SPLENDID RACING AT GREYMOUTH

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 11

SPLENDID RACING AT GREYMOUTH

N.Z. CUP FAVOURITE WINS CHIEF EVENT ON THE WEST COAST GREYMOUTH, Monday. THE Greymouth Trotting Club’s spring meeting opened in fine weather and there was a large attendance. The track was in good order. The totalisator handled £14,161, compared with £10,713 10s on the first day last year. The weather for the opening day. which was postponed from Saturday, was in strange contrast to that of the week-end, and the track had dried up quickly. The racing was of a high order, a feature of the contests being the success of Canterbury-trained horses, seven of the eight events being won by representatives from across the ranges. The Thistle, trained by Vic Alborn at Reefton, was the only Coaster to secure a first certificate. Chief interest was centred on the Greymouth Handicap, in which four New Zealand Cup candidates took part, the Coast champion, Golden Devon, being the other starter. It proved a good trial for the Cup horses, and the present favourite, Cardinal Logan, who. strange to say, was the outsider of the field, won in good style. He gained many' friends for the big November event. Additional results: ROYAL OAK HANDICAP Of £140; 12J furlongs. 9 —DOLORES, 12yds, Withers 1 4—LOUISIANA, 36yds 2 2—COMFORT. 24yds 3 Also started: 9 Miss Wilkes, 4 Taipoiti, 2 Nancy McKinney, 7 Nelson Wood, 6 Lonesome, 8 Bon Elect. Won by a neck, a similar distance between second and third. Time, 3.54. BLAKETOWN HAN 1 DICAP Of £125; 10i furlongs. 2 PETRONIUS, scr.. M. Holmes .. 1 1-HOROTANE, 36yds 2 3 ROYAL AUDUBON, limit 3 Also started: 3 Zonophone (bracketed with Royal Audubon), 4 No Fear, 10 Allanora, 9 Brentfire, 6 Audience, 10 Bessie Dillon, 7 The Thistle, 8 Dahlia Dillon, 5 Sylvia Logan, 12 Merry Logan. Won by a length and a-half, six lengths between second and third. Time, 3.13. GREYMOUTH HANDICAP Of £400; 12£ furlongs. 4 CARDINAL LOGAN, A. Hendricksen’s b g, aged, by Logan Pointer —Lady Superior, 24yds, owner .... 1 I—GREAT HOPE, Bryce and Trengrove’s ch h, aged, 36yd» 2 3 PETER BINGEN, G. S. Simpson’s hr h, aged, by Nelson Bingen— Bertha Bell, 24yds 3 Also started: 2 Golden Devon, 1 Acron (bracketed with Great Hope). In the straight Cardinal Logan came up in the centre and went on to win by a length from Great Hope, who stayed on better than Peter Bingen, who was threequarters of a length behind, while Acron was several lengths further away. Time, 3.32 4-5. DIGGERS’ HANDICAP Of £120; 8£ furlongs. 4 THE THISTLE, 12yds, Spillane .. 1 1— ROYAL AUTHORESS, 12yds .... 2 11— VELOCITY, 36yds 3 Also started: 3 Bertha Bingen, 6 Audience, 10 Merry Logan, 9 Harina, 8 Sedmere, 2 Master Don, 6 Holdon. Won by six lengths, four lengths between second and third. Time, 2.34 4-5. AVIATION HANDICAP Of £140; 8i furlongs. — AUDITRESS. 12yds, C. Donald .. 1 6—DILLON’S PRIDE, limit 2 2 ACRE, limit 3 Also started: 1 Great Form and Lady Matchlight (bracketed), 10 Hold On, 7 Wee Gus, 4 Kyana, 8 Billy Whizz, Cannonball. . .. Won by one and a-half lengths, one length between second and third. Time, 2.28.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT W.H.B. —Transformer was for the Waikato Cup at 4 p.m. on \\ ednesday, October 19. trotting fixtures November 8-10-11.—N.Z. Metropolitan November 19-23. —Otahuhu T.C. November 23-26.— lorbury Park T.C. December 3.—Waikato T.C. December 10,-Northland T.C. December 15-17.-—New Brighton T.C.