LATE SPORTING.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 8, 7 May 1920, Page 8

LATE SPORTING.

(By Telegraph—Special to Digger.)

DUNEDIN, May 7 The winter meeting of the Trotting Club opened on Thursday un^ most favourable climatic conditions the track was heavy from r6cent Princess Cole and Exmoor were the l Southlanders to win during the day Diggers, did you rememher Delvil], Wood yesterday at Forbury Park. Th0se of you who did got a nice little double figure dividend to start off on.^R no race of the first Amateur Haflmcap anij when he strikes a good track and better company be on him again, He and his owner hail from Central Otago wav, Digger Dwyer has always maintained that Princess Cole wonld yet win a good race and he has persevered well with the black daughter of King Cole to not only win a good stake for her owner, but ahf get a good dividend. She races very gamely and at the fmish always had the measnre of Nellie Scott in the Beach Handicap (two miles, in saddle). Delville Wood paid a penalty of sixty yards in the Innovation Handicap, and did not look to be busy. Mcrry Bing® after waiting on the leaders for nearly a mile and a hzlf, challenged W.D. and won nicely. He was thc first Rvourite to score. *- General Link, an officer I can't place on the any of the battle fronts, was always favourite for the Prtece 's Cup. He was favourite in all the wool brokers' cbarts and favourite directly the machiue opened. We won fairly easily at the finish and landed his backers only a little better than an even money dividend. Vice- Admiral, another whose name should appeal to diggers, was a fair second and returned his backers a much better dividend. Partner and Legacy played np at tbe start and little Albert Cling, who was tbird favourite, ran a good race to get fourih close up to Stockade who was third. Thixendale won the Domain Handicap very comforfcably from Quick Match, giving Andy Pringle his only winnirig ride during the day. Exmoor scored nicely in the St. Glair Handicap from Parkfield. Guynemer was easily the best in the Railway Handicap, and, after being interfered witb by Chaos falling, he won comfortafily at the finish from Tatsy Dillon, ' Digger Billy Muir and Royal Step proyided a hot favourite in the Flying Handicap, but after a few furlongs bad been cover-cd it was quickly seen he had no chance with Trooper Dillon, who led all the way and won by four lengths, paying a nice double figure dividend in which quite a number of diggers participated.