WHIPPET RACING

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23001, 22 April 1940, Page 6

WHIPPET RACING

RECORD CROWD AT NEW GROUNDS The Easter meeting of, the New Zealand Whippet Racing Club, held in conjunction with the official opening of the club’s new grounds at Partman street, Woolston, on Saturday afternoon, attracted a record attendance of more than 2000, and a record of 173 entries for the 37 events. The competitors represented every club in the Dominion and all the champion dogs. The racing was of a high standard. Amongst the visitors were Mr G. N. Kemp, president of the National Whippet Racing Association of New Zealand, Mr Winchester, president of the Dunedin Club, Mr J. R. D. Johns, a former president of the New Zealand Club, Mrs Johns and Mrs G. Biltcliff. Mrs Rlltcllff presented the blue riband to Mr Unwin, winner of the New Zealand Derby, and Mrs Johns presented the other trophies. Messrs J. Staunton and D. Johnston (Dunedin) were winners of the cup presented by Mr V7;,C. Ashworth to the breeder of the winning dog in the New Zealand Derby. Results were:— New Zealand Derby—First heat: C. N. Unwin’s Osborne Hot Luck (scr) 1, Dixon and Purdin’s Tempest (scr) 2. Time, 12 l-ssec. Second heat: N. E. Solomon’s Tui Wings (scr) 1, Mrs V. Ashworth's Ball Dress (scr) 2. Time, 12 2-ssec. Third heat: C. N. Unwin’s Osborne Hot Chance (scr)-1. R. Leggett’s Robin’s Pride (scr) 2. Time, 12 3-ssec. Final: Osborne Hot Chance X, Robin’s Pride 2, Osborne Hot Luck 3. Time. 11 2-ssee. Nursery Handicap, 100 #ards —Mr S. Wick’s Marlene (9yds) 1, Mrs R. Gardner’s Speculation (9yds) 2. Time, 8 3-ssec. Russell Improvers’ Handicap, 180 yards— First heat: Mrs R. Gardner’s The Saint (scr) 1, J. Knox’s Hill Billy (scr) 2. Time, 11-l-ssec. Second heat: W. L. Gobbe’s Tiger Rag (scr) 1. E. Scholfield’s Nelson Boy (scr) 2. - Time, llsec. Third heat: Mrs Howat’s' Royal Scot (scr) 1, H. Codyre’s Globe Trotter 2. Time, IX l-ssec. Fourth heat: R. Leggett's Robin’s Pride (scr) 1, T. J. Rigby’s Blaydon (scr) 2. Time, llsec. Final: Robin’s Pride 1, Tiger Rag 2, Blaydon 3. Time, llsec. Juvenile Handicap, 175 yards—Mrs Linton’s and J. Knight’s Majority (10yds) 1, Mrs Reader’s Mazaire (10yds) 2, S. Hands’s Mandarin (10yds) 3. Time, llsec. Christchurch Second-class Handicap— First heat: W. L. Gobbe’s Tiger Rag (14yds) 1, C. O. Haase’s Captain Kaka (14yds) 2, Time, 11 l-ssec. Second neat: T. J. Rigby’s Blaydon (14yds) 1, J. A. Randle's Chief Ruler (14yds) 2. Time, llsec. Third heat; H. Biggs’s Gay Wink (13yds) X, D. A. McPherson’s Red Pat (14yds) 2. Time, 11 2-ssec. Final; Captain Kaka 1, Tiger Rag 2, Blaydon 3. Time, 11 l-ssec. Young Roy Light-weight Handicap— First heat: G. H. Seaton’s Flying Pads (12yds) 1, G. Voyce’s Royal Romance (14yds)-.2. Time, 11 2-ssee. Second heat: J. H. Falcon's Special Edition (13yds) 1, J. Knox’s Stretto (14yds) 2. Time, 11 2-ssec. Third heat: Mrs Hurrell’s Black Blaze (14yds) 1, J. H. Falcon’s Mountain Glen (101 yds) 2. Time, 11 l-ssee. Final: Flying Pads 1, Black Blaze 2. Royal Romance 3. Time, 11 l-ssec. George Bllcllff Memorial Handicap—First heat: G. Voyce’s Hector Roy (14yds) 1, C. N. Unwin’s Osborne Hot Chance (14yds) 2. Time, 11 3-ssec. Second heat: C. O. Haase’s Captain Kaka (14yds) 1, W. L. Gobbe’s White Sister (12yds) 2. Time, llsec. Third heat: J. W. Cooper’s Sea Plane (14yds) 1, J. Perrett’s Lady Blonde (14yds) 2. Time, 11 2-ssec. Final: White (Sister I, Sea Plane 2, Hector Roy 3. Time, 11 l-ssec. Portman Middle-weight Handicap—First heat:- Mrs Reader’s Mazzlni (12yds) 1, H. A. Johnson’s Tray Bit (101 yds) 2. F. C. Platt’s Jane, Worthy (14yds) 3. Time, 12sec. Second heat; B. A. Briggs Deanna Durbin (13yds) 1, E. Schofield's Nelson Boy (13jyds) 2, J. Patterson’s Wairau King (14yds) 3. Time, 11 l-ssec. Final: Deanna Durbin 1, Nelson Boy 2. Tray, Bit 3. . Time. 11 3-ssec. ' Hargood Malden Hurdles—First heat: W. Wilkins's Silver Jubilee (20yds) 1, W. Grey’s Doctor Jim (20yds) 2. E. Horton’s Lady Mona (20yds) 3. Time, 12 3-ssec. Second heat: G. Hurrell’s Naughty Marietta (20yds) i, L. Solomon's Cooranga (20yds) 2,. J. w. North’s Ladysmith (late Stormy Queen) (20yds) 3. Time, 13 l-ssec. Final: Silver Jubilee 1, Cooranga 2, Doctor Jim 3. Time, 12 3-ssec. Woolston Open Hurdles Handicap—First heat: C. Atkinson’s My Sister (lOiyds) and W. Wilkins's Sliver Jubilee (20yds), equal I. J. Morton’s Barney (20yds) 3. Time, 12 4-ssec. Second heat: Mrs Maddams’s Hot Shot (17-lyds) 1, Alexander and Collie's Waiau Maid (19iyds) 2, W. Jones’s Red Dragon (18yds) 3. Time, 12 4-ssec. Final; Waiau Maid 1, Barney 2, Hot Shot 3. Time, 12 2-ssec. Canterbury Championship Sash Open Scratch Race—First wheat: J. McFarlane’s Guy Fawkes 1, L. Solomon’s Cooranga 2. Plying Wyn 3. Time, 12sec. Second heat: R. Collins’s Wallaroo 1, T. Jenkins's Great Queen 2, W. L. Gobbe’s White Sister 3. (Time, 12sec. Final: Guy Fawkes 1, Wallaroo 2, Great Queen 3. Time, 12sec. I Heathqote Light-weight Scratch Race— Mrs Gardner’s The Saint 1, G. H. Seaton’s Flying Pads 2, K. Orr’s Woodvale Lass 3. Time, 12 3-sscc.