RACING & TROTTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 August 1943, Page 3

RACING & TROTTING

meetings to come August 21: Pakuranga Hunt. August 28: Combined Hunt (Hawera) Sept. 4: Otago Hunt. Sept. 11: Avondale. Sept. 11: Ashburton. Sept. 11: Wanganui. Sept. 18: Geraldine. Oct. 2: Ohinemuri. Oct. 2: Hawke’s Bay. Oct. 9: Auckland. Oct. 9: Otaki Maori. Oct. 9: Dunedin. Oct. 16: South Canterbury. Oct. 16: Masterton. Oct. 23, 25: Wellington. Oct. 25: Waikato. Oct. 25: Gore. Oct. 25: North Canterbury. Oct. 23 or 25: Waverley. Oct. 30: Foxton. TROTTING August 21: N.Z. Metropolitan. August 28: N.Z. Metropolitan. September 11: Wellington. October 9: New Brighton. October 23 & 25: Greymouth. October 23 & 25: Auckland. October 25: Oamaru. October 30: Invercargill. Colours Registered: Messrs A. L. Matson and C. S. Thomas, who have entered into partnership in the pacer Oxford Scholar, have registered their racing colours emerald green jacket, blue sash and cap, with the New Zealand Trotting Association.

Good Response: In all there are only 10 defections from the eight races on next Saturday’s programme at Addington as follow:—lntroductory Handicap, Great Waitaki; Queen Mary Handicap, Black Label; National Handicap, Joan Conquest, Colonel Grattan, Peter Smith, Springfield Globe; Advance Handicap, Happy Man; Stewards’ Free-for-All, Lady Scott; August Free-for-All, Blair Athol, Horsepower. There were no withdrawals from the National Four-year-old Trotting Stakes or the Canterbury Three-year-old Stakes.

Big Investments: A large sum was lost very quickly at the National Meeting when Platform was put out of the contest for the Islington Handicap in the first furlong. He carried slightly more than £1650 on the win machine, and close on £l5OO on the place machine. The second choice, Donnybrook Fair, carried about £l,220 for a win and about £1450 for a place but in his case, he gave his supporters something for their money as he was in the fighting line up to the closing stages. Another failure in the race, Boloyna, carried about £lOOO and £l3OO. The biggest amount entrusted to any one horse at the meeting was slightly more than £lBBO for a win on Hearth in the concluding event. The Anglo-French bracket carried £1760 for a win and £1715 for a place. METROPOLITAN T.C. ACCEPS.

Metropolitan Maiden Handicap, 3.5 class; one mile and a-quarter. The following are the horses drawn in the ballot for this race which will be run in two events on which the totalisator 'will not operate:— First. Day, 11 a.m.—Anazah, Delusion. Fast Friend, Fancy Goods, Francis Logan, Gold Rosette, Hanover, May Scott. Paper Man, Navy Queen, Princess Maritza, Professional, Radical, Scott Axworthy, Sideline, Sir Vesta, Mother’s Wish, Susy Lee, Treasured Gift.

12.2 p.m.—lntroductory Handicap, 4.44 class; two miles.—Dawn Gratian, Gold Flight, Festivity, Lady Dawn, Oregon scr.; Cabin Boy, Follow Me 12; Audition, Flash Guy, Lizzie Woods, Silhouette, Zingarrie 24; Conflagrate, Sports Guide 36; Highland Scott, Scottish Air 48; Courier 96. 12.42 p.m—Queen Mary Handicap, 4.39 class; two miles.—Manpower, Tenpennybit, Watcher scr.; Jack Spratt, Jerry Parrish, Stylish Wilkes, Recluse 12; Belfast Jack, Burnham, Purveyor 24; Crucible, Palomar, Star Ace, Jacose 36; Mongolian 48. 1.27 p.m.—National Four-year-old Trotting Stakes, one mile and a-half. —Bancor, Believe Me, Belle Header, Bingen’s Colleen, Mamanuas, Rerewaka scr., Desmond’s Pride 12; Fantom, Forewarned, Indian Arrow 24. 2.12 p.m.—National Handicap, 4.30 class; two miles.—Accountant, Countless Parshall scr; Clockwork, Great Blaze, Mankind, Pleasant Guy, Toorak 12; Bronze Eagle, Coquette, Shadow Maid 24; Bayard, Dusky Sound 36. Horse Power 48, Loyal Rey 60.

2.52 p.m.—Advance Handicap, 4.34 class, two miles. —Braw Lass, Catalpa, Erinack, Kinawley, Oxford Scholar 'scr., Loyal Friend, Silver Guy, WarHeld, Worthy Cross 12; Golden River, Indian Clipper 24; Lady Carol, Special Edition 36.

3.37 p.m.—Canterbury Three-Year-Old Stakes; one mile and a-half. — Bonny Bridge, Calumet Queen, Native Scott, Navy Queen, News Agent, Paul Collette, Scottish Treasure, VoJo’s Victory scr.; Imperial Lady, Plunder Bar 12; Acropolis, Bay Machine, Bel Hamed, Scottish Emperor 24. 4.22 p.m.—Stewards’ Free-For-All, •3.46 or, better rate; one mile and five furlongs.—Dark Hazard, Jimmy Drusus, Millisle, Parrish Guide, Mohican, Gerfalcon, Douglas McElwyn, Margin, Manian, Royal Worthy. 5.7 p.m.—August Free-For-All, 2.46 class or better; one mile and a-quar-ter.—Loyal Rey, Nelson Eddy, Springfield Globe, Ronald Logan, Mankind, Shadow Maid, Peter Smith, Dusky Sound, Burt Scott, Fremont, Joan Conquest, Accountant, Bayard, Ferry Post, Gold Bar, Haughty, Hardy Oak, Happy Man.