VISITING RIDERS

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 68, 14 December 1931, Page 13

VISITING RIDERS

Englishmen in Trouble at Auckland UNRELIABLE MOUNTS By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, December 13. Persistent machine trouble marred the performances of the visiting riders at the Western Springs Speedway on Saturday evening. Although the local men were in good form, both J. Jackson and N. Key, of England, won several places, but were handicapped by their motors being unreliable, while E. Whittle, of Australia, also had difficulty with his mount. There were very few falls, and although the state of the track made speeds slower than on the opening night, the racing was good. Results are_: — International Matches.—First race: N. Key, 1; J. Jackson, 2, Time, linln. 22 3-ssec. Second race: J. Jackson, 1; C. Goldberg, 2, Time, Imln. 21 4-ssec. Visitors’ Handicap.—B. Smith (3isec), 1; F. Day (3sec.), 2. Time, Imln. 27 l-ssec. Special Eight Handicap.—A. Mattson (scr,), 1; R. Cairns (Iscc.), 2. Time, Imln. 20 2-ssec. : Big Six Local Riders.—First race: F. Day, 1; H. Tetley, 2. Time, Imln. 25sec. Second race: S. Sheppard, 1; D. Mattson, 2. '-Time, Imln. 24sec. B Grade Handicap.—C. Morgan (Isec.), 1; J. McDonald (4sec.), 2. Time, Imln. 32 2-ssec. v DUNEDIN SEASON OPENS Australian Riders Take Part By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, December 13. The Speedway Royle held its opening meeting in Dunedin on' Saturday night, before a good crowd. The big attraction was the appearance of the four Australian riders, Packer, Bysouth, Elms and Tompkins, all of whom immediately showed themselves to be clever broadsidars. Tompkins in his very first race made himself a favourite with the crowd, taking tremendous slides on the corners, but he crashed heavily in the third heat of the Australian match race, and was unable to ride during the rest of. the evening. The other two Australians, Elms and Packer, seeing Tompkins in danger, threw themselves from theit machines to avoid crashing into him, their action making a great impression on the crowd. Results are as follow: — Pacific Handicap.—First heat: Homer (Bsec.), 1; Packer (scr.), 2. Time, 97sec. Second heat: Bysouth (scr.), 1; Nesbit (3sec.), 2. Time, 93 4-ssec. Third heat: Lyders (Bsec.), 1; Tompkins (scr.), 2. Time, OOsec. Final: Homer, 1; Bysouth Royle Handicap.—First heat: Homer (3sec.), 1; Nesbit (ser.), 2. Time, 94 l-ssec. Second heat: Ravenswood (Bsec.), 1; Williams (7sec.), 2. Time, 105 2-ssec. Third heat: Inglis (Bsee.), 1; Creighton (9sec.), 2. Time, 100 l-ssec. Final: Nesbit, 1; Homer, 2. Time, 97 2-ssec. Australian Match Race. —First heat: Packer, 1; Tompkins, 2. Time. 86sec. Second heat: Tompkins, 1; Elms, 2. Time, 85sec. Third heat: Packer, 1; Elms, 2. Time, 97sec. Packer won the event. Colossal Park Handicap.—First heat: Elms (scr.), 1. The others failed to finish. Time, 98sec. Second heat: Young (3sec.), 1: Williams (Ssee.). 2. Time, 118 2-ssec. Third heat: Nesbit (3sec.), 1: Henning (lOsec.), 2. Time, 96 4-ssec. Final: Elms, 1; Young, 2; Nesbit, 3. Time, 96 3-sscc.