WANGANUI RACES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 2 June 1937, Page 6

WANGANUI RACES.

FIRST DAY ON SATURDAY. Opening on Saturday next, and continuing on the King’s Birthday holiday (June 9), the Wanganui Jockey Club’s steeplechase meeting promises to be one of the meet attractive provided in the river city. Ithasdrawh big fields of first-class horses, some of which, because of the bold policy adopted by the Wanganui club in the allotment of stake money, are racing thero instead ot at Ellerslio. Racing will start at noon and conclude at 4.5 p.m. Special trains at excursion fares will be available for patrons from the Manawatu district, with whom the Wanganui fixture is very popular. There will be a single pool totalisalor and an additional feature will be the dividend indicator. Easy and well-controlled facilities for ear-parking have been arranged. Alterations havo been made at the racecourse whereby the spaco for this purpose has been increased threefold. Principal among the first day’s events ore the Century Hurdles (of £350), the Empire Handicap (£250), and the Grandstand Steeplechase (£250). With the class of horses engaged exciting racing should be witnessed. ACCEPTANCES ANNOUNCED. The following acceplanccs for the first day of the Wanganui Jockey Club’s winter meeting have been declared:— 12.0 PURUA HACK HURDLES, of £l5O. One mile, four furlongs and a quarter.

Red Manfred 11 0 Red Rufus 9 8 Hunting Petrarch 9 2 Queen 10 8 Kentucky Song 9 0 Ethiop 12.40— 10 0 WINTER OATS, of £200. Six furlongs. Ben Braggic 9 12 Solaria 8 2 Notiurn 8 11 Hunting l.odgo 8 0 Gold Mission Tonnerro 8 11 Collodion 8 0 8 6 Moatoa 8 0 1.20— CENTURY HURDLES, of £350. T wo miles and 194 yards. Clarion Call 11 2 Beau Gallante 9 6 Ruaform 10 3 John Charles 9 2 Journet 9 12 Sporting Song 9 2 Brigadoro 9 9 Red Rufus 9 0 Contact 2.0— 9 4 BALGOWNIE HACK HANDICAP, of £175. One mile and 110 yards. Dictate 9 8 Maahanui 8 3 Brazen King 9 8 Galtecmore 8 2 Myrio.ni 9 1 Spender 8 2 Airing 9 1 Eara 8 2 Hunting Maid 8 12 Naughty 0 Lady Siegfried 8 11 Marietta 8 Corona 8 11 Cloudy Bay 8 0 The Sandwich Koura Ilua 8 0 Man 8 6 Parakino 8 0 2.40— GRANDSTAND i STEEPLECHASE, of £350. Two miles ami a half. Bonnie Rollox 11 7 Battleground 9 0 Riotous 10 12 Rioghail 9 0 Sporting Song 9 11 Platter 9 0 Royal Banquet 3.20— 9 8 EMPIRE HANDICAP, of £250. One milo and a distance. Friesland 9 9 Master Norval 7 9 Taitoru 8 13 Sir Nigel 7 9 l’ukcko 8 11 Rcipar 7 8 Tiger Gain 8 9 Lo Grand 7 8 Rona Bay 8 9 Royal Banquet 7 8 Red Manfred 8 4 Davistock 7 8 Mandamus 7 13 Solaria 7 7 International 4.5— 7 11 BOROUGH HACK HANDICAP, of £150. Six furlongs. Dictate 9 9 Te Huia 8 3 Flying Chief 9 6 Race Call 8 2 Taro 9 5 Parakino 8 0 Airing 9 4 Captain 0 Winsome Lu 8 13 Treville 8 Dawning Light 8 10 Fleeting Arrow 8 ,0 Ngatirahiri 8 5 River Feale 8 0 Rotoma 8 5 Malibu .8 0 Maahanui 8 5 Fair Isle 8 0 Eara 8 5