Rain Spoils Feilding Meeting
[Per Press Association. Copyright. 3 . FEILDING, This Day.
Heavy rain, which lasted practically the whole day, spoiled the first day of the Feilding Jockey Club’s Easter meeting. Both the attendance and the totalisator investments were heavily affected, the total betting being £18,173, compared with £27,250 10/ for the first day last year, a decrease of £9077 10/. Toward the end of the day the course and grounds became a quagmire. Concluding results:—
Mahgaone Handicap, of 350 sovs.; six furlongs.—(s) Aureus, 7.6, 1; (2) Notium, 8.0, 2; (3) Great Hope,, 7.7 h 3. Scr.: Laughing Lass, Three-quarters of a length each way. Time: 1.16 4-5. , Onepuhi Handicap, of 200 sovs.; one mile and a distance.—(s) Purote, 7.7, 1; (2) Conveyer, 8.6, 2; * (4) Scarf Dance, 7.7, 3. Scr.; Bonny Glow, Requiem, Highball. Neck; two lengths. Time: 2.3 3-5.
Ongo Handicap, of 150 sovs.; six furlongs.—(l) Requiem, car. 7.7, 1; (5) Malibu, car. 7.3, 2; (7) Noisy Night, 7.0, 3. Scr.: Erebus, Rhodesian. Five lengths; a head. Time: 1.18. Halcombe Handicap, of 220 sovs.; seven furlongs.—(l) Old Surrey, 8,0, 1; Roaming, car. 8.7, 2; (4) Matoru, 7.3, 3. Scr.; The Bigot, Davistock, Lickern. Three lengths; one length. Time; 1.33.
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Northern Advocate, 18 April 1938, Page 9
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