WHIPPET RACING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21727, 9 March 1936, Page 19

WHIPPET RACING

RICCARTON MEETING FLYING SAND RUNS WELL On Saturday the New Zealand Whippet Racing Club held a meeting at Bushey Park, Riccarton, when there was a good attendance. The racing was well contested, the most successful competitor being Mr R. R. Harper’s Flying Sand, who won the Waiwetu hurdles In convincing style and/ was only Just beaten In the Matal Handlcap. The following were the results:— HARAKEKE IMPROVERS’ FLAT HAN- / DICAP. Two hundred yards. First Heat—Khamsin (14yds) 1, Thunderbolt (14yds) 2. Bingen Star (14yds) 3. Won by half a length, with a nose between second and third. All started. Time, 12 |econd Heat—Gay Crusader (131 yds) 1, Hurricane (14yds) 2, Quick March (14yds) 3. Won by half a length, with a nose separating the next two dogs. All started. Time. M 9-10 sec. Final , G. and F. E. Blltcllff’s Khamsin ... 1 Mrs L. McKendry’s Hurricane 2 J, Thompson and W. Bates s Gay Cru- _ sader •• / • • • • • • Won by a nose, with a head between second and third; All started. Time,. 11 4-ssec. . TOTARA NURSERY FLAT HANDICAP. One hundred yards., J. H. Falcon’s Flying Flea (4yds) .. 1 Mrs M. A. Maddams’s Happy Rosa (9yds) 2 Miss B. Black’s Our Bet .. 3 Won by a couple of lengths, with half a length separating the next two dogs. All started. Time, 7 9-10 sec. MATAI SECOND-CLASS FLAT HANDICAP. Two hundred yards. F. C. Dunne’s Silver Jubilee (14yds) .. 1 R. R. Harper’s Flying Sand(l3jyds).. 2 Mrs L. MoKendry’s Thunder bolt(l4yds)3 Won by a nose, with the third dog half a length away. All started. Time, 11 2-ssec. WAIWETU MAIDEN HURDLE HANDICAP. Two hundred yards. R. R. Harper’s Flying Sand .(20yds) ... I R.vA. Meyer’s White Nose (20yds) ft . • 2 O. and F. E. Blltcllfl’s Khamsin (20yds) 3 Won by a good length, with half that distance between the next two dogs, ;AU started. Time, 13isec. ■ HINAU LIGHT-WEIGHT FLAT HANDI- ■ CAP. Two hundred yards. J. W.' Cooper’s Faith (lOiyds) .. 1