METROPOLITAN TROTS
MEETING AT ADDINGTON MANKIND’S FREE-FOR-FALL (Press Assn.) Christchurch, Aug. 13. The Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting was continued to-day. The weather was showery. The attend ance was good. The track was holding. The totalisator handled £54,701 10s, against £55,926 lor the second day last year. Results:— Improvers' Handicap.—l/1 Certissimus (D. Teahen) 1, 2/2 Within (W. JDoyle) 2, 8/8 Margin (G. Cameron) 3. Also; 11/10 Amonos, 5/4 Hatrack, 12/ 12 Pirate's Last, 6/5 Shadeland, 9/J Discord, 7/7 Escalado, 10/11 Sagamore, 4/6 Millisle, 3/3 Aristotle and Allie Audubon (bracketed). Three lengths; length. Discord was fourth. Times. 3.51 2-5, 3.55 4-5, 3.54 1-5. Speedway Handicap, 4/3 Great Blaze (C. King) 1, 1/1 Positive (F. F. Gallagher) 2, 2/2 Single Star (E. Price) 3. Also: 3/4 Glen Travis, 11/13 Philario, 8/9 Royal Grattan, 6/6 Trireme, 11/12 Agility, 9/8 Bing Crosby, 5/5 Clockwork, 10/10 King's Jubilee, 13/11 pamelus, 7/7 Worthy Cross. Length; head. Royal Grattan was fourth. Times, 4.55, 4.55 2-5, 4.55 3-5. Belgium Handicap.—4/4 Toorgg (M. Stewart) 1, 1/1 Bronze Eagle (J. B. Pringle) 2, 5/5 Jesse Owens (L. A. Maidens) 3. Also: 3/3 Foremost Junior. 2/2 Haughty and Kilrea (bracketed), 6/6 Red Ranger. Length and a-half; head. Haughty was fourth, l imes, 5.5, 5.5 1-5, 5.5 2-5.
King's Handicap.—l/1 Ferry Post (C. S. Donald) 1, 4/4 Dusky Sound (R. Townley) 2, 6/6 Willowbank (D. C. Watts) 3. Also: 8/8 Horsepower, 7/7 [Lightning Lady, 1/1 Accountant (bracketed with Ferry post). 5/5 Huguenot and Sandusky (bracketed), .3/2 Great Divide. 2/3 Peter Smith. Three lengths; half a length. Sandusky was fourth. Times, 4.48. 4.46 3-5, 4.50 4-5.
Lincoln Handicap, 1/3 Pleasant Guy (R. Townley' 1, 3/2 Chatmos <O. E. Hooper) 2. 9/8 Happy Locanda (J. Walsh) 3. Also: 8/6 Colonel Axworthy. 11/11 Palomar, 4/4 Golden Mist and Mendel (bracketed), 10/8 Waipahi, 2/1 Stcrmtost, 6/7 Gold Bank. 5/5 Mongolian 7/10 Southern Smile. Two lengths each way. Mongolian was fourth. Times, 4.49. 4.19 1-5. 4.50 3-5.
1 Avon Handicap.—4/4 Grade Fields 1 (R. Townley) 1, 5/5 Mute (D. Bennett) 2, 1/2 Jenny Guy (R. W. Townkey) 3. Also: s/8 Tan John, 10/10 Mohican, 9/9 Parrish Guide, 6/6 Bush Laddie, 2/1 Lament, 3/3 Dark Hazard, 7/7 Gerfalcon. Two lengths; twenty lengths. Dark Hazard was fourth. Times, 4.50, 4.50 2-5. 4.55. August Free-fcr-AU. —3/5 Mankind (W. R. Butt) 2. 1/1 Dusky Sound (R. Townley) 2, 2/2 Nelson Eddy (L. O. Thomas) 3. Also. 6/6 Colonel Grattan. 7/7 Great Jewel. 4/4 Gold Bar, 5/3 Kenworthy, 8/8 Southern Chief. Four lengths; length. Kenworthy was lourth. Times, 2.53, 2.54 4-5 2.55.
Canterbury Handicap.—l/2 Ronald Logan (J. B. Pringle) 1, 4/5 Oxford Scholar (D. K. Yeatman) 2, 8/8 Royal Guy (J. McLennan, junr.) 3. Also: 9/8 Coquette, 6/6 Druinoak, 5/4 Nationalist, 4/5 Purina and Oxford Scholar (bracketed), 2/3 Gold Chief, 3/1 Turco, 7/7 Wainoni Girl, Half a length; three lengths. Wainoni Girl was fourth. Times, 3.37. 3.37 1-5, 3.38 1-5.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 190, 14 August 1941, Page 8
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