TARANAKI RACES

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 9, 28 December 1928, Page 7

TARANAKI RACES

SUMMER MEETING. CONCLUDING DAY. The Taranaki Jockey Club's Christmas meeting was concluded yesterday in fine! but chill weather. There whs a splendid attendance but the totalisator showed a slight decline, due noi doubt, to the fact that the two last racesi luVl only one-Mi vftdjiiiid fields. The finishes were close ?m& four first favourites were winners, including two first day winners in Llanore and Glengariff. There were no sensational dividends, nothing further back than third favourite gaining first place. For 1 the day the totalisator handlsd £22,906 10 s , compared! with £24, 800 10s for the same day last year, fi, decrease of £1894, For the meeting! ; £45,666 wa/si handled, as colnih pared with £53,408 10s last year, a decrease of £4-752. In a field of seven in the principal race of the df.iy, the New Plymouth Handicap, Paitomi was made a hot (favourite, 'but he va y badly and was made 'Too much of in the early stages. Manly was ..rkftlen 'patiently, ,and finished strongly tig* the straight, winning by half a length from Wenda.y, with Anolo h,alf IX Jength away third and' Paitomi fourth.

In the Summer Hack Handicap, Egeria, fell. An inquiry was held, but! the. evidence showed thjit Egeria got on the heels of Partial Eclipse, and <na action was taken. 'Billet also lost her rider. In each o>se the, jockey escaped injury. The" arrangements for the meeting were excellent and all HA\h> officials carried out their duties in a. highly efficient manner. Following are additional details of the meeting:— New. Plymouth Handicap (open), of 300 sovs, eight and a half furlongs. —3 Manly 1, 2 Wenday 2, 4 Onolo 3. Also started —Paitonu, Hipo, A.lonBoa, Flying Shot. Winner trained by W. F. Mantle, New Plymouth. Won by half a length, with half a length between second -and third. Paitonu was fourth. Time, liniin ; > () see. Uruti Hack Handicap, eight and| a half furlongs,—l Glen Star 1,4) Soyen 2, 7 Onward! 3. started— Kaw'hakina, Miss Mcrcia, Airtight, Whisogne, Always, Viburnum. Winder trained !by <G. A. 3feicL Te A rob a. Wen by one and half lengths, with thfree-quarters of a length bdfcweesi second and third. Airtight was fourth Time, Imin 50 2-sseo. Waren, Hack Stakes, six furlongs. —3 Coolmint 1, 1 Archieval 2,2 Argue 3, ASso started- Merxcis, Tamateto, Wititier trained V Pv. Brough, Hawera,. Wan by one and a, .quarter length!*, with two lengths between second and third. Merxcis was fourth. Time, lmin 16sec. Tnglewcvul Handicap, six furlongs. _3Melissa 1,2 Takutnma 2, 3 Nastori (coupled with winner) 3. Also started—Paul Lucerne, Whennanui, Quillfire. Winner trained Tiy owner, New Plymouth. Won by a nose, with third horse two and a half lencths away. Whenuanui was fourth. Time, lmin 14 2-5