Winner Loses Race In Committee Room

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 754, 29 August 1929, Page 12

Winner Loses Race In Committee Room

BLACK MINT’S HANDICAP SOME CLOSE FINISHES (Special to THE SUN) DANNEVIRKE, Wednesday. One of the first fine days this part of the North Island has had for weeks favoured the Dannevirke Racing Club for its spring meeting today. The public rolled up in force strong enough to increase the machine speculation from £8,258 last year to £10,099, an increase of £1,841. The course was soft and cut up somewhat, but was not very heavy. Delude's Promise A new hurdler was seen to advantage when Delude won the Glengarry Hack Hurdles. The little experience he had at Hastings last week helped him and he jumped well and came away nicely at the right end to beat the very moderate Peshwa. Royal Damon made a couple of bad jumps in the last round and that lost him his chance. Hard Gold went well and Lady Gay will do better. Likely Te Aroha Improver Though beaten in the Tiratu Maiden Stakes, Air Laddie went a good race He encountered a smart sort in Tahoma, for whom he was no match. Tahoma, one of the Hunting Song family, looks good. Kotahi Eka looked to be unlucky in the running, Glenison, from A. E. Cox’s Te Aroha stable, was always prominent and was suited by the going. Outclassed the Opposition Blue Paper, the winner of the second division, is a nice galloper and could have won by a very big margin. She is a three-year-old by Paper Money from Blue Lake, and has a big reputation.

Would Have Won Black Mint would have won the

Neagle Handicap but for Courageous cutting in on to his line. The reversal of placings did not cause a surprise Queen’s Choice will do bettor soon Black Maire Unlucky Black Maire could not get a clear run in the straight, otherwise he would have paid a dividend in the Umutaoroa Hack Handicap. Admiral Drake will not be long in winning a race, and Sylvan Dell is due to improve on to--5 day’s showing. Austerity has imi proved since last seen in action, and * so has Tourist. Just Won Woden only just won the Dannevirke Hack Steeples. But he would have , been unlucky to lose, as Alarie was , lying on him in the run down the i straight. Ponjola came to grief , through falling over Law's Road. * A Close Call The finish of the President's Handi- - cap between Royal Opera (the favour--1 ite) and Vinella was so close that nc . one but the judge knew which wo>... i Royal Opera was backed as a certainty. . but only just scraped home. [ Surprise Result 1 Huikai surprised those who had seen 2 him in action recently by winning the Ruahine Handicap. He finished very fast from the ruck. Piuthair was well fancied in the right quarter, but lost 1 ground half-way through the race aim i £ could not make up the leeway in tiie I straight. A likely improver is I Rameses. Shortly, who was at a i J short price, was not good enough, but I 1 went a fair race. s Still Winning Hopwood was a bit lucky to win the Harris Hack Handicap, and with an i. equally good run Goodwill would have l beaten him. Royal Black also went I V well. * Following are the results: Glengarry Hack Hurdles, of £IOO- 1 1 t miles.—* De.uge, y.u, E. Dunn, i’ 1 1 fo Nic ?b 2; y Waid «old. Rr.vo‘t*n &k PPe c’ Also: 8 Powhirl, z ? Ah l Si 0 " 1 , °T H ady Gay ’ 6 Royal Elm, I loYonYyi-. T aS*22&n. 11 Won T b5 P £ t±ard hS ’ Time C 2 so*?*/ 11110 * secon <l ana - „. T, f a ‘ u .Maiden Plate, of £IOO, 5 fur ! >. , lr .? t piMsion: 8 Tatioma, 9.0, L,. G. Morris 3 }-• 3 Alr , Laddie, 9.0, S. Barry, 2: 12 Potoaform, 9.0, A. McCormae, 3. Also- 9 ; - vFSEZ' \ otahi Eka, 4 Don Quixote, „ oo V- , n< T arsity, 20 Frilford, IS Vali I n 22 \ alpiane ,14 Winlock. Won by two 5 ’ !t£ e i hs * th a neck between second and t third. Time, 1.5. Second Division: 5 _ Blue Paper, 9.0, A. McDonald, 1; 11 Glenir son, 9.0, E. Keesing, 2; 6 Retract, 9.0, W Broughton, 3. Also: 17 Royal Mission, 16 Streamer, 7 Birkbeck, 10 Arrow Zone, 18 Duellona, 10 Arrowshot, 21 Double Soult. Won by four lengths. Time, 1.4 4-5. NEAGLE HANDICAP I j Of £150; 11 miles, i 2—BLACK MINT. 9.3, A. E. Ellis . 1 ; I—COURAGEOUS, 9.12, L. G. Morris 2 j —KAWHAKIXA. 9.2, H. Wiggins . . 3 ; , Also: 4 Queen’s Choice, 8 Revel, 6 Perle J j de Leon, 7 Essential. Courageous was a first past the post, but an inquiry into the running of Courageous led to the i 7 stipendiary stewards reversing the posi-

tions, placing: Black Mint first and Courageous second. Umutaoroa Handicap, of £100; 6 fur. — 4 Tourist, 9.0, L. G. Morris, 1; S Austerity, 9.0, P. Burgess, 2; 7 Chopin, 9.0, RSavage. 3. Also: 2 Black Maire, 3 Admiral Brake, 9 Ex Bono, 1 Sylvan Bell, 5 Te Awha, 6 Golden Shadow, 11 Pari, 10 Painting. 12 Royal Spark. Won by half a length, with the same distance between second and third. Time, 1.18 Dannevirke Steeples, of £100; about 21 miles. —1 Woden. 10.3, H. Bulieu, 1; 3 Alaric. 11.2, A. Mcßonald, 2; 6 Scion, 9.2, H. Pratt, 3. Also: 2 Ponjola. 4 Olympic, 4 Harrowgate, 5 Lawsroad. Won by a head, with five lengths between second and third. Time, 5.16 3-5. Ponjola and Lawsroad fell. President’s Handicap, of £IOO, 7 fur. — 1 Royal Opera, 9.0, H. Goldfinch, 1; 3 Vinella, 9.0, J. Barry, 2; 2 Claremore, 9.4, H. Young, 3. Also: 4 Bold Front, 5 Calluna, 6 Masher, 7 Trisogne, 6 MerryMixture. Won by a head, with the third horse four lengths away. Time, 1.33 2-5. RUAHINE HANDICAP Of £125; 7 fur. 3—HUIKAI, 9.3, J. Horne 1 7 —DOBBIN, 9.11, R J. Mackie .... 2 9—NUCLEUS, 9.2, H. Dulieu 3 Also: 4 Piuthair, 6 Spearmiss, 8 Rameses, 1 Shortly, 13 Mountain Heath, 11 Beaumont, 2 Roval Acre, 5 Plimmerton, 14 Rouex, 12 Tall Timber, 10 Gardant. Won by half a length, with a length separating second and third. Time, 1.32 1-5. Harris Hack Handicap, of £125; 1 mile. —1 Hopwood, 10.9, H. Wiggins, 1; 5 Goodwill, 10.3, B. Windle, 2; 2 Royal Black, 10.6, L. G. Morris, 3. Also: 3 Curtsey, 6 Wilmoreana, 7 Handsome, 4 Mount Shannon. Won by a neck, a head separating second and' third. Time. 1.48.