SPORTING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 April 1943, Page 6

SPORTING

WAIRARAPA RACING CLUB. EASTER MEETING AT TAUHERENIKAU. Nominations for the Wairarapa Racing Club’s popular Easter meeting which will be held at the beautiful Tauherenikau racecourse on April 24 and 2G will close with the secretary, Mr N. C. C. Shepherd, at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 12. Weights are due on April 16 and acceptances will close at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 19. In conversation with the writer a prominent official of the Masterton Racing Club expressed disappointment that the Wairarapa Club did not make use of the facilitiesat Opaki for the Easter meeting. In addition to the Opaki course being. adjacent to the railway line, which meant a considerable saving in the use of horse floats and bus transport for patrons the track and grounds were in splendid order. As he understood the position the Tauherenikau course required a good deal of preparation and the club was faced with the difficulty of arranging for transport for intending patrons. However, the Wairarapa Club was to be congratulated for its enterprise in holding a meeting. The club’s officials were a capabje band of men and were deserving of a successful meeting. NAPIER PARK MEETING. At the concluding day of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s meeting at Napier Park tomorrow the public will most likely fancy the following horses: — Karamu Hurdles: Native Song, Opaltown, Cuisinier. Twyford Handicap: Viking Path, Nghape, Midian Star. Tomoana Electric Handicap: Solver, Quick Decision, Dozie Boy. Te Mahanga Handicap: Full Hand, Glenfalloch, Rink. Juvenile: Carnforth, La Serena, Haughty Queen. Hastings Hack Cup: Nighean, Goldform, Fiddler’s Green. Okawa Handicap: Autolite, Caroline Bay, Ex-Pupil. Akitio Handicap: Jovial Lass, Lady Spiral, Indian Sport.