GREYHOUND RACING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 December 1939, Page 9

GREYHOUND RACING

GATHERING AT CARTERTON. RESULTS OF VARIOUS EVENTS. (“Times-Age” Special.) There was a good attendance at the Wairarapa Coursing Club's greyhound race meeting held on the Carterton Showgrounds on Saturday. The track was very hard and numerous scratchings were made owing to the dogs developing sore feet. PLesults are as follows:— Carterton Stakes (maiden): First heat: Mr J. M. Bassett’s (Dannevirke) Bronze Moth 1; Mrs W .Williams’s (Masterton) 2; Archer Bros’ (Masterton) Bit o' Blue 3. Time, 31 4-5. Second heat: Mr J. Hanley’s (Masterton) Black Magic 1; Messrs Cook and McGrath’s (Wellington) Morning Tide 2; L. J. Fulton’s (Masterton) Silver 3. Time. 31 1-5. Final: Bronze Moth 1; Black Magic 2; Flying Veil 3. Time, 31 sec. Wairarapa Ice Cream Co Challenge Cup: First heat: Mr W. L. Jensen's (Carterton) Helen Rufus 1; Mrs L. H. Jones’s (Masterion) Flying Joe 2; Mr S. Gerrand’s (Masterton) Snowdrift 3. Time, 30sec. Second heat: Mr J. M. Bassett’s (Dannevirke) Wings of the MoJning 1; Mrs M. Huntley (Dannevirke) Pridcaway 2; Mrs S. C. Drinkwater (Dannevirke) Full Feather 3. Time, 30 ]-10sec. Final: Helen Rufus 1: Pridcaway 2. Time 32sec. Novice Stakes: Mr W. Snullivan’s (Dannevirke) Stinging Footsteps 1; Mr A. F. Burgess's (Wellington) Lady Luck 2. Time. 31 3-ssec. Second heat: Miss N. Spring’s (Masterton) Ballaramaine 1: Mrs W. Williams’s . (Masterton) Flying Veil 2. Time. 31sec. Final: Ballaramaine 1; Stinging Footsteps 2. Time. 31 l-ssec. Final Ladies’ Plato (owing to scratchings): The Slam 1; Stinging Footsteps 2. Mr C. Lusty's (Masterton) White Legion was the only starter in the Open Hurdles.