TAKAPUNA RACES
SECOND DAY. The Takapuna Jockey Club’s Summer Meeting was concluded yesterday. The weather was fine, and there was a large attendance. The totalisator handled £57,3035, which gave a total of £105,607$ for the meeting, compared with £97,313 last year. Concluding results ; SUBURBAN HANDICAP, 400sovs. 6f. 2 DAVE, 3.2 (R. M'Tavish) ... 1 3 Flying Jliet, 7.3 2 1— Tea Time, 8.7 3 Others: 6 Day Guard, 5 Melissa, 4 Prince Otto, 7 Appellant. Three-quarters of a length; half a length. Melissa was fourth. Time, Imin Msec. TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP, 700sovs. 1m 3f and 40yds. 2 DESERT GLOW, 7.12 (Mackie) 1 3 Hall, 9.0 (Green) t I—Transformer, 8.6 (Keesing) ... t Others: 4 Princess Ronnie, 5 Hipo, 6 Scat, 7 Wedding March. The field was well bunched at the head of the straight. Desert Glow shot away in tlm run home and won by two lengths. Eden Hall got up in time to make a dead heat of it witlp Transformer. Hipo was fourth. Time, 2min 25scc.
Others: 9 Day Guard, 3 Saiosi, _6 Town Guard, 5 Archeno, 2 Aurnmavis, 10 To Korokc, 11 Automne, 8 Quillfire. A length and a-quartcr; half a length. Time, Imin 27scc.
HOBSON HANDICAP, 400sovs. 6f. 1—MITHRA, 8.3 (Green) 1 4—Prodicc, 9.0 (Mackie) ... 2 3 — Mauriaena, 7.10 (MTavish) ... 3 Others: 2 White Wings, 5 Footpad, 6 Mercia. Length; three-quarters of a length. Time, Imin losec RANGITOJ’O HACK HANDICAP, 325sovs. 9t. 4—BABY BUN, 8.7 (H. Wiggins) 1 1—Cynthia N., 8.5 2 10—Arch Queen, 7.6 3 Others: 6 Judge’s Box, 3 Piet, 7 War Officer, 8 Value, 9 Qninsilia, 2 The Lover, 5 Schorr. A neck; half a length. Time, Imin 55 2-5sec. ANNIVERSARY’ HANDICAP, 400sovs. 7f. 1—THE IMMIGRANT, 7.7 (T. Green) 1 4— Matinee, 8.3 2 7—Macroom, 8.0 3
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Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 4
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