TROTTING CARNIVAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1940, Page 3

TROTTING CARNIVAL

N.Z. CUP WON BY MARLENE. CANTERBURY HANDICAP TO NELSON EDDY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 12. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting was held in fine weather with a very large attendance. The track was hard and fast. The totalisator handled £75.670. compared with £73,270 last year. Results: — Spring Handicap, for unhoppled 1 trotters, 3.50 class; Im sf: 7/7 Parrish Guide, 24yds behind (R. B. Berry) 1; 0/6 Biworthy, 24yds behind 2; 1/1 Reception, 36yds behind 3. Also started: 2/2 Hatrack; 5/4 Amonos; 8/8 Shadeland; 4/5 Dark Hazard; 3/3 Blue Logan. Two lengths; three. Blue Logan was fourth. Time, 3.37 1-5. Victoria Handicap, 4.35 class; 2m: 2/2 Ned Worthy, 12yds behind (R. W. Townley) 1; 3/3 Zincali, 12yds behind 2; 4/4 Ringtrue, 12yds behind 3. Also started: 1/1 Chatmos; 9/9 Mankind; 5/5 Smile Again; 7/7 Waitaki Power; 6/6 Worthy Need; 3/3 Palomar (bracketed with Zincali); 8/8 Subsidy. Threequarters of a length; eight. Worthy Need was fourth. Time, 4.22. Riccarton Stakes, for three-year-olds that have not won a race at time of starting; l.Jm: 1/1 Ronald Logan (R. W. Townley) 1; 3/3 Gold Chief 2; 5/6 Statuette 3. Also started: 3/3 Becky Parrish (bracketed with Gold Chief); 6/5 Diamond Jim and My Lady Luck (bracketed); 7/7 Festivity; 4/4 Gallant Maid and Salisbury (bracketed); 12/11 Jill; 9/10 Joan Potts; 8/8 Mickey Rooney; 10/9 Mighty; 11/12 Ronaki; 2/2 Surprise Potts. Three lengths; one and a half. Mighty was" fourth. Time, 2.47 2-5. New Zealand Trotting Cup Handicap, 4.26 class; 2m: 4/4 Marlene, scr (R. Donald) 1; 3/3 Dusky Sound, scr (R. Townley) 2; 5/5 Colonel Grattan, scr (M. Stewart) 3. 10/10 Renown’s Best, scr (A. Holmes) 4. Also started: 7/8 Bayard; 9/9 Horse Power; 4/4 Plutus (bracketed with the winner); 1/1 Great Jewel; Southern Chief, and Parisienne (bracketed); 2/2 Fine Art; 8/7 Blair Athol; 6/6 Pot Luck. Head; three lengths. Renown’s Best was a length further back fourth. Time, 4.18 3-5. Canterbury Handicap, 4.31 to 4.27 class; 2m: 1/2 Nelson Eddy, scr (L. O. Thomas) 1; 3/3 Great Divide, 24yds behind) 2; 2/1 Peter Smith, scr 3. Also started: 9/10 Cruiser; 5/4 Harold Guy; 2/1 Roan Duke (bracketed with Peter Smith); 7/7 Wee Potts; 6/6 Accountant; 8/8 Bill B.; 11/11 Red Ranger; 4/5 Lady Milne; 10/9 Nell Grattan. Two lengths; length. Lady Milne was fourth. Time. 4.22 2-5. Dominion Handicap, unhoppled trotters, 4.38 class; 2m: 3/2 Tan John, scr (R. Donald) 1; 3/2 Captain Bolt, 48yds behind) 2; 5/5 Lament, 48yds behind 3. Also started: 6/8 Manna’s Son; 2/3 Millisle; 8/8 Mohican; 7/7 Timworthy; 4/4 Gerfalcon; 1/1 Jenny’s Guy. Head; four lengths. Manna's Son was fourth. Time, 4.31 1-5. Tan John and Captain Bolt were bracketed. « Empire Handicap, 4.39 to 4.36 class; 2m-: 2/2 Willowbank, 12yds behind (D. C. Watts) 1; 3/3 Great Blaze, scr 2; 5/4 Trireme, 12yds behind 3. Also started: 7/9 Coquette; 3/3 Philario (bracketed with Great Blaze); 8/7 Jovial; 10/10 Lady Vasclyne; 9/8 Mendel; 5/4 Battlevale (bracketed with Trireme); 1/1 Black Surprise; 6/6 Old Faithful; 11/11 Ochiltree; 4/5 Stormtost. Length each way. Battlevale was fourth. Time, 4.27 3-5. Hagley Handicap, 2.40 class; l ; 'm: 8/8 Navy Blue, scr (M. Holmes) 1; 6/6 Donald Dhu, scr 2; 3/3 Lightning Lady, 24yds behind 3. Also started: 7/7 Frisco Boy; 2/2 Jesse Owens; 1/1 Kenworthy; 4/5 Renown’s Best; 5/4 Waipahi. Head; half a length. Kenworthy was fourth. Time, 2.41 2-5.

A Great Contest. Marlene won the New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington yesterday in the manner of a. little champion, for, though she was decidedly lame on returning to the enclosure, she showed the greatest gameness in her fight with Dusky Sound over the last furlong. It ' was only yesterday morning that Mr C. S. Donald, acting under the advice of a veterinary surgeon, decided to start the mare. She had been hurt while in the paddock and was heavily bandaged. She does not appear likely to make another appearance at the meeting. It marked Mr Donald’s first win in New Zealand’s most important race, and the first by his brother, R. Donald, as reinsman. Dusky Sound, like Marlene, had had an interrupted preparation, and the stoppage in his work left him just short of the necessary stamina at the end of the race. Marlene found the race run to suit her, for. with others making the pace, she was allowed to unwind a brilliant burst, of speed. The race was run at a fairly solid pace from the start. The first half was run in 1.6 1-5. and a slightly increased pace showed Horse Power registering 2.11 2-5 for a mile. The mile and a quarter was run in 2.43 3-5. the mile /and a half in 3.15 4-5, and the full journey in 4.18 3-5. making the last half in 1.3. While the Cup was not the most sensational in history, it provided a most exciting race over the final stages and showed the stamina and gameness of two really good horses. Unfortunate Development. All Night was going well a furlong from home in the Linwood Handicap at Riccarton. and 100 yards from the post appeared as if he would win, but he broke down nearing the line, and was very lame on returning to the birdcage. He had given his trainer, W. McDonald, a lot of trouble in the last few weeks, and had to be restricted in his track work. All Night, who is by Nightly, indicated by his two wins at Geraldine that he was the makings of a high-class stake-earner, and it will be a matter of regret if his trouble should prove to be serious.