GREYHOUND RACING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 April 1940, Page 7

GREYHOUND RACING

SEASON’S FINAL MEETING AT SOLWAY HIGH STANDARD SET. GOOD TIMES REGISTERED. The final meeting of the Wairarapa Coursing Club’s greyhound racing season was held at the Solway Showgrounds on Saturday in showery weather. The track was in splendid order and racing of a high standard was witnessed. There was a poor attendance of the public. The tin hare plant operated satisfactorily, there being only one minor breakdown during the afternoon. The outstanding performance of the meeting was the time, 26 seconds, registered by Flash Diamond in the open hurdles, which is considered to be an Australasian record for the 440 yards hurdles. Mungi Taipo also put up a splendid time in the open flat championship to win in 25 l-ssec. The following are the results: — -Autumn Stakes, maiden: Messrs Cooke and McGrath's (Wellington) Morning Tide, 1; R. McEwen’s (Masterton) Great Gold, 2: J. Hanley’s (Masterton) Black Magic, 3. Time. 25sec. Solway Hurdles, maiden: C. Lusty's (Masterton) Snowdrift, 1; Mrs R. Wilton's (Masterton) Morning Flight, 2. Only two entries. Time, 28 l-ssec. Wairarapa Open Championship: First Heat —L. Wells's (Dannevirke) Black Rufus, 1; W. Spring's (Masterton) Julius Caesar, 2; Mesdames Riding and Jackson's (Wanganui), Mosquito Kid 3. Time. 25 3-ssec. Second heat —Mesdames Riding and Jackson's (Wanganui) Mungi Taipo, 1: Mrs L. H. Jones’s (Masterton) Flying Joe. 2. Time. 25 3-ssec. Final: Mungi Taipo. 1; Julius Caesar. 2; Black Rufus. 3. Time. 25 l-ssec. Wairarapa Championship Hurdles open: A. Parkes's (Masterton) Flash Diamond. 1; L. Wells's (Dannevirke) Black Rufus, 2. Only two started. Time 26sec. Ladies' Plate: First heat—Miss N. Spring's (Masterton N.S.) Ballanamaine. 1; Mrs Cooke's (Wellington) Nigger Minstrel. 2; Mesdames Riding and Jackson's (Wanganui) Mosquito Kid. 3. Time. 25 3-ssec. Second heat —■ Mrs W. L. Jensen's (Carterton N.S.) Helen Rufus. 1; Mesdames Riding and Jackson's (Wanganui) Mungi Taipo, 2. Time, 25 2-ssec. Final: Nigger Minstrel. 1; Helen Rufus. 2. Time. 25 l-ssec. Consolation Stakes: S. Gerrand’s (Masterton) Democrat. 1: L. Wells's (Dannevirke) Mosquito Star. 1: Archer Bros's (Masterton) Blue Print 3. Time. 25sec.