Dead Heat In Cup Trial

Northern Advocate, 9 December 1940, Page 9

Dead Heat In Cup Trial

[Special to “Northern Advocate”] HAMILTON, This Day.

The Waikato Trotting Club’s summer meeting on Saturday produced several double-figure dividends. Only two each-way favourites, Our Jewel and Betty Boop, and one place favourite, Cloverdale, were successful. The totalisator handled £23,997, compared with £27,277 last year, a decrease of £3280. Concluding results: Claudelands Handicap, of 200sovs.; trotters; limit, 4.52; two miles. —(5-4) Vain Lad, 36yds, 1; (1-1) Air Pilot, 24yds, 2; (2-2) Sir Tony, 12yds, 3/ Four other starters. Length; length and a half. Time, 4.39.

Te Kowhai Handicap, of 160sovs.; limit/ C4B;-. two miles.—(2-1) Cloverdale, 12yds, 1; (5*4) Silver Watch,

12yds, 2; (1-2) Whanako, 12yds, 3. Four other starters. Four lengths; head. Time, 4.37 4-5.

Auckland Cup Trial, of 27550v5., and trophy valued at £25: limit, 2.48; one mile and a quarter.—(s-3) Bold Venture, It., and (3-4) Bayard, 24yds, dead heat 1; (9-9) Our Peggy, 24yds, 3. Seven other starters. Dead heat; half a length. Times, 2.43 and 2.41. Ohaupo Handicap, of 17550v5.; limit, 3.31; one mile and a half.—(l-1) Betty Boop, 12yds, 1; (2-3) Ropata, It., 2; (10-9) Kewpie’s Queen, 12yds, 3. Nine other starters. Four lengths; neck. Time, 3.19 1-5.