DARGAVILLE CONCLUDES
ALONSOA IMPROVES DAVE TAKES THE SPRINT Fine weather again prevailed today, enabling the Dargaville Racing Club to conclude its annual meeting under the most favourable conditions. The attendance was very large, and the course in splendid order. The totalisator handled against £10,210 on the concluding day twelve months ago. The total for the two days was £18,475, compared with £18,450 last year, an increase of £25. Later results: HOANGA HACK HANDICAP Of £6O; 7 fur. 2 COR IN AX (J. Williamson), blk g, by Magpie—Queen Ingoda, 4yrs, 7.8 1 I—FIERY LAD, 8.10 • 3 ARCH QUEEN, 8.0 * ♦Dead heat for second. Also: Fane, Ponticus, Taumua, Balnagar, Roman Abbey. Three parts of a length. Time, 1.30 2-5. Winner trained by J. Williamson, PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP Of £200; 9 furlongs 3 ALONSOA (S. G. Lindsay), to m, by Catmint—Bouvardia, syrs, 8.9 1 I—RARAKAU, 8.0 2 4 RIGHT AND LEFT, 8.0 ........ 3 Also started: 2 Sir Rosebery, 5 Fame. Length and a-half; half a length. Time, 1.57 3-5. COUNTY HANDICAP Of £6O; 6 fur. 1- MOUNT (Whitmore and Finlayson), b g, by Marble Arch— * Clatter, 6yrs, 9.4 1 2 HOUHORA, 8.5 2 5 GAY COCKADE, 7.1 3 Also: Winning Lass, Gazerin, Kaihoremai, Tiny Mint. Length; four lengths. Time, 1.16 4-5. Winner trained by owner, ... RUAWAI HANDICAP Of £100; 6 fur. I—DAVE (J. D. Jones), 9.13, R. McTavish 1
2 MACROOM QVlrs. P. Carter), 9.5, car. 9.0, P. Melnallv 2 4—TAKUTAMA (W. Donaldson), 7.0, car. 7.5, J. Cammick .. .. 3 Also started: 3 Exalted, 7.4; 5 Arch Queen, 7.0. Winner trained by J. Williamson, Ellerslie. Won by a head, with three lengths between second and third. Time, 1.16 2-5. DONALD FINLAYSON MEMORIAL HANDICAP Of £6O; 1 mile. 1— THE AUTHOR (Brown and Hennessey), 8.8, H. Wiggins 1 3 RIGHT AND LEFT (J. E. Thorpe), 8.5, S. Henderson 9 2- (R. Cuthbert). 8.8, C*. McCarthy 3 Also started: 6 Pita, 8.0; 5 Just Quietly 7.5; 4 Marble Mount, 7.5. Won by a length, with three lengths between second and third. Time, 1.44.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 6
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