GERALDINE MEETING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26596, 20 October 1947, Page 3

GERALDINE MEETING

WIN FOR WILD RIBBON P.A. TIMARU, Oct. 19. The Geraldine Racing Club’s second spring meeting was held in fine weather before a good attendance. The totalisator investments were £25,258 10s. compared with £28,602 10s last year. Following are the results:— Tcmuka Hurdles, of £245. Thirteen furlongs.—l/2 Money Bird, 9.7 (W. Barr), 1; 2/1 Foreign Ways, 10.6 (B. J. Langford), 2; 5/5 Precipitate, 9.0 (R. G. Bradshaw), 3 All started. Two lengths, a head. Time, 3min 1 l-ssec. Walnut Stakes, of £175. Weight 8.7. Seven furlongs,—l/1 Baracha (B. J. Langford) 1, 7/6 Te Tara (M. McClintock) 2. 2/2 Newspaper (C. J. Stokes) 3. Scratched: The Grate Three lengths, one length. Time, lmin 29 l-ssee. President’s Handicap, of £4OO. One mile and a-quarter.—3/3 Wild Ribbon, 7.5 (D. Coombc), 1; 1/1 Hansel, 79 (W. F. Ellis), 2; 7/7 Nightchild, 7.0 (N. Eastwood), 3. Scratched: Al-Sirat. Two lengths, a head. Time, 2min Bsec. Domain Trot, of £220. Class 2.59. One mile and a-quarter.—First division: 3/5 Vistula, scr (J. Bchrns', 1; 6/8 Loyal Guest, scr (L. O. Thomas), 2; 1/1 Baadin, scr (D L. McGregor), 3. Two lengths, three lengths. Time, 2min 50 l-ssec. Second division: 1/1 Melton, scr (I. Scoon). coupled with Baadin, 1; IVI7 Special Match, scr (W. Barron), 2; 12/13 Master Mariner, scr (G. Hannsell), 3. Tim-', lengths, two lengths. Time, 2roin 50sec. Scratched: Esperanto, Bull’s Eye. Gladstone Hack Handicap, of £2OO. Seven furlongs—6/6 Renege, 7.9 (W. Skelton), 1; 3/3 Rahine, 9.5 (J. Dougherty), 2; 1/1 Tranbycroft, 8.5 (R. Bradshaw), 3. Scratched: Valmeer. Leeston. Half a length, a neck. Time, lmin 28 4-ssec. Stewards’ Handicap, of £3OO. Six furlongs.—l/2 Whitley, 9.0 (M. McClintock), 1; 3/4 Mysterious Melody, 8.0 (G. Hampton), 2; 2/1 Te-Muka, 7.6 (W Skelton). 3. All started. Mysterious Melody won by half a head from Whitley, with TcMuka half a length away third. As the result of an inquiry into interference, the placings were reversed and G. Hampton was suspended for one month. Time, lmin 15sec. Winchester Trot, of £225. Class 2.56. One mile and a-quarter.—l/1 Gallant Thorpe, scr (G. R. Bates), 1; 4/4 Dilbar, scr (R. Cook), 2; 3/5 Rural Lady, 24yds bhd (J. Behrns), 3. All started. A length, three lengths. Time, 2min 46 l-ssec.

Orari Hack Handicap, of £2OO. Nine furlongs.—4/3 Blue Hussar, 7.11 (J. Taylor), 1; 1/1 Stabilisation, 8.7 (C. Stokes), 2; 5/9 Lorenzo, 7.0 (W. Skelton). 3. Scratched: Foreign Ways, Aldair. A head each way. Time, lmin 57 l-ssec.