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Inangahua Times, 24 August 1931, Page 4

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(Per United Press Assn.") PAKURANGA RACES SATURDAY'S RESULTS Auckland, August 22 Beautiful weather favoured the Pakuranga Hunt Club’s annual meeting held to-day. There was a fair attendance. The course was slightly holding. The tote took compared with £T34,871J last year. Results : Greenmount Steeples St Lucas 1 ■i Lenaubin ... 2 , Mountain Lava ■ 3 Won by six lengths. Time 529 ?5 Harris Memorial Handicap Land Measure ... 1 Te Homai ... . 2 Penny Plain ... 3 Won by five lengths. Time 2SO Sylvia Park Handicap Valueless ... 1> 1 ’ Emancipation .... 2 Ganpat ... 3 ! Won by two lengrhs. Time 129 Jellicoe Handicap Malahat ... 1 Catoma ... 2 Gay Cockade ... 1 Won by three-quarters of a length Time 2 10 4 5

Pakuranga Handicap Nukutere ... 1 Billy Boy ... 2 King’s Counsel ... 3 Won by a length and a half. Time 6 15 Auckland Handicap Taurus ... I Wild Country ... 2 Grand Spirit ... 3 Won by half a length. Time 141 ' Ladies’ Bracelet Dominican ... 1 'V Little WoDder ... 2 Ruby Dawn ... 3 ‘ Won by three lengths. Time 214 2’5 .

Dunedin Handicap Biddy’s Boy ... 1 Royal Artist ... 2 Taneriri ... 3 Won by three-quartets of a length. Time 1 14 (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) N.Z tiORSES _ AT ROSEHILL Sydney, Aug 21 I At Rosehill races yesterday, annual spring carnival candidates were engaged. Several NfeW Zeas land horses also figured promin. ■ently. Mina G was placed second in the Granville Stakes, Lrae Song finished second in the dHt division of the Dundas Handicap, while Chide and Havaspot Were ' placed first and second respectively jn*the Hcond division of the same race. Tbe Three and Four Year Old Handicap first division was wpn by Vielmond, The New Zealand horses Cypress and , Hunt the Slipper were unplaced lu the second division of the same race.

- WILLI AMSTOWN RACES POSTPONED. Melbourne, Ang 23 . Drenching rain caused a postponement of the Williamsiown races yesterday untflTuesday. Great disappointment was express, ed among racing men in all States, it being Phar Lap’s first.outing in the Underwood Stakes, in which there are also a couple of New Zealanders, and everybody is anxious to learn whether Phar Lap is as mighty as ever, following his sickness earlier in the year at Adelaide. VICTORIAN "g.N.. STEEPLES Melbourne, Aug 23 The Grand National Steeplechase resulted —Narplnme 1 ■ Emra 2;, Janonagne 3. Twelve ‘ started. Won by two and halt lengths: time 67}.