Sporting

Northern Advocate, 28 January 1939, Page 15

Sporting

! PAHIATUA RACES i | Rustem Wins Cup I [Special to “Northern ”] ■ PAHIATUA, This Day. j The Pahiatua Racing Club’s annual meeting opened yesterday. The totalisator handled £10,288/10/-, compared with £9228/10/- last year, an increase ~ of £IO6O. I Results: —

1 Pahiatua Cup,, of 180 sovs.; 1.1 miles. .—(5) Rustem, 7.8, 1; (2) Helen Ford, ,7.3, 2; (2) Lucullus Lad, 8.8, 3. Six other starters. Short length; threequarters of a length. Time: 2.8 2-5. Nursery Handicap, of 110 sovs.; two-year-olds; five furlongs.—(l) Endorsement, 8.10, 1; (3) Newbury Queen, 7.8, 2. (10) Tidal Lass. 7.7, 3. Eleven other ‘starters. Five lengths; short head. Time: 1.3.

Hamua Handicap, of 110 sovs.; one mile and 110 yards.—(s) Rarotonga, 8.3, 1; (4) Earl Colossus, 8.11, 2; (6) War Lap, 8.1, 3. Five other starters. A head; half a head. Time: 1.50 2-5.

Makuri Handicap, of 110 sovs.; six furlongs and 55 yards.—(2) Saki, 8.4, 1; (7) Aurora’s Star, 7.10, 2; (4) Sudan, 8.8, 3. Seven other starters. Length each way. Time: 1.19 4-5. Eketahuna Handicap, of 120 sovs.; six furlongs and 55 yards.—(l) Export, 7.13, 1; (2) Gay Chou, 9.4, 2; (3) Brunhild, 7.9, 3, Three other starters. A head; length and a-half. Time: 1.18 4-5.