Manawatu Topics

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 685, 10 June 1929, Page 12

Manawatu Topics

RUNNING AT OTARI (Special to IHE SLA) PALMERSTON X., Saturday. The Paladin —War Lady gelding Metellus has been confidently backed on several occasion at district meetings without living up to the confidence placed in him. He ranked favourite both days in the seven-furlong events, but a second and a fourth were the best he could do. The Lord Quex gelding, High Society, who is a commanding type, annexed the honours on the opening day from Metellus and Kilorell, while Mothplane and Malahat filled the first and second placir.gs on Monday. None of the favoured division enjoyed the best of runs on the latter occasion, while Mothplane and Malahat gave vastly improved performances and both returned good prices in consequence. Nevertheless Mothplane, who has been a model of consistency, undoubtedly paid a false price. A performer who has repeatedly promised good things without actually producing them in Australis at last got on the winning list when he scored in the Tainui Hack Handicap—a six-

furlong event —on Monday. Favoured by a run on the rails at the tup of the straight the Lord Quex gelding was driven along to register a two-length victory from Second Thought. The result was again something in the nature of a boil-over, Le Champ, whose staying powers have always been open to question, having been installed a warm order. On the Top The success of Lady Limond placed her owner. Mr. R. Heppncr, at the head of the winning owners’ list at Otaki with £2BO, while a first and a second to Paitonu brought in to Mr. K. Tito, the Taranaki owner, the sum of £250. Place money brought in Mr. V. Bryant the sum of £IBO, Maui winning the open sprint for him and then filled third berth in the distance event on the concluding day, while a second and a first in the open sprints brought Mr. T. A. Duncan in £l7O. Others to top the £IOO mark were Messrs. H. L. Kingan, D. Kemp and H. Stanbridge £l2O each and Mr. J. O’Meara £llO, while Mr. W. H. Gaisford attained the century mark .vith his one success. L. G. Morris and T. Webster proved to be the most successful horsemen at Otaki, each piloting three winners. The former scored on Disrank on the opening day and on Paitonu and Consent on Monday, while Webster saluted the judge on Second Thought on the Saturday and on Fine Acre and Mothplane on Monday. Webster's finishing effort on Fine Acre was a good one, while he had Morris doing his best on Consent to hold off a challenge from First Acre in the open sprint on the Monday. The training honours were well distributed at Otaki, the Foxton mentor, A. M. Wright (Lady Limond and Fine Acre) and the Woodville trainer. J. Sullivan (Mothplane and Australis) each annexing two successes, but whereas the former gained one on the respective days, the latter waited till the last two events on Monday before figuring on the winning list. Single points fell to H. L. Kingan (Trentham), W. H. Dyer (Wanganui), A. D. Webster (Otaki), G. Jones (Awapuni), V. E. Bryant (Foxton), D. Kemp (Woodville), A. Goodman (Trentliam), H. J. Batten (Feilding), D. Burgess (Masterton), J. Fryer (Hawera) and F. Tilley (Fordell).