TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 551, 2 January 1929, Page 6

TROTTING

Kingcraft Leads Them Home

DICK LOGAN’S SPRINT CANTERBURY PARK FIXTURE

(Special to THE SUNJ CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s summer meeting was held to-day in showery weather, on a very heavy track. The attendance was fair, and the totalisator investments amounted to £28,431, compared with £34,657 on the corresponding day last year. , Uninteresting Contest

There was strong support for Oval in the Introductory Handicap, the Denver Huon mare carrying £ 370, Molly Molloy £240, and Repute £2ll were next in order of favouritism. It was not a good contest, the first and second horses having the finish to themselves. Repute handled the heavy track to good advantage to-day, and when she tackled Oval three furlongs from home there was little doubt as td what would win. Inside the distance Repute had Oval's measure, and when the latter broke the New Brigh-ton-trained mare went on to win easily by one and a-half lengths from Oval, who was about 100 yards in front of Lonesome, followed by Molly Molloy. Sea Queen and Pieter Timmerman. Oval opened up a break of 20 lengths round the back the first time, but she tired over the concluding stages. Repute has not trotted so steadily for some time past, and on dry tracks had given some poor displays. Yesterday, however, she made no mistakes and returned a good price.

The Favourite Fails

Nan Brent was a good favourite for the Templeton Handicap, being entrusted with £415, Springtime £322 and Pet Locanda £264 were next In demand. The track was now a quagmire. At the outset Apex broke up and took no further part in the race. Audience also went away badly, and ran wide at the first turn, losing a lot of ground. Erin's Royal went off smartly and at the back the last time. J. Bryce brought him round the leaders and thereafter the Er’n’s King gelding was not seriously troubled to win by two lengths from Springtime, who was six lengths ahead of Vikota. Several of the runners did not settle down, and altogether it was a poor contest. Nan Brent, who finished fourth, was in the picture for some time, but she could not foot it with the place-fillers in the run up the straight. Of the others, Sonoma Child and Loco did best. Kingcraft Again Kingcraft £778 was a better favourite than Ahuriri £742 in the Can-

terbury Handicap. It was a very race in which the favourite made the opposition look very cheap. Kingcraft who was slow away, went to the front and drew right away with a rounq go. Ahuriri’s task was impossible at this stage, the Cathedral Chimec hor»® having made little impression on his handicap for the first mile and 4, quarter. J. Bryce made his run too late, but Ahuriri showed great sp*ea over the last four furlongs, and had he not skipped 100 yards from the post he would have beaten Waitaki Girl for second place. Early leaden were Talent, Quality and Author Jinks, but Kingcraft was always handy, When the straight was reached for the final round, Logan Park had assumed command, but going out of the straight 1 the Logan Pointer gelding broke and was pulled out of the running, hi* chance being ruined by the mistake. Kingcraft won with the greatest of ease at the finish, and after the third horse came Quality and Author Jinks a long way back. Mercury art Last For the Lyttelton Handicap Mercury (£729) and Avoncourt (£647) and Florrie Pointer (. £ 319) were the popular picks. Mercury had the finish all to himself, beating Donard by six lengths with Alvira, who had put in two breaks, two lengths away. Direct Chimes showed the way cvep the early stages, but Mercury cams along at the right time and sailed round the leaders in impressive style, Donard, who was second, would be greatly improved, by the race, as he was not as forward as either Mercury or Alvira. Sarsaparilla Goes Solid A hot favourite, Nelson Ata (£790) was beaten out of a place in the Stewards’ Handicap, in which Sarsaparilla (£527) and Kerwood Befi (£507) were' the best backed of th« others. Sarsaparilla trotted very solidly throughout and wore down the opposition very easily, to win from Wild Hebe, who got home from Nighborn after the last-named went to a break about 100yds from home. Nelson Ata was trotting great guns until he left his feet 11 furlongs from the winning post, and although he made up his ground very quickly once he settled down again, he could only manage fourth berth.

Genuine Beats the Favourite Zenith was all the rage for Islington Handicap, £1,073 being invested on his chance, Dundas Boy (£580) and William the Great (£487) coming next in public favour* Lady Matchlight, Golden Bubbles, Away, Fight Ever, Black Admiral and Golden Devon were withdrawn. Genuine was never touched with the whip and easily held his own when challenged by Zenith, who made a gnsat effort to overhaul the winner once they came into the straight. William the Great was a poor third, being fully 20 lengths behind Zenith. Genuine lost a little ground at the start, but he paced very strongly in the heavy going. Behind William the Great came Bonny Logan, but with the exception of Genuine and Zenith the field gave a sorry exhibition.

Mile Saddle to Dick Logan The public was strongly in favour of Dick Logan’s chance in the Railway Handicap, a mile saddle event. He carried £824, and was followed by Chef (£546) and Bing Boy (£485). Dick Logan was always racing in a handy position, and once inside the distance he came right away from the bunch to win by six lengths from Shadowland, who just beat Sahib by a head. Prominent shortly after the start were Granite City, Sahib, Shadowland, Dick Logan and Chef. Granite City continued at the head of affairs into the back stretch, where Shadowland, Dick Logan and Sahib started to come away, but Succession was also doing his work well. The favourite strolled away from Shadowland, Sahib and Succession at the furlong peg, these three finishing in that order behind Dick Logan. Bracket Pay* the Dividend M. B. Edwards’s bracketed pair Arran Chief and Mate o’ Mine finished first and second in the Au Revoir Handicap, the third horse, Omaha, being nearly a dozen lengths away. It was a very popular performance, the brothers S Edwards and M. B. Edwards driving first and second horses respectively. Arran Chief ran a couple of sterling races into minor places at 2sew Brighton, and to-day he finished on resolutely in the sticky going to Z ln * y^°ne and a -half lengths from his stable mate.

Results: Introductory Handicap, of £200: 340 l- a T'rw..f nil n S '7r 3 ,? epute - (owner;. L I Oval, limit (M. B. Edwards). 2; 4 Lonesome 12yds- (T. Nyhan), 3. Also: ta . e v te <T T T' r “n, 2 Molly Molloy, 24 • 7 Se ?,r Queen ’ 60yds; 6 Young Carbine, • Won by two lengths, 20 lengths separating second and third. Time, 3 67. Templeton Handicap, of £225 • 232 Ft™,?! m l le^ — 6 Erin’s Royal, 48yds (i Bryce, jun.), 1; 14 Springtime. 12yds (CL limit (F. J. Owen). 3. 5 Hard Knocks, 4 Audrey Dillon, 7 frST/t- 13 Audience, 8 Apex, limit, 1 In an Brent, 9 Horotane, 2 Loco, i - ~^ ner ® ln S en * 5 Sonoma Child. 3 Pet Locanda, 12yds: 12 Sylvie Logan, 24yds. Won by two lengths, six lengths separating second and third. Time, 3.52 3-5 CANTERBURY HANDICAP Of £1,100; 4.29 class; 2 miles.

1 ? J £;P CRAFT » 24yds (A. Butter S—WAITAKI GIRL, 60yds (R. * * b! * Berry) t 2 AHURIRI, 72yds (J. Bryce, jun.) 3 Also:— B—Quality, 12yds .. 0 7—Talent, limit * "T 0 4—Logan Park, 12yds 0 G—Logan Chief, 24yds * 0 3 Author Jinks, 24yds 6 Won by eight lengths, with a’ length between second and third. Quality was 50 yards away. Time, 5.6. LyttelKm Handicap, of £225; 3.34 classt li miles.—l Mercury, 12yds (M. B. Edwards), 1; 4 Donard. 24yds (owner), 2; 7 a r ?’ B, *y ce . Jun.), 3. Also: 9 Fair Dillon, 10 Direct Chimes, 6 Roldina, 5 Great Abdallah, 3 Florrie Pointer, limit; 2 Avonwood, 24yds; 8 White Sun. 4Syds. Won by six lengths, with two 3 40 *4 *5 between second and third. Time, Stewards’ Handicap, of £300; 4.44 class: 2 miles.—2 Sarsaparilla, 48yds (M. B. Edwards), 1; 6 Wild Hebe, 24yds (G. S. Smith), 2; 5 Nighborn, 24yds (R. B. Berry), 3. Also: 10 Marvin Junior, 1 Nell son Ata, limit; 7 Katute, 24yds; 4 Lenwood, 8 Our Lady, 3 Kerrwood Bells, 48 yds; 9 Audnminion, 84yds. Won b” five lengths, a length separating second and third. Time, 5.8 2-5. Islington Handicap, of £300; 2.48 class; 1* miles.—s Genuine, limit (owner), 1; 1 Zenith, 24yds (E. C. McDermott), 2; 3 William the Great, limit (H. Frost), 3. Also: 2 Dundas Boy, limit; 4 Pluto, 11 Firelight, 8 Acre, 12yds; 6 General Bingen, 24yds; 9 Countryman. 36vds; 10 Aorcn, 48yds; 7 Bonny Logan, 60yds. Won by three-quarters of a length, with 20 lengths between second and third. Bonny Logan was fourth. Time, 3.3 1-5.

RATLWAY HANDICAP •Of £250; 2.17 class; 1 mile. 1— DICK LOGAN, limit (A. Holmes) 1 6 SHADOWLAND, limit (J. Fraser, „ jun.) \ 7 SAHIB, 12yds (R. H. Bennetts) . * Also: — . 2 Chef, limit ® s—Succession, limit *; 7—Sunfish, limit .. ® 9—Milo Minto, 12yds J 3 Bing Boy, 12yds •« ® 10—Bingen Lad, 24yd* .. .. .. .. ® 4 Granite City, 24yds 0 Won by six lengths, a head separaitod second and third. Succession was fourth* Time, 2.23 4-5. Au Revoir Handicap, of £300; 2.16 claa*l 1 mile.—l Arran Chief, 12yds (S. A* Edwards), 1; 1 Mate o’ Mine, 24ycls (M. B. Edwards), 2; 3 Omaha, 24yds (A Smith), 3. Also: 7 Lord Bingen, limit; 8 Harold Burwood, 6 Fashion Queen, * Dillon Gold, 5 Lady Matchlight, 4 Avenger, 12vds. Arran Chief and Mate o Mine were bracketed. Won by two lengths. 10 lengths separating second third. Dillon Gold was fourth. Time, 3-*.