SPORTING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2026, 12 August 1920, Page 5

SPORTING.

TROTTING AT ADDINGTON, There was a huge crowd at Addington yesterday, when the August meeting of the New Zealnnd Metropolitan. Trotting Cluh advanced another stage. Though still on the slow side, the track turned out in greatly Improved order, getting faster with every race. The racing was or a particularly high standard, despite the track conditions. Betting was very heavy, the fine sum of l's9,<lfi<J being Invested as against £50,939 on the corresponding, day last year. Details of the concluding events arc:— CANTERBURY HANDICAP (harnessj, of 500 sovs. 4.40 class. Two miles. 3 W. R. L. Pascoe's ch g Silver Nut, by Wildwood Jun, —Ginger Nut, aged, lsec (E. McDcrmott) 1 6 L. M. Gregory's b m Sympathy, aged, 2sec (H. Frost) 2 10 R. Itcay's b g Asturio, aged, scr (F. Holmes, jun.) 3 Also started: 5 Emperor lsec, 7 Paul Dufault 1, 4 Irvar 2, 9 Brown's Nugget 3, 8 Captain Stanley 4, 2 Master Hal 4 and 1 Kewpie 4. Silver Nut raced to the front two furlongs from the post and won all out by a length from Sympathy. Three lengths back came Asturio, followed by Master Hal, Irvar and Paul Dufault. Times: 4min 41sec, 4min 42§sec and 4min 41gscc. SPEEDWAY HANDICAP (harness), of 400 sovs; 2.48 class. One mile and a-quarter. 2 J. K. Corrigan's br g Moneymaker, by Rothschild—Cocoanut, aged, .lsec (J. Bryce, jun.) 1 1 W. H. Norton's b m Trix Pointer, aged, 3sec (F. Holmes) 2 3 F. H. Hobson's b hj Mintson, aged, Oscc (A. G. Wilson) 3 Also started: 2 Maoriland (lsec (coupled with winner), 5 Strategy 7, and 4 Korkc's Drift 7. Trix Pointer took charge at the home turn, but failed to stall off a late run by Moneymaker, who won by half a length. Mintson was third three lengths back, followed by Maoriland. Times: 2miu 52Jsec, 2min 4i)sec and 2min 53tsec.