LATE CITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 250, 12 January 1928, Page 13

LATE CITY

< dargaville races SUCCESSFUL OPENING (XIDEN won by takutama ,special to THE SUN.) DARGAVILLK, To-day, ( annual meeting of the Darga- , % ring Club was opened to-daj r* , h 0 most favourable conditions. v ,d,r L er being ‘deal. There was a «* '' tendance, and the course was in jrft , er although a bit hard. 'Allowing are the results: MAIDEN handicap of £6O; 6 furlongs. , tamA (W. Donaldson). b g, >•—TAK uTa w^j3bey —Lord Multifid—- " ' Jreka mare, aged, 8 3 1 :::: ! King Leslie (bracketed “!Te winner), Kaihoremai, Te lara., *Y i 0 Balnagar. Glenetta. trained by owner. " exciting finish Takutama won by '“a from the favourite, with Corinax Can-kawar. Time. 1.18. cl " re were no less than 13 scratch- „ in the opening event, the Maiden urndicao. and in a air pool Exalted backed down to a short price. ;he Takutama— King Leslie brac- “ ,ml Glenetta next fancied. The nrovided a great finish, for Taku- " hu ng on to beat Exalted by a d „. nh corinax only a neck away. ..I winn.r will be improved by the while Glenetta, who disappointed, •“ 'be kept in mind. toka toka handicap of £65; 6 furlongs. - wa/EE MARBLE (T. J. B. Stewart), “> Marble Arch—Wee Olga, , orrOMNE, 8.12 2 vlhO—nery Lad, Roman Abbey and inner°trained by W. Garrett. I w,m bv a length, a similar distance separttmg second and third Time, 1.16 3-5. There was a surprise in the second event, which saw Automne backed as unbeatable in a field of hall a dozen. Th„ tavourite went a good race, and looked a winner at the bottom of the .straight, when Wee Marble came along t and scored over him by a length. Creation wan a clear length uvvay third. kaihu hurdles Of £120; 1 mile 5 furlongs. 2— SCOT FREE (K. A. Finlayson), br g, by Marble Arch—Cuirassier mare), tiyrs, 9.7 1 j—MAN I AHERA, 92 2 I—MASTER ARCH, 9.2 3 Also: 1 Comet King and 5 MaungataWinner Trained by A. Julian The obstacle race attracted only five runners, and the topweight, Comet King, was made favourite, while there wiu good su.l >ort for Scot Free ~nd Maniahera. It was not a very exciting contest. Scot Free never leaving the issue in doubt, and he scored comfortably at the end by a margin of nree lengths over the veteran jumper ?laniahera, who was a couple of lengths in front of Master Arch. Latest Race Results will be found in tie Stop Press News as they come to land. _