ON THE WEST COAST

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 635, 11 April 1929, Page 12

ON THE WEST COAST

REEFTON WINNERS EVENING TAXES MAIN EVENT REEFTON, Wednesday. Ihe weather was threatening for the Reefton Jockey club's autumn meetln ® to-day, but the attendance was large. The course -teas soft. The totalisator handled £9,535, an increase of £1,746 compared with last year. Results were: T ° i K?l H , and , ica - p ' ’ fur —2 Corinthic, feUo dl V°Bkni V Measfl’y 1 Thne ?™ ft| 6 J- U °klaine. Won Handicap. 5 fur. l Nastori s*7i..° ra *U? e » 1; 3 Kentish Lady, ~ST2, 2; ;> King: Cheops, 5.4. 3. Also; 3 Deluge. 1 Spode, 14 Anthonie, 11 Atone. S Pound Aote, 9 Royal Flower, 4 Dove, 9 Tata lu Shut Eye, 15 Seventh Heaven, 12 Royal Heritage. A good finish. Won by a length. Time, 1.4 2-5. Progress Trot. 1 mile.—7 Great Adventure. 24yds bhd, Bennett, 1; 9 Kawana hniit, 2; 9 Proud Dillon. 24yds bhd. 3. Sixteen started. Kawana finished first by three-quarters of a length, but was placed second on the grounds of inference. His driver, J. J. Jarden, was disqualified for six months. IRVING MEMORIAL Of £130; li miles. 1 EVENING, 9.2, A. E. Ellis 1 2 MISS MERCIA. S.lO 2 3 FAIRY TIDINGS, 7.11 3 Also: 5 Goosestep. 6 Steel Bar, 5 Wreath of Myrtle Won easily by two and a-half lengths. Time, 2.13 3-5. Alexander Handicap. fur.—4 . Discordia, 7.2, A. Eastwood, 1 : 3 Kentish Lady, 7.12, 2; 1 Smithereens, 0.3, 3. Also: Star Stranger 11., Tata. Won easily by a length. High-Weight Handicap, 7 fur.—t Some Lad, 5.13, A. Messervev, 1; 1 Evening 10.4. 2; 7 Gaslight, 5.3, 3* Also: f* Decoy Bird, 8 Solfello, 3 King Cheops, 2 Para, 5 Lord Middleton. Won by half a length. Time, 1.33. Reefton Trot. 1 1 miles.—l Bingen Wilkes, 12yds bhd. Edmonds, 1; 12 Leading Lady, SGyds bhd. 2; S Red Comet, limit, 3. Sixteen started. Won by three lengths. Time, 3.33. Farewell Handicap, 61 fur.—7 Smithereens, 9.2, Wilson, 1; 3 Pound Note. 7.13, 2; 6 Para. 5.2, 3. Also: 1 Water low, 4 Deluge, 2 Miss Mercia, 5 Spode, S King Cheops, 10 Anthonie, 9 Atone, 11 Shut Eye. Won by two lengths and a-half. Time, 1.25 1-5.