TROTS AT ASHBURTON

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1931, Page 4

TROTS AT ASHBURTON

ERIN'S FORTUNE SCORES

KELP DOES FAST TIME

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") CHEISTCHURCH,. lSth April. Heal conditions favoured the Ashburtoti Trotting Club for the Autumn Meeting,'but there was a decided drop in the attendance. The totalisator investments also showed the now. customary decrease of nearly a third on. last year's total, the figures being £13,736, against £19,780 10s last year. There was some good sport, with fust times, showing the excellent state of the track; . ' ' Erin's fortune was responsible tor a high-class performance in winning the Dunbar Handicap, for which she was one of the outsiders. She. went off badly, losing a lot of ground, but W. J. lomkinson gradually made up his leeway and finished with a brilliant run down the straight. ..... , . ~.■;. The Harvest Handicap was run at a hot pace all the way, and the course record for a mile and a half,was broken, Kelp doing 3min 18 4-ssec to get second. ■ Results were:— ■ . Improvers' Handicap, of 150 soys; 3.45 class; ono mile and a half.—l 2 Tlnl TJrla, scr (Tiarrdn), 1; 7 Gold Spear, scr,- 2; 19 Jester, scr, 3. Also started: 22 Prince Author, 2 (iolden Harvest, 9 Ayr Lass, 8 Logan JTrasor, 17 Shawingan, 5 Frances Dillon, 12 Dark Girl, Donee, 16 Tatsy do Oro, 15 Komanos, 6 Uuln, 20' Locanda Moth/ 4 Arion Axworthy, 13 Plain Silk, 1 Flnnebrouque (coupled with Matchless Bingen), 0 Mahira,. 20. Peter ■■■ Piper, 17- Emma Harvester, ser; 3 Prince. Wrack, 24yds behind. Time, 3min' 29 4-ssec. . Allenton Handicap, of 135 soys; 3.50 class: ono milo and a half.—l Edith Voyage, scr (Townley), 1; 13 Quincey Thorpe. COyds behind, 2; 2 Todd Lonzla, 72yds behind, 3. Also started: 5 Heal Boy, 20 Our Bingen. 12 Don Denver. 3 Pearl Bingen, 21 Victress, 22 Last Child, 7 Pohatu, 9 Uesound, 6 Honora Bingen, 15 Golden Girl, 17 'Rembrandt, scr; 14 Trickful, I Fairyland,. 8 Lucky Voyage, 12yds behind; 16 Great Dillon, 24yds behind; 18 Miss Wllkes, 36yds behind; 11 Duco, 10 Stanley Bingen, COyds behind; 19 Great Burton, 72yds behind; 23. Mountain Mist, 90yds behind. Time. 3min 27 2-ssec.-DURBAR HANDICAP, of 400 soys; 4.32 class; two miles. 7 Erin's Fortune, 36yds behind (Tomkinson) 1 1 Sir Author. 24yds behind (Donald), 2 2 Grandlight, 24yds behind (Bryce) 3 Also started: 6 Hostess, 10 Ariki Toa, 11 Wrackeen, 9 Steel All. scr; 4 Omaha, 12yds behind (coupled with Avenger and Harvest Child) ; 3 Neeoro, 12 Pageant, 12yds behind; 8 Great Logan, 36yds behind; 5 Pluto, 48yds behind. Time, 4min 26 l-sscc. Harvest Handicap, of 175 soys; 3.28 class; one milo and a half. —2 Major Llnd, 12yds behind (Young, jun.); 1; 4 Kelp, 24yds behind, 2; 14 Wild Voyago, 24yds behind, 3. Also started: 11 Lough .Neagh, 12 Guy Bingen, 9 Our George, 14 Lily Harold, 5 Pink Sugar, 3 Maurice Dillon, scr; 15 Carbine Direct, 7 Sonoma, 12 Our Bird, 1 Real Girl, 12yds behiud; 0 Tenedos, 8 St. George, 7Gyds behind. Time, 3min 19 2-ssec. • ■ • ■ Autumn Handicap, of 150 soys; 4.50 class; two miles. —2 Nimbus, scr (Townley, owner), 1; 3 Willie Derby, scr, 2; 1 Compromise, 24yds behind, 3. Also started: 5 Accras, 3 Tlnl Una, scr; 11 Schoolmate, 12yds behind; 4 Glonville, 24yds' behind; 6 Elite'Bingen, 36yds behind; 9 Glenlake, 7 Mllle do Oro, 48yds behind; 10 Real Huon, 72yds behind. Time, 4min 35 l-ssec. . Utility Handicap, of 140 soys; 4.55 class; two miles.—l Great Way, 24yds behind (Donald), 1; 7 Merce Bingen,' GOyds behind, 2; !) Great Burton, scr. 3. Also started: 3 Iwnht'a, 2 Real Guy, 8 Stanley Bingen,' 14 Wally Bingen,. scr; .5 Mountain Mist, 12yds behind; 11 Rapture, 13 Silurian, 21yds behind; 4 King Oscar, 6 Climax, 48yds behind; 10 Great Glee, 96yds behind. Time, . 4inin 44 4-sscc. ~;.:. Rakaia Handicap, of 225 soys; 2.50 class; one milo and a quarter.—B Rbllo, 12yds behind (Berry), 1; 2 Major Llnd, scr, 2; 3 Kelp, scr, 3. Also started: 12 Our Bird, 4 Sodium, scr; 5 Nor'-wester) 1 Mister Pointer, 0 Wild Voyage, 12yds behind; 11 Proud Dillon, 9 Tenedos, 24yds behind; 1 Happy Land, 13 John Noble, 36yds behind; 10 Erin's Fortune, 00yds. behind. Time. 2min 4G 2-ssec. Farewell Handicap, of .150 soys; 3.34 class; one mile and a half.—4 Logaleen, 24yds behind (Hooper, owner); 1; 7 Millie de Oro, 24yds behind, 2; 3 Willie Derby, scr, 3. Also started: 11 Blue Glen. 8 Priceless, 15 Flying Cloud 5 Herod, scr; 13 Elite Bingen, B Aristotle, 14 Ulm, 7 Lightwood (coupled with Millio do Oro), 6 Compromise, 2 Ratloc, 12 Llewellyn :12yds behind; 10 Netta Oro, 24yds behind-' 16 Alva Lass, 8 Somerby, 30yds behind. Time 3mln 23 l-sscc. ■ '