SUCCESS OF TYBALT
SIR ABB WINS THE SPRINT
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
WHANGAREI, April 8. The Whangarei Racing Club's Autumn Meeting opened today m fine weather, the track being in excellent order. There was a large attendance, and the totalisator handled £12,5U<5, compared with £14,946 on the corresponding day last year, a decrease of £2444. In the Mclnnes Memorial Handicap a close finish saw Tybalt annex the honours from Grateful and Bonny Gay, and in the Stewards' Handicap, the open sprint, the consistent Sir Abb carried his record further by scoring from Inver and Tosh. Results were: — Portland Hack Handicap, £120; 6 furlongs.—M High Star, 8.(5; (McTavish), 1; 4-5 High Delight, 8.0 (Chaplin), 2- 5-4 Paddy the Rip, 8.0 (Green), 3. Also started: 3-3 Abbey Lass 8.11, 2-2 Prival 8.5, 7-6 Chief Lap 8.3, 6-7 Tiverton 8.0, 9-9 Palmint 8.0, 8-8 Flashing Spear 8.0. Length; length and a half. Time, lmin 17sec. Trial1 Stakes, £80; 5 furlongs.—First division: 10-10 Mischel, car. 7.12J (Forsyth), 1; 3r3 Vaalsstar, 8.0 (Goulsbro'),'2; 9-5 Rajanya,' 8.0 (McTavish), 3 Also started: 7-8 Brazilian 8.0, 12-11 Love Parade 8.0, 17-14 Rey Lv 8.0, 14-12 Strathearn 8.0, 5-6 The Trimmer 8..0, 14-15 Avail 7.12, 6-8 White Foam 7.12. Length; two lengths and a half.
Time, lmin 3sec. Second division: 2-2 Asset, car. 7.13 (Green), 1; 4-4 Viracious,' 8.0 (Wiggins), 2; 8-6 Red Ledger. 8.0 (Goulsbro'), 3. Also started: 17-14 Electric Spear 8.0, 17-14 Master Appellant 8.0, 10-9 Paint 8.0, 17-17 Tane Mahuta 8.0, 12-13 Love In Idleness 7.12, 1-1 Pasture 7.12, 16-15 ■ Torakiki 7.12. Two lengths; length. Time, lmin 3 2-ssec. McINNES MEMORIAL HANDICAP, £300; li miles. ' 2—2—Tybalt, 7.6 (Gilchrist) . 1 I—l—Grateful, 8.5 (McTavish) . 2 3—3—Bonny Gay, 7.0 (Goulsbro') . 3 Also started: 5-6 Paso Robles 9.0, 6-5 Crooning 8.1, 4-4 Airam 7.13! Head; long neck, Time, 2min 8 2-ssec. Northland Hurdles, £140; 1£ miles and 197 yards.—3-3 Lucidus, 10.7 (Trillo), 1; 2-1 Teak, 9.0 (Fergus), 2; 4-4 Gay Broney, 9.13 (Green), 3. Also started: 1-2 Hunting Star 10.7, 5-5 lllimani 9.0. Six lengths; two lengths. Time, 3min 1 3-ssec. STEWARDS' HANDICAP, £175; 6 furlongs. 2 Sir Abb, 8.10 (Wiggins) ... 1 1 Inver, 8.0 (Goulsbro') 2 3 Tosh, 9.6 (McKenzie) 3 Also started: 4 Trilliarch 8.6. Neck; half a length. Time, lmin 15 2-ssec. Settlers' Handicap, £100; 7J furlongs. —3 Enlightenment, 9.0, and 2 High Delight, 8.0, dead heat, 1; 1 Disturbed, 7.0, 3. The only starters. Third -horse three-quarters of a length away. Time, lmin 38 3-ssec. Maungatapere Hack Handicap, £120; 6 furlongs.—2-2 Prival, 7.13 (Wiggins), 1; 6-6 Bright Idea, 7.0 (Gilchrist). 2; 1-1 Windcress, 7.10 (Goldfinch), 3. Also started: 5-5 Aymon 7.9, .4-3 Raceline 7.6, 3-4 Lapidarian 7.0, Two lengths and a half; neck. Time, lmin 16 4-ssec. WAIPU HANDICAP, £150; 1 mile. 2—2—Miss Lv, 8.12 (Goulsbro') .. 1 I_l_Land Girl, 8.0 (McTavish) .. 2 3—4—Shy, 9.12 (Nicholson) 3
Also started: 5-5 Tip Toes 8.10, 7-7 Kilberis 8.0, 6-6 Ring Shot 8.0, 6-6 Whakapara 8.0. Neck; three-quarters of a length. Time, lmin 43 4-ssec.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 84, 9 April 1938, Page 22
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