Day of Surprises

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 13

Day of Surprises

trotting at hutt park Wellington Spring Fixture MISS LEDA’S BIG DIVIDEND (Special to THE SUN) WELLINGTON, Saturday. rE Wellington Trotting- Club’s spring meeting was held today in ideal weather, with a light southerly breeze. The new track provided good going. It was holding at the start, but improved rapidly as the day progressed. The various improvements, including a new stand on the lawn enclosure, reflected credit on the officials responsible for the outlay.

The racing throufiliout was inlerrstbut barkers of favourites had a . d da.' - , at" l in tlle tnjun, the divii,ds returned were on a large scale. liJlre was h splendid attendance and Tn sum of £26,1 60 was put through !?. investing machine, compared with 583 last year, showing a decrease f£2 405. Hostess and Miss I.ed.-i, ol ho were practically tlie outsiders in events, paid )>ig figures, while other winners in Baron Derby, All and Nelsonian were also at remunerative prices. Baron Derby’s Good Form Th« hot favourite, Mac Locanda, met something classy when he measured 2S with Baron Derby in the New Tracis Handicap, the latter staying on litter In a willing finish to get the verdict by a length. Jessie Huon had no trouble in landing the third money. Grand Canyon lost ground at the start, nd broke again when racing into the i’ack tile last time. Lady Author went t l,e best race of the unplaced division. Karon Derby is a four-year-old colt lv Kelson Derby—Plain Rose, and rained at Palmerston North by his owner? H. J. Woodfield.

Tamahine’s Fine Effort The two most favoured in the Petone handicap, Wah and Bon Boy, jeopar,sed their chances by breaking badly more than once on the journey. Bon isettled down to .some, purpose after breaking three furlongs from and looked to have the race won, when he 1-R his feet in the straight. This mistake allowed Tamahine to get , p and beat him by a length. St. Fetrox went a fairly solid race, but ho did not have the speed to go with Tamahine at the end. The winner went solidly throughout, as did NqlParrish, but Wah broke several umes and then finished close up fifth. Great Way was making a good run at the home turn when he broke, to finish in the ruck. Steel All’s Success Steel All finished with rare determination to gather Arikitoa. 100 yards from the post and beat him in a powermi finish to tho Bollard Memorial

Handicap by three-quarters of a length. Great Logan was not well placed in the early part, but over the "including stages ho paced very fast, and after catching Zellu half-way up the running, beat her home rather easily for third prize. It was a big mprovement on his Oamaru form. ■St'el All was driven with fine judgment by Drum Withers, and lived up to his good track trial at Addington on Tuesday. He is an Australian geld;ng who has been rather an “iffy” proposition, and although he was too good lor the others today he seemed iniined to mix it in the run down the !ane - Zella went a capital race, only tiling to box on to a gruelling finish, and Richore, like Muriel De P ro > died in the final pinch after hold:nf» ey ery advantage in the early part. Aleron. who was the medium of strong support, failed to go away correctly, and did well to finish fifth. Hostess Springs Surprise In the Borough Handicap, Hostess starting from the .'24yds mark, soon ntade up her handicap, and after seven turlongs had gone she had charge El Direct, Haydock and Sandy •Pinter, JBhe was never headed again won by two lengths from El Direct. ÜBon’s charge was unlucky in get'ng stopped at the home turn, but so he could not have beaten the r 1 n " er * Sandy Pointer, who was a behind El Direct in third place, naa every chance, but was all in when iy e bne was crossed. Of the others haydock and Kelp went fair races.

Berkett Gets the Money was a good finish to the Short ■ anaioap, Nelsonian coming fast in a h to beat Reylet by one and '"air lengths. Bingen Maid failing F >*° on the business, after enttle B * ra *6ht with an appreciable ■', "as close up third. Nelsonhiri a race horse\s task in front of half-mile, and nothing live with him when ho issued his smooSCK Had Llewellyn gone v* 16 Wou ltl have troubled the cost a couple of bnd breaks new* a big slice of ground. He was an( ff. ° n in fourth place at the end, ex P er ience should outlive his re 9utation as a verv unreliable •nTf . merc ‘hant. Jessie Huon’s effort M orn air * but Brent Zoloch and Golden .[J?" ou * of eas a long way from wk-out man.

Tw o Surprise Packets -•™t S J' eda arHl Peter l-iyre brought B OP p 6 downfall of Deceitful, Wah, 41 *77 and Nelson Parrish, who wHtUy backed in tin' PresiHandicap. .Miss Rcda followed

Robert Todd and Lady Tory until they both went astray, and once she took the lead lior solidity stood to her, and she passed the judge with a length to spare from the breaking Peter Eyre. St. Petrox did not finish as well as was anticipated, and he was three lengths away third. Miss Leda returned a dividend of over half a cen-

turv. Bon Boy, Great Way and Great Harvester, all of which made mistakes, were the most prominent of the unplaced order. Loiterer Hurries Home The Wellington Handicap proved a stirring finish, in which Loiterer lasted long enough to beat El Direct by half a head. Better handled El Direct might have won. Kelp was always prominent, and was beaten on his merits. The winner was splendidly driven by O. E. Hooper. Loiterer is by Denver Huon and does not lack stamina. Avenger, who was the outsider of the field, paced a solid race into fourth place, but the favourite, Cushla D’Or, found the opposition too good. Results are as follow: New Track Novice Handicap, of £175: limit 3.59; 1 mile and 5 furlongs.—s Baron Derby (H. J. Woodfield), blk c, limit (W. Barren), 1; 1 Mae Locanda, limit, 2; G Jessie Huon, 48yds, 2. Also started: 2 Brent Zolock, 7 Solitude, 4 Lady Author, 2 Grand Canyon, limit; 10 Matenga, 8 Richmond Lass, 12yds; 9 George the Fourth, 48. Won by half a length, with four lengths between second and third. Time, 3.55. Petone Handicap Trot, of £175; for trotters; limit 4.2; 1 mile and 5 furlongs. —4 Tamahine (G. A. Mitchell), blk m, 48yds (W. Hughes), 1; 2 Bon Boy, limit, 2; 10 St. jvtn x, 24yds, 3. Also started: 7 Robert Todd, 8 Lady Tory, limit; 3 Great Harvester, 1 Wah, 9 Peter Eyre, 12yd.s; 11 Eva Beta, 24; 12 Miss Zeda, 36; 6 Nelson Parrish, 5 Great Way, 48, 13 Ukulele Lady (late Pandora), 96. Won by a length, three lengths separating second and third. Time, 3.55 1-5. BOLLARD MEMORIAL HANDICAP Of £300; limit 4.40; 2 miles. B—STEEL ALL (A. H. Busch), b g, 60yds (-D. Withers) 1 2—ARIKITOA (G. E. Thompson), b g, 12yds (M. B. Edwards) .. .. 2 S—GREAT LOGAN (S. O. Lemon), b g, 36yds (O. E. Hooper) 3 Also started: 7 Riehore, limit; 3 Curfew Boy, limit ami Sunlish, 48yds (coupled); 9 Muriel de Oro, 1 Aleron, limit; «s Cornelian, 11 Firpo, 24yds; 4 Zella, 36; 10 Avenger, GO. Won by three-quarters of a length, with two lengths between second and third. Time, 4.38 2-5. Borough Handicap, of £200: limit 3.51; 1 mile and 5 furlongs.—l 9 Hostess (J. R. Corrigan), br m, 24yds (A. J. Corri-

Kail) 1; 5 El Direct, limit, 2; 1 bandy Pointer limit, 3. Also started: 11 Salient 3 kelp, y Hilltop. 6 Pleasant Wave, limit; S Uuydock. 4 Eagan's Pride, leytls; 2 Cushla D'Or, 24; . Halmore, JO. tVon by a length and a-half,. with a head between second and third. rime, *>.43 1-5 NEW ZEALAND CUP TRIAL Of £450; limit, 2.44; miles. * 7—GOLD JACKET (B. ,T Parkes), blk e. aged, by Gael l.ell—Lady S„ 24yds (A. Bryce > 1 4 PADLOCK (J A. Mitchell), br g, aged 36yds (W. Hughes) .. .. - 6—GREAT BINGEN IJ. L. Me KenI zie), 36yds (R. Dunn) *• Also started: S Jean SloßKvyn, 5 Linkman. in Western King, 3 Imprint, limit; I l Kohara, 2 Maiwhariti, 12yds; 3 Peter | B \Von’ bv' half a length, with a. lenyth and a-half between second and tin d. Time, 2.45 3-5. Short Handicap, of E 175: limit, 2.44: :,, miles 7 Nelsonian (L. F. Berkett), b <-■* 24yds (L. F. Berkett), 1; S I Reylet, limit, 2; 3 Bingen Maid, 12yds, 3. < Mstr. started’ 1 Llewellyn. 10 Richmond 1 Lass/4 Brent Zolork, « Te Aik;*, 9 Steel ! 5 Vi /V'ift l2 w ;^ a e° c limit; 1 Ru-fv Vcou£ted ! *%£»£& a length between second and third. Time, i 2.54 4-5. President's Handicap, of £206: trotters only; limit. -'.O: - ' ..TaS j Leda (B. J. Aii.ehe*..n», blk . m, COjds i (E J. Aitcheson), 1; 9 Peter b.-re, -bos, 2; 6 St. Petrov, SSy-ls. 3. Also ! 8 Robert Todd, *2 Lady T ™:>;L,-Jslv Bon Boy. 12yds: l Great Hartester j Wah, 1 Deceitful, -4. 10 T^\^; U 1 r>,- ’i i Great Way, 5 nelson ! Ukulele Lady (late Pandora), 144. A\ n Iby a length, three lengths separating ! second and third. Time. 4.45. Wellington Handicap, of £250: 1 2 55- 11 miles. —3 Loiter* r fO. K. Hoopei ), : i i ha., cr* ! ?coupled); lt 5 Red Key, 12 Logan s lisWS ll'°ft4 L: Tno^n 'head. ‘half a length separating second | and third. Time, L.ou.