WAIPUKURAU

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 154, 27 December 1924, Page 20

WAIPUKURAU

BLISSFULNESS WINS BIG

EVENT.

NAPIER, 26th December. The Waipukurau Jockey Club's Summer Meeting was held to-day under unfavourable weather conditions. As the result of the, heavy rain the course was very soft. The- totalisator investments totalled £10,937, as against £13,108 for last year, a decrease of £2171. Results:

Maiden Eace, of .100 soys; six furlonge.—The Strand, 8.4 (B. Hunt), t, Cherry Pie, 7.13 (A. Loader), + ; Mountain Lass, 8.10, 3. Also started : Crown Seal 9.1, Selenite 9.1, Sunny Valley 8.10, Polyastra 8.4, Sandy JM'Gregor 8.4, Crown Reel 7.3. The third horse was two lengths away. Time, lmin 18 sec. tDead heat for first place. Nursery Handicap, of 100 soys; five furlongs.—Butterscotch, 7.10 (H. Griffiths), 1; Addlepate, 7.5, 2; Plain Sailing 7.10, 3. Also started .-War Raid 7.7. Won by a. length and n half, with

seven lengths between second and third, Time, lmin 5 4-Ssec.

Amalgamation Handicap, of 200 sove; one mile and a quarter.—Blissfulness, 7.1 (A. Griffiths), 1; Festivity, 8.1, 2; Dissertation, 7.3, 3. Ako started : Correspondent 8.11, Lady Joyce 7.9, Suspicion 6.10, Crown Jet 6.7, Rebuff 6.7.

Won by a length, with two lengths between second and third. Time, 2 mm 11 3-ssec.

Tahoa Hack Handicap, of 100 boys : five furljjigs.—Cherry Pie, 7.4 (E. Rosel warne), i; Coot, 7.4, 2; Tongatotoa, 8.2, 3. Also started : Simonette 8.10, Cushat 8.7, Peradenyia 8.6, Awangawanga 8.4, Minstrel Boy 7.11, Kilmere 7.4, Crown Lady 7.4, Pete 7.4. Won by a length, with the same distance between second and third. Time, lmin 5 l-ssec. Porangahau Hack Handicap, of 100 soys; seven furlongs.—Mountain Top, 8.7 (A. Dixon), 1; Rebuff, 7.7, 2; Pale Star, 7.12, 3. Also started : Velvet King 9.0, Road Hog 8.9, Dean Forest 7.7. Won by three-quarters of a length, with one and a half lengths between second and third. Time, lmin 33 4-&ec. ■ . • ■

Braeburn Welter Handicap, of 150 soys; once round.—Merry Bells, i2sec lio O H- M' pherson), 1; Convention, 6.12 2; Zezan; 10.7, 3. Also started : G°°d Mark 12.0, Mosthenes 11.8, Logic 10.9. Won by three lengths, with four lengths between second and third. Time, 2min 8 l-ssec. '

t E y,^e^ Hand;cap. — Dissatisfaction, 7.11 (C. France), 1; Lady Joyce, 8.2, 2; Stymie 7.5 3. Also started : Crown Gem 7.13, Matareka 7.9, Simonette 7.9 Won by one and a half lengths, with two lengths between second and third, lime, lmm 18 2-sEec. Lake Hack Handicap, of 100 soys; «x furionge.-Copper Nob, 8.2 (E. DcsWes), 1; Tongatotoa, 8.7, 2; Cushat, 7 8 w i so £ tarted: Crown Lady and *1,/T S T-nd a l hal£ between seco^ and third. Time, lmin 19 2-s«ec