Picnic Races’ £1100 For Patriotic Funds

Northern Advocate, 24 April 1944, Page 5

Picnic Races’ £llOO For Patriotic Funds

Appreciating the novelty of again seeing horse racing on the Kensington Fark course, Whangarei people turned out in such force to see the Whangarei Racing Club's picnic meeting for patriotic funds on Saturday that £269 was taken at the gates. With additional funds accruing from sideshows, competitions and stalls, total receipts for patriotic funds exceeded £llOO One return has still to come and with this included the total return is expected to be £llOO.

Although the weather was showery the showers were so well spaced that the public experienced little inconvenience and the day’s racing was thoroughly enjoyed. All competitions, stalls and sideshows were well patronised and did their share in swelling the receipts. The racing in nearly every event was good, with some of the finishes extremely close. The organisation for the meeting could hardly have been bettered. Officials of the club and other helpers gave willingly of their services and the result was a smoothness of operation which could hardly have been improved. If was a most enjoyable day. with a gratifying response from the public, an opportunity for horse owners to try out their animals, and a great fillip for the patriotic funds. Concluding results: EL A LAM FIX MAX Dll 'AD-, ~f r*,. Minimum weight, K.--L Seven und ;t-1 1 M1 f furlong;-:. I’AN API.', Alt'. (.'. 11. i 'lnlwot'tli v's (Owner; ' i MONARCH LAD. Mr. ' A. Riddell's (K. Carroll) •< BRIGHT ALMA, Mrs. C. 11. Finl.ivsoi.'s <M. Teller) ~ \... :j

Also started: Tu inane (T. Clot worthy;, Wfiakatane (V. Puncheon), orewai (T, (ioldsboro), Bronze Wing (W. Ale K nigh:). Two lengths each way. Time. ;.:,2. Bronze Wing led Crum the stall Hi front, of the stands, but with , nly half a. furlong gone, Wlinkatane fell. Along Ihe back'. Orewai led from Bright Aiima. followed by Monarch Lad, Ihe iast-named taking charge at the lop from Bright Alma, and I’anapu, which bad moved up, into the straight, Bright Alma and Monarch Lad hold the lead, inn Pan.-ipii issued a strong' challenge and got up to hem Monarch Lad by two lengths, with Bright Alma a. similar distance awnv third. FINAL IJAXI.HOAB. of .1212.' .Minimum weight lOst, Till. Six furlongs. PAN A PC, Mr. C. H. ('lot won h.Vs (Owner) 1 WHAKATANE, .Mr. F. Taylor’s \k. Carroll) , .. . . 2 OLD TOM, Mr. 'l', ijelheringloii's ( li. .Martin) , Also started: Black Majesty (L. Blaisled), Aialite (T. Goldsboro), Parian (T. Clotworth.v), Blaze Away (D. Fraser), Hook (W. Ogle), Mountaineer (J. Sloaue). Timoshenko (Al. 'l'elfeij. Won by a nose, with half a. length between second and third. Time, 1.22. Tell starters went ('tit for the concluding event. Timoshenko was first mu, followed by Old Toni, and along ihe buck the field was well bunched, but across tlatop Old Tom showed out from Pannpu. Into the straight, Pannpu showed the way from Old Tom, Timoshenko and Vliukarane, and in th<- run home Panapti h*■ !<i on to win by a nose from the fast-finish-in.g Whakalane. with Old Tom iliir.-',

half a length away