WHIPPET RACING HELD AT ENGLISH PARK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18091, 26 February 1927, Page 9

WHIPPET RACING HELD AT ENGLISH PARK.

The New Zealand Whippet Club held a meeting at English Park this afternoon. Results:— MAIDEN HANDICAP, 120yds. Mr A. L. Moffatt’s Letty (10yds) 1, Mr F. Hay’s Flip (I.2yds) 2. Won by a head. Time—3 1-5 sec. NURSERY HANDICAP, 100 yards. First heat: Mr J. Fitzsimmons's Princess Rose (scr) 1, Mr J. Lynch’s Bingo Boy (2yds) 2. Time—9sec. Second heat: Mr C. Dixey’s Rosenor (Hyds) 1, Mr J. Fitzsimmons's Roseday (3yds) 2. Time—9 sec. Final. Princess Rose 1 Time—B 2-ssec. PUPPY HANDICAP. 3 20 yards. First heat: Mr A. R. Williamson’s Cayenne (12yds) 1, Mr J. R. Johns s Snuff (l 3yds) 2. Time—B l-ssec. Second heat: M. and A. IT. Forbes's Laughing Eyes (17yds) 1, Mr A. Smith’s Jock (12yds) ?,. Time—Bsec. Third heat: Mr M. Robinson's Little Ruby (19yds) 3, Mr T. H. Owen's Comedy Lass (12yds) 2. Time—7 4-ssec. Fourth heal: Mr J. R. Johns’s Miss Argyle (16yds) 1, Mr C. Forbes’s Black Pepper (13yds) 2. Time—Ssee. First semi-final: Laughing Eyes 1, Cayenne 2. Time—Ssec. Second semifinal: Comedy Lass 1, Little Ruby 2. Time—T 4-ssec. Final. Little Ruby 1 Time—7 4-ssec. OPEN HANDICAP, 3 20 yards. First heat: Mr T. Tymons's “Flyaway” (scr) 1; Mrs J. Johns’s "Lorna Doone" (94yds) 2. Time, 8 l-ssec. Second heat: Mr J. E. Owen’s “Midget” (16yd.s) 1; Miss L. Fitzsimmons’s "Miss Rose” (3 1 yds), 2. Time. Ssec. Third heat: Mr A. R. Williams’s "Cayenne" (17yds) 1; Mr J. R. Johns’s “Snuff” (18yds> 2. Time, 7 4-ssec. Final. Cayenne i Snuff 2 Time—7 4-ssec. Hurdle Handicap, 120yds—Final: Mah Jong 1, Midget 2. Time-.—B 3-Gsec.