SPORTING.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1928, Page 2

SPORTING.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) NAPIER PARK RACES. NAPIER, March 9. The Napier Park autumn meeting opened to-day in fine weather, with a good attendance of the public. The course was soft after the previous day’s rain. The totalisator handled £11.758 against £10.727 for the first day of last spring, an increase of ©lO3l. Sapling Stakes—(l) llaasay 1, (3) Amplifier and (4) Millias, a dead heat, 2. Won by half a length. Time 1.2 1-5. Napier Cup—(3) Goshawk 1. (2) Tresluim 2, (6) Black Mint 3. Mon by three-quarters of a length; a length. Time '2.10. Autumn Handicap—(l) Tintoretto 1. (3) Lin Arlington 2. (6) Peneus 3. Three-quarters of a length each way. Time 1.30. Maiden Scurry—(2) Keen 1, (7) Brown Sugar 2, (5) Clovers 3. Won by a length and a half; a length. Time 1.3 4-5. Flying Handicap—(3) Arrow Lad 1, (2) The Hawk 2,74) Royal R-imon 3. Won by two lengths a length and a half. Time 1.15 2-5. Redclyffe Hack—(9) Hypnotic 1, (7) Gordon Swift 2, (11) Avazone 3. Won by three lengths; two lengths. Time 1.44 1-5. MELBOURNE. March 10. At the yearling sales a SpearheadSunster colt realised 2400 guineas; a Comedy King-Imito colt 1300; a Crown Dennis-Regalitv filly 750; and a ValaisScarlet filly 1300.