LATE SITING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20630, 11 August 1941, Page 7

LATE SITING

METROPOLITAN TROTS BRONZE EAGLE SUCCEEDS (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting opened to-day in fine but misty weather. The track is firm, and there is a large attendance. An inquiry was held after the running of the Introductory Handicap, a protest having been lodged against the third placing, Shadeland, on the ground of galloping. The judicial committee placed Hatrack third and Shadeland fourth. Introductory Handicap, of £300; 13 fur. —1-1 Certissimus, 24yds behind (Teahen), 1; 3-3 Within, It. (W. J. Doyle), 2; Hatrack, It.. 3. All started. Three lengths; head. Times, 3.43, 3.45 2-5, 4.5 3-5. Advance Handicap, of £300; 2 miles. —2-3 Hardy Oak, 12yds behind (D. E. Hooper), 1; 1-1 Turco, 12yds (J. Walsh), 2; 4-2 Nationalist, It. (V. Alborn), 3. All started. Three lengths; half a length. Times, 4.31 2-5, 4.32, 4.37 1-5. Queen Mary Handicap, of £500; 2 miles. —2-2 Bronze Eagle, It. (J. B. Pringle), 1; 1-1 Haughty, It. (O. E. Hooper), coupled with Kilrea, 12yds, 2; 4-4 Freemont, 24yds (J. McKenury), 3. All started. Neck; one length. Times, 4.24, 4.24 2-5, 4.22 3-5.