COROMANDEL WINS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 59, Issue 4271, 26 April 1950, Page 8

COROMANDEL WINS

AT EASTER MEETING THE MEIKLE FAMILY NAMED AFTER BIRTHPLACE By winning the first race of the day at the Easter Monday meeting of the Auckland Racing Club, Mr A. W. Meikle’s horse, Coromandel, placed the n<me of Coromandel on the winging Bat at one of Auckland’s leading yaefag events. Coromandel is owned by Mr A. W. Meikle, a very old Coromandel-Mer-cury Bay family, Mr Meikle senior having been connected with business, mainly grocery and drapery at Mercury Bay for many years in the days Of task and sawmilling activities at the Bay. Now his son has put the game of Coromandel before the public by racing Coromandel in honour of the old town where his father was gg old time race horse competitor at Ifao Coromandel races dating back to the days when the Coromandel races were hold in the late Mr John Lynch’s ygddoek .gear the local pound. Um first race mooting was held there in 187$, the first on the goldMda. Bk later years the late Mr John Un* also raced among his many hgrooe racing at Auckland meetings named Coromandel, winning niuqr raesa with tk SmmmM ia days was a muiß la asoet pßapte’s months. Mt 'TMftfere Montgomery also races a Driving Creek, maned atftr the vtem ha Jho first Mg Brand in New Zealand was found atmtigiog Crack, Conmouidef. Dave Meikle took great tartweel hr and played an active part mod athletic sports, both at Mmmny Bay aad Coromandel. . Many old Coromandel people partieipdtad in the Easter dividend and wished owner and name a long and oooeeasfiti career.