Marton Spring Races

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 760, 5 September 1929, Page 12

Marton Spring Races

AUCKLANDERS WIN DOUBLE Many Spills in Hunt Cup (Special to THE SUXj WAXGAXT’J. Wednesday. THE success- of two Auckland horses in the two principal flat events at Marton today. Barometer and Eaglet, and the fact that only two horses out of eleven completed the course in the Hunt Cup without mishap (two others being remounted to finish third and fourth) marked the opening of the spring circuit in the South.

; i The weather was tine, but overcast and bleak, with a gale blowing across ? the course and the attendance was only i ! moderate. The track was heavy after ; J considerable rain the previous day. The j totalisator handled £13.786 against £16,183 last year (a one-day fixture), and £16,580 for the first day of the ■ 1927 carnival. J j Trial Plate i j Equitant was a hot favourite Lor the , i Trial Plate. Glenison, Valma, Equitant, I Lucre and Parko were first to move, ■ j Glenison being well clear nearing the 1 ; straight, but Lucre quickly ran to the j front and won very easily from Kotaki : j Eka, who was under pressure to keep • | off Austerity, who came from a long ! way back. Guard of Honour and ; Equitant were next. Lucre outclassed this field and now ! he has started he should win again soon. Kotaki Eka finished generi ously in \V. H. Jones's hands, and was |at a fine price. Austerity and Guard j of Honour went good races, and are i likely improvers. Glenison showed a 1 I lot of pace and was well clear over the j first half mile and Red Lane was the | best of the others. First Hack Hurdles I Glena Bay was favourite for the | Hack Hurdles. Over the early porI tion of the journey Powhiri and Star | Shell were making the pace from Royal I Elm. Lady Gay and PBshwa, but ! going into the back Ah Wera worked | into the van from Hard Gold, Lady Gay, Glena Bay, Peshwa and Kingi Pita. Approaching the turn Hard Gold ran to the front to show the way over the final fence, the Foxton representative going on to win with ease by eight lengths from Lady Gay, ■ who came again to beat Ah TV era j home by a couple of lengths. San j Fera was fourth, with Peshwa ahead j of Glena Bay, Kingi Pita and Royal j Elm. Skipper, the Maori boy on Hard j Gold, took no chances and rode his j horse right out. He is a promising j jumper. Lady r Gay was a good sec- i ond, but Ah Wera was unlucky, for j he, Glena Bay. Modern and Kingi Pita ( all lost ground through being hung up ; in the tapes. San Fera and Peshwa j finished well. Ah Wera and Glena | Bay should soon do better. Spring Hack The Spring Hack Handicap was a j good race. Hop wood being a warm fav- ! ourite. A race for positions followed : when the barrier was released, Black Maire and Money Mint being together ahead of Hop wood and Boundary turning out of the straight. There was little change along the back, but rounding the turn for home the field closed on the leaders. Money Mint stopping quickly. Calithe and Royal Black had both run up and this pair j drew- right away in the straight. Royal i Black holding off the challenger to j win by a length and a-half, with Fine Aero four lengths behind Calithe. t Black Maire was fourth, with Hop--1 wood next, there being another gap to I Mount Shannon. | Royal Black won well, but be was lucky that Calithe got away badly. The latter was conceding a dozen lengths’ start along the back, and moved up fast crossing the top. and was going at express speed a length behind the winner at the finish. FineAcre was closest at the finish than at any part, but Black Maire and Money Mint petered out quickly, while the weight beat Hop wood. Marton Handicap Gold Cure and Nucleus made the early running in the Marton Handicap, but the rider of Nucleus lost an iron and the horse was pulled up. Gold Cure and Barometer led. to the straight from Black Mint, and in a great finish Barometer beat Black Mint

by a neck. Gold Cure, who was third, was six lengths away, just ahead of Royal Game. It was a good performance on the part of Barometer, for he had to carry Black Mint for part of the journey. Up the straight he easily outstayed Black Mint, although there was only a long neck in it at the finish. Gold Cure pulled himself to pieces, and with i half the distance covered he held a I lead of seven lengths. He did well to | get third place under the circ.umj stances. Royal Game raced disapI pointingly, and Kawhakina declined to gallop. Nucleus ran badly. Hunt Cup Steeples The Hunt Cup Steeplechase was a chapter of accidents, Alaric, Pikimai, Olympic, Rayonant, Risk, Ratapiko ; and Lad o’ Mine. Eight fell or lost their riders. Mataipuke ran off and Tvilia was pulled up. Askari. always prominent, was first ocer the last jump and won by a furlong from Sunart. Olympic, who fell at the last fence. was remounted for third money Mataipuke was fourth. The Hunt Cup Steeplechase was a good race for a mile and a-lialf, and then they started to fall. Askari headed Risk two furlongs from home. ! when the latter fell at the last obstacle, bringing down Olympic and Pikimai. leaving Askari to win easing . up. Sunarf s jumping stood to him. bm be was lucky that several horses j fell. Olympic and Mataipuke were i j remounted to finish third and fourth, j Tutaenui Hack ! Tli e dozen starters furnished the i ; best finish of the day in the Tutaenui Hack, which was won on the post by Desert Dad. who registered a phenomena) performance. Kalla was le.i and soon tailed off. racing badiy Elysianor was quickly in front from ltd de Val. Desert Lad, Trig. Vinella. Good- ' will and Arrow Head, and at the halirnile Desert Lad ran into a whole : heap of trouble, being checked twice, and at the home turn his chance appeared hopeless. In front of him at i the home turn were Hoi de Val. Hlv- ; : sianor. Trig. Goodwill, Arrowhead. ! Vinella and Bold Front. At the half I distance Roi de Val had Goodwill j I beaten, but .Desert Lad was flying on : the outside, and got up right' on the j ■ post to snatch a half head victory over! Hoi de Val, with Goodwill only a* short 1

i neck away. Bold Front was a good i fourth, and Vinella next. Desert Lad had to be extra good to j win as he did after sustaining two seri- j ous setbacks. Roi de Val and Good- i will both raced well, and their riders j Desert Lad swooped down on them. Bold Front was a possibility halt-wav Railway Handicap Hanging on gamely, the Takanini- ; trained Eaglet completed the double . for Auckland by capturing the sprint, i She and Bonogne were the only ones j heavily backed. Star Area got away : j badly, and Star Stranger tailed oft' ! i early. The field raced in line far nearly \ ! a furlong before Oration. Eaglet, Blimp, j ! Bonogne. Maui, and Moutoa Treasury i oecame the order. Eaglet raced up on

j the outside of Oration coming to the • straight, within range of. this pair j being Blimp, Maui, Bonogne, Rere- ; ! moana, Prince Humphrey, and Moutoa j 1 Treasury. At the distance Eaglet was . ! just clear, but several challengers ap- • peared on the scene, and, shaken up. | Eaglet held them all 6ft. to win by : j three parts of a length from the little- < j fancied Blimp, who was half a length . ! in front of Moutoa Treasury, Bonogne, ; and Maui. ! Eaglet did her work well, and is ; 1 liable to further improvement. Blimp j j again displayed a partiality for this j j i track. Moutoa Treasury was running , ion at the end. Maui went wide on ! | the home bend, and Bonogne then was | ] ; hemmed on the rails, being a shade 1 , unlucky. Electric Handicap Glenartney was in big demand for , i the concluding event, the Electric j J Hack, but there was a. mild surprise j 1 in store. The favourite was clear j ’ after going a furlong, and was the j 4 leader into the straight from Some | ' Acre. Juggle. Knightlike, Hunting Cry, j 1 Full Mark, and Haviland. At the dis- ! I tance Some Acre had headed Glen- i artney. and at the half-distance Ful.l j t Mark appeared on the scene, and soon ! i : placed the issue beyond doubt, going ! j 1 on to win by four lengths from Some j i Acre, with Juggle nearly a length j . away third. Glenartney was fourth, j * and Knightlike fifth. The latter should ! c win soon. i Results are* as follow: Trial Plate, of £100; about 6 furlongs, i ' —2 Lucre (C. T. Keeble), 8.7, C. Brough- ; . ton, l: 6 Kota hi Flea, 5.7. 2: 3 Austerity, 5.7, 3. Also started: y Red Lane, 8-. Y; i ' 4 Snowplane, 8.7; 8 King Hal, 8.7: 15 i i Plaice. 5.7; 5 Ulenison, 5.7; 13 Guard of j < Honour, 8.7; 17 Robbie's Mistake, 8.7: i 1.2_ Arrowzone, S 7_: lt> Scottish Standard, j : 5.7; 1 .Equitant, 8.7; 14 Valina, 5.7; Spear--11 Sunny Mint, 8.7. Won by three \ lengths, with a similar distance between I second and third. Time, 1.22 2-5. First Hack Hurdles, of <'2 150; l£ miles. I —5 Hard Gold (J R. Northcott), 9.U, A. I Skipper, 1: 3 I.ady Gay. ft. 13, 2; G Ah Wera, 0.5, 3. Also started: 0 Powliiri, 10.10: i Starshell. 10.2; 7 Royal Mini. 10.0; S Modern, 0.13; 11 San Fera, 0.10; 2 Peshwa, 10.5: 10 King! Pita, 0.2; 1 j Glena Bay, 0.2. Won by live lengths. Time, 2.50 2-5. Spring Hack Handicap, of £125; 1 mile j and 137yds.—2 Royal Black CL. S. Smith) 8.0. L. G. Morris, 1: 8 Cali the, 7.2, 2: ! 3 Fine Acre, 8.2, 3. Also started: ! Hopwood, 9.3: 4 Black Maire, S.B: 6 Balloon, 8.1; 5 Money Mint, 7.10; i Mount i Shannon, 7.2; 9 Boundary, 7.0. Won bv three lengths, with a length and a-ha.fr j between second arid third. Time, 1.59 - MARTON HANDICAP Of £200; about 1J miles 1-—BAROMETER (Roulston Bros) j 7.11. W. H. .Tones \ ’ I 2—BLACK ML\T (W. 11. Ballinger), M 7.11, J. Barry .. ji < j 2—GOLD CURB (C. F. Johnstone), i 8.3, B. H. Morris 3 , Also started: 2 Royal Game, 7.11 ‘ ! (bracketed with Black Mini); 5 Xucleus, i 1 7.D; 4 Kawhakina, 7.0. j { Won by a head, live lengths separat- i mg second and third. Time, 2.19. Hunt Cup Steeples, of £120; about A 1 : ( miles. —3 Askari (R. B. Hatch), 10.2, F. 1 Corlett, J; 0 Sunart, 11.3, 2; 9 Olvmpir, 10.1, 3. Also started: 1 Alarie, 11.2“ (fell). I : 2 Pikimai, 10.13 (fell), 7 Mataipuke. 9.13 : (ran off); 8 Kilia, 9.9 (pulled up); 5 1 Rayonnant. 9.7 (fell), 1 Risk. 9.7 (fell); j 10_ Ratapikb. 9.S (fell); II Lad o’ Mine. 1 9.7 (lost rider). WOll by 100yds. Olym- ! 1 pic fell, but was remounted to gain i third place. Time, 5.52. Tutaenui Hack Handicap. of £l2O- j about < furlongs.—9 Desert Bad (F L 1 Attfield >, 9.1. T. Metcalfe, 1; 4 Roi De I 1 Val, 9 9,2; 1 Goodwill, 9.5, 3. Also ! started: 3 Kaha, 9.4; 7 Bold Front, 9.3; I 1 5 Elysianor, 9.1: 11 Calluna, 8.6: 10 War- 1 dame. S 3; 6 Vinella, 8.0; S Trig. 8.0; i : 2 Arrowhead. S.O; 10 Tigrano, 8.0. Heads : separated placed horses. RAILWAY HANDICAP Of £165; 6 furlongs and 27yds (E. Earl), f.s, ,K. Voitre 1 j —BLIMP (C. T. Keeble). 7.11. W Broughton ,> ! —MOUTOA TREASURY (F. S Bail ~ i 1 ton). 7.7. A. G. Murray .. .. 3 : ! Also started: 7 Reremoana, 9.8; 8 1 ! r Humphrey, 5.12; 10 Star Area ! ; 8.8: 9 Panther, >.4: 1 Bonogne. 5.3- 4 : Maui. 7.5: 5 Oration. 7.4. v\ on by a head, half a neck between : second and third. Electric Hack Handicap, of £P»O- k i LurJongs and 27yds.—5 Full Mark ’ (R. i , Horemam, 5.4. G. Davis, t- 4 Some ! ! A< re - J. 5. 2: 3 Juggle, 7.2. 3. Also i ; starcec: _U) Knightiike. 9.0; l otenartnev, ; 6 X alpre, 4.4; 9 Adventus, T.O: i j HuiUins Cry ..11: 11 Push. 7,S;’sGrai- -.! • Vr Arro "' 80 - v - T Haviland. . ';r:. " 015 bj two and a-half lengths. ; ".tli one and a-half lengths between second and third. Time. 1.22 2-3. |