GREYMOUTH TROTS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 86, 5 January 1935, Page 15

GREYMOUTH TROTS

Sylvia Sydney’s Handicap By Telegraph.—Press Association. Greymouth, January 4. For the first day of the Greyinouth Trotting Club’s meeting, the weather was fine but overcast, and the track was in goon order and fast. The attendance was good, and the totallsator investments were Loom (win £3600. plaee £3213), against £(079 10/- last year, a decrease of £866/10/-. Lady Sonoma, Irish Peach and Imperial Nelson ail returned big dividends. Results arc as follow:— G'UININBSS HANDICAP, of £B5; 2,27 class. One mile. First Division. 4/1 SEA TRAIL, scr, bracketed with Silver Letitia (Yeatman) 1 1/3 DUAL, scr (M. B. Edwards) - 6/5 CASINO (C. S. Donald) 3 Also started: 9/9 Cream Harvester, scr.; 8/7 Happi, scr. Twelve lengths; six lengths. Happi was fourth. Times, 2.17 3-5, 2.23 1-5, 2.25 4-5. Second Division. 2/2 ROYAL DE ORO, scr. .. (Maidens) 1 3/6 SECRET SERVICE, scr (McKendry) 2 5/4 BETTY JINKS (Young) 3 Also started: Shore Leave, scr. ed with Casino); 7/8 Great Travis, scr.; 4/1 Silver Letitia, scr. One length and a hlaf; half a length. Shore Leave was fourth. Times, 2.19 4-o, 2.20 1-5, 2.20 2-5. INTERMEDIATE HANDICAP, of £100; 3.1 class. One mile and a quarter. 1/1 SAGE KING, scr (Tatterson) 1 3/3 GRACE McELWYN, scr .. (Berry) 2 2/2 BLACK SHADOW, scr .. (Maidens) o Also started: 5/6 Eastern Queen, scr.; 10/9 Good Companion, scr.; 7/7 Real Pal, scr.; 4/4 Summit, scr.; 6/5 Truman, scr.; 8/8 Peter Mitchell, 24yds. behind; 9/9 Gay Sister, 36yds. behind. One length and a half; four lengths. Truman was fourth. Times, 3.53 2-o, 3.nJ 4-5, 3.55. EXPRESS HANDICAP, of £B5; unhoppled trotters; 3.49 class. One mile and a half. 8/8 LADY SONOMA, scr (Frost) 1 3/3 DISCORD, scr (Hewson) 2 5/6 MIMIC, 60yds. behind .. (Berkett) 3 Also started: 9/9 Braemar, scr.; 1/4 Parette, scr.; 7/7 Presentation, scr.; 2/1 Silver Sea, scr.; 1/2 Blue Blood, 12yds. behind; 6/5 Survivor, 60yds. behind. Half a length; 100 yards. Silver Sea was fourth. Times, 3.37 4-5, 3.38 3-5, 3.75. DOMINION HANDICAP, of £165; 3.31 class. One mile and a half. 1/2 SYLVIA SYDNEY, scr (Berry) 1 2/1 BINGEN PALM, 36yds. behind. (Simpson) 2 5/3 PLAIN PEARL, 24yds. behind (Berkett) 3 Also started: 4/5 Guyziah, scr.; 3/4 Ruin, Length; neck. Ruin was fourth. Times, 3.26 1-5, 3.23 2-5. 3.24 3-5. Guyziah was the early pacemaker, leading for the first mile from Sylvia Sydney, who then took charge. Bingen I’lilni issued a strong challenge all the way down the straight, while Plain Pearl also finished strongly, but Sylvia Sydney won in convincing style. ELECTRIC HANDICAP, of £B5; 2.22 class. One mile. 7/6 IMPEKIAL NELSON, scr. (Raplcy) 1 2/2 TOLLGATE, 12yds. behind (Murfitt, jun.) 2 4/5 SILVER WHIP, scr (Wood) 3 Also started: 10/10 Cream Harvester, scr.; 9/9 Golden Square, scr.; 8/7 Marie Louise, scr.; 5/4 Red Gold, scr.; 3/3 Secret Service, scr.: 6/8 Rollicking Wave, 24yds. behind; 1/1 Scotty Bingen, 24yds. behind. One length: nose. Scotty Bingen was fourth. Times, 2.17 2-5, 2.16 3-5, 2.17 4-o. SUMMER- HANDICAP, of £105; 3.46 class. One mile and a half. 3/3 (SILVER SEA, scr. /..(Clark) 1 5/5 ENIGMA, scr (Tealieu) 2 1/1 PRINCESS ONYX, scr. (Kennerley) 3 Also started: 4/4 Jacob, scr.; 7/7 Parette, scr.; 8/8 Presentation, scr.; 2/2 Isabel Patch, 12yds. behind; 6/6 Survivor, 24yds. behind. , , , , _ . . Six lengths; eight lengths. Isabel Patch was fourth. Times, 3.34, 3.30, 3.40 3-5. PROGRESSIVE HANDICAP, of £105; 3.39 class. One mile and a half. 9/9 IRISH PEACH, scr (Withers) 1 6/7 SUMMIT, scr. (Bell, jun.) 2 2/2 RACKETEER, 24yds. behind ' (Walshc) 3

Also started: 7/8 Black Shadow, scr.; 5/6 Don Wrack, scr.; 1/1 Paragon, scr.; 8/5 War Betty, 24yds. behind; 3/3 Midshipmaid, 24yds. behind; 4/4 Impostor, L yds. behind. One length; half a length. Impostor was fourth. Times, 3.27, 3.27 1-5, 3.23 3-o.

DASH HANDICAP, of £110; 2.55 class. One mile and a quarter.

2/2 GOLDEN CROSS, -scr. ..(Mouritz) 1 4/5 WHIPPET, 12yds. „ 3/3 DENA THORPE, scr. ....(Tcahan) 3 Also started: 1/1 Blandford, scr.; u/4 Golden Dollar, scr. Three lengths; half a length. Blandford was fourth. Times, 2.52 1-5, 2.02 4-v, -54.