THE GENT--SILVER BLUE PAY £16 FOR 10/-

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23218, 1 April 1950, Page 6

THE GENT--SILVER BLUE PAY £l6 FOR 10/-

(P.A.) WHANGAREI, April 1. There was beautiful weather and a large attendance for the first day of the Whangarei Racing Club's autumn meeting yesterday. The win of the three-year-old Brer Reynard in the Northland Hack Hurdles and his dividend of £69/10/6 provided Ihe highlight of the afternoon. His brother, The Gent, with the same owner, won the principal race, the Mclnnes Memorial.

j The totalisator. without the double ; total isator. handled £55.171/10/-. as against £45.528, on the first day of the last autumn meeting. The double machine handled £4335, making a grand total of £59,506/10/- for the day. TRIAL STAKES, of £330: 5 fur.— First Division: 2-2 MY SPOON, 7.11 <N. B. Holland). 1: 5-5 PETITION. 7.11 iT. Green). 2; 12-13 SILVER HOOK, 3.8 (Simpson), 3. Length and a half: 3 lengths. Time. 1.14 1-5. Dividends: Win, £2/1/-: places, £2/5/-, £3/0/6. Second Division: 6-6 SILLER BRAE. 8.8 (G. F Hughes). 1: 2-2 LORD “'REASURE, 7.11 (J. 11. Gillies). 2; 11-10 v/EE ANN, 8.3 (W. Simpson). 3. ’our lengths: 21 lengths. Time. 1.1. Dividends: Win, £9/13/-; places, £ 3/18/6, £2/5/-.

PORTLAND HACK HANDICAP, of £3ooi 6 fur.—l-1 SILVER ROBIN. 7.13 (Hughes) 1: 5-5 CIMBRETTE 7.9 (Mudford) 2: 9-9 LAW COURT. 7.9 (Martinovich) 3. Length; length. 4-4 Pursue was fourth. Time. 1.13. Dividends: Win, £2/18/6: places. £l/13/-, £2/16/-. £5.

NORTHLAND HACK HURDLES, of £350: H miles and 282yds. BRER REYNARD. 9.0 (Jenkins) 1: 1-1 MASTER ARTHUR. 10.2 (McKinnon) 2: 3-5 HAPPY FOX, 10.2 (Winder) 3. Length and three-quarters: halflength. Time. 3.9 3-5. Win. £69/10/6: places, £l3/13/6. £l/12/6. £2/11/-. 3-7 Lord Cranleigh was fourth. McINNES MEMORIAL HANDICAP, of £750; 1} miles. —5-3 THE GENT, 7.3 (Cathro). 1; 6-5 HAPPY ISSUE. 7.0 (Messervey). 2: 8-8 SHAMUS, 7.0 (Reynolds). 3. Two lengths: head. La Ferie was fourth. Time, 2.5 2-5. Dividends: Win, £7/5/6; places, £2/3/-, £2/11/-, £4/7/6.

CHAMPION HACK HANDICAP, of £400: H miles.—2-2 LANDSCAPE, 7.13 (Wells). 1: 1-1 BALLET. 8.2 (Hughes), 2: 4-4 VAALSWORTH. 7.13 (Holland). 3. Three and a half lengths; 24 lengths. High Warden was fourth. Time. 2.7. Dividends: Win, £4/9/-; places, £l/10/6, £l/1/6.

SETTLERS’ PLATE, of £400: 6 fur.— First Division: 9-7 SOEUR DE BEAU. 7.9. bracketed with Golden Banner ( Holland) 1; 12-10 ROBIN’S PRIDE. 8.0 (Ireland). 2; 3-2 ELLA LEE, 7.9, bracketed with Peek-a-boo (Hughes), 3. Half-length: half-head. Time. 1.14 4-5. Dividends: Win. £9/13/-: places, £3/9/6. £5/19/6. Second Division: 1-5 STATE CONTROL. 8.0, (Gillies), 1: 2-1 GOLD EDGE. 7.9. bracketed with Twirl (Green). 2: 14-12 KERRY PIPER. 8.0, bracketed with Oranmore (Ryan). 3. Length: half-length. Dividends: Win, £2/16/-; places, £2/13/6. £l/12/6. MAUNGATAPERE HANDICAP, of £450: 1 mile.—3-3 SILVER BLUE, 7.6 (Cathro). 1: 2-1 REGAL SIMON, 7.5 (Martinovich). 2; 9-9 REVELTIDE, 7.2 (Peters). 3. Length: three-quarters of a length. Time, 1.40. Dividends: Win, £5/11/6. places. £l/13/-. £l/11/6, £9/7/-. The double dividend returned £l6 for 10/-.

WAIPU HACK HANDICAP, of £230: 1 mile.—B-8 PREMONITION. 8.0 (Green), 1; 2-1 PROBATOR, 8.0 (Gillies). 2: 4-4 SHAMELESS. 7.13 (Ireland) 3. One and three-quarters of a length: length. Time. 1.10 2-5. Sheba was fourth. Dividends: Win, £26/18/-; places £6/5/6, £l/11/-, £2/-/6.