CARTERTON NIGHT SPORTS

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1928, Page 7

CARTERTON NIGHT SPORTS

„ RAIN MAKES TEACK SLIPPERY. t By Telegraph.—Press Association. Masterton, Last Night. A light shower of rain made the track slippery for the electric light eports meeting at Carterton to-night, at which D. Gray, the Australian eyelist, appeared against T. Oakley. The meeting of these two riders was most unsatisfactory, as a series of mishaps to the Australian robbed each event of What gave promise of being thrilling finishes. Gray fell three times, twice JRt the same bend, and In one spill slightly damaged his leg. He fell in his heat of the mile and Oakley fell in the final. In the final of the mile and a half Gray and Oakley were fighting out an exciting finish round the home turn when Gray crashed and Oakley went on to win easily in 3min 51 l-asec. Exactly the same thing occurred in the two Xnile, Gray falling at the same place when fighting out the finish with the Masterton rider, who went on to win in smin 9 4-ssec. Gray was quite cantlid that he did not like the track, on ’the bends of which he found difficulty in turning.

Jenkins won his heat in the 100 in lOsec dead, but was unplaced in the final, which was won by J. Holmwood. E. K. Eastwood (6yds) won the 220 in 22sec, and from three yards won the 440 in 54sec.