Kinsel's Surprise

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1027, 18 July 1930, Page 12

Kinsel's Surprise

Gisborne Fixture —Results and Tomorrow's Prospects

Special to THE SUN

GISBORNE, Thursday. The attendance at Park Racecourse for the opening of the Gisborne Racing Club’s winter meeting was close to a record for this meeting. Good acceptances for the majority of events were no doubt responsible in some degree for this good attendance and the presence of a large number of visitors from the Coast, country and Wairoa districts for Carnival Week must have had a big effect, Nevertheless the totalisator handled only £9,826, compared with £11,738. From the public point of view the Maiden Race was unsatisfactory, for it left a doubt in many minds as to the accuracy of the placings. From the Press stand it certainly appeared as if Full Crop had beaten Queer Card for second place, but the judge awarded second place to Queer Card, after first hoisting three numbers, among which that of Full Crop did not appear at all. Park Hurdles In the Park Hurdles Kongo was favourite by a margin of 50 tickets over St. Ames, and Superb King was third choice, with about half the support accorded St. Ames. Heather Blend showed the way to the first hurdle, : with Tall Timber, Abisogne, St. Ames and Kongo all close together. Superb King fell and removed one possible obstacle to the victory of St. Ames, whose rider took him out in front to lead by 12 lengths. The order behind the leader coming past the stand was Kongo, Heather Blend, Tall Timber, Abisogno and Kiwinui. This order did not change until they entered the back stretch, though St. Ames was eased a "bit, and Kongo and Heather Blend were closing up on the leader. Kongo was almost on terms with St. Ames along the back and round the west bend, but his hurdling was not as clever as that of the leader. They were together when they took the last jump, but St. Ames was able to produce a good finishing dash to win by a neck. Maiden Race All but one of the acceptors went out for the Maiden. Merry Lu was backed with confidence and Huntingdon carried 140 less tickets. As the barrier went up Huntingdon showed out immediately, with Full Crop closely attending him and Dale also showing out. Merry Lu was not badly placed after half the distance was covered, but she went out of sight in the bunch as they approached the turn for home. Here Huntingdon was still in front on *he rails, with only a narrow advantage from Full Crop, with Abbey Dale also well up. Purseful came out of the bunch as they made the turn and moved up toward the leaders, but was unable to sustain her run and had to give place to Queer Card, whose smart finish brought him up to dispute second place with Full Crop. Huntingdon won without being seriously pushed, drawing away at the finish, but there was not much between Full Crop and Queer Card, the judge’s placing causing much dissatisfaction among a portion of the crowd. Abbey Dale was fourth and Purseful next. Flying Handicap For the Flying Handicap King Wanga was backed down to a short price, with Te Awha and Singleton about equally backed, about 200 tickets less than the first choice. The start was really good, the runners going out like one horse. King Wanga showed out immediately, with Otenc and The Author nearest of the others. Singleton dropped back early and Te Awha made little effort to keep with the leaders after the first furlong, but approaching the turn for home both improved gradually. At the bend King Wanga was still showing the way, with Golden Shadow and Otene both in touch, but Otene fell back and Singleton was left in third position, behind King Wanga and Golden Shadow. Up the straight Singleton looked like catching Golden Shadow, but he did not continue his improvement and the favourite ran home a winner by a neck. Te Awha filled fourth place . Gisborne Steeplechase The defection of Highwayman and Kalakaua left only four runners for the Gisborne Steeplechase. Master Arch was promoted to first place on the machine. Master Arch set out to keep the lead from start to finish and succeeded as far as the home turn the last time round. He cleared his fences without fault oil through, and it was only in the last round that he showed signs of tiring. If his rider had resisted the invitation to battle for the lead with Timi Pouri on the second circuit, he might have had enough in reserve to fight off Garzon's challenge, but the veteran came strongly, and, taking commamd*from the bend, cleared the last jump nicely, and drew' away to win by two and a-lialf lengths. The winner gave a fine display of fencing, and the only time he looked like making a mistake was when he ran rather close to one of his fences on the west bend as he was forcing the pace in competition with Master Arch. Tanvworth stood up until he reached the board fence in the last circuit, and there crashed. Timi Pouri, whose fencing was erratic almost from the start, stumbled in the back straight the last time round, and spilled his rider. -Tamworth was remounted, and qualified for third money by finishing the course. Hack Handicap Even with seven scratchings there was still a strong field numerically for the Hack Flat Handicap, and the public made Royal Songster a hot favourite. There was a good start after a little delay, Claremore being the only one of the field to be late in getting off. Russet Moor, Royal Songster, Fall o’ the Year, and Coonardoo were the early ones to show out, and Royal Songster held command right round to the home turn. Fall o’ the Year fell back, as did Russet Moor, after half the distance was covered, and Cloyne became prominent with a good run which carried him into second place behind Royal Songster at the turn. Up the straight the favourite flagged, and Cloyne got clear, with Claremore making a fast finish on the outside to challenge* the leader, but Cloyne won by half a length. Tramway Steeples

Only Highwayman and Kalakaua turned out for the Tramway Hack Steeplechase, and of the two Highwayman was better backed in a very small pool. The pair went together over the first three fences, and then Highwayman went ahead to show the way to the sod wall, where he was a length or two to the good. Kalakaua came up level at the stand double, and was still on terms at the board fence, where he hit the obstacle and lost a stride or two. He recovered well, and was up with Highwayman, taking the lead on the west bend, and running home the winner by six lengths. Winter Oats

In the Winter Oats, from a good start Queen’s Choice, Rory Mor, and Whakaari went out in the dash for the rails. Past the stand Good Sport, Nahi, and Whakaari were in front, with Queen’s Choice, Kinsel, and Rory Mor grouped behind. There were no changes of note when the field got into the back stretch, where Nahi took a slight lead from Whakaari and Good Sport. Rory Mor dropping back. Valsier started to move up near the half-mile, while Kinsel got the better of Nahi and Good Sport just before they turned for home. Kinsel held his

own right to the finish, winning by a | quarter of a length. Rory Mor was j fourth, and Whakaari fifth. Tho following are the results: Park Hurdles, of £140; 12 miles.-—2 St Ames (W. Scholium), be, ?; Mcllroy, 1; 1 Kongo 9.12, K. °me 2, 7 Heather Blend, 9.0, L. Jarvis, 3. Ate©. 4 Abisogne, 9.12; 6 Tall Timber, 9.i. 3 Superb King, 9.7 (fell); 5 Kiwinui. ..0 Neck, four lengths. Time, o Maiden Race, of £100; 5 fur; all 9.0.2 Huntingdon (C. Aneell), blk c, by Hunting Song—Arbroath, 2yrs, H. Queer Card. J. Walsh. \ E Ellis 3. Also: 19 All Home, 11 Tama Waiata. 1 Merry Lu, 3 Shine Oa 18 Te Ariki. 30 Ruku, 17 Ahi Taka, 9 Winterboy. 14 Salamander, o Abbey Dal.e 16 Erins Boy, 15 Lady Horton, 12 Boi Archer, 6 Purseful, 13 Honowai, Agile. Length; short head. Time, 1.0 o-o. FLYING HANDICAP Of £150; 6 fur. I—KING1 —KING WANGA (F. Benson and J. H. Jamieson), gr g, 6yrs, 9.11, H. Goldfinch •• •• W*’ <-* 1 4 —GOLDEN SHADOW, 9.0, H. N. o 3 —SINGLETON* 10.10, A. E. Ellis .. 3 Also.—s Bold Front, 10.9; 2 Te Awha, 9 3: 8 The Author, 9.0; 7 Good Sport, 9io; G Otene, 9.0. Two lengths: half a length. Time, 1.17 3-5. GISBORNE STEEPLES Of £200; about 3 miles. 3 GARZON (H. Finucane), br g, aged, by Heather Mixture—Gazeen, 9.7, J. Leach 1 I —MASTER ARCH (Reedy Bros.), b g. aged. 9.3, J. Tinsley J 4 TAMWORTH (P. Shield), bg, 6yrs, 9.0, P. Mcllroy - Also.—2 Timipouri. 9.3. Won by two and a-half lengths. Tamworth and Timipouri fell, but the former was remounted and completed the course. Tune. 6.-4. Hack Flat Handicap, of £130; 6 fur.— 4 Cloyne <G. Priest), br rn. syrp 9.0. H. Young, 3; 8 Claremore. 9.0, H. Duheu, I Royal Songster, 9.4, P. Atkins, 3. Also: II Outfit, 9.7; 9 Little Wonder, £-•: 12 Coonardo, 9.6; 14 Rich Crop, 10 I* all o’ the Year, 9.2; 3 Russett Moor, .*.L; ♦» Wedding Bells, 9.2; 2 Merry Lu. 9.0; / Little Gift, 9.0: 5 Kathelma, 9.0; lo Barracouta, 9.0: 35 Autumn Sun, 9.0. Hall a length: three-quarters of a length Time, 1.13 3-5. Tramway Hack Steeples, of £140: 2 miles.—2 Kalakaua (C. E. Twist), br g, aged, 9.8, J. Tinsley, 3: 1 Highwayman, 10.5, H. Dulieu, 2. The only starters. Six lengths. Time, 3.58. WINTER OATS Of £160; lj miles. 6—KINSEL (R. Brown), br g, 6yrs, 9.2, P. Atkins 1 3—QUEEN S CHOICE. 10.2, H. Grif- - I —VALSIER. syrs, 9.9, E. A- Keesmg 3 Also.—2 Rory Mor, 9.7;‘7 Cool Card. 9.0; 10 Good Sport. 9.0; 4 Whakaari.,9.o; 9 Primax, 9.0; S Autumnlna. 9.0; 5 Nahi, 9.0. Quarter of a length: half a length. Time, 2.6.