SUCCESSFUL DAY
SPORTS AT KOPUARAHI
PATRIOTIC FUNDS AIDED
RACING, JUMPING, STEER RIDING
There was a very large attendance at the Kopuarahi Patriotic Sports Carnival on Saturday last when a lengthy and most interesting programme of horse racing, competitions and steer racing events was run off. In spite of threatening weather conditions no rain fell during the day and a splendid day’s sport was enjoyed by both onlookers and competitors, while the patriotic funds must have benefitted by 9a considerable sum.
An energetic committee headed by Mr L. James, had everything well organised and kept things going with, a
good,swing, all events being run off promptly, a fact which greatly pleased all present. The results of th races and competitions were as follow: — Maiden hunter.—B. Fox 1, R. P. (Clark 2, M. James 3, Hairy leg scurry (handicap, 5 fur.) —O. Young 1, N. Clevely 2, R. Nash 3. Bending competition.—K. Green 1, C. Murdockx 2. N. Arden 3.
Polo pony cup (4 fur.), for horses owned and played by any member of a polo club.—Mrs M. Bailey 1, R. Henry 2, O. Young 3. Stockman competition.—K. Green 1, L. James 2, R. Henry 3.
Open hunter. —R. Henry 1, E. Crawford 2, O. Young 3.
Kopuarahi Patriotic Sprint (for horses that have never raced at a registered meeting).—Mrs Bailey 1, L. Sloane 2; O. Young 3. Musical chair competition.—B. Fox 1,. 0. Young 2, R. Henry 3. Ladies’ race.—Mrs Bailey 1, Miss James 2, Miss M; Henry 3. •Oi'ongo handicap (horse to be handicapped by steward (Wotting method). —Mrs Bloane 1, 0.. Young 2, P. Clark 3. . Flag race.—K. Green 1. Steer riding-.—O. Young.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HPGAZ19430512.2.43
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3262, 12 May 1943, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
274SUCCESSFUL DAY Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3262, 12 May 1943, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hauraki Plains Gazette. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in