COUNTLESS WINS AGAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 204, 30 August 1943, Page 3

COUNTLESS WINS AGAIN

metropolitan trotting MEETING CONCLUDES (P.A.) Christchurch. Aug. 29. The Metropolitan Trotting Club's national meeting concluded yesterday in fine weather and before a large crowd. The track was on the heavy side. The totalisator handled £121.466, making a total for the two days of 1226,224 10s. Yesterday’s totalisator takings constituted a record for a South Island trotting or galloping meeting. Results: — Metropolitan Maiden (non-totalisa-tor).- -Volo's Victory (W. Willetts) 1, Lady Maxine 2, Major Grattan 3. Times, 2.58 3-5, 2.58 4-5, 2.59. Intermediate Free-for-All. 1/2 Bomber (Doyle) 1, 4/4 Timworthy 2, 21/ Echoist 3. Scratched: Swift Guy. Times, 2.52 3-5. 2.53 2-5, 2.53 3-5. Islington Handicap. 2/2 Gold Flight (Pringle) 1. 1/1 Sports Guide 2. 4/4 Oregon 3. Scratched: Festivity Times, 4.45 2-5, 4.41 3-5, 4.45 4-5. Heathcote Handicap.—3/3 Watcher (W. Holmes) 1, 1/1 Follow Me 2. 4/5 Recluse 3. Scratched: Palomar. Times, 4.38 1-5. 438 3-5. 4.37 2-5. August Handicap, £1000; 2 miles. — 3/1 Countless <G. McKendry) 1. 4/5 Shadow Maid 2, 5/8 Gold Bar 3. Scratched: Bayard, Joan Conquest. Four lengths; three lengths. Times, 4.30, 4.30 4-5. 4.30 2-5. Speedway Handicap. 6/8 Braw Lass (R. H. Butt erick) 1, 1/1 Catalpa 2. 3/3 Purveyor 3. Scratched: Josette, I Oxford Scholar. Times 3.23 1-5, 3.24 2-5, 3.23 3-5. Avon Handicap.—S/8 Margin (G. Cameron) 1. 2/2 Manian 2. 4/4 Dark Hazard 3. All started. Neck; head. Times, 3.44. 3.44 1-5, 3.43 2-5. Metropolitan Stakes. 2/2 Captain Morant (G. B. Noble) 1, 4/3 Trusty Scott 2, 11/12 Gold Peg 3. All started. Two lengths; half a length. Times, 3.40. 3.40 2-5. 3.42 1-5. Lightning Handicap. - 3/3 Ronald Logan (J. B. Pringle) 1, 5/4 Happy Man 2, 1/1 Hardy Oak 3. Scratched: Countless, Peter Smith, Mankind. Head; length and a-half. Times 2.44 1-5, 2.43 2-5, 2.45 4-5.