WHIPPET RACING

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23194, 4 December 1940, Page 12

WHIPPET RACING

* N.Z. SHIELD MEETING The Petone Whippet Racing Club held the New Zealand Shield meeting at Hutt Park, Petone, on Saturday. There was an exciting moment in the Wellington light-weight championship, when two Christchurch dogs, The Saint and Black Blaze, fought out the finish for a deadheat. Results;— Hutt Maiden Flat, 200 Yards—J. M. Patterson’s Wairau King (Nelson) 1, K. Orr’s Te Hero 2, H. Tcrris’s Old Bill 3. Time, 12 3-ssec Wellington Light-weight Championship. 200 Yards—it. Gardner's The Saint (Christchurch) and Mrs G, Ilurrcll’s Black Blaze (Christchurch), (dead-heat) 1, P, Hodge's House Master 3. Time, f2 3-ssec. New Zealand Shield, 200 Yards—M. Tripp’s Rose Pink 1, J, MeFarlane’s Guy Fawkes (West Coast) 2, L. Solomon's Corroboree (West Coast) 3. Brooklyn Second-class Handicap, 200 Yards— f. M. Patterson's Wairau King (Nelson), 14yds, 1; H. Johnson’s Red Rose, 14yds, 2; A,’ Thrower's Dodge Boy. 14yds, 3. Time, 12 3-ssce. Woburn Improvers' Handicap, 200 Yards —R. Gardner’s Waltham Girl (Christchurch) 1. Miss N. Meais’s Young Konga 2, K. Orris Te Hero 3. Time, 12 2-sscc. Light-weight Handicap, 200 Yards—Mrs G. Murrell's Black Blaze (Christchurch), lljyds p R Gardner’s The Saint (Christchurch). 14vds. 2; T. K. Collins’s Warrette, 14yds, 3. Time, 12 l-ssec. Centennial Open Handicap, 200 Yards G, Foster's Tui Lad. 14yds, 1; P. Doyle's Rebel Lad. 12Jyds, 2; J. Perretts Lady Blonde, 14yds, 3. Time. 12 2-ssec. Waterloo Open Hurdles, 200 Yards—R. Marsdcn’s Gold Desert, 20yds, 1; T. M. Courtcraft’s Courtcraft, 19yds, 2.