NAPIER PARK RACES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1940, Page 3

NAPIER PARK RACES

ACCEPTORS FOR SATURDAY. <By Telegraph—Press Association.) HASTINGS, November 6. The following are the acceptances for the first day of the Napier Park spring meeting on Saturday. Betting will be single pool. 12.45—Greenmeadows Hack Hurdles, one mile and a half: Queen's Dream 11.3, Lucullus Boy, Southern Blood 10.0, Son and Heir 9.12, Morning Flight 9.8, Dorak, Lacan, Collodian, Great Bramble, Charles Stuart, Cherry Hunter 9.0. I.2s—Maiden Stakes, five furlongs: Royal Vision, Queen Ila, Waicony, Lively Lady, Battle Gain, Lady Merle 8.5, Haughty Rival. Greek Diana, Tea Lord, Lady Garvagh, Elminola, Tideover, Kehurangi, Sunny Knight. Lambert, Support, Kinariki 8.0. 2.s—Juvenile Handicap, four furlongs: Erinscourt 8.6, Captain Star. Burra Sahib, Uganda 8.0, Grey Spy, Miner’s Hope 7.12, Proven. Ex Pupil,

Valcony 7.9,. Dusky Bay. Stolen Coat 7.7. 2.4s—Park Stakes, one mile and a quarter: Yogi 9.0, Royal Star II 8.12, Lady Furst 8.8, Native Song 8.5, Master Cyklon 8.3, Lindrum 7.5, Hunting Cat 7.3, Morning Flight, Solaria 7.0. 3.25 —Ahuriri Hack Handicap, six furlongs: Rakanui 9.0, Flying Flag 8.12, Roeon 8.11, Proclamation 8.9, Boatsong, Kohi 8.8, Dainty Dell, Flying Spy 8.4, Dusky Morn 8.3, Southern Blood, Laughing Song 7.9, River Tide 7.7. 4.10 —Flying Handicap, six furlongs: Kathbella 9.9, Royal Star II 9.2, Vascones 7.12, Solaria, Nora Gregor 7.2, Charing Cross, Hunting Blood 7.0. Bracket: Kathbella and Nora Gregor. 4.55 —County Hack Handicap, one

I mile: Malacca 9.0, Kintyre 8.13, Boatsong 8.11, Gold Court 8.2, City Song, Royal Pageant, Tide 8.1, Kehua 7.11, Astrite, Catanach, Shani, Gold Craft 7.7. Descended from English mares. It is noteworthy that all three winners of Guineas’ contests this season. Beau Leon, Sir Cameron and Sir Beau, are closely descended from English mares. Sir Cameron’s dam is imported Mirabelle 11., dam of the dual Derby winner, Theo. Beau, Leon's dam is the imported mare Lady Bede, dam of the < brilliant Galilee, and Sir Beau’s I grandam is also an imported mare as is also the dam of the Harcourt Cup winner, Royal Chief.

To Ride at Napier Park. S. Anderson will be riding at the Napier Park meeting and he has been engaged I'or River Tide and Tide. Bred in New Zealand. Fearless Fox, winner of the Queensland Derby on Saturday, was bought at the 1939 Trentham Sales for 600 guineas. He is a well-bred colt by Foxbridge out of that good mare Eager Rose, winner of the Takapuna Cup and four open races on the Ellerslie course. Tidal Wave, third in this week’s Melbourne Cup, is a chestnut colt by Tiderace from My Own, by Lord Quex from Tressida.