WHIPPET RACING

Grey River Argus, 1 November 1937, Page 5

WHIPPET RACING

SUCCESSFUL MEETING AT WESTPORT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] WESTPORT, October 31. The Buller Whippet Club held a very successful meeting at Gloucester Park to-day. The weather was fine, fields large, and attendance good. Racing was of a highly interesting character and was marked in many events by close finishes. The results were:— Extended Nursery, 150yds: S. Johnson’s Great Pal, 74yds, 1; R. Weekes’ Great Gift, 75 yds, 2; B. Smith’s Beantee, 7iyds, 3. Time 11 4-ssec. Open Flat, 200yds: First heat —T. Davis’ Argyle Lass, 105yds, 1; W. O’Neill’s Red Hope, 14yds, 2; T. Jenkins’ Rapid Fire, 14yds, 3. Time 11 4-ssec. Second heat—T. Dunn’s Racketeer, 105yds, 1; McFarlane’s Guy Fawkes, 3yds, 2; B. Smith’s Rea Step, 10yds, 3. Time 11 2-ssec. Final—■ Racketeer 1, Red Hope 2, Argyle Lass 3. Time 11 3-ssec. Maiden Flat: First heat—G. Dixon’s Top Sail, 14yds, 1; J. Torbjorsen’s Sam, 14yds, 2; B. Winchester’s All Spirits, 14yds, 3. Time 13sec. Second heat—W. McLaughlin’s Beach Boy, 14yds, and J. Roche’s Flying West, 14yds, dead-heat. Time 12 2-5. Final: Flying West 1. Beach Boy 2, Top Sail 3. Improvers’ Flat: W. Armstrong’s Hector’s Pride, 14yds, 1; W. McFarlane’s Kennil worth, 14yds, 2; M. Sara’s Black Jack, 14yds, 3. Time 12 2-ssec. Second heat—Scott and Bell’s Top Notch, 14yds, 1; W. Ward’s King Musk, 14yds, 2; B. Dixon’s Our Belle, 14yds, 3. Final: Hector’s Pride 1, Top Notch 2, Kennilworth 3. Time 12 2-5 sec.

Middle Flat: T. Jenkins’ ORaoid Fire, 12yds, 1; T. Hansby’s Paddy, 135 yds, 2; T. Davis’ Argyle Lass, 95yds, 3. Time 12sec.

Lightweight Handicap: G. Seaton’s Lady Valerie, 13yds, 1; J. Sara’s Black Jack, 14yds, 2. Time 12sec. Open Hurdles: First heat—T, Hansby’s Paddy, 19yds, 1; W. O’Neill’s Caliente, 15yds, 2; T. Dunn’s Racketeer, 14yds, 3. Second heat—W. O’Neill’s Red Hope, 17yds, 1; G. Seaton’s Synagogue, 17yds, 2; B. Smith’s Rea Step, 14yds, 3. Time 11 3-ssec. Final: Red Hope 1, Caliente 2, Synagogue 3. Time 11 2-ssec.