OTAKI MEETING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 December 1940, Page 3

OTAKI MEETING

CHIEF EVENT TO LITTLE ROBIN. SIR CRUSOE ACCOUNTS FOR SPRINT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) OTAKI, December 15. At the Otaki Maori Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday it was obvious that the proximity of the Christmas and New Year carnival affected the attendance and the betting turnover. The fields also were hardly up to standard. Four only ran in the principal event, and only three races out of the eight were contested by sufficient runners to provide three dividends on the place machine. The track was firm and fast. The totalisator turnover was £16,150, against £20,230 last year, when the meeting was held in November. The decrease was £4OBO. Results: — Puketoi Hack Hurdles, l|m: 7/6

Prinihia, 9.0 (B. Cosford) 1; 2/2 Dorado, 11.10 (A. Jenkins) 2; 3/4 Chat. 10.11 (S. A. Wright) 3. Also started: 5/5 Good Sun; 1/1 Great Quex; 6/7 Etruscan; 4/3 Royal Stuart; 8/8 Luath. Half a head; length. Great Quex was fourth. Time, 2.49. Pukekaraka Hack Handicap, 6f: 2/1 Blue Border, 8.1 (A. Midwood) 1; 3/3 Triple Crown, 7.7 (R. E. Humphries) 2; 7/7 Debretts, 7.4’- (H. P. Stewart) 3. Also started: 5/5 Arabic; 1/2 Talenta; 4/4 Taiho; 6/6 Conversion. Head; length. Talenta was fourth. Time, 1.13 1-5. Rere Nikitini Memorial Stakes, Ijm: 1 Little Robin, 7.13 (D. W. Redstone) 1; 3 Gay Fox, 7.0 (J. Forsyth) 2; 4 Titter, 7.0 (T. Biggs) 3. Also started: 2 Aurora’s Star. Three-quarters of a length each way. Time, 2.13. Manuao Maiden Plate, weight 8.7, 6f: 6/8 Red Dash (P. Burgess) 1: 5/5 Hunting Squire (K. Chote) 2; 4/4 The Monarch (B. H. Morris) 3. Also started: 1/1 Elminola; 9/9 Fauvette; 7/6

Princess Venus; 8/7 Ramillies; 2/2 Wildfire; 3/3 Swell Chance; 10/10 Thoroma. Half a length; neck. Elmmola was fourth. Time. 1.12 2-5. Otaki Hack Handicap, 7f: 1/1 Siglow, 9.7 (P. Atkins) 1; 2/3 Tau-Uru, 7.12 (H. P. Stewart) 2; 4/4 Doctor Defoe, 7.12 ,(W. J. Stevens) 3. Also started: 3/2 Sanction: 6/6 <T3ide-a-Wee; 5/5 Namesake. Three-quarters; of a length; three. Time. 1.281. , Wairongomai Handicap. 7f: 1/1 Sir Crusoe, 9.5 (P. Williams) 1; 3/3 Night Eruption. 7.9 (W. J. Stevens)) 2; 4/4 White Rajah, 7.0 (J. Forsyth) 3. Also started: 5/5 Catalogue; 2/2 Harina; 6/6 Race Call; 7/7 Sunee. Half a length; one. Harina was fourth. Time, 1.26. Rahul Hack Handicap, Im and a dis.: 2/3 City Song, 7.8 (W. J. Mudford) 1; 3/1 Last Acre, 8.13 (H. P. Stewart) 2; 1/2 Young Charles, 9.4 (P. Atkins) -3. Also started: 4/4 Acrobat; 6/6 Royal Vision; 5/5 Little Margot. Head each way. Little Margot was fourth. Time, 1.50 2-5. Rekereke Hack Handicap, sf: 2/1 Valiant Lady, ,8.13 (B. H. Morris) 1; 3/3 Distress Signal, 8.1 (A. Midwood) 2; 5/7 Autolite, 10.3 (J. D. Ahipene) 3. Also started: 1/2 Teacony; 6/4 Coronado; 9/9 St. Grace; 12/11 First Round; 4/6 .Wakarara; 8/8 Army Girl; 7/5. Hunting Squire; 10/10 Tristan; 11/12 Aberdovey. Length; length and a quarter. Coronado was fourth. Time, 1.1 H 5.