WESTLAND RACES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21472, 21 April 1933, Page 7

WESTLAND RACES

SHOOTIST'S BIG DIVIDEND | i CHIEF EVENT TO EATON HALL | [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] • GREYMOUTII, Thursday The Westland Racing Club's meeting, postponed from yesterday, was held to-day in showery weather, before a poor attendance. Tho course was heavy. The totalisator handled £27GB, as against £4013 last year. Shootist, winner of tho last, event, paid tho sensational dividend of the day, over a score. Results were:— TRIAL HANDICAP, of £SO, 5} fur.-2-l Monipcre, 7.5, 1; 3 —3 Silver Sight. 8.5, '2; 7—7 Lady Valkyrie, 9.0. 3. All started. Noso; length. Time, lm Id 3 ss. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, of £6O, 7 fur. --I—l White Due, 0.2, 1; 2—2 Solvear, 8.9, 2: 3—3 Shootist, 7.9, 3. Also started: Little Wonder, 8.9; Dawn o' Day, 8.0. Length; length. Time, lm 355. EXPRESS TROT, of £OO, limit 2.23, 1 mile.—4—3 Glengowrie, limit, 1; 5—5 Lough Erne, limit, 2; B—l Cinema, 24yds bhd. 3. Scratched: Parallax, Dawn Sonoma. Two lengths; 20 lengths. Time, 2m 225. AUTUMN HANDICAP, Of £lOp; 1} miles S—S—EATON lIALL, 7.3 1 4—2—COOMASSIE, 7.5 2 3-I—FLOWER, 7.3 3 Also Started.—Riri, 9.13; Don Jose. 8.2. Length; length. Time, 2m 21s. RIMU HACK HANDICAP, cf £6O, 6 fur. —3—3 Gold Arrow, 8.11, 1; 2—l Solitaire 11., 8.13, 2; B—7 Dawn o' Day. 8.2, 3. Scratched: Hampden, Marmoration, Knockany. Length; two lengths. Time, lm 225. HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, of £7O, 7 fur.—2—2 Pakitere, 9.C, 1; 3—3 Verden, 8.8, 2: I—l Coll, 9.2, 3. Scratched: Eaton Hall, Silver Sight. Length; length. Time, lm 375. DOMINION TROT, of £6O, limit 3.42. li miles.—2—3 Glengowrie, 12yds bhd, 1; o—30 —3 Lorelei, limit, 2; 5 —4 Chancellor Boy, 96yds bhd, 3. Scratched: Myrtle Dillon, Lough Erne, Parallax. Mary de Oro, Dawn Sonoma. Four lengths; two lengths. Time, 3m 51s. ! FINAL HANDICAP, of £6O, 6 fur.—B—6 Shootist, 7.10 (Robinson), 1; 5—5 Hampden, 8.4 (Flower), 2; 2—4 Royal Sceptre, 9.1, 3. Also started: 4—3 Full Crop, 8.12; I—l Solvear, 6—B Awamutu. 8.9; 3—2 Miss Mercia, I 8.7; 7 —7 Buoyant, 7.7. Two lengths; same. | Time, lm 20 2-ss.

LICENCES FOR DRIVERS PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday Tho necessity for care by secretaries of clubs in endorsing applications for drivers or riders' licences was emphasised by Mr. W. Hayward at a meeting of the board of the New Zealand Trotting Association. Ho gave details of two riders who had been duly licensed, but who had only one leg each. In future, applicants will be called upon to answer a question asking whether they suffer from any physical disability. NEW SIRE FOR CANTERBURY PURCHASE IN IRELAND [BT TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday Another well-bred English sire will be available in Canterbury next breeding season. This is the 12-year old Magnus, who lias been secured for the Stonyhurst Stud by Sir Charles Clifford from his cousin, Captain Charles Moore, of Mooresfort Stud, a well-known Irish stud in Tipperary. Magnus is by'the unbeaten grey horse, The Tetrarch (siro of Chief Ruler and Tea Tray), from Princess Dorrie, by Your Majesty from Doris. He w-as bred by Mr. J. B. Joel, and represents some of the most, successful blood in his stud. Princess Dorrie won the Ore Thousand Guineas and Oaks, and is a half-sister to Sunstar, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, while the Persimmon horse, Your Majesty, sire of Princess Dorrie, is a St. Leger winner. Magnus did a little racing and won a mile event at Newmarket as a three-year-old.''He has had several seasons at Captain Moore's stud in Ireland, where he left some promising stock. He iB expected to arrive here about September, and should be a valuable addition to the breeding stock of the Dominion. THE RIVERTON MEETING [BV TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] INVERCARGILL, Thursday •According to a statement issued by the lliyerton Racing Club tho t.otnlisalor receipts for the three days of the meeting were £37,782, compared with £37,889 last year, a reduction of £lO7.