DULL AT FEILDING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 526, 1 December 1928, Page 13

DULL AT FEILDING

| CEREMONY WINS AGAIN CLOYNE TAKES NOVICE (Special to THE SUN) FEILDING. To-day. i The weather is dull for the second 1 day of the Feilding Racing Club's j | spring meeting. The attendance is i j good and the track fast. Results: CHELTENHAM HACK HURDLES Of £150; 15 miles. I I—ELYSIANOR, 11.9 1 S—ELICIT, 9.0 2 3—HYMESTRASON, 9.0 3 All started. Won by a length, three , lengths between second and third. Time, , 2.49 3-5. 'ln the Cheltenham Hurtles Elysianor was a good favourite. llymestrason was the early leader, and the Ilymestra gelding piaoted the field through the ! straight, where Royal Acre’s rider, who I had been attending Star Shell in behind the leader. lost an iron, and at : the second of the stand fences eamc unshipped, although he hung on to the horse’s neck to pull him up along the back. Grand National moved up ahead of Star Shell, with Elicit and Elysianor ! also improving their positions, and. three furlongs from home. Elysianor joined Hymestrason. The pair raced on terms to the last fence, where the favourite outjumped his companion, but he had to be shaken up again to hold oft' a late challenge from Elicit. A length separated them at the post. Hymestrason was a further three lengths away, with Grand National ! ahead of Star Shell and Pinna. NOVICE STAKES Of £150; 6 furlongs. | 2—CLOYNE, 8.8 1 5 HAVERING. B.S 2 | I—THE1 —THE WARDEN, 8.8 .. 3 | All started. Won by a head, a short length between second and third. Time, 1.16. The field in the Novice Stakes was sent away' in a very ragged line, Marica showing the way to Havering, Miss Atlanta, Skypoint and The Warden. Crossing the top Havering ranged up alongside Marica, with The Warden and Cloyne, who had been compelled to come round the field, in attendance. Once landed into the straight Havering and The Warden drew out with Cloyne in hot pursuit, and in a punishing finish Cloyne got up to beat Havering by a head, with The Warden beaten into third berth a length back. Marica was fourth, with Irish Court right up. ST. ANDREW’S HANDICAP Of £300; 1 mile and a distance. 3 MERRY DAMON, 8.8 1 2—RUANITI, 8.5 2 6 VIVO, 7.9 3 Scratched: Bonogne. Won by a neck, half a length between second and third. Time, 1.54 4-5. OROUA NURSERY HANDICAP Of £175; 5 furlongs. 1— CEREMONY, 8.3 1 2 EQUITANT, S.l 2 6—COURTLIKE, 7.9 3 All started Won by three lengths, four lengths between second and third. Time, 1.2 4-5. RONGOTEA HACK HANDICAP 2—STANCHION .. .. 1 S—GOLD BAG o 4 ACRED * 3 All started.