SPORTING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 June 1937, Page 12

SPORTING

AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB BIG EVENT TO KING’S PLAY IBy Telegraph—Press Association! AUCKLAND, 23rd June. Concluding results at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting were as follows: C. F. MARK MEMORIAL HANDICAP, of £350; 4.34 class; two miles.— 1- King’s Play (M. Stewart) .... 1 2- Our McKinney, 24 yds bhd 2 5-6 Ironside, scr 3 Scratched: Gold Dredge. Won by three lengths; five lengths. Times, 5.9 1-5, 5.10, 5.15. Members’ Handicap, of £180; 3.37 class; one and a half miles. —4-1 Te Kahu, 12 yds bhd (J. T. Paul), 1; 3-3 Swordsman, 24 yds bhd, 2; 8-8 Carl Mack, 36 yds bhd, 2. Scratched: Elissa, Mute, Franz Derby. Won by two and a

half lengths; two lengths. Times: 3.56 1-5, 3.56 1-5,. 3.52 2-5. '

Suburban Handicap; of~-£165r~3.35 class; one and a half miles.—7;7 Compass, 24 yds bhd (C. Moran), 1; .5-5 Argolis, 12 yds bhd, 2; 4-4 Lucky Love, scr, 3. Scratched: Charteris Bay, Transfer, Kewpie’s Crest. Won by a length, two and a half lengths. Times: 3.50 3-5, 3.52, 3.54.

Liverpool Handicap, of £225; 248 class; one and a quarter miles.—3-5 Navy Blue, scr (S. E. Edwards), 1; 5-4 King’s Warrior, 48 yds bhd, 2: 8-9 Bonny Azure, 60 yds bhd, 3. Scratched: Ironside, Gold Dredge, King’s Play. Won by a length and a quarter, a length. Times: 3.14, 3.10 2-5, 3.10. The totalisator handled £20,219, against £28,055 on the second day last year. The total for the meeting was £53,340, against £47,013 last year.