SPORTING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10926, 26 May 1927, Page 3

SPORTING

OTAUTAU RACING CLUB

CUPIDON WINS CUP

(Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, May 25

The annual meeting of the Otautau Racing Club was held to-day on the Southland Racing Club’s course at Invercargill, which was in a very heavy state. There was a good attendance. The totalisator handled £10,135 10s, against £9776 10s last year, when the meeting was held at Otautau. Results Crown Stakes Handicap, of 80 sovs; six furlongs—l Last Thought 1,2 Grand Eclat 2, 3 Lady Balboa 3. Won by a nose ; six lengths between second and third. Time, 1.22 3-5. Bayswater Trot Handicap (in saddle), of 97 sovs; * one mile and a half —7 Logathete 1, 5 Cloverly 2, 8 Miss Adonis 3. Won. by two lengths; five lengths between second and third. Time, 3.49 4-5. Otautau Cup, of 175 sovs: one mile and a quarter—s Cupidon 1. 1 Full Swing 2, 6 Parader 3. Won by three lengths; a similar distance between second and third. Time, 2.18 2-5. Ringway Hack Handicap, of 80 sovs; five furlongs—2 Frivol 1, 5 Spean Bridge 2, 1 Schottische 3. Won by two and a half lengths; three lengths between second and third. Time, 1.7. Otautau Steeplechase, of 150 sovs; about two miles and a half —1 Vice Grand 1, 3 Kipling 2, 4 Londonderry 3. Won by three-quarters of a length ; three lengths between second and third. Time, 5.39. Wallace Trot Handicap (in harness), of 97 sovs; one mile and a half —4 Slump 1, 11 Wee Spark 2, 7 Cloverley 3. Won by three-quarters of a length; five lengths between second and third. Time, 3.49. Strathmore Hack Handicap,, of 80 sovs; six furlongs—3 Strathnaver 1, 1 King Balboa 2, 4 Schottische 3. Won by a neck; two lengths between second and third. Time. 1.21 3-5. "VVaikouro Handicap, of 95 sovs; one mile —1 Celerity 1, 3 Doleful Ditty 2, 2 Soltoe 3. Won by a length; a head between second and third. Time, 1.51.