GREYHOUND RACING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 March 1939, Page 9

GREYHOUND RACING

MEETING AT DANNEVIRKE. CUP WON BY BLACK RUFUS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, March 11. Despite wet weather a large crowd witnessed some very interesting racing at the Dannevirke Greyhound Racing Club's autumn meeting today. The big race of the day, for the Sharpley Cup, attracted the best field of class dogs ever seen at the Dannevirke meetings, the local dog Black Rufus winning the event in the fastest time of the day, 24 4-ssecs. Results: — County maiden: First heat: J. Bassetfs (Dannevirke), Wings of the Morning, 1; T. E. Lang’s (Hastings), Boston Prince, 2; J. Morgan’s (Dannevirke), Lucky Gold, 3. Time, 26 2-5. Second heat: T. Chelly’s (Wanganui). Blackman, .1: S. Gerrand’s (Masterton), Aristocrat, 2; Mrs W, Williams’s (Masterton), Flying Veil, 3. Time, 26 2-5. Third heat: F. H. McCartney’s (Wanganui), Tasman Flight, 1; Mrs M, J. Sullivan's (Dannevirke), .Royal Routine, 2; A. Beatty’s (Dannevirke). Gay Boy, 3. Time, 25 3-5. Final: Tasman Flight, 1; Blackman, 2; Wings of the Morning, 3. Time, 25 4-5. Ladies’ purse: First heat: Mrs U. Laking’s (Hastings), Now Then, 1; Mr L. H. Jones’s (Masterton), The Slam, 2; Mrs L. B. Langvad’s (Hastings), The Smuggler. 3. Time, 25 2-5. Second heat: Mrs J. Ford’s (Wanganui), Silver Hawk. 1; Mrs F. McCartney’s (Wanganui), Tasman Flight, 2; Mrs G. James’s (Wanganui), Darky Joe, 3. Time, 25 1-5. Final: Silver Hawk, 1; The Slam, 2; Tasman Flight, 3. Time 25 4-5.

Domain maiden hurdles: L. Wells’s (Dannevirke), Mickey’s Boy, 1; W. Sullivan’s (Dannevirke), Keen Sight, 2. Time, 33 3-5. ■

Sharpley Cup: First heat: T. Greig’s (Hastings), Boston Bill, 1; J. A. Forsyth's (Hastings), Real Gold, 2; E. J. Wing’s (Masterton), Rereatu, 3. Time, 25. Second heat: Mrs S. C. Drinkwater's (Dannevirke), Full Feather, 1; Cooke and McGrath’s (Wellington), Ace Pot, 2; W. Williams’s (Masterton), Orui Girl, 3. Time, 25 1-5, Third heat: L. Wells’s (Dannevirke), Black Rufus, 1; J. H. Prout’s (Napier), China Clipper, 2; Mrs E. J.. Holly’s (Wanganui), Grand Mogul, 3. Time, 25 1-5. Final: Black Rufus, .1, Boston Bill, 2; China Clipper, 3. Time, 24 4-5. Hopeful stakes: First heat: Mrs T. E. McDonald's (Napier), Lochiel, 1; T. E. Lang’s (Hastings), Boston Prince, 2; Mrs U, Laking’s (Hastings), Now Then, 3. Time, 26 2-5. Second heat: K. Huntly’s (Dannevirke), Wallace Blue, 1: H. Ford’s (Wanganui), Blue Smoke, 2; W. Gilmer’s (Dannevirke), Lady Grace, 3. Time, 26. Third heat: Miss J, McCord’s (Masterton), Ruatiti, 1; Mrs L. Jones’s (Masterton), Flying Joe, 2. Time, 26. Final: Lochiel, 1; Boston Prince, 2; Ruatiti, 3. Time, 25 3-5. Club hurdles: First, heat: Mrs M. Huntly’s (Dannevirke), Prideaway, 1; H. G. Woods’s (Napier), Master Shang, 2; Cooke and McGrath’s (Wellington), Ace Pot, 3. Second heat: Mrs R. Higgs’s (Wanganui), The Dean, 1; H. Beatty’s (Dannevirke), Puketoi Magic, 2; C. R. Hunt’s (Napier), Master Ryan, 3. Final: Prideaway, 1; Master Shang, !£; The Dean, 3. Time, 30. St. Patrick’s stakes: First heat: S. Gerrand’s (Masterton), Aristocrat, 1; Mrs L. Jones’s (Masterton), Golden Veil. 2; C. A. Webb’s (Wellington), Rebellion, 3. Time, 26. Second heat: T. Greig’s (Hastings), Boston Bill, 1; J. A. Forsyth’s (Hastings), Real Gold, 2; L. Wills’s (Dannevirke), Black Rufus, 3. Timo, 25. Third heat: J. A. Prout’s (Napier), China Clipper, 1; Mrs S. C. Drinkwator’s (Dannevirke), Full Fea. ther, 2; Mrs E. J. Holly's (Wanganui), Grand Mogul, 3. Time, 25 4-5. Final: Full Feather, 1: Boston Bill, 2; China Clipper, 3. Time, 26. Au revolr stakes: First heat: Master Ryan. 1; Gay Boy, 2; Cardsharper, 3. Time, 25 4-5. Second heat: Ace Pot, 1; Stone Ginger, 2; Lady Grace, 3. Time, 25. Third heat; Donald Dhu, 1; The Trump, 2; Auto Buzz, 3. Time, 26. Final: Cooke and McGrath’s (Wellington), Ace Pot, 1; H. Beatty’s (Dannevirke), Gay Boy, 2; C. R. Hunt’s (Napier), Master Ryan, 3. Time, 26.