METROPOLITAN TROTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 August 1939, Page 11

METROPOLITAN TROTS

SECOND DAY'S RESULTS. CHIEF EVENT TO FINE ART. j (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. August 9. The weather for the second day of the Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting was fine but overcast. There was a good attendance and the track was fast. The totalisator handled £49,479 J Os, compared with £39.431 last year. Results: — Improver’s Handicap, 4.49 class; 2m: 1/1 Swordsman. 48yds behind (Smith) 1; 5/5 Violet Wrack, scr (W. J. Doyle) 2; 8/7 Shadeland, 36yds behind (D. Bennett) 3. Also started: 10/9 Reward; 4/4 Escalado; 2/3 Chudic; 9/10 Bill Grattan; 3/2 Jenny’s Guy and Gracie Fields, bracketed; 13/13 Tonee; 12/12 Gentleman Joe; 7/8 Mohican; 11/11 Tan John; 6/5 Timworthy. A neck each way. Time, 4.33 2-5. Speedway Handicap, 2.48 class; ljm: 1/1 Great Divide, scr (M. C. McTigue) 1; 3/4 Token, scr (G. McKendry). 2; 2/2 Great Jewel, scr (I. Frost) 3. Also started: 2/2 Southern Chief, bracketed with Great Jewel; 5/5 Jackaranda and Marlene, bracketed; 7/7 Nell Grattan: 8/6 Red Pigeon; 10/10 Subsidy; 6/8 Waipahi; 9/9 Walter Guy; 4/3 Windsor Lass; 11/11 George Roy. Great Divide won by a length from Token, with Great Jewel a head away. Waipahi was fourth. Time. 2.43. Belgium Handicap, 4.38 class; 2m: 4/4 Bill B. 24yds behind (J. Bryce) I; 2/2 Battlefield, 24yds behind <G. McKendry) 2; 5/6 Salalon, scr (R. Young) 3. Also started: 6/5 Ace High; Wee Potts and Zincali, bracketed; 10/10 Effie Parrish; 8/7 Morewa; 1/1 Nelson Eddy; 7/8 Acuity; 3/3 King Potts; 11/11 Treasure Bond: 9/9 Fremont. Bill B drew out to win by two lengths from Battlefield, with Salalon a similar distance away. King Potts was fourth. Time, 4.27.

King George Handicap, 3.19 class; I’m: 1/1 Fine Art, scr (M. C. McTigue) 1; 3/2 Marsceres, scr (G. McKendry) 2; 5/5 Gallant Knight, scr (J. Bryce, Jnr) 3; 7/6 Graham Direct, scr (F. Gi Holmes) 4. Also started: 2/2 Colonel Grattan; 10/10 Evicus; 12/12 Glenrossie; 4/4 Renown’s Best; 11/11 War Buoy; 8/8 Ironside; 9/9 De Soto; 6/7 Plutus; 13/13 Parisienne. Fine Art won by a neck, with Gallant Knight a length away. Graham Direct was another length back fourth. Time: 3.13 2-5. Lincoln Handicap, 3.29 class; 11m: 10/10 Sports Review, scr (R. Motz) 1; 2/2 Pecunia, scr (D. Teahen) 2; 6/5 Doubt, scr (A. Fairbairn) 3. Also started: 4/4 Agility and Superior Rank, bracketed: 1/1 Attain; 7/7 Colonel Axworthy; 3/3 Dancing Pirate; 9/9 Ivy Peterson: 8/8 College Boy; 5/6 Loyal Avis. Sports Review won by two lengths from Pecunia, with Doubt a similar distance away. Attain was fourth. Time. 3.18 4-5. Avon Handicap, trotters, 3.28 class: 11m: 2/3 Gerfalcon, scr (M. Holmes) p 13/14 Royal'Romance, 24yds behind (V. Alborn) 2; 3/2 Lament, 24yds behind (W. J. Doyle) 3. Also started: 10/10 Lady Sonoma; 8/8 JMell Volo; 1/1 Te Kahu, and Bittersweet, bracketed; 15/15 Teviot Downs; 12/11 Franz Derby; 9/8 Aristotle; 4/4 Blue Logan; 11/13 Guy Hugo; 14/11 Helen's Bay: 7/7 Mute; 6/5 Pilot Peter; 5/6 Captain Bolt. Gerfalcon drew out to win by three lengths from Royal Romance, with Lament half a length away. Pilot Peter was fourth. Time, 3.22 3-5. Canterbury Handicap. 3.22 class; I’m: 1/1 Red Ranger, scr (M. Holmes) 1? 9/9 Toorak, scr (A. Holmes) 2; 3/3 Icevus. 12yds behind (R. Young) 3. Also started: 4/5 Southern Chief; 7/ 7 Jackaranda and Carver Doone, bracketed; 1/1 Waitaki Power, bracketed with’ Red Ranger); 2/2 Donald Dhu; 6 Z 6 Silver Guy: 8/8 Frisco Lady; 5/4 Horse Power; 10/10 Rey Spec. Won by a length and a half from Toorak, with Icevus two lengths away. Waitaki Power was fourth. Time. 3.15 1-5. Dash Handicap. 2.45 class; ljm: 3/3 King’s Play, 36yds behind (M. C. McTigue) 1; 5/5 Frisco Boy, scr (M. B. Edwards) 2; 2/2 Cantata, scr (H. Smith) 3. Also started: 12/13 Bingen Palm; 10/10 Bonny Azure; 2/2 Blair Athol bracketed with Cantata; 4/4 Ironside and King’s Warrior, bracketed; 7/7 Renown’s Best; 1/1 Marsceres; 8/8 Reporter; 6/6 Rocks Ahead; 13/12 Village Guy; 9 Z 9 Lucky Jack. Won by a length from Frisco Boy. with Cantata two lengths away. Bonny Azure was fourth. Time, 2.43 2-5.