HOLIDAY RACING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20571, 3 June 1941, Page 9

HOLIDAY RACING

HOT SHOT’S SUCCESS BIRKOLOGY AT NAPIER WIN FOR YOUNG CHARLES ' Holiday race meetings are being held, to-day at Ellerslie, Greenmeadows, Awapuni, and Wingatui, while trots are in progress at Canterbury Park. Further results are: — AUCKLAND Penrose Hurdles, of £350; l.y miles. —6-7 Hot Shot. 9.0 (Coon), 1; 7-6 Surpai, 9.0 (Walters), 2; 8-9 Tavern Song, 9.0 (Chaplin), 3. Scratched: All Irish, Selwyn, Very Glad, Rajanya. Nithmount, Loyal Grant. Four lengths; 2Ji lengths. Time, 3.11 2-5. The rider of Bronze Emerald fell in the second division of the Jervois Handicap and injured his ribs. He was sent to hospital. Great Northern Hurdles, of £1750; 2| miles.—4-5 Esperance Bay, 9.8 (Hawes), 1; 1-1 Streamline, 11.5 (Ridgway), 2; 10-10 Master Appellant, 9.5 (Maria). 3. Scratched: Aussie Ra, Limbohm, Donegal, Erlick. A nose; six lengths. Time, 4.37. NAPIER PARK Park Steeples, of £150; about 2h miles—l-1 Birkology, 10.9 (Nicholson), 1; 3-3 Anini, 9.7 (Caveney), 2; 2- Son and Heir, 9.6 (McLaughlin), 3. Scratched: Lucullus Boy. Half a length; four lengths'. Time, 4.59. Trial Handicap, of £BS; 6 fur. —1-1 Tea Lord, 8.10 (Callinan), 1; <6-6 Ruling Moments, 8.0 (Vaughan), 2; 5-4 Miss Hallomet, 8.0 (Dulieu), 3. Scratched: Vengeance. A neck; a head. Time, 1.16. Winter Oats Handicap, of £100; i fur. —6-6 Diana Tetrix, 8.9 (Howard), 1; 5-5 Flying Spy, 8.0 (Marsh), 2; 2-3 Black Thread, 10.0 (Dulieu), 3. , Scratched: Shu, Proclamation, Solaria. A length and a half; half a length. Time, 1,27. WANGANUI Balgownie Hack Handicap, of £150; 9 fur—3 Young Charles, 9.8 (Atkins). I - 2 Tau-uru, 8.9 (Waddell), 2; 1 Mountain Fox, 9.8 (Broughton). 3. Scatched: Caution. Half a length; <• length. Time, 1.54 4-5, Grandstand Steeples, of £250; about 2A miles.—7 Karere-Nui, 9.0 (Grindlay), 1; 1 Lady Callaghan, 10.1 (Tito). 2; 5 Manteau, 9.0 (Toki), 3. All started. Two lengths; 10 lengths. Time, 4.44 3-5. DUNEDIN Achilles Plate, of £200; 1 mile 2.J fur.—3-4 Islay Downs, 11.9 (E. R. Curtis), 1; 1-1 Taxpayer, 11.6 (E. White), 2; 2-2 Merry Simon, 11.5 (W. T. Boyle), 3. Scratched: Remembo. Four lengths each way. Time. 2.30 4-5. Wingatui Steeples, of £300; about 2$ mites. —3-3 Whirr, 10.0 (Hamill), 1; 1-2 Spendthrift, 10.11 (T. J. Boyle), 2; 5-5 Gay Boa, 9.5 (Preston), 3. Scratched: Pride o’ Central. Seven lengths; 20 lengths. Time, 5.11. CANTERBURY TROTS Winter Handicap, of £700; (4.27); 2 , miles—2-3 King Potts, It (T. H. Gunning), 1; 2-3 Great Divide, It ( (L. McTigue), coupled with Fine Art, 2; 1-1 Nelson Eddy, 12yds (L. O Thomas), 3. All started. Half a length; a head. Times, 4.27 3-5, 4.27 4-5 4.27. Ellesmere Handicap, of £250 (2.53); 1 : > miles.—4-4 Positive, It. (P. Gallagher), 1; 5-3 Turco, 12yds (J. Walsh) 2;'9-10 Stylish Boy, It. (G. Cameron), 3. Scratched: Marque, Nationalist. A neck; a length. Times, 2.46 2-5, 2.45 3- 2.46 4-5. GISBORNE RUGBY Much interest was taken this afternoon in the Poverty Bay v. Army Rugby match played on the Oval. As a preliminary to the main fixture the Poverty Bay Rugby Union conducted a schoolboys* seven-a-sidc tournament. The net gate takings were to be devoted to the soldiers’ rehabilitation fund. , Ten school teams took part ancl played a round of five games. The competition was not on the knock-out principle In the first game of the series one of the Marist B playeis, ■ Ross Corcoran, twisted his ankle and was taken to the Cook Hospital by the St. John Ambulance. Results were: —High School D 24, Marist C 0.; High School C 6, Intermediate C 3; Marist B 3, High School ■ B 3; High School A 15, Intermediate , B 0; Marist A 5, Intermediate AO. , GISBORNE SCHOOLS’ SOCCER < . Two Intermediate School teams, A j and B, met in the semi-final of the ( Poverty Bay Football Association’s j schoolboys’ tournament this afternoon. Intermediate A defeated Intermediate B, in the semi-final round by one , goal to nil. The same teams contested the final also, and Intermediate A was successful again, this time by five goals to nil. GISBORNE BASKETBALL j The 1941 basketball season was officially opened at the Poverty Bay I Basketball Association’s courts this afternoon by the Mayoress, Mrs. N. H. j Bull, throwing the ball through the j hoop. Prior to this the president of the association, Mrs. T. J. Corkery, I introduced the Mayoress, -Mrs. W. A. Bowie, patroness of the association, I and Mr. H. H. De Costa, who was deputising in the absence of the Mayor, to the assembled teams. I

A special inarch past by the 28 teams taking part in the annual King’s Birthday tournament was staged, after which Mr. De Costa wished the association luck in its new season and Mrs. Bull netted the first official goal. Further results of the tournament are:

Third Round.—Cash Stores 20, High School E 7; Eastwoods C 14, High School G 8; H.S.O.G. A 1 13. Rata 4; St. Mary’s A 8, Kiwi 4; Public Service 13, St. Mary’s B 1 5; Nurses 13, Marathon 12; Mangapapa A 10, High School A 7; St. Mary’s B 27, Tuis 6; H.S.O.G. A 24, H.S.O.G. B 4; Eastwoods B 9, Ayton House 6; High School 12, High School F 5; St. Mary’s Cl 8, High School D 6; Mangapapa C 9, St. Mary’s C 3 5: High School C 12, St. Mary’s C2 7. Fourth Round. —Eastwoods C 11, High School E 8; R'ata 17, High School G 0; H.S.O.G. A 1 15, Kiwi 3; St. Mary’s A 11, St. Mary’s B 1 5; Public Service 10, Marathon 4; Nurses 9, Mangapapa 4; Tuis 10, High School A 6; H.S.O.G. A 28, St. Mary’s B 27; H.S.O.G. B 12, Ayton House 11; Eastwoods B 16, High School F 6; High School B 14, High School B 9; St. Mary’s Cl 9, Mangapapa C 8; St. Mary’s C 3 10, St. Mary’s C2 9.