MANAWATU CUP.
DU MAURIER WINS.
DUXCAXXOX THE SPRINT
(By Telegraph.—Press Aesoriation.) PALMERSTOX NORTH, Saturday. The Manawatu Racing Clubs eummn meeting was opened to-day in brilliant weather before a good attendance. The totalizator handled £35,965, compared with £36,659 last year, a decrease of £640. The course was fast. Later results: — TOKOMARU HIGH WEIGHT HANDICAP of £Im, One mile and a quarter. GAY FOX, 9.O—A. Jenkins . 1 J—PRIME QUALITY. 10.8—P. BurKess , 2 — HUNTING LORE. 9.7—P. .Tarvis . 3 Also started : 4 Golden Ridge-. 10.9: 9 Silver River. 10.3; 8 War Lan. 9 10- I" 6 3 Tb rases, 9.3: 10 Earl Colossus. 14 Aero bit. 1.3 Little Louis' 9 0 Peer, lo Reslngold, 7 Joe Neck : head. Golden Ridge was fourth. Time, 2.10. TARARUA HANDICAP of £200. Nine furlongs. I KILOMETRE. B.4—W. J. Broughton 1 4—WHITE RAJAH, 8.0, car. 7.13 —A. Midwood o BRAZIL. B.B—J. Ohnpliu .. , 3 Also started: 11 Pearl of Asia, 9.0; 6 Sudan. 8.9: 4 Little Dorrit. B.S: 2 Malikkat'ur. 8.3; 3 Colibri. 7.13: 7 Mother-in-Jaw, 7.12; 8 Renascor, 7.i0. car 7.3- V The Tryst. 7.7. car. 7.0J ; 30 Gothic. 7.7. Head: two lengths. Renascor was fourth. Time. 1.55 3-D. MANAWATU CUP of £730. One mile and a half.
8 DU MAURIER, 7.(i—J. Williamson 1 13—riDEWAITER, 7.5, car. 7.B—R. E. Home 2 3—FRIESLAND, 8.7 —P. Burgess .... 3 Also started : 2 Centrenoise, 9.2; 4 The Buzzer, 8.9; 1 SlegmunJ, 8.8: 5 Wotan, 8-3: » Play On, 7.11 ; 16 Hunting Cat, 7.8; 10 Dainty Sue, 7.5; 14 Kena. 7.3; 6 Colonel Bogey. 7.2, car. 7.4; 12 Windsor | Chief, 7 Aurora's Star, 17 Limbohm. 7.0; 15 Rarotonca, 7.0, car. 7.4J ; 18 Sllvanus, 11 Raeburn, 7.0. Three lengths ; two lengths. Hunting Cat was fourth. Time, 2.34. NURSERY HANDICAP of £200. Two-year-olds. Five furlongs. I—ABSOLVE, 8.13—P. Atkins X 3—SIR BEAU, 7.12— H. N. Wiggins . 2 6—AIR FLIGHT, 7.4—A. Midwood ... 3 Also started: 2 Talenta. 7.12 ; A Teacony, 7.12, and Desert fide, 7.2 (bracketed) ; 10 Tau Uru. 7.12, car. 7.13: Croupisino. 7.12; 8 Beau Ciel, 7.12, car. 7.13; 11 Wild Fire, 7.12; 9 Beau Coure.ir, 7.9 ; 7 King's Mark, 7.7; 12 Aoronlt, 7.4; 12 Courting, Half a head : three lengths. Teacony was fourth. Time, 1.2 4-5. GILLIES HANDICAP or £200. Sis furlongs. 7—PUNARUA. B.5—A. Midwood 1 I—SCANDAL, 8.6— W. J. Broughton 2 15—MILITARY MAID, 7.7, car. 7.OJ— W. 3. Stevens 3 Also started: 11 Gayest , Son, 9.0; 13 Pekoe, 8.5; 12 Vascones, 6'Siglow, 5 La Bru, 8.3; 10 The Smiler, 8.2, car. 7.9 : 9 Proclamation. 8 Great -Legion, 8.0; -14 Counter, 4 Gold Chase, 7.12: 3 Harina, 7.10; ltt Deflation, 7.8; 17 Prediction, ?.7, car. 7.1; 18 Game Pit, 2 Te Ore, 7.7. Head; half a head. t'roclamaUon was fourth. Time, 1.15. FITZHBRBBRT HANDICAP of £250. Six furlongs. I—DUNCANNON. 7.6— H. N. Wiggins 1 6—NIGHT ERUPTION", 7.11. car. 7.4— W. J. Stevens ' 2 4—LAUGHING LASS. 8.2—8. H. Morris 3 Also started: 2 Russian Ballet. 8.5; 3 Sleeveless. 8.1 ; 8 Lord Cavendish, o Rakahanga, 7.7 ; 7 Jeanne, 7.0, car. 7.1. Neck; length and a half. Jeanne was fourth. Time, 1.13 4-5. GRANDSTAND HANDICAP of £250. Nine furlongs. I—COLFORT, B.3—P. Burgess 1 2—MISHNA, 9.0, car. B.7—R. Hawee 2 S—LORD MOUTOA. 7.11 —H. i. Callahan - 3 Also started : 6 Galteemore, 3 The Bigot, 8.8; 4 Mataroa, 8.4; 7 Cricket, 7.11. . Head; neck. Galteemor« was fourth. Time, 1.5? 2-5.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 304, 26 December 1939, Page 10
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