AUCKLAND TROTS.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 31. The weather is fine and dull for the Auckland Trotting Club’s 'August meeting. The course is holding and the attendance good. Results: INTRODUCTORY HANDICAP, of £150; trotters; 3.49 class. Ono mile and a-half. 1-1 AXWORTHY STAR 6Cyds bhd (Gorrard) ••• 1 14-14 KAIPAKI BILL scr. (Mitchell) 2 7-6 GOLD KIP, 60yds bhd (Bell) ... 3 Also etarted: Avalon Bingen. Car Bingen, Jimmy Parrish, Might Surprise, Ottawa Lass, Port Chalmers, Rara Avis, Silver Countess, Tenacity, Trafalgar Boy, Wharekawa, William, scr., Baby Triumph 12yds behind, Peter Harvester, 48. Kaipaki Bill, paving just on a century, finished first but galloped past the post and the stewards reversed the placing?. A neck; two lengths. Times: 3.47 2-5, 3.47 3-5, 3.48 3-5. -
Axworthy Star is owned and trained at Ashhurst.
MOUNT EDEN HANDICAP, of £210; 3.5 class. One mile and a quarter. First Division. 2-2 MITAYA, scr (Stewart) 1 9-10 ROCKFEL. scr (Broughton) ... 2 1-1 VILLAGE MAID, scr (F. J. Smith). 3 Also started : Blushworthy, Bold Boy, Escobar, Katoomba, Pearl Uro, Sparkling Pointer scr, Northern Smile 12yds bhd, Davey Day 12yds bhd. One and a-half lengths; two lengths. Times: 2.58, 2.58 3-5, 2.59 3-5. Fly Across was coupled with Village Maid.
MOUNT EDEN HANDICAP, of £210; 3.5 elate. One mile and a quarter. Second division. 5- C'LOVERDALE, scr (McMillan) ... 1 2-2 WHANAKO, 48yds bhd (Lee) ... 2 6- GUIDE PETER, scr (Vernall) ... 3 Also started: Ayrshire Scott, Ely Across, Rama Direct, Flying News, Magis Task, Neutrality, Sir Echo, Tapairu, Velvet Cushion scr. Two and a half lengths; six lengths. Times: 2.55 2-5, 2.52, 3.0 1-5. AUGUST HANDICAP, of £SOO ; 3.24 class. One mile and a half.
4-6 MOLLY DIRECT, 12yds bhd (Stewart) 1 1-1 HILLGREST, 12yd* bhd (Cults) ... 2 3-2 BOLD VENTURE, 12yds bhd (Mitchell) 3 Also started : Fortcx, Kcwpie’s Triumph, Nawton Parrish scr, Equipoise, Kewpic’s King 12yds bhd. Our McKinney, Our War, Parauri, Three Bells 24, Bayard 48. A head; five lengths. Times, 3.24 1-5, 3.24 2-5, 3.27.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 234, 31 August 1940, Page 8
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