SUMMER MEETING AT ADDINGTON

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20326, 27 January 1936, Page 8

SUMMER MEETING AT ADDINGTON

DAY OF CLOSE FINISHES The weather was almost perfect on Saturday for the summer meeting of the Metropolitan Trotting Club, and the Addington track was very fast. Until a nor’-westerly breeze sprang up just before the last race conditions for time-making could scarcely have been improved on. The programme did not cater for the best horses, but the racing was specially good, and except in the “slow” two-mile event the finishes throughout were exciting. The attendance was good, though naturally smaller than a year ago, when the Duke of Gloucester’s visit attracted an unusually large crowd, and the totalisator turnover was only about £lOOO short of that recorded at the Royal meeting, the totals being £17,217/10/and £18,222/10/-, respectively. Results:— SPREYDON HANDICAP, Of 200 sovs (3.36); 11 miles. 6/6—C. S. Donald's Germanicus, scr Owner) 1 5/s—Kuini, 12 (J. S. Shaw) .. ..2 2/2—Resound, 12 (E. J. Smith) .... 3 Also started —8/7 Header scr, 4/4 Lady Sonoma scr, 7/8 Kotinga 12, 9/9 Amonos 36, 1/1 King’s Guard 36, 3/3 Flotsam 60. Won by a neck, four lengths between second and third. Flotsam was fourth. Times—3.23 4-5, 3.23, 3.23 4-5. DURHAM HANDICAP, Of 200 sovs (2.13); 1 mile. 4/s—Taxpayer, 24 (G. Caddy) .. .. 1 1/1 —Sunny Morn, 24 (M. Holmes) .. 2 5/6—Kingcraft, 36 (G. Withers) .. 3 Also started—9/9 Arachne scr, 8/8 Golden Direct scr, 2/3 John Jinks scr, 3/2 Homeward 12, 6/7 Reporter 12, 7/4 Somerby 12. Won by a neck, a head between second and third. John Jinks was fourth. Times—2.B 1-5, 2.8 2-5, 2.7 3-5. MIDSUMMER HANDICAP, Of 450 sovs (4.29); 2 miles. 1/3—G. Stanley’s Llewellyn’s Pride, scr (G. McKendry) 1 3/4—Gold Tinge, 12 (M. Stewart) .. 2 2/2—Rey Spec, 12 (R. B. Berry) .... 3 Also started—B/8 Avernus scr, 3/4 Craganour scr (coupled with Gold Tinge), 6/6 Kingcraft 12, 4/1 Vesuvius 12 and Blue Mountain 48 (coupled), 5/5 Wrecker 24, 7/7 Worthy Light 48. Won by half a length, a head between second and third. Times—4.23, 4.22 1-5, 4.22 2-5. LINWOOD HANDICAP. Of 200 sovs (2.48); li miles. 2/I—D. R. Revell’s Grace McElwyn, 12 (R. B. Berry) 1 2/I—Sylvia Sydney, scr (M. Holmes) 2 5/4 —Gunfire, 12 (L. A. Maidens) .. 3 Also started—6/6 John Jinks scr and Waress scr (coupled), 9/9 Mocast scr, 10/10 Bracken 12, 8/7 Homeward 12, 11/11 Colonial Boy 12, 4/5 Fernbrook Lass 12, 7/8 Queen Author 12, 1/2 Recess 12, 3/3 Bingen Palm 36. Won by a neck, a head between second and third. Recess was fourth. Times—--2.43 2-5, 2.44 3-5, 2.43 4-5. LIVERPOOL HANDICAP, Of 200 sovs (4.39); 2 miles. 2/3—C. Johnson’s De Soto, 24 (J. Bryce, jr.) 1 4/4 —All Sunshine, scr (E. C. McDermott) 2 5/s—Real Burton 24 (M. J. McTigue) 3 Also started—9/7 Golden Cross 12, 7/6 Aristotle 24, 8/9 Editor 24, 3/2 Grand Mogul 24, 6/8 Gunmetal 24, 1/1 Isabel Derby 24, 10/10 Ciro 48. Won by two lengths, same between second and third. Gunmetal was fourth. Times—--4.27 2-5, 4.29 4-5, 4.28 1-5. CASHMERE HANDICAP, Of 250 sovs (4.38); 2 miles. 2/2—R. D. Kennerley’s Bessie Parrish, 24 (Owner) 1 3/3—Teviot Downs, 12 (J. Fraser jr.) 2 5/s—New Metford, scr (J. Pringle) 3 Also started—4/4 Great Way 12, 2/2 Raima 60 (coupled with winner), 1/1 First Wrack 60. Won by a neck, five lengths between second and third. Times—4.33 4-5, 4.35, 4.37 1-5. PAPANUI HANDICAP, Of 250 sovs (4.34); 2 miles. 5/5 —Mrs O. Pirie’s Sylvia Sydney, scr (R. B. Berry) 1 8/8 —Queen Author, 24 (C. King) .. 2 2/2—Peter Locanda, 24 (L. A. Maidens) 3 Also started—s/5 Lilian Bond scr (coupled with winner), 7/7 Prairie King scr, 10/10 Waress 12, 4/4 Agile 24, 1/1 Guy Junior 24, 6/6 Chancellor 36, 9/9 Great Author 36, 3/3 Willow Wave 48. Won by a neck, a length between sec-

ond and third. Willow Wave was fourth. Times—4.27, 4.25 1-5, 4.25 2-5. CRAVEN HANDICAP, Of 250 sovs (2.45); li miles. 3/2—G. J. Barton’s Cloudy Range, scr (J. Fraser, jr.) 1 5/6—Sure, 12 (S. A. Edwards) .. .. 2 9/9—Avernus, scr (G. McKendry) . 3 Also started—l/1 Graham Direct scr, 11/11 Reporter scr, 4/5 Supertax scr, 7/8 Bingen Palm 12, 10/10 George Rey 12, 2/3 Rey Spec 12, 8/7 Sunny Morn 12, 6/4 Worthy Light 12, 3/2 Indianapolis 108 (coupled with winner). Won by a neck, a length and a half between second and third. Sunny Morn was fourth. Times—2.44 2-5, 2.44 2-5, 2.44 4-5. At a meeting of the judicial committee, M. J. McTigue, the driver of Real Burton in the Liverpool Handicap. was severely cautioned for the undue use of the whip. There was also an inquiry into the running of Isabel Derby in the Liverpool Handicap, and it was decided to accept the explanation of the owner and driver. In this race the mare was pulled up by the driver as he was afraid of her treading on a loose bandage on the foreleg, she having nearly fallen when she made a break in the early part of the race.