TROTTING MEETING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 April 1941, Page 3

TROTTING MEETING

EVENTS AT ADDINGTON. TWO DEAD HEATS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 17. The second day of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting was held in fine weather, with the track in good order. The totalisator handled £43,525 10s, compared with £40,176 last year. Results:— Harvest Handicap, trotters, 4.47 class, 2m: 4/4 Margin, 36yds behind (M. Holmes) 1; 7/5 Hatrack, 36yds behind 2: 8/8 Elite Rey, 72yds behind 3. Also started: 9/9 Dollar Maid; 1/1 Allie Audubon; 5/7 Anna’s Voyage; 3/3 Great Surprise; 11/11 Judgment; 6/6 Great Mountain; 2/2 Within; 12/12 Pirate’s Last; 10/10 Walter Wrack. «ead; three lengths. Within was fourth. Time, 4.43. Trial Handicap, 4.43 class. 2m: 1/3

Gold Chief, scr (R. Messervy) 1; 11/11 Shadow Queen, 12yds behind 2; 4/4 Sister Polly, scr 3. Also started: 8/7 Channel Fleet; 9/10 Gallant Chief; 15/15 Guywin; 6/6 Nationalist; 5/5 Glen Travis; 10/9 Marque; 7/8 Jacose; 3/2 Silver Laddie; 13/13 Busted Flush; 12/11 Distributor, bracketed with Mazaire; 2/1 Drumoak, bracketed with Happy Man; 16/16 Royal Grattan; 14/14 Wainoni Girl. Neck; head. Gallant Chief was fourth. Time, 4.32 2-5. Halswell Handicap. 3.20 class, ljm: 7/8 Molly Direct. 12yds behind (M. Stewart) 1; 8/7 Kenworthy, 24yds behind 2; 6/6 Bold Venture, 12yds behind 3. Also started: 12/12 Cruiser; 1/1 Fremont; 2/2 Gold Bar; 9/9 Regal; 10/11 Southern Smile; 5/5 Wee Potts; 3/4 Uenuku; 4/3 Willowbank; 11/10 War Buoy. Three lengths; head. Gold Bar was fourth. Time, 3.17. President’s Handicap, 3.19 class, 14m: 3/3 Navy Blue, scr (M. Holmes) *5,5/5 Dusky Sound, 12yds behind *; 6/6 Lightning Lady, scr 3. ’’Signifies dead-heat for first. Also started: 7/7 Donald Dhu; 4/4 Great Divide; 9/9 Nell Grattan; 1/1 Peter Smith, bracketed with Zincali; 3/2 King Potts, bracketed with Sandusky; 8/10 Horse Power; 10/8 Plutus: 3/3 Pot Luck, bracketed with Navy Blue. Dead-heat; head. Zincali was fourth. Time, 3.16 2-5. High Class Handicap, trotters, 3.44 class. Im and sf: 6/8 Dark Hazard, 36 yds behind (M. C. McTigue) 1; 9/9 Lament, 24yds behind 2; 5/3 Gerfalcon, 48yds behind 3. Also started: 3/5 Gracie Fields; 10/10 Mohican; 8/6 Reception; 12/12 Timworthy; 2/1 Biworthy; Tan John and Captain Bolt, bracketed; 4/4 Manna’s ’ Son, bracketed with Royal Romance; 1/2 Eush Laddie; 11/11 Franz Derby: 7/7 Jenny Guy. Length; head. Bush Laddie was fourth. Time, 3.34 4-5. April Handicap, 3.23 class, Um: 4/6 Eagle, 12yds behind (C. Taskfcr); *; 5/4 Kilrea, 12yds behind (J. Bryce, Junr.) *; 7/9 .Mankind, 12yds behind 3. -Signifies dead-heat for first. Also started: 2/2 Colonel Axworthy, bracketed with Royal. Surprise; 11/11 King’s Jubilee; 12/13 Lady Carol; 6/5 Llanvabon, bracketed with Three Tens; 10/10 Pamelus; 1/1 Clockwork, bracketed with Superior Rank; 3/3 Frisco Boy; 5/4 Huguenot, bracketed with Kilrea; 13/12 Quest; 8/8 Smile Again; 9/7 Worthy Need. Dead-heat; head. Frisco Boy was fourth. Time, 3.17. Durham Handicap, 4.36 class, 2m: 3/2 Foremost Junior, scr (P. P. Gallagher) i; 2/3 Pleasant Guy, 12yds behind 2; 8/8/Trireme, 12yds behind 3. Also started: 1/1 Golden Mist; 4/4 Great Blaze; 7/7 Old Faithful; 9/9 Rollalong; C/6 Agility: 5/5 Honestus. Neck; five lengths. Old Faithful was fourth. Time, 4.30.

Flying Handicap, 2.47 class, Ijm: 2/2 Zincali, 12yds behind (L. A. Maidens) 1; 3/3 Kenworthy, 12yds behind 2: 10/11 Subsidy, scr 3. Also started: 1/1 Aspirant; 8/8 Bold Venture; 13/14 Carver Boone; 14/13 Red Ranger; 4/6 Rowi; 11/10 Worthy Need; 7/7 Mankind; 2/2 Peter Smith, bracketed with Zincali; 9/9 Uenuku; 5/4 King Potts, bracketed with Springfield Globe; 12/12 Marlene; 6/5 Nelson Eddy. Neck each way. King Potts was fourth. Time; 2.40 1-5. - Races to Start Earlier. In order to avoid anything in the nature of a clash with the Hawke's Bay-Wairarapa representative football match which will be played at McLean Park, Napier, on King’s Day, June 2, the Napier Park Racing Club has decided to advance its programme by an hour. This means that the first race on the card, the Moteo Hack Hurdles, will begin at 11 a.m. and that the last race will commence at 2.45 p.m., thus allowing patrons to attend both gatherings.

Riverton Cup. A gelding named Victory is credited with having won the Riverton Cup four years in succession, between 1889 and 1892. In those days, however, the race was styled the Riverton Handicap, and the stake was only £3O. Similarly, during the same period. Patchwork and Aparima are shown in the records as winners of two Great Westerns, but the name of the race was the Open Steeplechase, and the prize money £35. Nobody in those times could have envisaged that a town with fewer than 1000 inhabitants would one day have a Cup worth £6OO and a Steeplechase worth £5OO. In Victory's term the prize money for the day totalled £145, compared with £2450 this year. Substantial Offer for Duvach, It is reported that a substantial offer, running into four figures, has been refused for the Foxbridge filly Duvach. In 17 starts Duvach has won seven times and has been placed seven times.