PASSING OVER ATLANTIC

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19391, 31 July 1937, Page 6

PASSING OVER ATLANTIC

TRIAL FLIGHT PLANES

EIGHT MILES APART

(British Official Wireless.) Reed. 1 p.m. RUGBY, July 30.

Travelling west and east respectively on the trans-Atlantic trial flights; the Imperial Airways flying boat Cambria and the Pan-American Clipper reached their respective destination within 10 minutes of each other.

Wireless contacts with the planes were maintained throughout their journeys by both craft which passed one another in mid-Atlantic shortly before dawn when they were eight miles apart.

the pace troublesome, and Kitchenette, Mailman and Mon Ace were all in a position to offer trouble, but in a brisk finish Ihu got clear of the others to win by half a length from Singing Gold, with Mailman third a length back, and Kitchenette, Mon Ace, Royal Mistake and De Bretts finishing in that order behind the third-placed horse. The favourite ran a poor race from the start and never looked like a prospect. Time, lmin. lGsec.

WAIKANAE HANDICAP, of £110; second horse, £2O; third, £10; one mile. I—SMALL BOY, E. Fitzgerald’s blk.g., 4yrs., Phychology—Susan Lenox, 8.6 (11. Wiggins) .. 1 4—GAY HUNTER, H. K. Swan’s b.c., 3yrs., 8.4 (C. Goldsbro) .. 2 3—BLUE NEEDLE, G. S. Moody’s blk.m., syrs., 7.13 (W. Broughton) 3 Also started. —6 Hunting Cry, 9.8 (L. Dulieu); 2 Pennycomequick, 8.8, 51b. allow. (J. Kellett); 5 Lordly Knight, 7.7, 31b. allow. (T. Dornan).

With a field of six runners for the Waikanae Handicap, the public left no doubt of its first choice, Small Boy being a pronounced favourite, with Blue Needle and Pennycomequick also enjoying sound support, and Gay Hunter by no' means neglected.

From the inside position Pennycomequick shot out to the front as the barrier went up and with Small Boy and Lordly Knight was first over the initial furlong. Blue Needle came past on the outside, however, and was first into the back stretch, with Lordly Knight second and Small Boy third. Hunting 'Cry was next to make a decided move, going past the others on the outsjde and ranging up alongside Blue N eedle, the order at five furlongs being Blue Needle, Hunting Cry, Small ’Boy, Lordly Knight, Gay Hunter and Pennycomequick. Near the half-mile Gay Hunter took a hand in things and rapidly improved. between the four and three furlongs posts, while the rest were bunched close behind, with Small Boy in a bandy position. Into the .straight Gay Hunter and Blue Needle turned together with the favourite lying third and the others all in a position to make things interefcting; but - once the field was straightened up for home Small Boy made such a decided move that the issue seemed settled at the distance. Blue Needle, on the rails, weakened under pressure and dropped back as Small Boy ranged up and from then on it was a comfortable effort, the favourite winning by a length from Gjay Hunter, with Blue Needle a length and a-half away third, and Lordly Knight fourth past the box. Pennycomequick beat Hunting Cry home, the latter going weakly in the straight. Time, lmin. 42sec.