LATE NEWS TO-DAY’S RACES

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 February 1947, Page 5

LATE NEWS TO-DAY’S RACES

KUMARA CLUB’S MEETING CLOUD SONG AND CORNISH NOTE WIN The Kumara Racing Club’s annual meeting is being held at Omoto today in fine weather, with a cool breeze from the south. The track is hard and-fast and there is a good attendance. Results: — TRIAL STAKES, of £110; five and a half furlongs.—First division: . 1- Mr. H. Eddington’s CLOUD SONG (Christopher Robin— Evasion), 3yrs, 8:5 (C. T. Wilson) .. . . .. .-. . . 1 4-4 Precipitate, 8.5 (G. Hampden) 2 11-9 Fonso, 8.5 (A. M. Ellis) . . 3/ Also started: 5-5 Triplicity, 14-14* Haunting Refrain, 8-8 Irish Pride, 13-13 Renege, 12-10 Sir Sabre. A length, three. Sir Sabre was fourth. Time, 1.9 1-5. Cloud Song entered the winning ranks when she led from end to end in the first division of the Trial Stakes. Fonso and Sir Sabre were her early companions, with Irish Pride next and a gap to Precipitate. The, last-named challenged strongly in the straight, but Cloud Song won well. Fonso was well back, just ahead of Sir Sabre. SECOND' DIVISION:— 1 6-_5 Mr. F. E. Spence’s CORNISH NOTE • (Inflation— Cornish Belle), aged, 8.5 D. Thistoll) 1 2- Scene, 8.5 car. 8.7 (C. . Stokes) 2 3- Smock, 8.5 (A. J. Stokes) . . 3 Also started: 5-5 Glamis Pal coupled with Triplicity, 7-11 Hotfoot, 10-12 Long Ago, 9-7 Rene Leighon. Half length; one length. Glamis Pal was fourth. Time: 1.9 3-5. After losing a lot of ground at the start Cornish Note finished impressively to win the second * division. Scene was first out, from Long Ago, Smock, Hetfoot and Cornish Note. After four furlongs Glamis Pal ranged up alongside Scene, with a gap to the others. Cornish Note finished strongly to win decisively. ° Smqck and Glamis Pal were close behind Scene. Tote: £9l3£. BOROUGH HANDICAP TROT, of £125; 2.23 class; one mile:—. LADY ELLEN 1 CARLOW 2 LOCKNIT 3

RANGEFINDER WINS AT ADDINGTON (P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 8. The Canterbury/ Park Trotting Club’s meeting is being held at Addington to-day. The weather is overcast but warm and the track is fast. Results: — YALDHURST HANDICAP, of £500; 4.50 class, two miles:— 3-7 FAIRY WINGS i(J. B. Pringle) 1 7-5 BELLE HEADER (D. L: McGregor) .. .. 2 .8-9 GOLD WEED'(J. Behrns) ... 3 ' r All started. Eight lengths; four. Times: 4.31 1-5, 4.33, 4.29 4-s'. Fairy Wings, which won three races at Greymouth early in January, atoned for her Forbury Park failures by a convincing win in the Yaldhurst Handicap. She was in sixth place, behind Calumella, Betty Maxegin, Billy McElwyn, Tolerate, and Belle Header with six furlongs covered, but was trotting very solidly. She gradually moved up and, taking the lead with two and -a half furlongs to go, gave nothing else a chance, cutting 18 4-ssec off her handicap time. Belle Header just as easily beat the remainder, but there was a photo finish for third and fourth placings, Gold Weed being placed third and Betty Maxegin and Calumella dead-heating for fourth. ADVANCE HANDICAP, of £500; 3.52 class; one mile and five furlongs:— 5-5 MAUDEEN (G. Cameron) 1 2- HAL DERBY .. . . ..2 IG-14 SWALEDALE . . ..... 3 Checkmate was coupled with Hal Derby. The Advance Handicap was marred by a bad smash commencing the final circuit, Peter’s Pal, Lyceum, King High, Checkmate, and His Excellency all being involved. The winner, Maudeen, took the lead from Emily Volo after five furlongs and was never afterwards headed. She was strongly challenged by Hal Derby, but held on in the straight, and Swaledale finished well for third, ahead of Blue Revue, Gantree, and Emily Volo. Highland Dale ran across at-the start and interfered with a number of others. STROWAN HANDICAP, of £500; 2.53 class; one mile and a quarter:— 7-7 RANGEFINDER (R. Donald) 1 10-9 MOUTAIN HALL .’. ..2 ' 3- SAHARA QUEEN .. .. 3 All started.

SWORDSMAN’S TRIUMPH WINS AT AUCKLAND (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 8. The weather is overcast and the track fast for the Auckland trots. Results: — MANUREWA* HANDICAP, of £500; 3.40 class; one mile and a half:— 2-4 SWORDSMAN’S TRIUMPIJ (M. Paul) 1 7-8 KEEN BLADE (McKendry) 2 6-6 NOBLE STAR (E. N.. Kennerley) 3 Noble Star was coupled with Best Girl. All started. Won by a neck; two and a half lengths. Times: 3.29, 3.23 1-5, 3.25 1-5. THOUSANDS IDLED BY SEVERE WEATHER (Rec. 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 7. Fifty-seven thousand are now out of_work in north-west England because factories have been closed and transport dislocated by the weather. The country-wide freeze-up eh? tered its sixteenth day with a fore- . cast that a slow thaw is expected during the week-end, but the extreme tip of Cornwall and the Scilly Isles are the only areas where the temperature has risen above freezing point. ... - Many villages are still cut off from food supplies and floods are now reported in Essex and Sussex.