TOLAGA BAY MEETING

Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 5

TOLAGA BAY MEETING

SKYWAY PRINCIPAL WINNER Postponed from last Saturday, the Tolaga Bay Jockey Club’s Annual Meeting was held yesterday. The weather was fine and the track soft. The totalisator handled £4,308, against £5,603 10s last year, a decrease of £1,295 10s. WAIHAU HACK HANDICAP, £7O. One mile. 4 BOTHWELL, 9.6 (Leach) ... 1 3 Puccini, 9.3 (Tinsley) 3 1— Skyway, 10.7 (Shields) 3 Also started: 2 Royal Mimic 9.7, 5 Defora 9.0. Won by a head, with a nose between second and third. Time, Imin 48 l-ssec. HAUITI DISTRICT HANDICAP, £SO. Five furlongs. 2 SYNCOPATE 8.10 (Forsyth) ... 1 I—Whakao, 8.10 (Anderson) 2 5 Ace Willonyx, 9.0 (J. Kellett) ... 3 Also started; 3 Southampton 8.12, 6 Mimicry 8.7, 7 Birkology 8.7, 4 Firelock 8.7. Won by a length and a-quarter, with a length and a-quarter between second and third. Time, Imin 2 l-ssec. MAIDEN SCURRY, £55. Six furlongs. 1— RAANA, 8.0 (J. Forsyth) 1 2 Kitchenette, 8.0 (Tinsley) 2 Pal, 8.0 (G. Goulsbro) ... 3 Also started: 4 Kala Moti 8.0, 3 Cabaret 8.0. Won by a nose, with seven lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 19sec. UAWA STAKES HANDICAP, £IOO. One mile and a-quarter. 4 SKYWAY, 7.0 (J. Leach) ... 1 3 Wananga, 7.0 (S. Anderson) ... 2 I—Pennycomequick, 8.1 (Kellett) ... 3 , Also started: 2 Small Boy 9.4. Won by three-quarters of a length, with half a length between second and third. Time, 2min 133-ssec. WHAREAAKA HACK HANDICAP, £7O. Six furlongs. 5 OKAWA, 8.0 (Goulsbro) ... ... 1 1— Gay Mimic. 9.5 (J. Forsyth) ... 2 4 Ihu, 8.1 (Tinsley) ... ... ... 3 Also started: 6 Paul Robeson 8.7, 3 Quilp 7.8, 2 Poverty Bay 8.12. Won by a long neck, with a head between second and third! Time, Imin 18 2-ssec. DISTRICT HANDICAP, £SO. Seven furlongs. 4—BOAT SONG, 8.7 (T. Bornan) 1 7—Mailman, 8.8 (Goulsbro) 2 3—Birkology, 8.5 (Shield) 3 Also started: 2 Flying Mimic 8.13, 6 Prince Henry 8.12, 8 Ballyculane 8.12, 5 Southampton 8.7, 1 Syncopate 8.7, 3 Union Bank 8.5 (bracketed with Birkology), 9-Firelock 8.5. Won by. two lengths, with half a' length between second and third. Time, Imin 37 3-ssec. FAREWELL HANDICAP, 80. Six furlongs. 3—PERFECT 1 LADY, 7.14 (J. Leach) ... 1 2 Blygain, 7.6 (R. Marks) 2 I—Good Hunting, 7.5 (Forsyth) ... 3 Also started: 1 De Friend 9.7 (bracketed with Good Hunting). Won by half a length, with the same distance between second and third. Time, Imin 17 2-ssec.