METROPOLITAN TROTS
(it •tiLiaaiin.— pmss association.) ' CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
There is fine weather and a large attendance at, the Metropolitan Trotting Meeting. The going is soft. Results: — ;Halswell Handicap (harness), of 200 soys; one mile and a-quarter.—lrvar, lOsec, 1; Icicle, 9sec, 2; Sir Fulbam, 9sec, 3. AH .started. Won by fonr lengths. Tjme, 3min,3sec. Harvest Handicap (saddle), of 150 soys; two miles.—Red Bell, 14sec, 1; Parkfield, llsec, 2; Wild Tree, scr., 8. All started. Won by a neck, third horse ten lengths away. Tame, smin 6 2-ssec. Metropolitan. Handicap (in harness), of 400 soys; two miles.—Author- Dillon, ssec, 1; Emilius, 9sec, 2; Adelaide Direct, 7sec, 3. Scratched: Admiral Wood, St. Kevin Moneymaker,^ and Oinako. Won by half a length, thrpe lengths between second and third. Time, •tain 38 4-ssec.
Acceptances for the first day's events at the Mariawatu Racing Club's Meeting, and final payments for the Maaawatu Sires' Produce Stakes, and the Manawatu Stakes, close on Monday next, at 9 p.m.;
(OSIIED PBBS3 ikSSOCIATION.—COFIKWHI.) . (Received r April .14, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. At the yearling sales, Mr. W. Duncan paid 120 guineas for a colt by Volpone— Humdrum. .
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 6
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