AUCKLAND MEETING

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 4

AUCKLAND MEETING

SECOND DAY'S EVENTS

{« icLSor.ipn.—piess aseocution.) AUCKLAND, 28th December. The second day of the Auckland Racing Club's Summer Meeting was held in showery weather There was a large attendance. The totajisatpr takings amounted t0'£57,676, as against £69,994 for the corresponding day of last year, a decrease of £12,318. Concluding results:— Ponsonby Hurdles, of 350 soys; one mile and three-qiiarters.—2 Ditto,* 9.5 (Roach), 1; 1, Loyal Arch, 10.0, 2; 4 Pendooii, 9.0, 3. Also started 5 JTex ton 9.8, 3 Penniless 9.3, 6 Notability 9.6. Ditto took the lead and was never troubled, winning easily by two lengths from Loyal ' Arch, who finished welj, beating^Pendoon by thrts lengths. % vime, 3min 16sec. Summer Cup, pf 1000 soys; one mile and a-qwartei'.—2 Mascot, 8.4 (A. Reed), lj 5 Killjoy, 7.13/2; 6 Rose Pink, 7-6, 3 Also started 1 Kilrush 7.6, 10 Cleft 7,6, 4 Heathercote 7.5, 3 Mangamahoa 7.4, 7 Housewife 7.2, 9 Killard Q. 13, 9 Tigritiya 6.9, 11 Cyrisian 6.9. Killjoy led into the straighti where, Mascot became prominent At the distance Mascot challenged the leader, and in a good finish won nicely by half a- length, Rose Pink was two lengths away Time, 2min 8 4-ssec. Kilrush fell.. '' Criterion Handicap, of 300 soys; six furlpngs.-t2 MacDiiff, 7.6 (Young), 1; 4 Bindle, 7.12, ?; 1 Heteua, 7.11, 3. Also started: 5 Mist-ian 8.0, 3 Parq: rangi .741^ 7 Rebuff '7-9, 10 Lady Una' 7.5, 6 Golden Crpssiei 7.5, 9 Mistress' Biddy 7.4, 8 Aratj 7;3: MacDuff led all, the way, winning pu|ling up by five lengths. Jhero'were |hree lengths baleen second and third. •'Tim.c, lmin 15sec. . , .-,, \Vaitem»ta Handicap, pf 3(X) soys,; qnp mile ar^d a quarter.^-ll SUpstitch, 7.7 (Dillinjpre), 1; 4 Pierrqt, 7.10, 2; 5 Lady Energy, 7.10, 3. Also started. 1 Meles 8.11, 6 Thrace 7.12, 8 Sanacre 740, 7 Marble Star 740, 12 Glucifm 7.10, 14 Master Regal 7.10, 3 Multiplane 7.8, J3 Empire 7.4, 10 Anllip. 7.12, 2 Windnrah 7.0, 15 Ma Copper 7.0, 9 Master Iney 7^o: Pierrot led to the distance, wherf I SUpstjtch chaUenged, an 4 won a good race by three-quarterp pf a, length; a half-length between sepond and tpird. Time. 2min 11 S-sse,F .Master p,egaj fell. Salisbury Welter, of 350 soys; qm mile,—2 "VVaii-ta.'8.12 (Eiperson), 4; 6 1 Downharo, 8.9. ?,; 5 Binpham, 8.0, 3, Also started: 4 Form Up 10,3, 9 Colonel i Poult 94, 7 Lord Kenihvortn 8.12. 8 Moltchikoff 8,9, 3 Fabrifmette 8.4, 1 R*>bur 8.2. 11 Alf Dslaval 8.0, 10 I^ady Glen 810, \Z Demoiselle 8.0 : Waiuta pame throush at the distance, winning a pood vace \>y a lepsth. Bjnghajn was three lengths'away. Time, lmin 40 2-ssec