CANTERBURY PARK EVENTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1938, Page 9

CANTERBURY PARK EVENTS

GUINEAS TO RESPIRATOR. GOLD ROD WINS STAKES. By Telegraph —Press Association. Copyright. SYDNEY, September 4. At the Canterbury Park meeting on Saturday the following were the principal results: — Canterbury Guineas, for three-year-olds; nine furlongs—Respirator, 8.5 (E. Bartie) 1; Aeolus, 8.5 (W. Scanlon) 2; Petruchio, 8.5 (Shean) 3. All started. Respirator was badly away and tailed the field to the turn, where he was badly interfered with. He then revealed his class to win strongly by three-quarters of a length, with Petruchio two lengths away third, followed by Rathlin and Pandava. Time, 1.57. Canterbury Stakes, w.f.a., six fur-

longs.—Gold Rod, 9.2 (McCarten) 1; Stretto (Bartie) 2; King’s Head, 9.2 (Shean) 3. Ten started. Although Stretto finished gamely. Gold Rod held her off to win by a length, with King’s Head a length and a quarter away third. Time, 1.13. September Handicap, one mile and three furlongs.—Greek Play, 6.10 (Findlay) 1; The Wrecker, 7.3 (Duncan) 2; Silver Standard, 9.0 (Munro) 3. Eight started. Half a head; length. Dutiful was sixth. Time, 2.25. The Wrecker came from last at the home turn and was really unlucky to lose. The Ashbury Handicap, one mile and a furlong, resulted in a dead-heat between Kaitere and Bianconi, with Sidcup third. Mananui and Golden Chance were unplaced. Moaveil won the Third Division of the Park Stakes, and Aladdin was unplaced in the First Division. SENSATIONAL bungle. MIX UP AT BARRIER. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. SYDNEY, September 4. The Sunday newspapers feature the mix-up at the barrier in the Canterbury Guineas on Saturday. They describe it as a sensational bungle, originated by somebody tampering with the tapes. It is reported that boys climbed the fence and tied the starting lever to a nut, rendering it impossible for the tapes to lift, and when the starter cried out “Go,” three horses were caught in the tapes. Rathlin’s rider, F. Lewis, was pulled off and the jockey, E. Bartie, suffered facial injuries. Pandava, with McCarten, bolted under the tapes and went a mile before McCarten, hearing the shouts of the crowd, realised it had been a false start. The riderless Rathlin galloped behind but finally pulled up and began to feed on the grass on the track. McCarten declared Pandava was certainly not improved by the false start and thqt it was useless to gallop him afterwards. .