WINTER MEETING FIELDS

Southland Times, Issue 24114, 1 May 1940, Page 11

WINTER MEETING FIELDS

Saturday’s Fixture At Invercargill EIGHT ENGAGED IN CHIEF EVENT Acceptances for the Southland Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday are:— 11.40 p.m. SOUTHLAND HURDLE HANDICAP, £155. One mile and a-haif. Milford 10 11 Hunting All Blood 9 9 Chorus 9 0 Vitaphone 9 7 Garonne 9 0 Dalrymple 9 5 Airdrie 9 0 Turaki 9 0 Rollem 9 0 12.20 p.m. INVERCARGILL HARNESS TROT, £l4O. Class 4.3. One mile and five furlongs. yds bhd Blue Spot It Creep 24 Debtor It Jimmy Drusus 24 Ebb Tide It Catawrack 60 Indian W/ack It June Tide 60 Jorricks it Peter Young 84 Southern Wrack it Stanza 96 1.0 p.m. MYROSS HANDICAP. £125. Seven furlongs. Sea Lady 9 1 Mondello 1 H Aravane 8 11 Black Bard 7 7 Colonel Rouge 8 3 Feather Boa 7 7 Great Legion 8 3 Royal Lancer 7 1 Gold Robe 8 0 Robalink 7 7 1.40 p.m. AWARUA HANDICAP, £250. One mile and a-quartcr. Peony Rose 8 12 Amelita 7 10 Waitoru 8 10 Heidelberg 7 7 Wild Career 8 7 Fidelis 7 0 Mona's Song 8 1 Silkwood 7 0 2.20 p.m. RITCHIE MEMORIAL STEEPLECHASE, £165. Two miles and a-half-Slayer 11 13 Guste 9 9 Trisox 10 9 The Surgeon 9 3 Poniard 9 10 Gay Boa 9 0 3.0 p.m. OTATARA HARNESS TROT, £l5O. Class 3.57. One mile and five furlongs. Erin’s Country It Irish Guy 24 Nancy Guy It Mountain Lad 24 Night Nurse It Crown Peak - 24 Summerwealth It Harbinger 36 yds bhd Indianola 36 Happy King 12 Prince Charles 36 Oasis 12 Erin’s Star 48 Overproof 12 Flash Guy 48 Peter Young 12 Royal Chief 48 3.40 p.m. BLUFF HANDICAP, £125. One mile. Bow Street 9 4 Strathalbyn 7 9 Sea Lady 9 1 Irish Fling 7 7 Aspire 8 9 Bilbao 7 7 Vanity Queen 8 9 Susie 7 7 Atua Rere 7 13 4.20 p.m. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP. £155. Seven furlongs. Fleet Street 9 3 Ortyx 7 5 Waitoru 812 Blissful Lady 7 5 Spendthrift 8 11 Fidelis 7 3 Phalanx 8 8 Cintilla 7 1 Nigger Boy 8 4 Pink Bond 7 0 Amelita 8 0 RUGBY FOOTBALL DOMINIONS TEAM INVITED TO VISIT CALIFORNIA (Received April 30, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 30. The Californian Rugby Union has invited a combined Australian and New Zealand team to visit California early in 1941, with a return visit in June of the same year. The proposal was submitted to the New South Wales Rugby Union by Mr W. Heslehurst, a former Sydney referee, whose position takes him periodically to America. The New South Wales Union decided to ask for further details, but informed Mr Heslehurst that an Australian team would not contemplate making the trip while the war was on. COUNTRY PIRATES CLUB SUCCESSFUL SEASON IN 1939 At the annual meeting of the Country Pirates Football Club in the Athol hall the president, Mr G. H. Soper, presided over a good attendance of members. The following officers were elected:— President, Mr G. H. Sopei’ (re-elected); secretary, Mr G. A. Soper, jun.; delegates to Northern District Sub-Union, Messrs G. H. Soper and A. J. Earl; selectors, captain, deputy-captain and Mr L. G. Soper; grounds committee, Messrs G. Rutter and S. C. Soper. It was decided to enter one senior team in the Northern competition. The report for the year stated that the year 1939 was begun with a credit balance of £5/7/1. The season was a successful one for the club and also for the Northern District. The following players gained Northern District representative honours:—H. Soper, A. Sutherland, T. McNamee, C. Soper, L. Greer, F. Greer, G. Rutter, L. McLean, N. Ivey, Clarence Soper. The last-named player gained Southland representative honours. The senior team won the Bedford-Compton Shield for the ninth season in succession. It also won the seven-a-side tournament at Lurtisden.

The junior team, however, was not so successful, mainly because of a shortage of players. Since last year the club had lost a number of its players. The following were at present on active service in Egypt:—Privates Cyril Soper, A. Sutherland, S. Soper (secretary), J. Sutherland, N. Ivey, J. Harvey, M. Clode. Quartermaster Sergeant D. Garthwaite was away with the 2nd Echelon.