EGMONT R.C.
OUTSIDER WINS TONKS STAKES NOLAN CUP TO ALGERIAN The second day of the Egmont Racing Club’s meeting was held in wet weather, and the going was soft. There was a fair attendance, and the totalisator handled £19,384 10s, compared with £22,732 10s last year. The total for the meeting was £35,673, compared with £42,465 10s. OKAIAWA HURDLES, £l5O. One mile and a-half. 2- STUDENT PRINCE, 10.5 ... 1 4-4—First Chapter, 9.12 2 3- —Race Boy, 9.2 3 Also started; 5-5 Red Sun 11.0, 1-1 Lady Jim 10.1, 6-5 Bay Dawn 9.5. Won by four lengths, with one length between second and third. Time, 2min 58 l-ssec.
W AIM ATE HANDICAP, £l7O. Six furlongs. 1-I—SAXON TOR, 7.6 1 6- —Lickem, car. 7.0 2 7- —Fiancee, car. 7.0 3 Also started: 2-2 Ecstatic car. 7.5, 4-4 Alunga car. 7.8, 5-5 Solaria 7.8, 3-3 Screen Star 7.8. Won by half a neck, with three lengths between second and third. Time, Irain 18 3-ssec. MEREMERE HANDICAP, £l5O. Seven furlongs. 6- SILVER GIFT, 8.0 1 3- —Ripple, 7.13 2 4- —Young Charles, 7.10 3 Also started: 2-2 Kilometre 9.0, 1-1 Chief Lord 8.11, 5-5 Royal Sign 8.3, 7-7 Filbert 7.10. Won by a nose each way. Time, Imin 36 4-ssce. TONKS STAKES, £3OO. Nine furlongs. 10- TAHURANGI, 7.0 t 2- —Homily, 8.0 t 3- —Olassform, 7.5 3 Also started: 9-9 Notium 8.5, 7-5 Gay Mimic 7.12, 1-1 Royal Star 11. 7.10, 4-4 Play On car. 7.3, 6-7 Gaily car. 7.1, 8- Race Call car. 7.4 J, 5-6 Armacourt 7.0. Dead heat, with the third horse two lengths and a-half away. Time, 2min 3sec. ELECTRIC HANDICAP, £l3O. Five furlongs. 1-4—TRIPLE CROWN, car. 7.4 ... 1 3- —Ringling, 8.13 2 4- —Captain Gale, 8.4 3 Also started: 2-3 Sea Link 8.13, 5-5 Calliope 7.12, 7-7 Windsor Glow car. 8.3, 6-6 Barry Boy car. 7.3 i, 8-8 Ogonelloe 7.0. Won by half a head, with three lengths between second and hird. Time, Imin 6 l-ssec. NOLAN CUP, £3OO. Nine furlongs. 3- ALGERIAN, 9.0 ... 1 7- —Dainty Sheila, 9.1 2 1-1 —Arabic, 8.2 3 Also started: 2-3 Pearl of Asia 9.1, 4- Trench Law 9.0, 8-8 Vaalstar 8.9, 11- Amatory 8.1, 6-5 Miss Clipper 8.0, 5- Val Pore 7.10, 12-11 Goldburn 7.7, 9- Young Charles 7.7, 10-10 Mahaina 7.7. Won by six lengths, with six lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 58 2-ssec. NORMANBY HANDICAP, £l6O. Seven furlongs. 7-7—SOLARIA, 8.8 1 4- —Tooley Street, 8.11 2 1- —Rustem, 8.2 ... 3 Also started: 4-3 Le Toquet 8.3, 2-2 Rollicker car. 7.7. 6-5 Liberal’s Mint car. 7.7, 8-8 Winsome Lu car. 7.9, 3-4 Ramleh 7.9. Won by a nose, with half a length between second and third. Time, Imin 34 l-ssec. INAHA HANDICAP, £l5O. Six furlongs. 2- RACE AWAY, car. 7.13 1 5- —Lu Chang, car. 8.1 2 3- —Pretty Lass, 8.4 ... 3 Also started: 1-1 Veldette 8.13, 4-4 Boden Park car. B.IJ, 6-6 Gold Grip car. 7.6. Won by six lengths, with four lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 19 l-ssec.
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Evening Star, Issue 23498, 12 February 1940, Page 4
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