AUCKLAND TROTS

Evening Star, Issue 20060, 28 December 1928, Page 4

AUCKLAND TROTS

CUP TO GOLD JACKET For the opening day of the Auckland Trotting Club’s Summer Meeting the weather was cold and showery, but it cleared later. The track was slow after the rain. The attendance was 19,000. The totalisator handled £60,840, compared with £87,007) last year. Concluding results:— AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP, 2,20050v5, and a cup valued at lOOgs. 2m. 2Mr E. J. Parke’s GOLD JACKET, I2yds behind (A. Bryce) 1 3 Messrs J. R. Corrigan and J. L. Webb’s Kohara, 24 (A. J. Corrigan) 2 l_Mr M. O’Brien’s Prince Pointer, 36 (W. J. Tomkinson) ... 3 13—Mr D. Spence’s Queen’s Own, '24 (0. E. Hooper) 4 Others; 10 Machine Gun scr, 5 Cardinal Logan 12yds behind, 4 Padlock 12, 11 Peterwah 24, 8 Terrence Dillon 24, 6 Talaro 36. 7 Jack Potts 48, 12 Jewel Pointer 48, 14 Peter Bingen 48, 9 Great Bingen 72. Machine Gun, Jewel Pointer, and Talaro broke at the start. When the field settled down Padlock was leading, with Queen’s Own and Kohara handy. These horses led to the straight, where Gold Jacket fought out a line finish, beating Kohara by a short head. Prince Pointer was two lengths and ahalf away, beating Queen’s Own by three-quarters of a length. Time, 4min 31 1-s‘sec. PARNELL HANDICAP, OOOsovs. 2m. 2 Mr J. H. Lloyd’s THE SHREW, 36yds behind (W. Head) 1 6 —Mr W. Johnstone’s Lady Dimmore, 12 (A. E. Adams) ... 2 I—Messrs M'Kendriek Bros.’ Free Advice, 3G (J. Bryce) 3 Others: 3 Jean M'Ehvyn 12yds behind, 7 Laplander 24, 4 The Abbey 36, 5 Audacious 48. The Shrew lay handy all the way, and came along in the straight to beat Lady Dunmore by threequarters of a length. Free Advice was half a length away, and Jean M’Elwyn was fourth. Time, 4min 36sec. GRAND STAND HANDICAP, 4(X»sovs. 2m. 5 Messrs A. Wheeler and L. Booth’s HAL CHIMES, 12yds behind (A. W. Broughton) 1 I —Mr E. H. Cucksey’s Evelyn Locanda, 24 (J. Bryce) 2 6 Mr J. T. Barrett’s Ribbomvood’s Last, scr (J. S> Shaw) ... 3 Others: 4 Derby Lynn scr, 11 Lady Barrington scr, 3 Reremai scr,-10 Tony Victor scr, 7 Lingfield 24yds behind, 12 Rockburn 24, 8 Uncle Bert 36, 2 Invader 48, 9 Poy Bird 48. Won by half a length, with three lengths between second and third. Lingfield was fourth. Time, 4min 38ijsec. ROWE TROTTING CUP, l,ooosovs, And a Gup. 2m. (J—Mrs E. Berryman’s KEMPTON, scr (C. S. Donald) 1 4Mr G. A. Williams’s Ngatira, scr (Williams) 2 1— G. J. Barton’s Elzear, 84yds behind (J. Bryce) 3 Mr W. T. Lowe’s Trampfast, 60 (Lowe) 4 Kempton was close up throughout, drawing ahead at the finish to win by two lengths. J4gatira beat Elzear by half a length. Time, 4min 40 2-ssec. ST. HEWER’S HANDICAP, SOOsovs. lim. ]—Mr W. M'Donald’a KING POINTER, 24yds behind (O. E. Hooper) 1 9—Mr G. Patop’s All Bell, 12 (W. Cocbbill) 2 3_Mr H. C. Nicholl’s Nelson Tas- ■ ker, 24 (A. Bryce) . 3 Others: 8 AVharepiana scr, 2 Goldr man scr, 7 Lady Dunmore 12yds behind, 5 Dahneny 24, 4 Dillon Huon 24, 6 Jackie Audubon CO and Native Prince 60 (bracketed). A stirring finish resulted in King Pointer, who broke at the turn, making a great dash in the straight to beat All Bell by half a head. Kelson Tasker was two lengths and a-half away third, and Dahneny was fourth. Time, 2min 47 2-ssec. ~ AKAIIANA HANDICAP, 400sovs. lim. 2Mr R. A. M'Millan’s DAYTIME, 12yds behind (M'Millan) ... 1 3Mr W. J. Tomkinson’s Glideaway, 24 (Tomkinson) 2 7 Mr G Phipps’s Dick Dillon, 12 (Phipps) ... - 3 Others; 1 Bankhead scr, 8 Bingen King scr, 6 Lord Nepean scr, 4 Stanmoor 12yds behind, 5 Luvan 24. Won by a length and a-half, with half a length between second and third. Luvan was fourth. Time, 2min 51 3-ss3c.