Whangarei’s Card for the Autumn

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 12

Whangarei’s Card for the Autumn

£2,470 IN STAKES FIXTURE ON APRIL 3 AND 5 With stake money amounting to £1,260 for the first clay and £1,210 for the second day, totalling in all £2,470, the autumn meeting of the Whangarei Racing Club cannot fail to hold the attention of owners and trainers. This popular fixture is set down for Whangarei on Thursday and Saturday, April 3 and 5, so it is less than five weeks off. Recent meetings in the North have been very successful, and the indications are that Whangarei, the metropolitan fixture of the Far North, will be able to conduct a highly successful gathering. Two Trophies The main event has a gold cup attached to it, and once again the trophy will be keenly sought after. This is for the Alclnnes Memorial Handicap, the total stake money for which is £325, and the distance a mile and a-quarter. The principal sprint race is the Stewards’ Handicap, worth £2OO, and in addition there is a £lO trophy for the trainer of the winning horse. The principal handicaps on the second day are also richly endowed, and with a liberal supporting programme each day there should be a good response from owners and trainers throughout the province. The Whangarei Racing Club has for years arranged a special train from Auckland to convey horses competing to the meeting and for the return trip on the night of the second day’s racing, and this arrangement holds good for the forthcoming fixture. This train leaves Auckland on the Tuesday morning, so that the horses will have a clear day’s rest before the opening day on the Thursday. At the helm next month will be the genial president, Mr. R. G. Hosking, and in charge of the secretariat is Mr. F. L. Gunn, and between these two keen sportsmen and an energetic executive the forthcoming meeting should prove not only a success financially, but a most enjoyable one for local and visiting racegoers. Entries Next Friday Nominations for all events at the meeting close next Friday, March 7, at 5 p.m., with the secretary, Air. F. L. Gunn, Whangarei, or at the same time with Alessrs. Blomfield and Co., High Street, Auckland. The first day’s handicaps will be declared by Air. F. J. AlcAlanemin on Monday, Alarch 24, and acceptances close at 5 p.m. on Friday, Alarch 28. The following is a precis of the fine programme drawn up by the club: FIRST DAY, APRIL 3 TRIAL STAKES, of £IOO (winner to receive £BS), five furlongs. For nonwinners, two-year-olds and upward, at time of starting; weight 8.0. PORTLAND HACK HANDICAP, of £125 (winner £105), minimum weight 8.0; six furlongs. McINNES MEMORIAL HANDICAP, of £325 (winner £2lO and £25 gold cup, second £6O, third £30); l-\ miles. NORTHLAND HACK HURDLES, of £3 50 (winner £110); li miles 197 yards. STEWARDS' HANDICAP of £2OO (winner £l6O, second £3t>, third £10); six furlongs. A £lO trophy to the trainer of the winner. SETTLERS’ HANDICAP, of £IOO (winner £85); seven furlongs. For local horses. MAUXGATAPERE HACK HANDICAP, of £125 (winner £105); six furlongs. WAIPU HANDICAP, of £135 (winner £105); one mile. SECOND DAY, APRIL 5 JUNIOR STAKES, of £IOO (winner £85); six furlongs. For non-winners, two-year-olds and upward, at time of starting; weight 8.0. ON ERA HI HACK HANDICAP, of £125 (winner £105); six furlongs, j AUTUMN HANDICAP, of £250 (winner £205, second £3O and third £15); 1£ miles. FARU A BAY HACK HURDLES, of £l5O (winner £110); li miles and 197 yards. FLYING HANDICAP, of £2OO (winner £l6O, second £3O and third £10); six furlongs. RUATANGATA HANDICAP, of £IOO (winner £85); seven furlongs. For local horses. NORTHERN HACK HANDICAP. of £l5O (winner £110); 1 mile.

KIA ORA HANDICAP, of £135 (winner £105); 1 mile.