Potaka (SuOyds) 1, S. Carrington (300 ’ j ’ Boyd < 3u °y ds ) 3. Potaka led all the way and wou easily. laihape handicap, standing 12 inch, chop—First heat: T. West (Ssec) 1, p. Silva (9sec) 2. Time: 32see. Second heat: A. Hitchens (12sec) 1, A. E. Bates (12see) 2. Time: 2!) 4-ssee. About a second between the first two placed competitors. ThinJ heat: P. T. Becker (14sec) I, F. Dickinson (Msec) 2. Time: 31scc. Fourth heat: H. "Wilson (15sec) 1, D. B. Hughes (15scc) 2. Time: 31scc. Also started: B. Hackct (lusec). Early in the chop Racket broke his axe handle. Hughes was chopping well and appeared to have a good chance of winning when his axe handle also broke. Wilson won easily, but there was very little difference between Hughes and Hacket who replaced their axes. Final standing 12 inch. handicap chop: A. R. Woods (15sec) 1, P. T. Becker (14scc) 2, P. Silva (9sec) 3. St. Patrick’s Day handicap, 14 inch standing chop of £so—First heat: P. Silva (15sec) 1, T. West (12sec) 2. Second heat: A. Hitchins (18sec) 1, P. .Becker (22sec) 2. Time: 40 2-ssec.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20100, 20 March 1928, Page 2
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