SPORTING.

Shannon News, 19 December 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

THE PAHIATUA MEETING

The Pahiatua Racing Club will hold

its annual meeting on Wednesday, January 10, and as usual a well-endow-ed programme has been provided. Thu

meeting is one of the most popular u the holiday fixtures, both with owners and the racing public, and tlie forthcoming meeting should provide a good holiday outing. Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for. all events, including the Maiden Race, close with the secretary at Pahiatua on Wednesday next, December 20, at 9 p.m.

The acceptances ror rue first day u. me jvianavvaiu meeting are only mouerate, jjotn m nuumer and quality m me nurses engaged, only hi have paid up in me imp ol lOUOsovs, iVrarqueteur, y. 6, neing me top weigm, wuilsi the grandstand Handicap of oui suvs has 14 engaged, wiiii lTiutenips at tiie top of tiie list with 8.13. American Beamy figures m tiie acceptors in tiie Granustaiid Handicap at tiie Manawatu meeting alter being spelled lor some time. Mr J. O’Connor’s Pleasure is among the field engaged in tiie Tararua Weiter at Palmerston .North next ween. Waipatu, v 7 ho started successfully at the Levin meeting, has also accepted in the same race.

Mr R. A. McDonald’s mare Gallia is being trained at Greymouth lor the

coming West Coast racing circuit. j Amythas has been dropped ous of j his Ellersiie and Awapuni engage- ■ inents, but he figures among the en- ‘ tries for the Marton Cup, in which lie j has been allotted top weight, 9.2. j The disappearance of Many Kittle from the Manawatu Cup field will j necessitate the odds-makers finding a new favourite for the Awapuni race.