WANGANUI TROTS

Evening Star, Issue 25698, 23 January 1946, Page 3

WANGANUI TROTS

TOUSHAY SCORES TWICE L. F. BERKETT'S FIELD DAY The Wanganui Trotting Club's Annual Meeting was opened in fine but overcast weather. The track was fast. There was a fair attendance, and the totalisator (win and place) handled £16,784, compared with" £6,284 on Saturday, January 20, 1940, the last occasion on which a meeting was held here, an increase of £10,500. A feature of the day's trotting was the success of L. F. Berkett, the Nelson trainer, who. won half the programme. EASTBROOK 'HANDICAP. £lB5. . ljm. 1-I—Toushay, 12yds (L. F. Berkett) 1 3-3—Mine Host, scr (G. T. Mitchell) 2 2-2—Josalie, scr (F. J. Smith) ... 3 Also started: 6-7 Con's Pride scr. 4-4 Crossroads scr, 5-5 Daphne Grattan scr, 7-6 v Julyssia 12yds. Half a length; eight lengths. Daphne Grattan was fourth. Times: 2.47 1-5. 2.48 2-5, 2.49 2-5. WANGANUI HANDICAP. £4OO. 2m. 3-3_Toushay, 12yds (L. F. Berkett) 1 2-2—Gallant Navy, 12yds (A. M. Stewart) ... 2 4-4—Lord Brooklyn, 12yds (G. T. Mitchell) 3

Also" started: 5-5 Jackie (Boy scr, 1-1 Aranui Jack 12yds. 6-6 Jorrocks 24. Neck; half a length. Jackie Boy was fourth. Times: 4.30 1-5, 4.30 2-5. 4.30 4-5.

PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP. £lB5. . 2m. 7-7—Best Girl; scr (C D. Oliver) 1 l-l_Quite Right, 36yds (L. F. Berkett) ... 2 2-2—Man's Gift, scr (B. F. Toomey) 3 Also started: 9-9 Cayuse scr, 8-8 Desert Wind scr, 5-5 Port Chalmers scr, 4-3 Princess Lloma scr. 6-6 Ripley scr, 3-4- Silkworth scr. Length and a-quarter; 12, lengths. Silkworth was fourth. Times: 4.49 2-5, 4.47, 4.50 3-5. SUMMER HANDICAP, £l6O. ljni. 3-s—Napolis, scr (H. Neylon) ... 1 4-4—Papillon, scr (M. Oliver) ... 2 7-7—lndian. Triumph, scr (H. J. Pinn) 3

Also started: 5-3\ Admiral Fras'er scr, 13-13 Black Jean scr, 8-9 Bula scr, 10-8 Dark Parrish scr, 11-12 Diana Rose scr, 6-6 Lamour scr, 9-10 Tornby scr, 2-1 Little Trevor scr, 14-14 Loch Ness scr, 15-15 Nonnie Volo scr, 1-2 Shepherd's Brook scr, 12-11 Society Lady scr. Half a length; length and a-half. Admiral Fraser was fourth. Times: 3.29 1-5, 3.29 2-5, 3.30. FOSTER HANDICAP, £lB5. ljm. l,4_Safari, 24yds (L. F. Berkett) 1 3-2—Mine Host, scr (G. T. Mitchell) 2 7-7—Daphne Grattan, scr (B. F. Toomey) ... 3

Also started: 9-9 Con's Pride scr, 6-5 Crossroads scr, 4-3 Josalie scr, 2-1 Nancy Potts scr, 8-8 Julyssia 12yds, 5-6 Silver Plane 12. Half a head; two lengths. Times: 3.23 1-5, 3.25 2-5. 3.25 4-5. MORTON MEMORIAL HANDICAP. £3OO. ljm. 1-I—Gallant Navy, 12yds (A. M. Stewart) 1 2-2—Safari, 12yds (L. F. Berkett) 2 5-s—Stylish Boy, 12yds (F. T. Haslett) ... 3 Also started: 3-3 Aranui Jack 12yds, '6-6 Jorrocks 12, 4-4 Don Walla 36. Half a length; six lengths; Don Walla was fourth. Times: 2.53 1-5, 2.53 2-5, 2.54 2-5. '