CANTERBURY SUMMER MEETING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21267, 23 February 1931, Page 12

CANTERBURY SUMMER MEETING.

MIDDLE PARK PLATE TO LORD { ARGOSY. (Pee United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. February 21. The Canterbury Jockey Club’s summer meeting was held to-day. . The weather was fine and the course Thp attendance was good, ine totausator investments totalled £13,758 10s, compared with £21,035 10s last year. Results.— ■ HORNBY HANDICAP, Of 150sovs. Nine furlongs. 2 _A.O.MUI'.WJNOP^MI Bi|ie) j 2 ,y. JJ. Ward’s SEMPER PARATUS. 9.13 (C. Cannot) -s 4- G .V,i-. Gl^ESWmK k£>n) 3 dale 9.13, 8 Aberfeldy 9.13, 7 High Speed 9.2. 6 Pat’s Boy 9.7. . ... , , f Won by a length and' a-lialf, with half a length between second and third. Aberfeldy was fourth. Time, Imm 5 1 4-ssec. TRIAL STAKES. Of ISOsovs. Special weights. Seven furlongs. 6—Miss M. C. Wilson’s TAKU TAMA, 8.5 (C. M Car thy) .... 1 B—H.8 —H. Preston’s SOLWIT. 8.0 (J. W. Jennings) 2 4—Mrs J. Beban’s APPEAL, 9.0 (T. Green) 3 , Also started: 13 The Viscount 8.5, 14 Royal Limond 8.3, 8 Pixie Gold 8.5, 3 Homecoming 8.5, 15 Coll 8.5. 2 Muft 8.2, 5 Craigavon 8.0, 12 Spear Lad 8.0, 7 Sleipner B.IJ, 1 Sharp Thorn 8.2, 16 Invictus 8.0, 11 Jasons Quest 7.11, 10 |«,ilor’s Hope, 7.11, 17 Lambent 7.11. Won by two lengths, with a length between second and third. Craigavon w f as fourth. Time. Imin 27 l-ssec.

MIDDLE PARK PLATE, Of 400sovs. For two,and three-year-olds. Special weights. Six furlongs. 2 J. M. Samson’s LORD ARGOSY, 7.11 (A. Eastwood) 1 4 —Mrs G. H. Grigg’s CORONER, 8.4 (L. J. Ellis) 2 ■l—A. N. Smith’s FAIR WEATHER, 8.9 (A. E. Didham) 3 Also started: 3 Cape Gold 7.7 J. Won by a head, with two lengths between second and third. Time, Imiu 12sec. s' ..A-’. MIDSUMMER HANDICAP, Of SOOsovs One mile and a-quarter. I—W.1 —W. R. Kemball’s LADY PAM, 8.9 (R. MTavish) I 4—G. D. Greenwood’s JALOUX, 7.6 (R. Henshaw) 2 3P. F. Campbell’s COMPRIS, 7.3 (A. Messervey) 3 Also started: 7 Hoylake 8.6, 8 Black Duke 8.4, 2 Don Jose 8.1, 5 Topere 7.6, 6 Glenrowan 7.0, 10 Admiral Drake 7.0, 11 Night Parade 7.0, 9 Night Effort 7.0. Won by two lengths, with a neck between second and third. Don Jose was fourth. Time, 2min 8 4-ssec. LYTTELTON PLATE \ Of ISOsovs. For two-year-olds. Five furlongs. 1— H. A. Knight’s SOLVENT, 8.13 (A. E. Ellis) 1 2 A. G. Hill’s LAST MARCH, 8.7 (A. E. Didham) 2 6—A. P. Roberts’s MA BELLE POLLY, 7.2 (A, Eastwood) .. 3 Also started: 4 Type 7.7 h 5 Dodge 7.5 and Azalea 7.2 (bracketed), 3 Battle Queen 7.2, 7 Gold Arrow 7.2, 8 Adult 7.0. Won by two -lengths, with a length between second and third. Type was fourth. Time, 59sec. ! CRAVEN PLATE, Of SOOsovs. Seven furlongs. 4G. P. Payne’s SPOON, 8.8 (B. H. Morris) 1 6 —J. M'Laughlin’s STAGHUNTER, 8.6 (R. M'Tavish) .. .. .. 2 2—J. H. Prosser’s GREAT STAR, " 8.13 (D. Cotton) 3 Also started: 8 First Raid 7.13, 9 Pride 7.13 J, 1 Charmeuse 7.9, 5 Straightcourse, 7.6, 7 Sapient 7.3, S Coomassie 7.0. ' Won by -a neck, with three-quarters of a length between second and third. Charmeuse was fourth. Time, Imin 26 4-ssec. HALSWELL HANDICAP, Of 150sovs. Six furlongs. 6 H. E. Shiel’s HOT TEA, 7.1 (W. M'Ewan) 1 7G. Gould’s JUNIPER, 7.9 (A. Messervey) 2 2—J. A. S. Aitken’s TRAY BOND, 8.6 (A. E. Ellis) .. ;. .. 3 Also started: 4 Adelphi 9.0, 9 Bonrose 8.1. 10 Miss Bradbury 7.12, 1 Shatter 7.8, 3 Some Acre 7.8, 14 Royal Love 7.5, 13 Knockany 7.0, -11 Owlsflight 7.0, 5 Countermarch 7.6, 8 Silver Salver 7.3, 12 Totolomai 7.0, 2 Weatherly 7.0 (bracketed with Tray Bond)-, Won by half a length, with two lengths between second and third. Shatter was fourth. Time, Imin 10 4-ssec. POST HANDICAP, A Of ISOsovs. One mile. 8 — P. F. Thovpy's MISS MERCIA, 7.4 (C. Hughes) 1 I—G.1 —G. Murray-Aynsley’s MEPRISANT, 9.3 (B. H. Morris) ... 2 4—J. L. Brown's FIRST RAID, 8.8 (L. J. Ellis) 3 Also started: 5 Full Feather 9.12, 2 Assemble 8.7. 7 Rameses 7.8, 3 Minerval 7.8 L 6 Evening 7.7. Won by one length and a-half, with half a-length between second and third. Minerval was fourth. 1 Time, Imin 40 4-ssec.