Loch Abbey last. Time, Im 41 2-ss.