TROTTING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 August 1941, Page 8

TROTTING

METROPOLITAN MEETING FERRY POST SUCCESSFUL. A WIN FOR FINE ART. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 9. For the first day of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting the weather was fine but dull. The totalisator handled £52,503 10s, compared with £47,441 last year, an increase of £5062 10s. There was a large attendance and the track was in good order. Results: — Introductory Handicap, 3.49 class, Im. 5f.: 1/1, Certissmus, 24yds. bhd. <D. Teahan), 1; 3/3,' Within, scr., 2; 7/6; Hatrack, scr., 3. Also started: 11/10, Arnones; 14/15, Pirate’s Last; 9/9, Shadeland; 13/14, Walter Wrack; 12/12, Discord; 4/4, Escalado; 8/8, Vain Lad; 6/5, Margin; 5/7, Millisle; 2/2, Aristotle (bracketed with Allie Audubon); 15/13, Native Huon; 10/11, Pilot Peter. Three lengths; head. Shadeland was fourth. Time, 3.43. Advance Handicap, 4.40 class, 2m.: 2/3, Hardy Oak, 12yds. bhd. (O. E. Hooper), 1; 1/1, Turco, 12yds. bhd., 2; 4/2, Nationalist, scr., 3. Also started: 8/9, Coquette; 7/7, Distribution; 6/8, Drumoak; 10/11, Purina; 9/10, Warship; 3/4, Black Surprise; 5/5, Blue Diamond; 5/6, Wainoni Girl. Three lengths; half a length. Black Surprise was fourth. Time, 4.31 2-5. Queen Mary Handicap, 4.32 class, 2m.: 2/2, Bronze Eagle, scr. (J. B. Pringle), 1; 1/1, Haughty, scr., 2; 4/4, Fremont, 24yds. bhd., 3. Also started: 8/8, Superior Rank; 1/1, Kilrea (bracketed with Haughty); 11/11, Red Ranger; 3/3, Three Tens; 5/7, Aspirant; 10/10, Battlefield; 9/9, Jesse Owens; 6/6, Toorak. Length each way. Toorak was fourth. Time, 4.24. National All-Age Stakes, l-|m.: 4/4, Fine Art, 36yds. bhd. (M. C. McTigue), 1: 8/8, Frisco Boy, 36yds. bhd., 2; 6/6, Kenworthy, 36yds. bhd., 3. Also started: 3/3, Colonel Grattan; 7/7, Great Jewel (bracketed with Hugenot); 5/5, King Potts; 1/1, Marlene (bracketed with Plutus); 2/2, Nelson Eddy; 9/9, Southern Chief. Two lengths; head. Marlene was fourth. Time, 2.44. August Handicap, 4.29 class, 2m.: 1/1, Ferry Post, 12yds. bhd. (C. S. Donald), 1; 1/1, Accountant, scr., 2; 4/5, Great Divide, 24yds. bhd., 3. Ferry Post and Accountant were bracketed. Also started: 9/9, Horsepower; 8/7, Lightning Lady; 3/3, Springfield (bracketed with Sandusky); 5/4, Donald Dhu; 2/2, Molly Direct; 6/6, Peter Smith; 10/10, Bayard; 7/8, Dusky Sound. Two lengths each way. Dusky Sound was fourth. Time, 4.25. \ Stewards’ Handicap, 3.44 class, Im. 5f.: 2/3, Bush Laddie, 24yds. bhd. (E. J. Smith), 1; 1/1, Biworthy, scr., 2; 3/2, Lament, 36yds. bhd., and 6/9, Dark Hazard, 48yds. bhd., dead-heat, 3. Also started: 1/1, Tan John (bracketed with Biworthy); 5/6, Gracie Fields; 7/5, Manna’s Son; 12/12, Mohican; 4/4, Mute; 11/11, Parish Guide; 10/7, Reception; 9/10, Jenny Guy; 8/8, Gerfalcon. Two lengths; three. Time, 3.38. Trial Handicap, 4.34 class, 2m.: 7/7, Foremost Junior, 12yds. bhd. (D. Kerr), 1; 9/8, Chatmos, scr., 2; 1/1, Special Edition, 12yds. bhd., 3. Also started: 3/6, Frisco Boy (bracketed with Palomar); 6/4, Golden Mist (bracketed with Mendel); 11/11, Happy Locanda; 10/9, Mankind; 2/2, Grand Dame (bracketed with Adversity); 8/10, Gold Bank; 13/12, Hillcrest; 5/5, Mongolian; 4/3, Royal Surprise; 12/13, Southern Smile. Three lengths; half a length. Royal Surprise was fourth. Time, 4.23 4-5. Selwyn Handicap, 4.38 class, 2m.: 5/6, Pleasant Guy, 36yds. bhd. (R. Townley), 1; 4/4, Kid Wolf, scr., 2; 7/7, Great Blaze, scr., 3. Also started: 6/5, Glen Travis; 10/13, Philario; 9/8, Trireme; 12/12, Agility; 1/1, Gold Pot; 2/2, Happy Man; 10/10, Slippery Sam; 3/3, Clockwork; 8/9, King’s Jubilee; 13/11, Pamelus. Half a length; two. Gold Pot was fourth. Time, 4.25.