WOODVILLE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1940, Page 3

WOODVILLE

FIRST DAY’S RESULTS. DAINTY SHEILA WINS HANDICAP. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WOODVILLE, This Day. Steady light rain fell throughout the day for the opening of the Woodville District Jockey Club's autumn meeting on Saturday. Conditions were also oppressively humid. The track got very wet but was not holding, though it was slow and suited the mudlarks better than the others. The principal event, the Woodville Handicap, was won by Dainty Sheila, and Rakahanga won the sprint. The totalisator handled £12,780, compared with £13,548 10s on the second day last year, which was the Saturday, a decrease of £768 10s. Maiden Plate, weight, 8.11, 6f: 1 Moradabad (G. R. Tattersail) 1; 2 Goldburn (B. H. Morris) 2; 7 Wave Length' <R. W. Shaw) 3. Also started: 9 Arachne: 3 Balgowlah; 11 Fly On; 8 Game Pitc; 6 Golden Melody; 12 Oraiti; 13 Rollaway; 10 Te Oriko; 4 Tide; 5 Trilitha. Length; length and a quarter. Balgowlah was fourth. Time, 1.16 1-5. Oringi Highweight Handicap, Rm: 1 Hunting Moments. 9.13 (S. Anderson) 1; 3 First Chapter. 9.4 (C. Cole) 2; 6 Richlieu Pearl, 9.0 (S. A. Wright) 3. Also started: 2 Charade; 7 Amatory: 5 Ruling Star; 4 Dark Water. Six lengths; half a neck. Dark Water was fourth. Time, 2.12 2-5. Woodville Handicap, ljm: 3 Dainty Sheila, 7.3 (W. J. Stevens) 1; 5 Mataroa, 7.51 (K. Chote) 2; 1 Homily, 8.4 (N. R. McKenzie) 3. Also started: 4 Galtecmore; 7 Brunhild; 5 Corroboree; 2 Raeburn; 9 Verey Lights: 8 The Ring. Two. lengths; head. Verey Lights was fourth. Time, 2.10 1-5. Sapling Stakes, for two-year-olds, 51f: 3 Chary, 8.10 (B. H. Morris) 1; 1 Ringcraft, 8.10 (N. R. McKenzie) 2; 2 Air Flight, 8.13 (W. Jenkins) 3. Also started: 4 Cherry Bay; 7 All Quiet; 6 Barbara Miller; 8 Chablis; 12 Dyne; 5 Kehurangi; 11 Locrian; 10 Santa Lucia; 9 Miss Wheriko. Two lengths each way. Dyne was fourth. Time, 1.10.

Ruahine Handicap, 6f: 4 Rakahanga, 7.2 (R. G. Howell) 1; 1 Amigo, 9.4 (B. H. Morris) 2; 5 Rollicker, 7.0 (R. W. Shaw) 3. Also started: 6 Old Bill; 3 Flammarion; 10 Baran; 8 Nora Gregor; 7 Screen Star; 12 Charing Cross; 2 Hunter’s Eve; 11 Lady Chat; 9 Lord Cavendish. Length and a half; two lengths. Baran was fourth. Time, 1.15. President’s Handicap, 7f: 3 Gaelic Song. 7.3-1 (W. J. Stevens) 1; 4 Chief Lord, 8.6 (W. Jenkins) 2; 1 Dark Eagle,, 8.4 (B. H. Morris) 3. Also started: 5 Punarua; 2 Sercnata; 6 Brazil; 11 Mother-in-Law; 7 Kehua; 12 Piastre; 10 Malacca; 8 Yadanoe; 9 War Cloud. Three-quarters of a length; two. Kehua was fourth. Time, 1.30 3-5.

County Handicap, Gf: 5 Chandlery. 7.13 (N. Cavaney) 1; 7 Dainty Dell, 7.8 (R. Marsh) 2; 3 Sceptre, 7.9 (J. Forsyth) 3. Also started: 6 Rehearsal; 2 To Ore; 1 Areas; 8 Black Frost; 10 Big Wave; 9 Gay Artist; 4 Newbury Queen; 11 Po-Atarau. Length and a half; two lengths. Gay Artist was fourth. Time. 1.16.

Kumeroa Handicap, Im and a distance: 2 Hunting Moments, 9.0 (S. Anderson) 1; 3 Dynasty, 8.4 (N. R. McKenzie) 2; 7 Dunmanway, 7.4 (W. J. Stevens) 3. Also started: 6 Prime Quality; 5 Sky Limit; 1 Colibri; 4 Ripple; 8 Charles Edward; 9 Red Shoes; 10 Trilitha. Length; neck. Colibri was fourth. Time, 2.0 4-5.

Dainty Sheila's Easy Win.

At the Woodville meeting on Saturday Dainty Sheila won the Woodville Handicap all the way. She was attended by Verey Light and Mataroa, and the latter went up on the outside round the turn, covering extra ground. Dainty Sheila drew ahead in the straight and won without difficulty from Mataroa, who just headed off a run from the rear by Homily. Raeburn, who carried 811 b overweight, lost any chance he had by getting squeezed right back at the start. Brunhild and Galteemore, who had been in behind the leaders in the first five furlongs, both failed to run on.