Spry Easily Wins Greymouth Event

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31195, 20 October 1966, Page 5

Spry Easily Wins Greymouth Event

(N.Z. Press Association) GREYMOUTH. Spry, the favourite, won the President’s Handicap, main event and first leg of the T.A.B. double, on the first night of the Greymouth Trotting Club’s spring meeting last night. Spry beat Option by a length and a half, with Jennesse three lengths away, third. Richard Hanover, also the favourite, won the second leg, the Raceway Handicap, and the double paid £ll 12s for £l. The on-course double, Bramlock and Oman, paid £2B 3s. The weather was fine but cloudy and there was a large attendance. The track was firm. Results:— RUNANGA HANDICAP, £200; 2:20 class; 13f.—1/1 BRAMLOCK (2) It J. A. Carmichael 1: 1/1 FLYING ANNETTE (2A) It F. E. Newfield 2; 7/7 STORMWINNER (13) It K. J. Daly 3. Scratched: Sequoia. Four lengths, threequarters of a length. Gift Duty fourth. Times—3:44 1-5, 3:45 2-5, 3:46. Win: £2 Os 6d. Places’: £1 14s, £5 18s 6d. Bracket: Bramlock and Flying Annette.

BRUNNER HANDICAP, £250; Trotters; 2:20 class; 13f.—1/1 COPPER WIRE <7B> 36 A. M. wlililiiams 1; 1/1 RESISTOR’S SISTER (7) It M. Holmes 2; 1/1 WIRE WOUND (7A) It P. C. Williams 3. AM started. Three-quart-ers of a length, three lengths and a half. Propetre fourth. Times—3:so 4-5, 3:54 2-5, 3:55 1-5. Win: £2 16s. Places: £2 19s fid. Bracket: Copper Wire, Resistor's Sister, and Wire Wound.

BLACKBALL HANDICAP, £300: 2:19 class; 2m.—2/3 OMAU (6) It W. P. Walsh 1; 7/7 SAMARIA (9) It R. Everest 2; 6/5 HARKER (2) It M. C. White 3. Scratched: Loyal Tryax. Half a neck, same. Karano fourth. Times'—4:44 1-5, 4:44 2-5, 4:44 3-5. Win: £5 19s 6d. Places: £1 15s 6d, £2 14s 6d, £2 10s. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, £400; 2:18 class; 13f. 1/1 SPRY (5) It T. H. Gleeson 1 6/8 OPTION (3) It L. J. Crimmins 2 4/4 JEUNESSE (2) It D. Donaldson 3 2/3 Barbuda, 9/9 Rawiri, 3/2 Tigliamento, 7/7 White Smoke, 8/5 Yorkshire Lad, 5/5 Gay Return also started. Length and a half; three lengths. Tigliamento was fourth. Times: 3:43 3-5, 3:43 4-5, 3:45 1-5. Win: £4 4s. Places: £1 9s, £3 6s, £2 0s 6d. PAROA HANDICAP, £200; 2:20 class; Ilf.—l/1 GIFT DUTY (4) It M. Holmes 1; 3/3 STORMWINNER (13) It K. J. Daly 2; 4/5 SEQUOIA (12) It T. H. Gleeson 3. Scratched: Bramlock, Flying Annette. Length: four lengths. Braeburn fourth. Times: 3:9 3-5, 3:9 4-5, 3:11 1-5. Win: £3 7s 6d. Places: £1 12s, £2 3s 6d, £2 13s 6d. STILLWATER HANDICAP, £250; 2:20 class; 13f.—1/1 RESISTOR'S SISTER (7) It M. Holmes 1; 3/4 OH JOHNNY (12) 36 G. Holmes 2; 5/2 PROPETRE (6) It G. H. Gates 3. Alli started. Length and a half, long neck. Copper Wire fourth. Times—3:sB 2-5 , 3:58 3-5, 3:58 4-5. Win: £2 ss. Places: £1 Is. £2 4s, £2 2s. Bracket: Resistor’s' Sister, Wire Wound and Copper Wire. RACEWAY HANDICAP, £500; 2:17 class; 13f. 1/1 RICHARD HANOVER (8) It J. W. Smolensk! 1 6/3 BON COEUR (4) It D. C. Watts 2 8/7 LOYAL LIGHT (10) 36 L. J. Crimmins 3 5/6 Blue Pin, 7/5 Bobby's Girl, 3/3 Cindy, 9/9 Gay Return, 2/2 Intercede, 6/4 Showpiece also started. Length and a half, half a length. Cindy fourth. Times—--3:48 2-5, 3.48 3-5, 3:45 4-5. Win: £2 Ils. Places: £1 2s, £4 10s, £4 4s. DOBSON HANDICAP, £350: 2:18 Class: IIf.— BARBUDA (1) It 1; UNREAL (8) It 2; RAWIRI (5) It 3. Scratched: Highland Globe. Win: £5 18s. Places: £2 13s, £3 17s, £5 4s.