FINAL DAY AT ADDINGTON

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 437, 20 August 1928, Page 13

FINAL DAY AT ADDINGTON

National Cup to Peter Bingen

TALENT SCORES IN FEDERAL HANDICAP

THE New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting' Club's final card for the national function, postponed from Friday, was present-ed at Addington to-day. The weather was fine, the track in splendid order, and the attendance large. Results: —

MIDWINTER HANDICAP Of £300; 11 miles; 3.34 limit. 11—HAPPY ROSA, 60yds. W. J. Tomkinson 1 4—KERR WOOD BELL, 48ycls . . . . 2 I—TAMERLANE, 84yds 3 Scratched: Lady Fan. Won by a head. Time, 3.24 2-5. Kerrwood Bell’s Hard Luck When the field settled down. Merry Bingen was showing the way to katute, Burnie and Nelson Boy. Passing the stand the last time Merry Bingen was still in command, and racing out of the straight led Nelson Boy, Nelson McKinney, Birnie and Tlappy Rosa. Going down the back stretch Nelson McKinney, Burnie and Happy Rosa, led across the top from Nelson Boy, Merry Bingen, Happy Rosa and Kerrwood Bell, with Tamerlane heading the remainder. Nelson McKinney led into the straight, but once on the road for borne Happy Rosa shot to the front and in an excitijig finish Happy Rosa beat Kerrwood Bell by a bead, with the fast-finishing Tamerlane half a length away third. Nelson Bay was close up fourth, followed by Merry Bingen, Our Lady, Sarsaparilla, Nelson McKinney, Katute and Lazarus. Great Change failed to go away correctly. It was hard luck for the consistent Kerrwood Bell to strike Happy Rosa in improved form. LIGHTNING HANDICAP (Saddle) Of £300; 1 mile; 2.13 limit. I—JEAN McELWYN, 12yds, J. Beh11—GENERAL BINGEN, liinit 2 9—NATIVE CHIEF, 72yds 3 Scratched: Henry Logan, Shine Soon. Won by two lengths. Time, 2.11 2-5. Jean McElwyn Comfortably General Bingen was smartest to begin and led past the stand from Firpo. Pan Yan, Brentloc, Nantwich and Jean McElwyn. Racing down the back there was little change in the leading positions, except that Brentloc lost ground, while Jean McElwyn and Native Chief moved up fast. General Bingen led into the str.fght, but Jean McElwyn finished fast over the last bit to beat General Bingen home by two lengths, with Native Chief half a length away third, folllowed by Nantwich and Firpo. The Judicial Committee fined M. Holmes, driver of Burnie in the Midwinter Plandicap, £2 for speaking to spectators on the course. NATIONAL CUP Of £1,000; 2 miles; 4.27 limit 2—PETER BINGEN, It, J. J. Kennerley 1 I—JEWEL POINTER, 3Gyds 2 6—TALARO, 12yds 3 Scr.: Quality. Won by three lengths. Time, 4.25. Peter Bingen’s Cup Waitaki Girl and Daphne De Oro failed to leave the mark, and Native Chief was also slow away. Peter Bingen immediately took up the running, and led past the stand the first time from Acron, Native Chief, Talaro, Loganwood, and Cardinal Logan. There was not much alteration over

the next circuit, and turning oirt of the straight the last time Peter Bingen held command from Acron, Loganwood, Native Chief, Talaro, Peterwah, and Queen’s Own. Along the back Peterwah ran into second place, and before the tanks were reached Jewel Pointer and Talaro began to move up fast. Peter Bingen led across the top

into the straight, and, sustaining his run, defeated the fast-finishing Jewel Pointer by a couple of lengths. Talaro was a neck away third, followed by Cardinal Logan, Peterwah (who broke badly half a furlong from home), and Queen’s Own. Inquiry Held The judicial committee met, and held an inquiry into the running of Peter Bingen, as compared with his running on the previous day. The explanation of trainer-driver J. J. Kennerley was accepted as satisfactory. FEDERAL HANDICAP Of £350; 11 miles; 2.50 limit. 2 TALENT, 36yds, H. Frost 1 12—AV HARE PI ANA, 24yds 2 14—LADY EMBRACE, limit 3 Scratched: Dillon Huon, Zenith. Won by it head, three lengths between second and third. Time, 2.45 2-5. TALENT’S CLOSE CALL Great Form and Some Wilkes led past the stand from Direct Morning, Lady Matchlight and Shadowland, but before the back stretch was reached Talent begun to move up fast. The latter made a sharp run four furlongs from home, and by the time the tanks were reached had hit the front. Talent led across the top and into the straight from Lady Matchlight, and keeping up his run defeated Wharepiana, who came fast, over the last bit. by a short head. Lady Embrace was three lengths away third, followed by Lady Matcliliglit, Haunui and Great Actress. HEATHCOTE HANDICAP Of £500; 2 miles; 4.35 limit 3 LOCH MOIGH, 36yds, W. Hughes 1 I—WESTERN KING, 60yds 2 6 —HUON DENYER, 48yds 3 Scratched: Jean McElwyn. Time, 4.29 1-5. Later Results will be found in the Stop Press as they come to hand. PETER BINGEN HAS QUALIFIED FOR N.Z. CUP WINS NATIONAL CUP IN 4.25 JEWEL POINTER’S CONSISTENCY Peter Bingen has raced in his two essays at Addington during the present carnival in a manner that evidently impressed the public, with the result that he was well supported to-day in the National Cup, which he succeeded in winning in approved style. Peter Bingen is a member of the well-known Nelson Bingen—Bertha Belle family, and during his turf career has put up some high-class performances over various distances, although experts have doubted his ability to get to the end of a hard two-mile circuit in top-grade company. Last season Peter Bingen had a rather lean season, but he was not over-raced, and his exertions resulted in two seconds and two thirds in about a dozen starts. The previous year the brother to Great Bingen an£ Co. was well in the limelight, and his earnings for that period amounted to £ 2,450. AVhen recently seen at Alexandra Park Peter Bingen showed signs of returning to his best form, a*d despite failures in the August and King George Handicaps at the present National Carnival, J. J. Kennerley’s charge ran sound races and he deserved his win. That the pace was on is shown by the time recorded for the journey—4.25—which accomplishment entitles Peter Bingen to take his place in the next New Zealand Cup field. The Aucklander, Jewel Pointer, by running second, has recorded another meritorious performance and enhanced his reputation for consistency, which surely will be rewarded before the racing terminates to-day.