MERRY mint and blimp at woodville

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 845, 13 December 1929, Page 15

MERRY mint and blimp at woodville

aspiring again Special to THE SUN N., Thursday. j Form worked out well today, the i '>nd day of the Woodville summer Track conditions, as on the ! f t day. were perfect. The totalisa--11 handled £ 14.477, the increase for •he two days being £4,870. bad smash occurred in the Kiri-.-hi Handicap, but the riders and concerned escaped coniparaovely lightly, although J. W. Chandler received a broken collarbone. Papatawa Hurdles »» the result of her excellent showon the opening day, Vinella ( U3li'J) ' installed a lirm favourite lor the Papatawa Hurdles, Airforce (JC23I) Delude (11130) being next in order . , the betting. Passing through the straight Joke Form ran to the front, but was deposed before the back traight was reached. Airforce and Vinella goin*? to the lead from Schorr, inke Form. Red Lane, Wilmorunu, “some Ked and Delude. Joke Form • i „‘,. | 0 grief at tire next fence. Vin■Ua Schorr and Delade were well gather at the straight entrance, and .he tinish promised t<> lie between Vin(iu and Delude. But a few yards j.ort of the post the big outsider, Ked , n e came with a rush to beat Vinlhi home by a head, with Delude Another head back. High Heather was fourth, and then there was a short „ ap to Schorr and Airforce. Wilmor,',r.a should improve soon. Novice Stakes All 13 acceptors went to the post in tht* Novice Stakes, in which Grecian, who had finished fast in third place „n the opening day, was installed ! favourite with £303 entrusted to him, with Platinu (£264) atid Habit (£347) next in demand. The lastnamed pair marred their prospects by being last to move. Grecian, on the other hand. po t uut smartly from Manifeso, Good a ire. Pedestal. Lady Gen and Royal "Mission. Good Acre was alongside Manifesto crossing the top, with Grecian and Portray ahead of Pedestal and Habit. Good Acre gave way at the straight entrance, where Grecian joined Manifesto, with Portray making forward move. In the run home Grecian held the advantage to win by half a length from the fast-finishing Portray, with Manifesto a neck back. Then came Habit, a shade in front of Lady Gen, Miss Quex, Pedesal and Gipsy’s Fate. Gothard Memorial Otairi (£417) wound up a firm favourite for the Gothard Memorial Handicap, Avro (£204), Merry Damon i£22l) and Merry Mint (£206) ranking next in favour. Blimp jumped away smartly from Otairi, Kick Off, Merry Mint, Miss Ransom and Atholspear, but rounding the turn into the back Atholspear ran up to join Blimp, with Talisker and Kick Off working up to Otairi. Crossing the top Blimp was still in the van from Talisker, Atholspear. Merry Mint, Mountain Heath and Otairi, “the favourite being boxed in on the rails. Merry Mint came up on the outside turning into the straight and was attending Blimp and Talisker. Over the final pinch Merry Mint tackled Blimp, but the Gasbag fielding hung on to make a dead heat of it. with Otairi, who had finally got through, a length and a-half back and just ahead of Atholspear. Then came Talisker and Billion. Kick Off. who is going to Auckland at Christmas, is in fair form. Otairi will be improved by the race.

Kiritaki Handicap Glenartney (£648) Mas entrusted with over a third of the total investments in the Kiritaki Handicap, there being fair support for Royal Parade (£301) and l‘;nvn Sugar (£214). When the field had settled down, Olenirtney was in the van from High Society, AVarzone, Royal Parade, and Blue Paper; but within a fu.rlong Blue Paper ran tip to the favourite, and the pair led Royal Parade. High Society, Statuary, Cuticle, and Warzone into the straight. Inside the distance AVarzone fell, bringing down Waterspear and Brown Sugar. In the meantime Glenartney had secured the advan age over Blue Paper, but the favourite had to be kept at it to win hy a short neck from Royal ‘Parade, *ho got up in time to force Blue Paper hack into third place, a nose separating the pair. Cuticle was right up fourth, with Statuary, Auda, and lligli Society together. Railway Handicap ’The first day's winner. Aspiring I£610) was preferred to The Hawk <£4lo) and Moa Bird (£279) for the Railway Handicap, and the Southerner 'iuly annexed the sprint honours. Once ••sain Callanmore was first out when :h# fapes lifted, with The Hawk and -Uton but the latter almost immediately assumed command. Knightko joined Aston crossing the top, ;. lt s ‘Aspiring, Royal Duke, and Moa tfird handy, and they turned into the straight in that order. In the run o the judge's box. Aspiring cam© up l!ie outside, an<l in a good finish , at , Knightlike home by half a r i?*h. w ith Aston a head away, aliunmore was right up fourth, with •‘>al Duke. The Hawk, und Star stranger next to finish. Aspiring won nicely, and there is Nor® m her yet. Juvenile Handicap (£u; S ' tUro (£*>4l) and Princess Betty . dominated the betting market a k Juvenile Handicap, there being dr °P to the firsrf day’s !r . " cr> Kahikatou. (£294). The judg,lU , Proved sound, for the two fav01?,es fought out a thrilling Pri n ® Bl * the wa y op the straight. Bett *’ secured all the best of j out from Kahikatoa and t Ur * r >lVer » but crossing the top Gesnai»anari Up to Princess Betty, with Pin? ♦?’ .Aj'ajean. Benign and Tripnearest attendants. Once thft « in }° tlle straight the pair had BettvSi S , h to themselves. Princess T he #»» * out «4ayed by Gesture over neck- k pincll « there being but half a : fn ~ h et "'een them at the post. Five Ranaii n . oame Arajean, with Pine t* Kahikatoa, Benign, TripHiver and Henry of tiirft ° order thereafter. Ges- “ W “1 be better for the race. Stewards’ Handicap Port/!(£610) was strongly supe Stew ards' Handicap. lr acti n ~ * and Chopin (£2bo) attfry support. Highland Mys take n to the front from *Ts£l a » they went out of the : Goin ? down the back Thrift j( lri b|i u . p to Highland Mystery, with !, ossi also moving forward, and ini -f, lop grey joined High»'l(l M.e e tcry . " itll Thrift, Balloon tlirlt, ‘ lhat * n line. At the distance k',t U.I f holding a slight advantage, ■ at> Holdlike and Gold Bag ,ti r “Phfarance, and the chal*it ,vi, ,° fou Sht out the issue. Malah from Goldlike by half a ,«• with Gold Bag, who came just i u 7*- a bead further away. Thrift hd T* U t rlh ' "ith Chopin, The Mug q . ® Aw ha next. k»r>* Malahat should btpt *n mind. Gorge HandicapHandicap w’a-s won in the strides by Royal Lineage, who

was always well placed and beat Queen s choice a head. Briar Boot * i ' st lnt o the straight, and finIshed fast into third place. Borsalene unci Kameses were next. Additional results are: gf K. 10 Morril Ur i- (: Tpf V'jiy;. A - Kills, 2: 8 Manifesto,'Metcalf. 3. o lev i V ko l ’, 12 , iVhakaue, 5 Miss V' -,' Habit, 2 Platina, 10 Royal Mission, » Gipsy Fate, 11 Cheramy. 6 uen, o Good Acre*. Won by half a nip I V A separated second and third horses. Time, 1.16. GOTHARD MEMORIAL HANDICAP Of £1200; 1 mile arid a distance. 2 —MERR Y i j Mln T (p. l . Goodman), O—BLIMP (C. T. Keeble),* V.7* L j Ellis ’ * ' I—OTA nil (J. K. m. Duncan ), * 8.1, ■“Dead-heat for first piace. ’ -Also started:—s Kick Off, 8.11; 8 Merry Damon, 8.4; 9 Talisker, 8.3; 6 Atholspear, 8.2: 2 Avro, 7.7; 8 Mountain Heath, 7.2 • 7 Miss Hansom. 7.1; 10 Billion, 7.0. At the distance Blimp was challenged bv Merry Mint and a great finish resulted in a dead-heat, Otairi being a length and a-half away. Time, 1.57. Kiritaki Handicap, of £100; 6 fur.—l Olenartney, 8.0, L. G. Morris, 1; 2 Royal Parade, 8.11, H. Wiggins, 2; 4 Blue Paper. 7. T. Green, 3. Also; 8 Brown Sugar, 8.2 (fell); 12 St. Melba, 7.13; 5 Auda. 7.11; 14 AVaterspear. 7.11 (fell)r7 Grattus, 7.11: 1 Statuary, 7.10; 6 High Societv, 7.9: 0 Head Serang, 7.7: 8 Cuticle, 7.0; 13 War Zone, 7.0 (fell); 10 Rule Britannia, 7.0. Won by a neck from Royal Parade, who w;is a nose in front of Blue Paper, with Cuticle fourth. Time, 1.17. The race was marred by an accident in the straight, Warzone. Waterspear and Brown Sugar coming down. Chandler, rider of Warzone. received a broken right collarbone, but the other riders escaped with a shaking. RAILWAY HANDICAP Of £150; 6 fur. I—ASPIRING (J. Faulk), 8.3. Coveny..l 6—KNIGHTLIKE (A. B. Williams), 7.3, Metcalf 2 S—ASTON (H. R. Campbell). 7.0, Bell 3 Also started: 2 The Hawk, 8.13: 6 Star Stranger (coupled with Knightlike), 7 Admiral Drake, 8.3; 5 Royal Duke, 7.9; 3 Moa Bird, 7.4; 8 Callinmore, 4 Veronese, 7.0. Won by half a length, with a head separating second and third. Time, 1.14. Juvenile Handicap, of £110; 5 fur.—l Gesture, 8.12, Wiggins, 1: 2 Princess Betty, 8.5, Morris, .2; 4 Arajean, 7.5, Ellis, 8. Also: 1 Salon, 7.5 (coupled with winner); 3 Kahikatoa, 8.12; 11 Hawkshaw, 6 Masterton, 7.7; 13 War Worn, 7 Henry of Navarre, 15 Benign, 11 Jason, 7.5; 17 Sunblush, 9 Marino, 24 Futurist, 7.4; 5 Drastic. 13 Ranallo, 10 Jenny Diver. 8 Tripping, 7.0. Won by a neck. Arajean was two lengths away, and Masterton was fourth. Time, 1.1. Stewards* Handicap, of £120; 1 mile and a distance. —5 Malahat, 7.G, Davis, 1; 10 Goldlike. 7.0, Wiggins. 2; 6 Gold Bag. 8.3, Broughton, 3. Also: 1 Thrift, 9.2; 4 Rnval Black, 3 Chopin, 8 Diinosa. 8.3: 2 Disrank, 7.12: 11 Teawha, 7.*>; 12 Mothplane. 7.2; 14 Fiery Comet, 7 Balloon. 9 The Mug. 14 Highland Mystery, 13 Mirabilary, 7.0. A great race home resulted iii Malahat getting the verdict by a short head, with Gold Bag a head behind Goldlike. Time, 1.57 4-5. Gorge Handicap, of £150; 7 fur. -3 Rnval Lineage. 8.4. It. Reed, 1: 4 Queens Choice, 8.12. Griffiths, 2: 1 Briar Root. 8.4. Green, 3. Also: 2 Raineses, 9.4: 5 A U steritv 7.12: 6 Borsalene, 7.11. Won bv a bead, with the favourite close up. Borsalene was fourth. Time. 1.30 --5.