WHIPPET RACING

Evening Star, Issue 22247, 27 January 1936, Page 2

WHIPPET RACING

DUNEDIN CLUB The Dunedin Whippet Racing Club held a-highly successful meeting at the club’s grounds, Tahuna Park, on Saturday afternoon. The weather was . all that could be desired, the course being adequately, sheltered from the wind, and there was a very satisfactory attendance of ‘ spectators. The tracks were in fair order, and the racing was of a good standard throughout the programme. The principal race of the clay was the Aramic Cup, which was won by Mr F. Tanner’s Happy Win. Results: — NURSERY HANDICAP, 100yds. W H Turner’s Variant Gold (3yds) 1 W. Galloway’s Tennessee Boy (3yds) 2 Scratched; Taurus. Variant Gold led all the way and won easily. Time, 10 l-ssec. ARAMIC CUP, 175yds. F. Tanner’s Happy Win (12Jyds) ... 1 J. Goodman’s Scotland’s Hope (l2jyds) .«•• ••• ... ••• ••• ••• * Mrs W. Guthrie’s Whistling Wind •v (12yds) ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• d Also started: Lee Star 12fyds, Clifton Lass 12iyds, Heloise 12Jyds. Happy Win led all the way to win by four lengths, with the third dog close up. Time, llsee. EXTENDED NURSERY HANDICAP. 175yds. * W. Harrod’s Semaphore (7yds) ... 1 W. H. Turner’s Variant Gold (14yds) ■ * B. Brown’s Bright Signal (7yds) ... 3 Also started: Tennessee Boy. Won by three lengths, with a length between second arid third. Time, 11 2-ssec. SECOND CLASS HANDICAP, 175yds. First Heat.—Blue Vision (12Jyds) 1, Tolan (17iyds) 2, Our Bose (114yds) 3. Also started: Pita Palu. Time, 10 4-ssec. Second Heat.—Cashier (12iyds) 1, Happy Win (12iyds) 2, Camperdowh (12jyds) 3. Time, llsee. —Final.— W. H. Turner’s Blue Vision ... 1, F. Tanner’s Happy Win 2 Blue Vision led from the start and won by a long neck, with the third dog a length away. Time, 10 3-ssec. OPEN FLAT HANDICAP, 175yds. J. J. Berry’s Star Master (121yds) 1 F. Tanner’s Happy Days (12yds) ... 2 W. H. ,Turner’s Silver Tom (10yds), 3 Also started: Phenephoria Byds, Titri 11yds. , . , Won by a nose, with a length between second and third. Time, 10 l-ssec. LIGHT-WEIGHT HANDICAP, 175yds. F. Tanner’s, Sunny Southland Mrs D. 11. HutchisonV Clifton Lass (12jyds) 2 F. Tanner’s Joy Days (12jyds) ... 3 Also started: Border Queen 4yds. Won by two lengths, with a length between second and third. . Time, llsee. MAIDEN HURDLE HANDICAP, ; 175yds. First Heat.—Star Master ,(17iyds) 1, Tolan (174yds) 2, Blue Vision (17iyds) Second Heat.—Happy Win (17iyds) I, Titri (174yds) 2, Scotland’s Hope was disqualified. Time, 14 2-ssec. —Final.— J. J. Berry’s Star Master 1 F. Tanner’s Tolan 2 Star Master and Tolan were ahead of the field all the way, the former winning by a head. Happy Win was third: Time, 13sec. OPEN HURDLE HANDICAP, 175yds. W. H. Turner’s Cashier (174yds) ... 1 C. W. Unwin’s Signalman (16yds) 2 J. J. Berry’s Camperdown (17iyds) 3 Also started: Happy Days. Cashier led all the way to win by a length from Signalman, with Camperdown a length further back. Time, 13sec. 1