TURNOVER WELL UP

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 13

TURNOVER WELL UP

MANAWATU--MEETING

THE BUZZER'S MAIN RACE

■^•;;;After a.lightly overcast morning, the " weather again came out with bright:! sunshine for the concluding stage of f ';,the Manawatu Racing Club's .Autumn Meeting'at Awapuni on Saturday. Conditions were ideal for racing at its '•best, and there was a very large attendance; which". was _ reflected in the further increase in investments. For the day the turnover was. £24,994 10s,' as against. £13,049 10s on the final day last year, iriaking a total of £42,773 for the m"eetirig, compared with £23,274 10s twelve months ago, an inJxrease of £19,498 10s. 'V -. '' * ;:;:. The racing'again touched a high '.^standard,'"and generally the finishes "were, keenly contested. Form too .worked out satisfactorily in. most ■.events; with Royal Mimic and Corrbboree figuring as double winners; The '""'Buzzer,-a fresh horse, pUt up an.excelN lent effort in winning; the Tamatete Handicap; arid Smoke Screen further , advanced his claim'tri be-regarded as -best youngster of the season.-.by-deci-. 'sively'beating his opponents in the ""■'Manawa'tu Sires': Produce Stakes.;".:' -,■;...' The course and grounds were in per- ■ •feet order, and it is'doubtful i£~Awa■'iVpunl1 has. ever looked :,better. The going ■y-was" firm, but, with- a Uhic-k sole -of grass, it was not lightning fast. The 'racing throughout the two days was ' a ' cleanly, contested,..' arid' there was1- no . incident' calling for. judicial inquiry.