HAWERA CUP

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28256, 18 April 1957, Page 4

HAWERA CUP

Panui Picked To Win "The Press” Special Service AUCKLAND. April 17. Auckland and Waikato horses are numerically strong in the fields for the first' day of the Hawera Trotting Club’s Easter carnival on Saturday. The double is on the Hawera Cup and the Kapuni Handicap. Selections are:— 10.45 a.m.—Manaia Handicap: Four Winds, Egyptian Rose, Lochhaven. 11.35 a.m.—Trial Handicap—First Division: Bay Charger, Shana, Tarzan Dillon. Second Division: Lucky Briton, Predict, Logan Star. 12.25 p.m.—Mortlock Stakes: Gaillard Direct, Nawton Star, Goodfellow, 1.15 p.m.—Hawera Cup: Panui, Scottish Bingen, Somerset Lad. 2 p.m.—Opunake Handicap: Legislate. Bobbin Head, Astral. 2.50 p.m.—Kapuni Handicap: Bindora. Dune, Prince Dillala. 3.35 p.m.—Kaponga Handicap: Scotch Derby, Gold Indian, Mountain Spring. 4.25 p.m.—Borough Handicap: Nawton Star, Dry Dust, Black Shield. The fields, with form, for the double

Waikouaiti Abandoned (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, April 17. The Waikouaiti Trotting Club's second totalisator meeting, scheduled for Saturday, has been abandoned because of the sodden state of the track and the car park. The committee went into the question of racing at Forbury Park this Saturday, but this was impossible, as the machine operating the electric totalisator will be at Addington for the last day of the Metropolitan Trotting Club s Easter meeting. The club intends to apply to the New Zealand Trotting Conference for a new date early in May, and it is hoped that the meeting will be held at Forbury Park on a midweek date. If permission is granted, fresh nominations will be called for the meeting. Eight inches of rain fell in the district last month, but an improvement in the weather on Sunday gave promise of the track drying out. However, there has been another two inches of rain since Monday, and parts of the course are under water. The club's secretary, Mr W. J. Carling, said that even if the weather took a turn for the better it would be too late for the track to be safe for racing. In addition, the main parking area on the hillside at the back of the stand would be dangerous. Forbury Park Race Stake Increased (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, February 17. The Forbury Park Trotting Club has added £l5O to the stake for the Domain Handicap, which will be run in divisions on the first day of its winter meeting on April 27. The total stake for the race is now £550, and this will be distributed as follows:—£200 to the winner of each division, £5O for second, and £25 for third.

races are:— HAWERA CUP, Of £850. 4min 38sec class. Two miles. 4000 Frontier Lad (4) . scr 0000 Lexeter (2) . scr 0000 Scottie’s Glow (3)*-.. 0234 Somerset Lad (5) .. • scr 0311 Silent Scot (1) ■ scr 0302 Callie Mac (4) 1 12 0010 Epsom Hall (3) . 12 0000 Friendly Smile (1) . 12 0010 Scottish Command (2) . 12 2111 Panui (4) . 24 2000 Royal Platoon (2) . 24 3422 Royal Ring (1) . 24 0000 Shannon Gift (3) . 24 4210 Swift Flight (5) .. . 24 0000 Bardora (2) . 36 1201 Our Amy (3) . 36 0211 Scottish Bingen (1) . 36 1011 Western Son (1) 48 Bracket: Epjsom Hall. Swift Flkiht and Our Amy. KAPUNI HANDICAP, Of £400. 2min 51sec class. One mile and a quarter. 0400 Bronze Arrow (2) . scr 0011 Clyde (3) 0242 Dune (1) • scr 3010 Faro (10) scr 0002 Follow On (13) • scr 3031 Karaka Jack <S) .. . scr 0000 Laurel Princess (12) ■ scr 0000 Marcella (11) . scr 2230 Prince Dillala (14) . scr 0100 Major Ferguson (7) . scr 0242 Scottish Ensign (8) . scr 3403 Shenandoah (4) . scr 0000 Simon (6) .. . scr 0230 Speculation (15) .. . scr 0303 Sure King (5) . scr 0130 Bindora (2) . 12 0000 Lexeter (1) . 12 Bracket: Marcella and Simon