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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 255, 28 October 1939, Page 4

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SEAFIELD COUNTRY CLUB WOMEN'S L.G.U. MATCH An L.G.U. match will be played by women members of the Seafield Country Golf Cluo to-day. Following is the draw;—Miss PBell v. Mis.; 'l izard. Mrs. Crichton v. Mrs. Haggie, Miss L. Clark v. Miss O'Sullivan, Miss Tawse v. Mrs. O'Halloran, Miss Cleland v. Miss Warnock, Miss B. Clark v. Miss Cowan. Mrs, Lamont v. Mrs. Irwin, Mrs. Bensil v. Miss McKendry, Mrs. Woods v. Mrs, Goss, Mrs. Bell v. Mrs. Saitinsta.ll. Miss Irwin v. Miss Haggle, Miss McGregor v. Miss Flavoll, Mrs. Kitto v. Miss L. Smith. Mrs. Patcheti v. Mis. Aitken, Mrs. Murry v. Miss Meyer, Miss Paul v. Miss North. Miss Donaldson v. Mrs. Neuman, Miss Stringfellow v. Miss Shaw, Miss Wardle v. > Miss Ritchie. Men’s Bogey Round. I To-o-'.y the male members of the | Seafield Country Golf Club will play a ibc-gcy round. Tni.s will giee an opportuvJ.ty for Iho.se still in the championshij.s to get their games played. Other I pic yers may* arrange their own part'ne; j or be paired at the clubhouse. I Some good cauls should be handed i m, as the showers during the week I ha-. been very beneficial to the cuui'se, <•. cviding greens and fairways of the best, AUCKLAND RACING CLUB Ti’tE MIL-St AIMER MEETING • 'I ■>/. ;.l r ' WORTH £lOOO A decision to incieau? the stakes lor its ni-d-sumr;icr mc. tmg al Ellerslie on Januj.ry 27 and 29 has been made by the cormaili.ee ol the Auckland Racing Club. Tne increase wili I amount to xO5O and me races artcctcJ I are as follows: | Trial Stakes, from £250 to 1000. I Takapuna Cup. from £jo(j to £lOOO. Rang.toto Handicaps from £309 to : £4OO. 1 Moana Handicap, from £259 io £30:?. |Waiwera Hurdles, from £3OO to j Suburban Handicap, from £3OO t< i £350. i Ralph Handicap, from £650 to £750. Chelsea Handicap, from £350 to £4OO. I Hauraki Plate, from £4OO to £5OO. Devonport Handicap, from £4OO to I £5OO. 1 Anniversary Handicap, from £3OO to : £4OO. ■ The distance of the Calliope Handi- | cap. for two-year-olds, has been txi tended from five to six furlongs. ■ Increases in stakes for the sumjmer meeting to be held on December 126 and 28 and January 1 and 2. were ]announced earlier. The races for which .the increases were made were as fol- ; lows: — [Auckland Cup, f.om £2550 to £3OOO. ! Auckland Racing Club Handicap, from . £1250 to £l5OO. ; Clifford Plate, from £6OO to £750. (Great Northern Derby, from £1250 to *• £2OOO. [King’s Plate, from £6OO to £750. • The minor events at the summer • meeting will carry the same stakes as ' last year. The Auckland Hurdles, on the fourth day, will be run over a distance of a mile and thfee-quarters ’instead of two miles.