THE TURF

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 297, 30 November 1936, Page 6

THE TURF

TWO MEETINGS. Takapuna And Feilding Second Days. I Press Association —Copyright. Auckland, To-day. The weather is dull for the second day of the Takapuna races and the track is dead after rain. There is a fair St. Andrew’s Day attendance. K AWAIT HURDLES. 4/4—LAP UP (Muir) 1 1/I—MERRY LAP (R. E. Thomson) 2 7/7 —KANAPA (Cotter) 3 Scratched: Ruling King. Won by three-quarters of a length; one length between second and third. Time, 3m 21 l-ss. VAUXHALL HANDICAP. 1/I—VALAMITO (McTavish) ... 1 2/2—KING NEPTUNE (Wiggins) 2 8/9—SALVA (L. Dulieu) 3 Scratched: Mai de Mer. Won by’ a. length; 1$ lengths between second and third. Time, Im ISs. • ST. ANDREW’S HANDICAP. 1/1 KING REY (coupled with Tradesman (Winder) 1 3/3 MAZIR (Wiggins) 2 2/2 ARMACOURT (Vaughan) .... 3 Scratched: Tybalt, Gay Talkie. Won by three-quarters of a length; half a length between second and third. Time, 1.41 3-5.

CAUTLEY HANDICAP. 5/5 FLEET WIND (Cameron) ... 1 3/4 SQUARE ACRE (Winder) . 2 4/1 GAY EGYPT (McKenzie) .... 3 Scratched: Suyella. Won by a length; three-quarters of a length between second and third. Time, 1.30. Toorak Wins Novice At Feilding. The second day at. Feilding opened in showery weather with the course easier after the week-end rain. The attendance is fair. CHELTENHAM HACK HURDLES. S—LORD HEREFORD (A. E. Lord) 1 1— BEAU GALLANTE .'. 2 2 LIMULUS 3 All started. Won by 2% lengths; 2 lengths between second and third. Time, 3m 10 3-ss. NOVICE STAKES. 4—TOORAK (A. Jenkins) 1 I—THE BIGOT 2 3 3

Scratched: Lady Siegfried. Won by half a length; half a head between second and third. Time, Im IS 4-ss. ST. ANDREW’S HANDICAP. 3 GRAND JURY (P. Atkins) 1 4 RONA BAY 2 1 GAY BOY 3 Scratched; Werohia, Grateful, Roy al Secret, Gold Mission. Won by half a head; two lengths between second and third. Time, 2.2 4-5. COLYTON HANDICAP. 3 KARL (Broughton) 1 5 MATA HARI 2 4 BODYLINE 3 All started. Won by half a length; four lengths between second and third. Time, 1.17 2-5. NEVER SLEEP AGAIN. o Fears Of Wealthy Indian Merchant. Press Association —Copyright. Calcuttta, November 28. The wealthy merchant, Ramjidas Bajoria, has resigned hope that he will ever sleep again. He has withdrawn his offer of £2OOO for a cure for insomnia. In April the Daily Mail’s Calcutta correspondent stated that the millionaire merchant Ramjidas Bajoria enjoyed 20 minutes’ sleep, which he said was the first in 27 months. He had received 5000 letters, cables and pack-! ages weekly from all over the world I since he made his £2OOO offer. He | intended to try a French suggestion I of an hour’s flight daily in an open ! aeroplane, I