Wins Jellicoe Handicap

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 128, 20 August 1927, Page 13

Wins Jellicoe Handicap

HUNT CUP TO PENDAVIES The Pakuranga Meeting rE annual meeting of the Pakuranga Hunt Club commenced this morning at Ellerslie. The weather, in keeping with the conditions prevailing for several weeks past, was showery, and as a consequence the course was heavy. There was a fair attendance when proceedings started. A two-year-old parade was held prior to the racing, sixteen youngsters participating. Following are the results:—

GREENMOUNT HUNTERS’ STEEPLECHASE Of £250; about 2£ miles. 4 NUKUTERE (R. Hannon), b g, bv Quin Abbey—Glenopal, syrs, 9.5 W. Rennie 1 1— SEA COMET (A. J. Julian), ch g, by Day Comet—Seabird, aged, 9.9 T. Chaplin 2 Also started: — 2 Wiltshire, 10.0 E. Syrae, lost rider 0 5 Hauturu, 9.5, lost rider 0 3 Glenlight, 9.5 fell 0 Winner trained by R. Hannon, CambrWon by six lengths. Time, 5m 525. A Thrilling Race The opening event, the Greenmount Hunters’ Steeplechase, was contested by five horses, and three of these failed to complete the journey at the first attempt. Sea Comet was favourite with £643, aeainst Wiltshire £599, Glenliglit’s £469 and Nukutere’s £3BO. The Quintette got over the hill all right, but at the stone wall at the foot Hauturu lost his rider, and Wiltshire also pecked at the second of the double, losing his jockey. Sea Comet had a small advantage here from Glenlight and Nukutere, but once on the hiii the second time Sea Cornet drew -•Way, and Glenlight failed to rise at the first fence there. Nukutere made a great burst coming down the hill, and he was in front of Sea Comet at the stone wall, coming on to score by half a dozen lengths. Glenlight was remounted and finished some time later to be placed third. HUNTERS’ HURDLE RACE Of £250. 1J miles. 5 FAIR ABBEY (A. H. Burgess) ch g\ by Quin Abbey—Fair Lady, aged, 9.12, G. Holland 1 5 MANGANI (A. H. Thomson) br g, by Day Comet—Maniapoto mare, syrs, 9.0 E. Mcßae 2 I—TOWN HALL (M. Wells) br g. by Archiestown —Mangu Rose, syrs, 9.0 C. Butler 3 Also started: — 1— Lady Acre, 9.9, R. E. Thompson 4 7 Royal Day, 9.0, W. Tricklebank 5 8— Simplicitas, 9.0, J. Sharkey .. .. 6 9 Master Noel, 9.0, C. Scott .. 7 2 Just John, 11.2, R. Eager .. .. fell 4 Ramblin’ Kid, 10.10, H. Gilmer fell 11—Whakatoe, 9.0, A. Rutherford .... 0 10— Royal Bonus, 9.0, C. Hastings 0 Winner trained by A. H. Burgess, Frankton. Won by three lengths, twenty lengths ■eparating second and third. Time, 3m. lls. Fair Abbey at Last There were more incidents in the Hunters' Hurdles, two horses falling and two others failing to complete the journey. The order of betting was Lady Acre £BO3, Just John £746, Mangani £735, Ramblin’ Kid £477 and Fair Abbey £434. Over the first fence and past the post the first time Royal Bonus led from Royal Day, Mangani. Lady Acre, Fair Abbey, Master Noel, Town Hall, Simplicitas, Just John and Whakatoe, Ramblin’ Kid falling at the first fence. There were some changes running to the fence at the five furlongs, where Just John crashed, the order of the leaders being Mangani. Lady Acre, Royal Day and Fair Abbey in close order, followed by Simplicitas, Town Hall and Master Noel. Fair Abbey was half a length in front of Mangani into the straight, their nearest attendants being Lady Acre, Royal Day, Simplicitas ai d Town Hall. Fair Abbey carried too many guns for Mangani in the run from the last obstacle and won by 3 lengths, with Town Hall twenty lengths further back. Next in order were Lady Acre, Royal Day, Simplicitas and Master Noel. Whakatoe and Royal Bonus pulled up. SYLVIA PARK HANDICAP Of £225. li miles. 2—FESTINA LENTE (G. Henderson),' br m, by Romeo—Lady Floss, syrs, 10.5, E. Keesing 1 CAPTAIN COBHAM (R. Hannon), b g, by Swift Flight—Lady Gwen, „ 4yrs, 9.0. W. Rennie 2 I—ANTHENRY (Mr. J. Carroll) ch g, by Mullingar—Marie O’Dile, 6yrs, 9.3, H. Wiggins 3 Also started:— 1— Acushla, 9.3, S. Henderson .. .. 4 *—KiUute, 10.1. R E. Thompson .... 5 L—Wyoming, 9.0, R. Reilly 6 7—Bright Dawn. 10.1, R. Manson .. 7 11— Star Comet, 9.11, L. Deuieu .... 8 6 Blue Sky. 9.11, Regan 9 2 Arch Queen, 9.0., R. McTavish 11 Salamander, 9.0., TI. Driscoll .. 11 I—Red Comet, 9.13. S. Cammick .. 12 Jt»— Mery Lad, 9.0.. T. Chaplin 13 lo—Master Arch, 9.0.. P. Chrystall .. 14 H—Michael. 9.0. E. Ludlow 15 10—Charitane, 9.0. A. Lee 16 Winner trained by G. Henderson, Thames. Won by two lengths, three lengths between second and third horses. Time, -m. 31s. , Festina Lente Scores The Sylvia Park Handicap saw all the ?S-^ ptor . s going to the post, Acushla, G ‘ ‘, being the favourite, with money for bestina Lente £641, Captain Cobham

| £577, Red Comet £482 and KiUute £397. A walk-in start saw Wyoming and Arch Queen hit the front first, this pair leading past the post from Fiery Lad, Killute, Acushla, Charitaine, Star Comet, Festina Lente and Michael. At the six furlongs Fiery Lad had charge from Wyoming, Acushla, Festina Lente, Arch Queen, Star Comet, Charitaine, Killute and Bright Dawn. As they crossed the top and came JELLICOE HANDICAP Of £SOO. 11 miles. 2 MASTER DOON (D. P. Moraghan) br g, by Lucullus—Lassie Doon), Gyrs, 10.5, S. Henderson 1 ] 4 QUEEN ARCH (R. B. Hines) b m, by Marble Arch—Miss Amans, syrs, 9.2, A. Tinker 2 I—LLANDUDNO (Mrs. M. R. Campbell), b g, by Formative—Holywell, Gyrs, 9.10, L. Manson 3 Also started:— 3 Te Kara. 11.-7, R. McTavish .... 4 6 Tinoiti, 9.0, Foster 5 9—Queen Emerald. 9.0, J. Mcßae .. 6 5 Thursby, 9.0, W. Bagbv 7 7 Harbour View, 9.0, H. Wiggins .. 8 10—Desert Glow', 10.9, H. Dulieu .... 9 s—Golden Krist, 9.0, G. Holland .. 10 Winner trained by D. P. Moraghan, EllersUe. \ Won by a neck, two lengths separating second and third horses. Time, 2m. 295. Consistent Master Doon Delightmer.t and Royal Present were out of the Jellicoe Handicap, and in a good pool Llandudno £1,440, Master Doon £1,263, Te Kara £1,200, and Queen Arch £613 were the best supported. After the field had gone a furlong Llandudno, Queen Emerald, Harbour View, Master Doon, Queen Arch, Thursby, Tinoiti, Te Kara, Desert Glow and Golden Krist was the order, but out of the sti'aight Queen Arch had run in behind Llandudno, Master Doon, Desert Glow, Queen Emerald and Te Kara following them past the six furlongs. Llandudno was still in front at the home turn, with Queen Arch, Te Kara, Master Doon, Thursby, Tinoiti and Queen Emerald next. At the distance Llandudno and Queen Arch were on terms, and then Master Doon appeared on the scene, the last-named finishing too strongly for Queen Arch, whom he beat by a neck, with Llandudno a length and a-lialf away third. Te Kara was fourth, and next in order were Tinoiti, Queen Emerald, Thursby, Harbour View, Desert. Glow' and Golden Krist. The last-named began slowly and ran in the rear the whole wav. into the sti'aight Wyoming and Acushla were on terms. Athenry, Bright Dawn, Festina Lente, Charitaine and Star Comet, with Captain Cobham next. Til the last furlong Festina Lente came through on the rails to win bv two lengths from Captain Cobham, with Athenry three lengths away. Then came Acushla. Killute, Wyoming, Bright Dawn, Star Comet and Blue Sky. PAKURANGA HUNT CUP Of £7OO. About 3 miles. PENDAVIES 1 HYPOTHESIS 2 SEA COMET 3 Scr.: Del Sarto, Glenlight, Master Noel. Time, 7.13 Further race results will be found in the Stop Press on Page 1 as they come to hand.

JOCKEY INJURED FRACTURED SKULL H. F. Gilmer, the rider of Ramblin’ Kid in the Hunters’ Hurdle Race, the second event at Ellerslie to-day, is suffering from a. fractured skull as the result of a fall, and is seriously ill in the Auckland Hospital. The horse came down during the running of the race, throwing Gilmer heavily. The jockey landed on his head. THEIR FIRST RUN TWO-YEAR-OLD PARADE FLUTTERS AT ELLERSLIE Much interest was manifested in the parade of two-year-olds at Ellerslie this morning. Sixteen came out, and they were dispatched in two divisions, of nine and seven respectively. They were lined up at the barrier at the two furlong post and sprinted to the post, with the following result: DIVISION DUMBLANE (H. Friedlander), b g, Leighton—Flora McDonald . . . . 1 AVON COURT (F. Gilchrist), b f, by Lucullus —Avon Park 2 PRODICE (F. E. Loomb), b f, by Cat- # mint—Hyades 3 Also started: — King Val (Valkyrian—lnformative) .. 4 Havering (Quin Abbey—Dreamer) .. 5 Taneriri (Antagonist—Country Picnic) 6 Envoy (Absurd —Bronze) 7 Justify (Gay Lad—Assertive) 8 Presumption (Comedy King—Sunbird) 9 The placed horses were always prominent from the jump-out. Dumblane won nicely by a neck from Avon Court, | with Prodice two and a-half lengths ! away. Time,, 27 3-5. SECOND DIVISION VALOUR (H. Calder), br f, by Valkyrian—Glutenora 1 VITAL (W. Garrett), br c, by Greyspear—Vitella 2 NANKIN BLUE (F. Gilchrist), b c, by Tea Tray—Lady Kerman 3 Also started:— Armenia (Lucullus —Miss Kolmar) . . 4 Camp Prince (Lucullus —Queen of the Earth 5 Principal (Thespian—Royal Exchange) 6 Aggressive (Kilbroney—Vicereine) . . 7 Vital and Valour were always in the van. the latter winning by a length, with Nankin Blue a couple of lengths | further away. Time. 28 1-5. The condition of the course was all against good times, but the first division i was a splendid test. Among the | scratchings for the parade were the I Papakura string, wluo were not brought j in, it being considered that the conditions were not favourable. Le Choucas and Eden Hall were also not brought in to fill their engagements.