WHIPPET RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 16

WHIPPET RACING.

OTAHUHTJ CLUB. Tlio Otaliuliu Whippet Racing Club's *• meeting at tlie Princes Street Reserve, : Otftliuliu, attracted an entry of over fifty 1 flogs. The finishes were close, especially In the open handicap, which True Blue ' won from Batten fly. by inches, in the ex- • ceptionally fast time of 0 1-os. .Results: — , - « Open Hurdles (150 yards).—A. Taylor's True Blue, scr, 1; J. Budin's Son o' Mine, 15yds. 2. . . ' " Juvenile Handicap (150 yards).—First , lieat: R. Mean's Princess Jewel, 13yds, 1; 3 M. Salt's Duko C., 15yds, 2. Second heat: . A. Finlayson's Lord Val, 12yds, 1; . Carter's Impression, 15yds, ■2. Final: - Princess Jewel 1, Impression "2. Open Handicap C.(150 - yards).—First , heat: S. Sharp's Ace High, 15yds, 1; J. • Salt's Tan Mnko. Gjyds. 2. Second heat:? S. Sharp's True Trust, 10yds, 1; N, j Munro's Battcnfly, 105 yds, 2. Final : True ! Blue 1, Battenlly 2.' : | Lightweight Handicap.-— R._ Mean's Princoss Jewel. 15yds, 1; S. Sharp's Cloudy Range, 12yds, 2. I Second Class Handicap,—Cuddle 1, I White Heather 2. ' Nursery Handicap.—E. Arnott's Nancy} Lee, "15yds, 1 ; G. Brown's Francis Drake, • 14yds, • 2. Maiden Hurdle.—White Heather 1, Prince Boone 2. t When a coal truck in which he was riding overturned, a miner, Mr. Duncan ! McFarlane, aged 44, of Glen Massey,' . suffered a fracture of the skull, .He was taken to the Waikato Hospital, where his condition is considered to be fairly, serious. • " - 1