HOW THEY RAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 857, 28 December 1929, Page 12

HOW THEY RAN

First Day Form at Epsom FILLING THE PLACES Lirmett tho Great, well hmai F. J. Smith. won the Ini roduw Trot in great stylo, ami on £? r f °' 7 ' agaim e “ ard *° kC, '‘’ ” Ul of «>* men?, Tamahine went a nice race to „ second place. and should be following at the carnival. Orth Akenehi was going so well stage of proceedings in the OJ W” event that it looked as if a."""* be in the money. A bad break j o ’ ll4 ing tho straiglit on the final cW put her well out of it. Clr etn; Enawah was always well placea a the December Handicap and ?<1 n handled by A. McMillan.' won b^* 11 clear length, after a sterling finish.* Benefice paced truly lor young v Morrison in the 1--furlong heat a 2 she hung on well under pressureV get second berth. Warspite put in good wfek i n th* December Handicap to get third pi*!? at the end. It was a great fi ni gw between Benefice, Warspite and Queen Elizabeth, for the minor placings head* only separating the trio. 08 * «• * Andy Bryce was never uneasv Gold Jacket in the Cup and the local pacer quickly took up a good posi. tion. When the business end came in sight, the Gold Bell gelding came away to win in approved style. * ♦ • The back-marker, Peter Bingen, rin a solid race in the Cup, and at the homo turn was showing up with the front divisions. Inside the distance he was heralded the winner, but could not head the winner ofi! ovrr the hi* 100 yards. * • * Machine Gun was always in the firing line in the big event, and after trailing Dilworth for a mile and threequarters, dashed to the lead, and was well clear at the home turn. The final pinch found him lacking, and he divided the small end of the purse with Padlock. Padlock put in a good rattle at tho finish of the Cup and got up to make a dead-heat of third place with Machine Gun. The Longburn pacer was well back most of the journey, but his final effort was decidedly good. * * * As predicted for some months, the Derby finish was a real thriller, and the placed horses. Great Parrish, Ngingo Ngingo and Royal Silk, finished almost in line. Ngingo Ngingo and Royal Silk both lost ground at the start, and with half the distance covered were giving Great Parrish a start. They did well to get as close to the winner at the judge. * * • Pine generalship on J. Bryce’s part saw Evelyn Locanda come at the right end with a fine effort, to catch the big end of the purse in the Grandstand Handicap. The mare, which was turned out in splendid condition, by W. Nightingale, paid a nice price. * * a Reremai ran a solid race, and finished with determination in the Grandstand Handicap, to score second berth. She showed a lot of speed in the run home, but Evelyn Locar da was a shade too good in the final pinch. * * • Stanmoor stayed on well over two miles, and was in. the firing-line nearly all the way. He put in a great effort in the final run home, but was not quite good enough for his conquerors.

Raima went a solid race to win tho Rowe Cup by a narrow margin. J. J. Kennerley allowed the Hastings trotter to get well on his feet in the early stages, and when Peter McKinney, who was making the running, broke