SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1710, 29 December 1919, Page 5

SPORTING.

MAN AW ATU RACING CLUB,

MEETING CONCLUDED TODAY,

Glorious weather conditions prevailed today when the Manawatu lacing Club .s summer meeting was concluded at Awapum. The course was again thronged with visitors while sportsmen wore present from all parts of the Island. The track wad m good order. Appended are the results up to the time of going to press:

WIIITMORE HACK, of 150 sovs; second horse 30 sovs and .third 15. sova. One mile and a furlong. Mr J J.*Corry'3 br m Imaribbon, 8.13 (W. Bell) ... ,•■ 1 Messrs Yallance and Spring's b m Uailartd 9.2 (A. McDonald) ... 2 Mr J McNicol's br g Woody Glen 9.2 (C. Reed) 3.

All started: Won by a head, length between second and third horses. ' Time, 1.56. TIRITKA HURDLES, of 200 sovs; second horrfe 40 60V3 and third 20 sovs. One mile and a-lialf. Mr A. Atwood's ch g Sail Home, 9.11 (A. McDonald) 1 Mr J. Bricc's b g Hautawa, 10.2 (J.

Kaan) Mr T. E. Whelch'6 b g Zeus, 11.2 (R

Thomson) o Scratched i Sir Donald and Sartosta. Won by three lengths. Time, 2.45 3.5

JUVENILE HANDICAP, of 200 sovs; second horse 40 sovs and third 20 sovs; for two and three-year-olds. Five furlongs.

Mr J. Walsingham's b f Canyon, 9.7 (L. Morris) ... 1 Messrs Cato and McKonzie'a b g Handy, 6.7 (M;o'Shea) ... ... < ... 2 Mr J. Coring Johnston's oh g Saima, 8.10 (A. Oliver) 3 Scr: Import. Won by two lengths. Time. 1.1 2.5, LIVERPOOL HANDICAP, of 600 sovs; second horse 120 sovs and third 60 sovs. One mile and a furlong.

Executors lato W. J. Douglas' ch h* Maioha, 8.4 (A. Oliver) "1 Mr F, S. Eastern's br m Moutoa Ivanovo, 7.4 (C. Carmont) 2 Mr J- Hurley's br g Demos, 7.7 (M. McCarten) , ... 3 Scratched: Kilrush. Heads separated the placed horses. Time, 1.52 4-5.

WESTBURY HACK, of 150 sovs; second horse 30 sovs and third 15 sovs. Five furlongs..

Mr J. Hbtet's Tama-a-roa, 8.2

(a Reed) 1 Mr C. H. Cato's Sycorax, 7.2 (J. Cochrane) 2 Mr D. O'Reillv'a b m Nursing Sister, 8.10 (A. Oliver) 3 Scratched: Hallowvonia and Barleycorn. Won by a length. Time, 1.2 3-5. AUCKLAND MEETING. (Pes Pbcsb association.) AUCKLAND Dec. 29. For the Auckland Racing Club's second day there is fino weather and a fair attendance. Results: Bowen Handicap.—Ruatara 1, War Tank 2, Oak Abbey 3. Scr.: Clonmel. Won by u length. Time, 1.15 4-5. Islington Plate.—Gloaming 1, Rossini 2, Ilymestru.3. All started. Won by a length, four lengths between second and third horses. Time, 1.38 4-5. , Electric Handicap.—Silver Link 1, Miss Mimic 2, Scrap o'Paper 3. Scratched: King Abbey. Won by li lengths. Time, lmin. WESTLAND R.C. MEETING. HOKITIKA, Dec. 29. Glorious weather prevails for the second day of tho Westland R.C. meeting. The course is; in splendid order, and'there is a largo "attendance. Results: Stafford Handicap.—Tantallus 1, Warform 2, Tunio 3. Also started: Ilokitika. Won easily. Time, 1.27. . Tasman Hurdles.—Arlington 1, Cast Iron 2 Silver Shield 3. Won bv two lengths. Goldfields Handicap.—'Golden Morn 1, Tronthanj Rose 2, War Tax 3. Scratched: Sundance; .Tyspu, Gallop In. Won by a good .'ength. Time, 1.6.

FAMOUS TROTTER SHOT

«'A BOURGEOIS HORSE."

Au«tralian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received D. c-mber 29, 9.20 a.m. ' COPENHAGEN, Doc. 26. The Bolsheviks in Russia shot the famous trotter Kgepysh. which won £35,000 in prizes, on the ground that it was a bourgeois noise.