TAUHERENIKAU RACES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 April 1939, Page 8

TAUHERENIKAU RACES

WAIRARAPA CLUB’S EASTER MEETING GOOD SPORT ON OPENING DAY. (By “The Cynic.”) The weather was fine and there was a large attendance at Tauherenikau today for the opening of the Wairarapa Racing Club’s meeting. The track was hard and fast and the early races provided excellent sport. Results up to the time of going to press were as follow: — MAIDEN PLATE, of £l5O, 6f. 1 Floral Robe (A. Jenkins) 1 2 Dissipation (G. Tattersall) 2 5 Telemon (Evans) 3 Also started: 8 Batsham (Belcher); 11 Beagle (Fager); 3 Lady Baron (Caddy); 12 Lady Cygnus (Power); 4 Maturity (Williams); 10 Pharisee (Lamb); 7 Phil (Uicholson); 6 Po Atarau (Forsyth); 14 Rose Mimetic (Midwood); 13 The Stag (Stowe); 9 Wakarara (Doyle). Won by three-quarters of a length, a neck between second and third. Maturity was fourth. Time, lmin 15sec. MOK Al HANDICAP, -of £2OO, 6f. 4 Mister Quex (Parr) 1 2 Export (Williams) 2 1 Gay Chou (Jenkins) 3 Also started: 3 Matoru (Caddy). Won by a length; with Gay Chou a head away. Time. 1.12 1-5. TUHITARATA HANDICAP, bf £l5O, lm. If. and 80yds. 2 Happy Heels (Fager) 1 1 Ruling Star (Jenkins) 2 3 Dancing Flame (Carroll) S’ Also started: 4 Southern Blood (Savage), 5 Etzel (Nicholson). A length each way. Southern Blood was fourth. Time, 2.3 3-5. EASTER HANDICAP, of £5OO. l',m. 6 Trebor (Forsyth), 7.7 1 5 Siegmund (Jenkins), 8.10 2 1 Yours Truly (Tattersall), 7.10 3 Scratched: Friesland. Won by a length, a neck between second and third. Time, 2.7. COMMENT ON RACING FIRST TO FLORAL ROBE. Floral Robe was prominent early in the Maiden Plate but she drifted badly after going a couple of furlongs and rounding the turn. Po Atarau and Wakarara were showing the way from Telemon, Pharisee and Beagle. There was little change into the straight where Floral Robe hit the front and stayed there to win by three-quarters of a length from Dissipation, who was always well placed. Telemon finished on well to collect third money a neck away. Phil was well in the picture at the business end but the judge apparently missed his colours. MISTER QUEX ALL THE WAY. Mister Quex scored an end-to-end victory in the Mokai Handicap. He was first out and was trailed most' of the journey by Export and the first favourite Gay Chou. Matoru took a hand when the straight was reached but Mister Quex finished on the bit to score by a length from Export, with the fast finishing Gay Chou a head away third. Gay Chou and Export both appeared to leave their effort too late, and when the whips came out they had no chance with the winner. HAPPY HEELS SCORES. Always well placed Happy Hoels came through in the straight to score a convincing win in the Tuhitarata Handicap. Passing the mile post Ruling Star had charge from Happy Heels, Etzel and Dancing Flame, but when the home turn was reached Dancing Flame was out in front from Southern Blood and Etzel. In a punishing finish Happy Heels held on to win by a clear length from first favourite Ruling Star. Dancing Flame faded out and finished third another length away. Then came Southern Blood.