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4 METROPOLITAN MEETING CUP WON BY HAUGHTY (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 7. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Cup meeting opened yesterday in fine weather. There was a record attendance. The track was fast after overnight showers. The totalisator investments were £141,211 10s, against £99,410 10s last year. The investments on the Cup were £30,836. Haughty won her second New Zealand Cup brilliantly. Gold Bar, the pacemaker, ran the half-mile in 61 2-ssec., the mile in 2.3 3-5, 11 miles in 3.9, and then tired. Haughty won in 4.13 3-5, a world’s winning record in a handicap. Due to Bronze Eagle breaking, Countless, Pacing Power and Shadow Maid met with slight interference in the running. Results:— Spring Handicap.—l/1 Sea Max, 24 yds (W. J. Doyle) 1, 5/6 Ordnance, 48 yds (J. Wilson) 2; 2/2 Cockney, scr (J. Behrens) 3. All started. Won by a half a length; three lengths. Time, 4.26 4-5. . Victoria Handicap, 2 miles. —4/4 Gold Flight, scr (J. B. Pringle), 1; 6/7 Highland Scott, scr (L. F. Berkett) 2; 1/1 Sports Guide, 24yds (G. Cameron) 3. All started. Time, 4.23 3-5.
Riccarton Stakes, ljm.: 2/2 Imperial Lady (A. Holmes), 1; 1/1 Plunder Bar, 2; 3/3 Bonny Bridge, 3. Scratched: Extra Special. Three lengths each way. Time 245 3-5. New Zealand Trotting Cup, 4.27 class; 2m.: 4/3 Haughty, 36yds bhd (O. E. Hooper) 1; 1/1 Countless, 12yds bhd (G. McKendry) 2; 2/2 Pacing Power, 12yds bhd (R. B. Berry) 3. All started. Two lengths each way. Time, 4.13 3-5. Canterbury Handicap, 4.36 class, 2m.: 2/1 Catalpa, 24yds bhd (McTigue), 1; 8/7 Belfast Jack, scr, 2; 6/6 Star Ace, scr; 3. Scr: Josette, Gold Chief. Two lengths; length. Time, 4.23 2-5. Dominion Trotting Handicap, 4.37 class, 2m.: 1/1 Bomber, scr (W. J. Doyle) 1; 8/8 Jimmy Drusus, 24yds bhd, 2; 2/2 Douglas McElwyn, 36yds bhd, 3. All started. Three lengths; five. Time, 4.30 4-5.
Empire Handicap, 4.32 class, 2m.: 3/3 Happy Man, scr (C. King), 1; 5/6 Gold Pot, 12yds bhd, 2; 2/2 Integrity, scr, 3. All started. Length and a half; four. Time, 4.22 3-5.
Metropolitan Challenge Stakes, 8/9 Imperial Lady, 24yds bhd (A. Holmes), 1; 15/15 Gold Sheik, 24yds bhd, 2; 10/10 Golden Shadow. 24yds bhd, 3. Scr: Volterra. Three lengths; two. Time, 2.43 3-5.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1943, Page 6
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