WHIPPET RACING

Evening Star, Issue 22952, 9 May 1938, Page 4

WHIPPET RACING

DUNEDIN ST. LEGER AND MAVORA CUP MEETING

The Dunedin Whippet Racing Club held a very successful meeting on Tahuna Park on Saturday. The weather was-gloriously fine, and racing conditions ideal. The tracks were in first-class order, the attendance again being large. The St. Leger and Mavora Cup were won by Mesdames Donaldson’s and Tanner’s King Pepper. Results: —

Novice Race (175yds).—W, Winchester’s Refund 1, P. M'Kinlay’s Dawn o’ Day 2, W. Easson’s Snowdrift ’3, Four starters. Time, 10 2-ssec. ■■■ ’. ’■! , ■,

• _ Improvers* Rkce (175yds)i'—F, -TMi2, P. M‘Kmlay’s Dawn o’ Day. 3. Seven starters. Time, llsec. Dunedin St. Leger (150yds).—Mesdames Donaldson’s and Tanner’s King Pepper 1, Mrs C. N. Unwin’s Osborne Laddie 2, W. Turner’s Atom 3. Four starters. Time, 9 2-ssec.

Second-class Handicap (175yds).—» F. Tanner’s Lucky G. 1, W. Turner’* Atom 2, W. Sherwill’s War Chief 3. Six starters. Time, 10 4-ssec. Juvenile Handicap (175yds).—T. J. M’Mullan’s Night Queen 1, P, M‘Kinlay’s Phantom Gold 2, W. Winchester’s Overcast 3. The only starters. Time, 11 3-ssec.

Mavora Cup (175yds).—Mesdames Donaldson’s and Tanner’s King-Pepper 1, W. Sherwill’s War Chief 2, F. Tanner’s Happy Win 3. Fourteen starters. Time, 10 2-ssec.

Open Hurdles (175yds).—W. Turner’s Silver Tom 1, R. Stanner’s Night Form 2, W. Turner’s Cashier 3. Five starters. Time, 12sec.