WHIPPET RACING

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 178, 26 April 1938, Page 15

WHIPPET RACING

North Island Titles Decided

The championship meeting of the Petone Whippet Racing Club was held at Hutt Park oh Saturday. A special plane was chartered to bring owners and dogs from Blenheim, but the pilot was compelled to turn back because of the conditions. The races resulted :— Nursery Handicap.—Mr. Jones’s Kohai, 1. Improvers’ Handicap.—First heat: Mrs. Nicholas’s Roamer Lassie,- 1; Mrs. T. Magee’s Electric Flash, 2. Second heat: Mr. Clark’s Big Dook, 1; Mr. Marshment’s Housemaster, 2. Third heat: Mr. Doyle’s--Rebel Lad, 1; Mr. Jones’s Defaulter, 2. Final: Rebel Lad, 1; Defaulter, 2, ,a, Open North Island Championship, Treweek Sash, —First heat: S. Marshment’s Flash Light, 1; Mrs. Nicholas’s El Kuno, 2. Second heat: Mr, Johnson’s Whero, 1; T. Magee’s White Flash, 2. Final: Whero, 1; El Kuno, 2. Lightweight Handicap.—Mr. Tripp’s Epsebud, 1; Mr. Doyle’s Miss Hushabye,

Juvenile Handicap.—First heat: Mr. Marshment’s Housemaster, 1; Mr. Walker’s Call Boy, 2. Second heat: Mr. Kenny’s Copycat, 1; Mr. K. Collins’s Tray Bit, 2. Final: Housemaster, 1; Tray Bit, 2.

Second-class Handicap (Miss Mears’s Sash). —First heat: Mrs. Nicholas’s Broadway Bill, 1; Mr. Tesoriero’s Race Call, 2. Second heat: Mr. Jones’s Courtcraft, 1; Mrs. Nicholas’s Roamerette, 2. Final: Race Call, 1; Broadway Bill, 2. Open Flat Handicap.—First heat: S. Marshment’s Flash Light, 1; Mr. Tripp’s Bosker Boy, 2. Second heat: Mr. Johnson’s 'Whero, 1; Mr. Marshment’s Sunshine Susie, 2. Final: Whero, 1; Flash Light, 2.

-Second-clnss Hurdles, Sunbeau Cup (presented by Miss Mears). —Mr. Jones’s Native King. Open Hurdles, North Island championship, Hutt Valley Kennel Club Cup.— Mr. Fitzgerald’s Pepper Lad, 1; Mr. Jones’s Courtcraft, 2,