WELLINGTON CLUB

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23870, 22 January 1941, Page 5

WELLINGTON CLUB

FIELDS for to-day SUMMER HANDICAP CONTEST' THE PROBABLE FAVOURITES The summer meeting of the Wellington Racing Club will lie concluded at Trent'nain to-day. the chief races being iho Smnmer Handicap, with a field t'l '1 and the City Handicap, in which ien smart sprinters are engaged. The llnai.n's correspondent telegraphed Inst evening Hint steady rain had been falling a' Trent ham for !S hours and the going would be heavy, although there was a fair prospect that the weather would improve for Ihe racing. As a result of the changed state of the going, many reversals of form, based upon the running of the two previous days, could V expected. There were also several dual engagements on the card. The following horses were likely to be golidiy supported:— Kelburn Handicap.—Kalika, Laughing Song, Las' Acre. Wallaceville High-weight Handicap.—Happy Ending, F.sperance Bay, Black Musk. Hopeful Stakes. Bird of Prey, Cambria, Willow Wood. Melrose Handicap.—Parchment, Leighnor, Augment. Summer Handicap.—Belle Cane, Serenata, Amigo. Kaitoke Handicap.—Black Majesty, Battle Gain. Gemara. City Handicap.—Enrich, Black Thread, Kentucky. Tlionidon Handicap.—Trench Fight, Not Out, Katiihella. Acceptances: — 12.12 -KFLBURN HANDICAP, of tTir.O; 3 mile and fur. -Last Acre, Laughing Song. s.!»; Iceland Spar. Kalika. Tiller, Mariene. 7.!>; The Monarch, Gay Thread, 7.7. 1 i W.\LLACK\ ILLF. 11 H : H-WFIG HT HANDICAP, ot j; i • 1 mile. —F.sperance Bay, 11.o; Black Uusk. ll,i : Great Night, 30.1; Happy F.i'-ding, O.l'J; Twenty Grand, p. 7;' Kiistem. f' ">; Boat Song, War Cloud, Doctor Defoe, I'.'J; Arabic, Moderate, Namesake Thrasos, !>.(). 1 ."T--HOPEFUL STAKES, of ,C">on; two. year-olds; 5 fur. -Bnrra Sahib, si.'2; Cambria, Corn Prince, <.!•; (.olden Moon, S.t; Bird of Prey. Prince Plato, (iunyah, 7.11; Lady Acora, 7.10; Divorced, Gay Genet, 7.H; Willow Wood, 7.'_'; Aipieduet. Fleche d'o*r. Kevin, Nightward, Ring Chief, Sir Reynard, Sports Fiash. 7,0. o.'JU—MELROSE HANDICAP, of e.'i.Vi; 7 fur. —-Rakaniii. 10.0; King's Toast, t'.S; Dainty Dell. Leighnor, Blue Border, Angmc.it, 9.3;' Twenty Grand. t>.3; Sham Boy, s.'J; Alexcelia, Beau Ciel, Fauvette, Gentility, Maharajah, Parchment, Phyto, 8.0. H.- SUMMER HANDICAP, of i' 1000; I mile and :t fur. Royal Chief. H.lO; Orelio, Js.7: The Bu?/.er, 5.5; Belle Cane, Wardress. s.O; Serenata, Aniigo, 7.12; Enrich, 7.!'; Trench Fight. 7.<>; De Friend. Little Robin, Scjiootgirl, The Ring, Gay Mimic, 7.0. 3.t"> —KAITOKE HANDICAP, of i':?50; 6 fur. —Black Majesty, Queen Beth, Gemara. S.i; Grey Night, 7.13; Battle Gain, Sham Boy, 7.10; Cheetah, First Round. Parchment, Pillory, Royal Vision, "Wildfire, I,27 —CITY HANDICAP, of £750; »> fur. —Sir Beau. 9.8; Black Thread, 9.0: Enrich, h.C; Density, s.:s. Mittic. Night Eruption, 7.12; Hearth. 7.7; Cheerful Lady, 7.1; Kentucky, 7.3: Vascones. 7.0. S.IO—THORNDON HANDICAP, of £500; 1 mile.- —Kathbella, 9.2; Native Song, Trench Fight, 5.12; Gayest Son, s.?>; Hearth, Not Out, Siglow, .s.O; The Ring, s.i -, Winning Rival, i.13; Schoolgirl, 7.12; White Rajah, 7.10; Dainty Sue. Charles Edward, Colonel Bosey, Pleading, 7.,.