Good Stakes to Go For at Avondale

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 429, 10 August 1928, Page 6

Good Stakes to Go For at Avondale

THE SEASON’S PROGRAMME

The receipt is acknowledged of the printed programme for the current \ season of the Avondale Jockey Club, j and it will stand the most severe criticism In all, £12,500 is being distributed in stake money—a large amount for four days’ racing—and this sum is almost the same as given last racing year. Improvements continue to be made to the course and appointments at Avondale, and outside patrons at the spring meeting six weeks hence will note with pleasure the concrete terraces built for them. The spring meeting is to be held on Saturday and Monday, September 22 and 24, and the autumn fixture on Saturday and Wednesday, April 6 and 10. The latter gathering is a fortnight earlier than last year, this being due to the fact that Easter Week commences at the end of March. The complete Avondale Jockey Club programme for the season is as follows: SPRING MEETING First Day—Saturday, September 22. Maiden Plate, of £2OO (winner iil4oj; seven furlongs. Kingsland Handicap Hurdles, of £250 (winner £185), one and a-half miles; hack conditions. Members’ Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); six furlongs. Avondale Cup Handicap, of £1,200 (winner £900); mile and a-half. Avondale Stakes, of £750 (winner £500); five furlongs. Entries closed. Flying Stakes Handicap, of £SOO (winner £400); six furlongs). Swanson Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); one mile; hack conditions. Henderson Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); seven furlongs. Second Day—Monday, September 24. Grey Lynn Handicap Hurdles, of £3OO (winner £200); two miles. Nursery Handicap, of £3OO (winner £200); five furlongs; for two-year-olds. Mount Albert Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); six furlongs; hack conditions. Plumpton Handicap, of £750 (winner £500); 1£ miles. Avondale Guineas, of £I,OOO (winner £025); one mile. Entries closed. President’s Handicap, of £SOO (winner £400); six furlongs. New Lynn Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); one mile; hack conditions. Nihotupu Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); seven furlongs. Entries close on August 31. AUTUMN MEETING First Day—Saturday, April 6. Maiden Plate Handicap, of £2OO (winner £140); seven furlongs. Avondale Handicap Hurdles, of £250 (winner £185); one mile and a-half: hack conditions. Foley Memorial Handicap, of £6OO (winner £450); one mile and a-quarter. Oakley Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); one mile; hack conditions. All-aged Stakes, of £750 (winner £500); six furlongs; weight for age, with penalties and allowances. Entries closed. Chevalier Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); six furlongs; hack conditions. Railway Handicap, of £4OO (winner £300); six furlongs. ritiiangi Handicap, of £250 (win—ner £180; one mile. Second Day— April 10. Hobsonville Handicap Hurdles of £3OO (winner £200); two miles. Dominion Handicap, of £2OO (winner £140); seven furlongs; for maidens at time of entry. Nursery Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); six furlongs; for two-year-olds. Waitakerei Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); seven furlongs. Autumn Handicap, of £SOO (winner £400); one mile. Mount Eden Handicap, of £3OO (winner £225); six furlongs. Mount Roskill Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); one mile; hack conditions. Morningside Handicap, of £250 (winner £185); one mile. RACING FIXTURES August 14, 16 18. —Canterbury J C August 25.—Hawke’s Bay Hunt.* August 29.—Dannevirke R.C. August 30.—Dannevirke Hunt Sept. I.—Otago Hunt. Sept. I—Taranaki Hunt. Sept. s.—Marton J.C. Sept. 13, 15 —Wanganui J.C. Sept. 19. Manawatu Hunt, Sept. 22. —Ashburton R.C Sept. 22. —Napier Park R.C.