PILLIEWINKIE WINS GOVERNOR’S PLATE

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3287, 5 March 1926, Page 7

PILLIEWINKIE WINS GOVERNOR’S PLATE

Third Success at V.R.C. Meeting THE NIGHT PATROL FOR LLOYD STAKES [By Electric Cable—Copyright.! [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.l (Received Thursday, 8 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 4. Despite muggy weather there was a satisfactory attendance at the races, I the Governor-General and State Governor being present. Notes On The Racing. Batouch always was well placed and won the Hurdles easily, ridden by E. i Moon who also won Saturday’s Hurdle race. Cyden credited trainer James Scobies with that mentor’s twelfth ! win in the Ascot Vale Stakes and led all the way. Cyden, a Derby candl- | date, who has now won tnree times, Is owned by a lady. Mrs. M. Palkiner. The Stale Governor’s horse The I Night Paltrol, won the Lloyd Stakes brilliantly and had a great reception. Highlander in the last half-mile of the Autumn Handicap, got through jon the rails and won well in course record time. Lloyd Stakes fractional times wore: , First two furlongs 25 l-2secs., next two 24 l-2sccs., last four 4Ssecs. i Young Wins Xtig Double. Pilliewinkie led in the last ten furlongs of the Governor’s Plate and won easily, his third success of the meeting and rider G. Young’s second victory to-day. Fractional times: First mile lihin 47 l-2secs.. laslt six furlongs, Imin 14 1-4hpcs., concluding mile linin. 40 8-4 secs. How The Day Went. AUTUMN HURDLE HANDICAP; Batouch, 10.12 (E. Moon) .. 1 Gulgo. 12.11 2 Temple Bar, 9.10 .. .*. .. 3 Eight started. Won by three lengths, four lengths separating second and third. Eric Red was fourth. Time. 4.46. ASCOT VALE STAKES. Cyden, 8.7 (A. Wilson) .. .. 1 Switzerland, 8.10 (F. Forbes) 2 Margaux, 8.7 (W. Scanlon ~ 3 Lon Lanson also ran. Won by two and a-half lengths, a neck separating second and third. Time, 1.13, a race record. LLOYD STAKES. The Night Patrol 9.1 (G. .. Young) .. i Heroic, 9.0 (H. Cairns) .. ~ 2 Fuji San, 8.11 (J. Toohey) .. 3 The Hawk also ,ran. The. Night Patrol led for the last six furlongs and won easily by three lengths, two and a-holf lengths separating second and third. Time, 1.38. AUTUMN HANDICAP. [ Highlander, 7.11 1 ! Lycurdides, 6.7 s King of Mirth, 8.10 3 Nine starters. Won by half a length, a length separating second and third. Time, 2.45. GOVERNOR’S PLATE. Pilliewinkie 9.0 (G. Young) .. 1 Pantheon, 9.0 (S. Cracknell) . . 2 Lilypond. 9.9 (W. Duncan) .. 3 Only starters. Won by three lengths four lengths separating second and third. Time, 2.35 3-4. RIVER HANDICAP. Caserta, 8.9 .. .. ~ 1 Proud King, 6.11 .. .. 2 Lady Warwick, 8.8 3 Eight started. Won by two and a- ! half lengths, two lengths separating second and third. Time, 2.7, TROTTING CLUB LOSES £SOOO. GREY GRANDSTAND BURNED. [Per Press Association.] GREYMOUTH. Last Night. A destructive fire started at 1.20 p.m. in the main grandstand of the Greymouth Trotting Club, Victoria Park. ' It wa s built in 1923, covering an area of 150 feet by 36 feet, a ferroconcrete structure. It was speedily converted into a vast furnace and in forty minutes the whole internal wooden structure was demolished. Thick iron staunchions and girders were twisted like wire, and only the walls are remaining. The damage is estimated at £13,000, and the insurances total £BOOO. | The fire is believed to have started in a disused part, beneath the seats, and a southerly wind drove the flames through the structure, rendering salvage work impossible.