Nelsonian Wins In Mud at Westport

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 857, 28 December 1929, Page 13

Nelsonian Wins In Mud at Westport

FINAL DAY’S CARD

Special to THE SUN

WESTPORT, Friday,

The Westport Trotting Club's summer fixture reached finality today under adverse climatic conditions. Heavy rain fell almost incessantly and the track became a sea of mud.” Despite this drawback the attendance was good and the totalisator handled £6,624. against £8,498 for the second day last year. The figures for the meeting reached £17,455, compared with £17,931 in 1928.

Backers of favourites had an off day, Billon Chimes being the only first public selection to wm during the day. The Williams Memorial drew a small field, the trotter All Beters being elected favourite. The winner turned up in Nelsonian, one of B. Berkett’s string, who was well handled by N. Kearns. The winner was the outsider of the five runners. Avonness won the shorter trot, while over the longer journey the little fancied Bookstall scored from the game young mare Olive Nelson, who was conceding her rival 156‘yds. Great Adventure, who showed consistency on the opening day, scored for Tom Bennett in the Birchfieid Handicap, and going to the post in the succeeding event acted as runner-up to Flying Kate. Worthy Girl, a daughter of Worthy Bond, making her first appearance, was a warm fancy for the novice event, but could not handle the going, Allanore being the winner. Another J. R, McKenzie representative in Royal Iroquois won at a. good price. Results are as follow:

Charleston Handicap, 12* fur 5 Allanora, limit (Burrows), 1; 7 Kongonui, limit, 2; 2 Kokonu, 60yds, 3. Also: 9 Kftty Audubon, 4 Altair and Great Palm (bracketed), 8 Sissisox, 1 Worthy Girl, 3 Beatrice Bocanda, 6 Red Comet. Won by half a length. Time, 4.13. Granity Handicap, 12* fur.—2 Avoness, 60yds (Barron), 1; 1 Rapture, 60yds, 2; 5 Child Boy, 24yds, 3. Also: 6 Iwanta, 7 Chancet, 3 Mountain Miss, 4 Osgood. Won by two lengths. Time, 4.10 4-5. Dominion' Handicap, 12* fur.—l Dillon Chimes, 36yds (J. Simpson), 1; 4 Major Brent, limit, 2; 4 Harvest Boy, limit, 3. Also: 5 Kitty Audubon, 1 Charlie Lincoln (coupled with Dillon Chimes), 3 Rongonui. Won by two lengths. Time, 4.21 3-5. WILLIAMS MEMORIAL HANDICAP Of £220; 16* fur. S—NELSONIAN, limit (Kearns).. .. 1 I—ALL PETERS, 12yds (Doyle) .. .. 2 3—GREAT AUTHOR, 12yds (Jarden) 3 Also: 2 Danny Boy, 4 Kreisler. Won by two lengths, with a length between second and third. Time, 5.41 3-5. Waimangaroa Handicap, 10* fur.—s Royal Iroquois, limit (Young), 1; 1 Sedmere, 12yds, 2; 3 Life Buoy, 72yds, 3. Also: 7 Jessie Bells, 8 Hilda McKinney, 4 Warrenore, 6 Lady Bee, 2 Denver Hinds. Won by two lengtrs. Time, 3.18 4-5. Scanlon Memorial, 16* fur.—6 Bookstall, limit (Clough), 1: 2 Olive Kelson, 156yds, 2; 4 Mountain Mist, limit, 3. Also: 7 Iwanta, 9 Chancet, 5 Osgood, 3 Child Boy, 1 Avoness. Won by two lengths. Time, 5.51 1-5. Birchfield Handicap, 12* fur. —2 Great Adventure, 60yds (T. Bennett), 1; 1 Loretta Napoleon, 24yds, 2; 4 Allanora, limit, 3. Also: 3 Hardiness. Won by five lengths. Time, 5.57 1-5. DASH HANDICAP 8* fur. 3—FLYING KATE, limit (Lynch) .. 1 5 GREAT ADVENTURE, 24yds (H. Bennett) 2 6 WARRENORE, limit (Barron) .. 3 Also: 7 Lady Bee, 2 Danny Boy, 4 Alpine Melody, 1 Kreisler. Won by one and a-half lengths. Time, 2.52 2-5.