RACES ON THE BEACH

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1939, Page 7

RACES ON THE BEACH

CASTLEPOINT CLUB’S ANNUAL MEETING

KEEN CONTESTS ON SATURDAY. CUP TO ROYAL CERES. (“Times-Age” Special.) The annual meeting of the Castlepoint Racing Club, held on the beach on Saturday, attracted a very large attendance and provided an excellent day’s sport. The racing throughout keen and interesting, and there were several close finishes. The meeting was capably organised and controlled by an efficient band of stewards, and the secretary, Mr R. Miles. The weather was fine until late in the afternoon, when a thick drizzle of rain set in. The results were as follow:— MAIDEN PLATE. 5 furlongs. Mr W. P. Nelson’s Iluka, 10.0 (McCormick), 1. ■‘Mr N. Bicknell’s Lacan, 10.5 (H. Blunden), 2. Miss N. O’Hara’s Medway, 10.1 (H. McKenzie), 3. Also started: Lady Tetipsky, 10.0 (L. Daly); Los- Andes, 10.10 (R. Hewitt); Oete, 10.1 (L. Olson); Lady Julia, 10.2 (J. Innes). Time, lmin ; 20secs.

LADIES’ BRACELET, 7 furlongs. Mrs J. B. Dalziell’s Our Own, 11.0 (B. Williams), 1. Mrs Bicknell’s Right Bower, 12.2 (H: Blunden), 2. Miss D. Schofield’s Greek Arma, 11.3 (J. Innes), 3. Also started: Mount Alie, 11.0 (R. Hewitt). Time lmin 46 4-ssec. CASTLEPOINT CUP, Lj miles. Mr W. Nelson’s Royal Ceres, 9.10 (McCormack), 1. Mr J. Broughton’s Rioghai), 9.4 (Evans), 2. Mr J. Innes’s Silver Fox, 9.10 (J. Innes), 3. Also started: Kohika, 11.4 den); Dinmore, 9.3 (Daly). Time lmin 34 l-ssecs.

LIGHTHOUSE HANDICAP, 6 f. . Miss Holdworth’s Sefton, 11.7 (Innes), 1. Mr H. Scales’s Kid Chocolate, 10.10 (H. Scales), 2. Mr J. B. Dalziell’s Manawa, 11.10 (R. Hewitt), 3. Also started: Belfast, 10.7 (B. Williams). Time lmin 22sec.

PUBLICAN’S HANDICAP, 6 furlongs Mr W. Nelson’s Royal Ceres, 10.7 (McCbrmack), 1. Mr J. Innes’s Silver Fox, 9.9 (J. Innes), 2. Mr W. Nelson’s Iluka, 9.7 (Neich), 3. Also started: Right Bower, 11.0 (Blunden); Kohika, 11.2 (Bicknell): Greek Arma, 9.12 (Daly); Lady Temp-; sky, 10.0 (McKenzie). Time lmin 20 secs. WHAKATAKI HANDICAP, 6 f. Mr W. B. Williams Our Own, 11.12 Williams), 1. Miss M. Holdsworth’s Sefton, 11.0 (J. Innes), 2. Miss N. O’Hara’s Medway, 11.0 (H. McKenzie), 3. Also started: Mount Alie, 11.7 (F. Maunsell); Kid Chocolate, 10.7 (Scales). Time lmin 22 4-ssec. CONSOLATION HANDICAP, 6f. Mr F. Ashworth’s Dinmore, 9.0 (Daly), 1. , nA Mr J. Broughton’s Rioghail, 9.4 (Evans), 2. Mr E. Olson’s Oete, 9.0 (Neich), 3. Also started: Silver Fox, 10.4 (Innes); Lacan, 9.3 (McCauley). ' Time lmin 47 2-ssecs.