PAHIATUA MEETING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 January 1941, Page 3

PAHIATUA MEETING

CHIEF EVENT TO MASTER cykLon. WHITE RAJAH WIN’S SPRINT. ißy Telegraph—Pres, Association.! PAHIATUA- .January 27. The Pahiatua Racing Club’s annual meeting was concluded yesterday in fine but humid weather. The track was still on the easy side, and inclined to cut up. There was a good crowd present, and the totalisntor investments were £ll.533 10s. compared with £9817 on the second day <a Saturday) last year. The total for the meeting was £21.320. compared with £17,318 10s last year, an increase of £4OOl 10s. Following the running of the Pongaroa Highweight Handicap, the rider of Star Zone, E. Temperion, and the trainer. A. R. Parker, of Awapuni, were charged under Rule 282 with the horse not being run on its merits. The judicial committee found that on the evidence, and specially as the mare had got her tongue over the bit, there was no deliberate effort not to run Star Zone on her merits. The committeealso found that the jockey did not ride

la satisfactory race, and decided to nd- ! monish him. C. L. Kerr, rider of Rhodes in the I Pongaroa Highweight Handicap, collided with the running rail during the I race, and received a large splinter of I wood through his loft foot. He was : taken to hospital for X-ray examination. Results: — Trial Plate. 6f and 55yds weight 8.5: 2 Empire Action <P. Atkins> 1: 1 Greek Idol (R. G. Tattersall) 2: 4 Inform. 8.6 <B. H. Morris) 3. Also started: 12 Tre- | thella; 10 Manahau; 6 March Easy; 5 | Elrninola; 9 Locrian: 13 Rondalina: 7 [Arctic Queen: 11 Luath; 8 Flying High: 3 Metonymy. Four lengths; three lengths. Locrian was fourth. Time. 1.21. Torarua Hack Handicap. sf: 5 Newbury Queen. 7.9 (K. Chote) 1: 3 Wakarara. 7.8 <D. W. Redstonei 2: 2 Parlato. 8.7 (M. Caddy) 3. Also started: 1 Cheetah; 4 Lady Garvagh. Two and a half lengths: one and a half lengths. Lady Garvagh was fourth. Time. 1.3. Pongaroa Highweight Handicap. Im and 110yds: 2 Kaiwaka, 10.11 (L. Dulieu) 1; 7 Silver Shekel. 9.10 <S. Anderson) 2: 1 Red Chief. 9.12 (N. Cavaney) 3. Also started; 3 Star Zone: 4 Rhodes: 9 Selkirk; 5 Namesake; 8 HalfCaste; 4 Moderate. Four lengths each way. Namesake was fourth. Timo, 1.52. Mangahao Handicap, Im and a disMaster Cyklon. 7.0 •W. L. Aitken) 1: 4 Counter. 7.0 (D. W. Redstone) 2: 2 Gay Mimic. 8.2 <N. Howard) 3. Also started: 5 Hunting Cat; 1 Piastre: 6 Corroboree; 7 Rustem. Half a neck: a head. Piastre was fourth. Time, 1.59. Juvenile Handicap, for two-year-olds, sf; 2 Soutane. 9.10 (B. H. Morris) 1: 1 Saka Bona. 7.2 tD. W. Redstone) 2; 3 Uganda. 8.2 (W. J. Broughton) 3. Also started: 5 Sea Quex; 4 High Morale: 6! Merger. Length and a half; two lengths. High Morale was fourth. Timo. 1.3 2-5. Champion Hack Handicap. 11m: 5 Sanction. 7.2 (W. L. Aitken) 1; 3 Gold Card. 7.12 tC. G. Sargent) 2: 2 Martene. 7.13 (W. J. Broughton) 3. Also started: I Authoress; G Hokumni; 7 Groat Night; 4 War Cloud; 8 Renascor; 91 Arachne. Head: three-quarters of a.' length. Authoress was fourth. Time, 2.10 4-5. ’ Newmarket Handicap. 6f and 55yds:! 4 White Rajah. 7.0 <W. L. Aitken) 1: li Cheerful Lady. 7.0 <D. Kelly) 2: 2 Black Rome. 7.12 (D. W. Redstone* 3. Also started: 3 Harina; 5 Valiant Lady, and Sporting Gift, coupled; 6 Jeanne. Half a neck: one length and a half. Sporting Gift was fourth. Time. 1.18 1-5. Rodney Hack Handicap 7f: 12 Gold Craft. 7.7 <N. Vaughan) 1; 6 Arabic. 7.9 tK. Chote) 2; 7 Debretts, 7 11 <W. J. Broughton) 3. Also started: 2 CoUncamps; 5 Flying Spy: I Mansura: 8 Etta; 3 Pitmark; 9 Hinernngi; 4 Oraiti; 11 Little Margot: 10 Dawn Parade. Head; one length and a half. Royal Pageant was fourth. Time, 1.29 4-5 — White Rajah's Sprint. The Newmarket Handicap nt Pahin- i tun yesterday was won by White; Rajah in a hard finish with the favourite, Cheerful Lady. Harina and. Black Robo began best, and led from. Cheerful Lady and White Rajah. .At! the distance, Cheerful Lady, Black I Robe and Harina were practically in I line, with White Rajah making a solid I run on the outside. Nearing the post Cheerful Lady and White Rajah drew out a little, and White Rajah got the | verdict by half a neck from Cheerful Lady, with Black Rube a length and a' half back third. Sporting Gift, last furl half the journey, finished fast to cut Harina out of fourth place. White ( Rajah was closer up to the leaders in i the early running than usual, and he* was well suited by the long j'.traighl. | . A Cloie Finish. blaster Cyklon. who was unlucky in the Pahiatua Cup. scored nt a close finish for the Mungahtio Handicap yesterday from Counter and Gay Mimic, with Piastre right up fourth. It was a typical blanket finish with less than! a length between the first four horses I Gay Mimic led throughout and kept* the pace down to his liking Master! Cyklon, Counter and Hunting Cat! traded Gay Mirme to the straight, ami* nt the distance Counter ..mi hm-mi ■ Cyklon drew on terms with the lea-' der These three Wen! on to tight it | out, Mtui'rr Cyklon winning by half a neck from Counter, with a head to! Gay Mimic Pmstre was a very closej fourth, and next to arrive wa Rus- j tcm,. Counter wa* an tmlucky horse,, as he was crowded slightly 51) yards! from the post arid k< m check l.mg i enough m cost "mm the rime Piastre 1 tailed the field two (itrhmgx from! home Great Flight Meets with Mishap. As ~ - ult of a mob.ap over the , weekend Gr-at Flight v.dl be m.. ITto race at Ricca Hott nn Saturday, and ■he m;.v require a pell before she ran resume serious v-ori: on the tr .cm ■ Nominated for Te Arotia. C C. McCarthy mm, i. ■ -t Me ’ Trer.ch Fight Cui:-' am! '?' Sr ’ the ?<* Afih. i 'ni'ctirig r.ex. month