HAWERA MEETING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22961, 12 February 1938, Page 11

HAWERA MEETING

WELL-BALANCED CARD | EIGHT IN THE TONKS STAKES CHANCE FOR FRANCIS DRAKE The Egmont Racing Club's meeting will ibe concluded at Hawera to-day. Although not large, the fields are well balanced and there should be some good contests.- The chief event, the Tonks Stakes, has drawn eight acceptors. Telegraphing last evening the Herald's correspondent stated that the weather outlook was doubtful. The following horses were likely to find favour: —

Okaiawa Hurdles.—Bing Boy, Kentucky Song, Boughal. Waimate .Handicap. Race Call,

t jNotium, Clessamor. .Meremere Hack Handicap.—Fafner, i High Test, .Amoroso. ■ • . Tonks. Stakes. —Francis Drake, Silvnnus, Catalogue. Electric Handicap.—Footloose, Rhodesian, Gaily. Normanby Handicap".—Rod Sand, Winsome »Lu, Naughty Marietta. Trial Hack Handicap.—Slam, Trilitha, Fafner. Inaha Hack Handicap.—Bonny Glow, Ned Cuttle. Relative. Acceptances:—

12.0—OKAIAWA HURDLES, Of £150; l'/a miles , Rt. lb. at. lb. Boughal ... ~ 7 Booklaw. ... 0 2 Bing Boy . . 10 G Lifeguard ... 0 0 Even Money .10 3 Royal Romance 0 0 Kentucky Song 0 9 Royal Fire ..90

12.40—WAIMATE HANDICAP, Of £175; 0 fur. st. lb. st. lb, Race Call ... 8 6 Dancing Lady 7 9 Clessamor ..85 Silvanus ... -7 8 Notium .... 7 0 Suroiia . ... 7 7

I.3O—MEREMERE HACK.. "Of £160; 0 fur. st. lb. • „ st. Jb. Race Call ... 9 6 Amoroso ... .7 7 High Test. ..88 Rhodesian . . 7' 7 Captain Tudor 8 3 Maaiianui . . 7 8 Cloak 7 8 Fafner .... 7 2 2.IS—TONKS STAKES, Of £27* and trophy valued at £"25; 9 fur. «t. lb. r , Ft. lb. Catalogue ... 0 0 AVildflowcr ..72 Siegmund ..88' Reu . . 7 2 Lowenberg . 8 3 Silvanus ... 7 J Francis Drake 7 11 Clessamor ... 7 ! l 3.O—ELECTRIC HANDICAP. Of £150; 5 fur. st. lb. st. lb. Gaily . ... 9 9 "Wynardo . i . 7 7 Cloak ..... 8 4 Captain Bligb 7 a Rhodesian ..8 4 Jean Quex . ■ 7 3 Footloose ... 8 2 Verey Lights. 7 2 Prime Quality 7 8 Ramleh .... 7 0 3.4O—NORMANBY HANDICAP, . Of £175; SVi fur. st. lb. st.lb, Taitoru .... 013 Naughty Red Sand ... 8 0 Marietta ..79 Middle ... 8 2 . "Winsome Lu . 7 9 Maestro ..70 4.HS —TRIAL HACK HANDICAP, Of £150; 5 fur. st. lb. st. lb. Golden Orchid 9 O Daisy Chain .87 Slam .... 8 13 Wee Ethel. ... 8 6 Fafner .... 8 12 Swift Sand ..86 Gold Glare . . 8 12 Cytos. . -8 6 Trilitba ... 8 9 6.S—INAHA HACK HANDICAP, Of'£lso; 7 fur. Bt. lb. Pt-lb. Relative ... 8 9 Philemup ... 8 2 Ilias 8 7 Earl Colossus. 8 2 Ohanga ... 8 7 State Bank . 7 8 Bonny Glow . 8 7 Brilliancy ..70 Ned Cuttle ..84 Fox Moth. ..70 Conveyor ..82

GISBORNE RACES SECOND DAY FANCIES TURANGA STAKES RUNNERS PENNYCOMEQUICK FAVOURED [by tkleobaph—own correspondent] GISBORNE, Friday The Poverty Bay Turf Club's Summer Meeting will be concluded at Gisborne to-day. ' Horses likely to be well supported include: — Second Hurdles. Count Willonyx,

Summerhill, Trial Handicap.—Singing Gold, Bold Step, Quilp. _ .j.Oman Memorial Stakes. Guiding Light, Gay Mimic. Hack Cup Handicap.—Seyfned, Brown

! > Lap. ' _ Turanga Stakes Handicap." - Fennycorneqniek, Lacquer. _ Cook Handicap.;— Golden Body-

Farewpll' Handicap.—Screen Star, Minnow.

Acceptances: — ...... SECOND HURDLES, of £115; 2 s / 4 miles —Good HuMtitiK, '10.10; Charade. 10.3; Summerbill, Count, Willonyx, 0.13; Puccini, Bothwell, 0.0.

:TRtAL HANDICAP, of £100;. 6 fur.— Qnlip, 0.0; Bold Step, 8H 2; Singing Gold, 8.3; Kitchenette, 8.0; Tu .Rabin. Ivala Moti, Vesty, Patches, Gold Ballard. Cabaret, Day Nurse, Sweet Pal, Cool- Smoke, Dixie Lhss, Sunny Lass, 7.12. OMAN MEMORIAL STAKES, of £110; 5 f„r.—Gay Mimic, 8.11; Money Raid. 8.0; Haaiia, 8.4; Defora. Guiding Light, Sunny Lass, 7.13; No Wonder. 0.13. HACK CUP HANDICAP, of £130; 1 mile.—Brown Lap. Ruinettc. 8.12; Skyway, Seyfried, 8.10; Flying Comedy, 8.8: Quaint, 8.2; Hiunarin, ,7.1*2; Anini, Mahutai, /./. TURANGA STAKES. HANDICAP, of £100; iV» miles.—De Friend, 0.10; Legatee, 8.4; Pennycomoquick, Lacquer, 8.0; Wnnanga, Minnow, 7.0. COOK HANDICAP of £120; 0 fur.Golden Blonde, 8.11; Do Friend. 8.0; Bodyline. 8.3; Good Hunting, 7.3; Blygam, j.O. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of £110; 0 fur.—Screen Star, 8.7; Minnow. 8.0; Pau Robeson, 8.5; Hunting Spy. 8.0; Ihu, /. 12; Helios, 7.7.

RIDING ENGAGEMENTS

JOCKEYS FOR ROTORUA

Riding engagements for the first day of the Rotor.ua, Racing Club's meotinc to-day include: — ... , . , A. Gilmer. —Night Spi., W. H. Jones.—Pocket Venus. T. Green. —Fn'lustre. R. Hatwcll. —Solitary. A. Tinker.—Kilonsd. R. J. Fenl-ri.—Land Girl. W. Thomson. —Bonny Gay, Mungacre, Noxtaro, Hopalong. N. C. Trillo,—Lockriit. N. ; R. McK<bi zi eTementi, Town Section, Blfick Musk, Topoto, Pro-

i fessional, Maori >Song. G. Gilchrist.—Simint, Silver Quex, j King Ford. R„ Home. —Ringshot. D. Craddock. —Mana.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

"Sport," Otorohanga.—Thespian beat Gloaming in the Islington Plato at Ellerslie, Sasanof beat him in the G. G. Steacl Memorial at lliccarton, Razzle Dazr.lo bea't him in the Challenge Stakes ' at, Riccarton and Deeert Gold beat him in. the Taranaki Stakes *at New* Plymouth. War plane, Affectation, and Prints mps were the placegettCrs when Glbaming fell at the start of the North Island Chnllenge Stakes at Trentham. r "Ned," Kumeu.—Ruby Huon is a grey mare by Peri Huon from Wilga. She is 18 years old and won the December Handicap at the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting at Epsom in 1924, covering tlie mile and a-half in 3.37 2-5. "Wager," Matamata. Excluding trophies, Cuddle has won £11,447 ancl Indianapolis £9342 in, stakes.