WEEKEND RACING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 3

WEEKEND RACING

FOXTON RACES CUP WON BY TRENCH LAW. SPRINT GOES TO AUTOLITE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) LEVIN, May 25. A surprise by Trench Law in the cup race featured the winter meeting of the Foxton Racing Club, held on the Levin course on Saturday. The sprint event was won by Autolite, and Sunny Knight won a double in the hack class. The weather was fine and mild, and there was a large attendance. The track was heavy after rain overnight. The totalisator handled £19,339. compared with £14,655 last year, at Foxton, an increase of £4684. Results: —■ Poroutawhao Hurdles, 11m: 3/3 Golden Memory, 9.9 (C. L. Kerr) 1; 2/2 Selkirk, 9.0 (A. Jenkins) 2; 1/1 Great Quex, 10.11 (A. Winder) 3. Also started: 8/7 High Peer; 9/9 Sunee; 4/4 Ruatiti; 5/5 Kincora; 10/10 Dunmanway, fell; 6/6 Hokumai; 7/8 Corroboree; 11/11 Royal Romance. Length and a half; half a length. Kincora was fourth. Time, 2.52. Trial Stakes, weight 8.5, 6f: 1/1 Te Oriko (D. W. Redstone) 1; 6/5 La Rosita (W. J. Mudford) 2; 2/2 Eastern Sport (W. J. Broughton) 3. Also started: 11/11 Bonnie Bunsby; 3/3 Fox Tower; 10/10 Gallarda; 16/13 Gothic; 12/14 Kanui Te Pai; 8/9 Magnifier; 15/12 Midvane; 9/8 Moderate; 5/6 Royal Vision; 4/4 Santa Lucia: 12/16 Silver Ore; 17/17 Tremolo; 7/7 The Hawker; 14/15 Tho Rama. Length and a quarter; four. Fox Tower was fourth. Time, 1.18 4-5.

Himitangi Hack Handicap, 6f: 1/1 Sunny Knight, 9.11 (W. J. Broughton) 1; 6/7 Leighon Rei. 7.7 (N. Vaughan) 2; 4/3 Caution, 7.7 (D. W. Redstone) 3. Also started: 8/5 Hasten: 2/2 Desert Tide: 3/4 Parchment: 5/8 Dark Water: 7/6 Tractometer. Two lengths each way. Hasten was fourth. Time. 1.17. Foxton Cup. 1 m: 8/8 Trench Law. 7.4 (N. Vaughan) 1; 1/1 The Monarch, 7.7 (T. Biggs) 2; 7/7 Last Acre, 7.4 (H. P. Stewart) 3. Also started: 3/4 Amigo; 4/5 Aurora's Star: 11/11 Gaelic Song; 2/3 Talenta; lfi/10 Valerian; 9/9 Filbert; 6/6 Gay Fox. One length; threequarters of a length. Aurora's Star was fourth. Time, 2.10 2-5. Moutoa Hack Handicap. 9f: 2/2 Tauuru 7.13 (S. Waddell) 1; 7/7 Little Margot, 7.6 (W. L. Aitken) 2; 9/9 Arachne, 7.91 (W. J. Stevens) 3. Also started: 5/5 Sanction; 6/6 Pitmark; 1/1 Red Dash; 4/3 Vai Pere; 3/4 Courting; 8/8 Kohika. Short length; half. Sanction was fourth. Time, 1.59. Kebbell Memorial Handicap. 6f: 1/1 Autolite, 9.3 (P. Burgess) 1; 3/3 Black Robe, 8.0 (W. J. Broughton) 2; 2/2 Night Eruption, 8.0 (W. J. Mudford) 3. Also started: 5/4 Majority; 9/8 Mittie: 4/5 Screen Star; 10/10 Lutanist; 6/6 Grandora; 7/7 Miss Te Koura; 8/9 Wakarara. Neck; one length. Mittie was fourth. Time, I.IG.

Whirokino Hack Handicap, sf: 1/1 Sunny Knight, 10.8 (inc. 91b rehandicap) (A. E. Lord) 1; 4/4 Parlato, 8.12 (A. Midwood) 2; 3/2 Sceptre. 8.9 (A. Jenkins) 3. Also started: 2/3 Sweet Anne; 7/6 Pretty Lass; 5/5 Barry Boy; 8/9 Tristan; 9/8 Royal Vision; 10/10 Trethella; 6/7 Calliope. Four lengths; three. Pretty Lass was fourth. Time, 1.2. . WANGANUI MEETING REHANDICAPS ANNOUNCED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, May 25. Rehandicaps ■■ for the Wanganui Jockey Club’s forthcoming meeting arc: Purua Hack Hurdles. —Golden Memory, 10.1. River Hack Handicap.—Tau-Uru, 8.7. Connolly Handicap.—Trench' Law, 8.2. Borough Hack Handicap. —Sunny Knight, 11.4.