METROPOLITAN TROTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1940, Page 3

METROPOLITAN TROTS

PLUTUS WINS FREE-FOR-ALL. GRACIE FIELDS SUCCESSFUL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 15. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting concluded at Addington today in fine but overcast weather before a very big attendance. The track was fast till the sixth race, when a heavy shower passed over the ground. The totalisator handled £76,584 10s, compared with £74,009 10s on the concluding day last year. The total for the meeting was £205,118, compared with £196,190. an increase of £8929. Results:—

Holmwood Handicap, unhoppled or half-hoppled trotters; 3.50 class; one mile and five furlongs: 8/8 Dark Hazard, 36yds bhd (McTigue) 1; 5/6 Reception. 36yds bhd, 2; 6/7 Hatrack, scr, 3. Also started: 1/1 Great Mountain. 7/3 Amonos, 9/9 Shadeland, 4/5 Biworthy, 3/4 Blue Logan, 2/2 Bush Laddie. Two lengths; length. Blue Logan was fourth. Time, 3.37 3-5. Cashmere Handicap, 3.25 to 3.23 class; one mile and a half: 4/4 Stormtost, scr (Pringle) 1; 7/8 Mendel, 12 yds bhd. 2; 4/4 Frisco Boy, 24yds bhd. 3. First and third horses bracketed. Also started: 9/9 Ochiltree, 1/3 Chatmos. 2/1 Three Tens, 8/7 Worthy Need. 5/5 Zincali, 3/2 Ned Worthy. 6/6 Ringtrue. Neck; three lengths. Three Tens was fourth. Time, 3.15 2-5.

Australasian Handicap, 4.40 class; twat miles: 1/3 Superior Rank, 24yds bhd (R. Donald) 1; 4/4 King’s Jubilee, scr, 2; 3/1 Trireme, 24yds bhd, 3. Also started: 8/8 Coquette. 9/7 Jovial, 5/5 Wainoni Girl, 2/2 Great Blaze, 3/1 Battlevale (bracketed with Trireme), 6/6 Lady Vasclyhe, 7/8 Old Faithful. Half a length each way. Great Blaze was fourth. Time, 4.28 1-5.

. Louisso.i Handicap, 3.19 class; one mile and a half: 1/1 Colonel Grattan. 12yds bhd (Stewart) 1; 5/5 Donald Dhu, scr, 2; 4/4 Southern Chief, 12yds bhd, 3. Also started: 7/7 Bayard. 6/6 Lightning Lady, 2/2 Dusky Sound, 3/3 Horsepower, 4/4 Great Jewel (bracketed with Southern Chief), 8/8 Cantata, 9/9 Marsceres. Two lengths; three. Horse Power was fourth. Time, 3.11 4-5.

Lyttelton Handicap, 3.22 to 3.20 class; one mile and a half: 9/9 Navy Blue, 24yds bhd (M. Holmes) 1; 3/3 Harold Guy, scr, 2; 10/11 Kenworthy, 12yds bhd. 3. Also started: 14/14 Cruiser, 1/2 King Potts, 6/6 Regal, 2/1 Roan Duke, Peter Smith and Jesse Owens (bracketed), 11/10 Waipahi, 7/7 Wee Potts, 5/4 Accountant, 8/8 Bill B, 4/5 Nelson Eddy, 11/13 Renown’s Best, 13/12 Sandusky. Head; neck. Accountant was fourth. Time, 3.16 1-5.

Middleton Handicap, unhoppled and half-hoppled trotters; 4.38 class; two miles: 7/7 Gracie Fields, 12yds bhd (Townley) 1; 6/6 Manna’s Son, 24yds bhd, 2; 4/4 Lament, 60yds bhd, 3. Also started: 10/10 Mohican, 1/2 Parrish Guide, 5/5 Franz Derby, 2/1 Tan John and Captain Bolt (bracketed), 9/9 Timworthy, 8/8, 3/3 Jenny’s Guy. Three lengths; twelve. Time, 4.37 1-5. Parrish Guide finished third, but was disqualified for excessive galloping, and Lament, which finished fourth, was placed third. Free-for-all, one mile and a quarter: 3/2 Plutus (J. Bryce, Junr) 1; 9/9 Lightning Lady, 2; 4/3 Great Jewel, 3. Also started: 2/1 Blair Athol, 1/4 Colonel Grattan, 5/6 Fine Art, 4/3 Parisienne (bracketed with Great Jewel), 7/7 Horsepower, 6/5 Pot Luck, 8/8 Windsor Lass. Neck; half a length. Colonel Grattan was fourth. Time, 2.46 3-5. Hornby Handicap, 2.14 clas; one mile: 7/7 Repeal, scr (Stewart) 1; 1/1 Loyal Pat, scr, 2; 1/1 Lady Milne, 12 yds bhd, 3. Second and third horses bracketed. Also started: 2/2 Happy Locanda, 9/9 Mankind, 6/6 Sports Review, 11/11 Worthy Need, 3/3 Zincali and Palomar (bracketed), 4/4 Guncase, 8/8 Southern Smile, 5/5 Waitaki' Power, 10/10 Waipahi. Three lengths; two. Zincali was fourth. Time 211 4-5.

An Outsider's Win.

Gracie Fields may have been helped by the shower of rain that fell at the start of the Middleton Handicap at the Metropolitan trotting meeting yesterday and continued throughout ' the race. In contrast to some of her recent performances. Gracie Fields trotted home solidly from the start and made not a mistake through the race While Mohican was smartest to begin, Gracie Fields was soon in charge, and she led from Mohican, Franz Derby Manna’s Son, Captain Bolt and Lament., with Tan John most prominent of the others. With six furlongs to go, Giacie I* ields still led from Manna's Son, Captain Dolt. Franz Derby and Lament, who had made up a lot of ground. Rain and tricky going caused by rain appeared to work against Captain Bolt and the other horses, and Gracie Fields, trotting solidly, had no trouble to win from Manna's Son and Parrish Guide, who had made up a lot of ground in the last half mile. Next in order were Franz Derby and Captain Bolt. After the race Parrish Guide was disqualified for excessive galloping.