Heavy Track At Ellerslie

Northern Advocate, 11 August 1938, Page 11

Heavy Track At Ellerslie

[Special to- "Northern Advocate”} AUCKLAND, This Day. Trainers had to use No. 2 grass track at Ellerslie this morning, on which the poles were five feet out, but, owing to recent rain, the going was heavy and cut out badly. No particularly fast times were recorded. Kilonsa and Land Girl were the first out, and were timed to run six furlongs in 1.21 1-5. Tybalt sprinted half a mile in 55 seconds. Knight of Australia and Wee Pat got to the end of set*n furlongs in 1.40 4-5, the last half-mile taking 56 4-5 seconds. Palmint was under restraint throughout the last half-mile of his work, which took 58 seconds. Aero Queen, after taking 40 2-5 seconds for the first three furlongs, continued on to complete six in 1.23 3-5.

Fidelis and Games finished up a useful task with a sprint down the j straight. j Hunting Maid came home from the j half-mile post in 56 2-5 seconds. El Meynell strode over a round, increasing the pace over the last three j furlongs, which occupied 40 seconds. ! Maheke traversed three furlongs in | 44 1-5 seconds, and Electric Spear v/as timed to run six furlongs in 1.27 3-5. King Musk ran half a mile in 54 3-5 seconds, and Silver Quex and Paint were given a short sprint, but were not doing better than 15 seconds to the furlong. Hesketoon and Tane Mahutu strode home from the half-mile post in 58 2-5 seconds. Fleetwind was holding Lady Defoe at the end of five furlongs in 1.10 1-5, the first two taking -26 4-5 seconds. The best six furlongs of the morning was credited to Valmint, who finished in front of Armacourt in 1,21. They ran the first three in 39 seconds, and Valmint impressed. Jonathan and Trilliarch completed a round in 1.56 2-5, taking 1.27 2-5 for their last six furlongs. Ringshot and Boy Lu sprinted three furlongs in 41 1-5 seconds. Shy completed his work with,a run down the straight, and Illumani was also allotted serviceable work. Marie's Aero, who has boon, on the easy list for a week, sprinted three furlongs in 40 2-5 seconds. Philcourt and Trackman were going comfortably, and traversed half a mile in 58 1-5 seconds, the first furlong taking 15 seconds. Captain Bruce completed half a mile in 54 3-5 seconds. This hack has improved a good deal during the last fortnight.

Japanese claim to have captured strong defences on the south bank of the Yangtse, near Shaho, states the Shanghai correspondent of “The Times.” Floods increasingly threaten operations on both sides. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has ordered evacua-

tion of 500,000 civilians from Hankow before Monday. The first 300,000 have moved out.

Sir Malcolm Campbell twice unsuccessfully attempted to beat his own motor-boat speed record of 129.5 miles per hour to-day. He averaged 122.6 miles per hour. With a new engine in the Bluebird, giving an extra 200 h.p.. Sir Malcolm will again attempt the record on Friday.

* * * * Y PETITION by Mr E. Earle Vaile, of Mountain Road, Auckland, was presented to the House of Representatives yesterday by Mr A. F. Moncur tGovernment—Rotorua), praying that immediate effect be given to the unanimous recommendation of Royal Commissions. committees of the House of Representatives, and Chief Engineers of the Public Woiks Department, recommending the construction of a railway from Rotorua to Taupe. The petition sets cut that in 1923 the building of the lino as far as Rotorua was authorised, and a sum of money was voted by Parliament, work actually being commenced. In 1929 Sir Joseph Ward stopped the construction after the expenditure of >144 000.