COURSING

Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 August 1936, Page 2

COURSING

WAIRARAPA BEAT DANNEVIRKE. Some interesting conrsing was witnessed at tlie Akura Enclosure on Saturday when a contest between Wairarapa and Dannevirke competitors was staged by the Wairarapa Coursing Club. Wairarapa won by six points to two. The visitors appeared to bo well pleased with the sport provided and hope to return again in the near future. At the conclusion of the coursing the president, Mr J. Bradbury, presented the trophies' to the winners. The following are the results: — Open stake: —First round: Mr L. Fulton’s Little Wonder 24 pts. beat Mrs E. Walker’s Just Terms 14 pts; C. Erickson’s Pukctoi Magic 34 pts. beat Archer Bros’ Slippery 2 pts.; E. McIntosh’s Silver de Ora 2 pts. beat 11. Duley’s Eercatu nil; E. J. Wing’s Why Hurry 7 pts. beat 11. Wood’s Wild Chase 2 pts. Second round: Little Wonder 44 pts. beat Pulcetoi Magic 34 pts.; Silver de Ora 2 pts. beat Why Hurry 1 pt. Final: Little Wonder 1 pt. beat Silver de Ora nil. Maiden stake: —First round: C. Butcher’s Full of Joy 74 pts. beat C. Erickson’s Golden Flight 2 pts.; Archer Bros’ Dark Shadow 4 pts. beat C. Christensen’s Some Speed 14 pts; Mrs' L. 11. Jones’s Gay Laddie 34 pts. beat F. Morgan’s Better Days nil; H. Berney’s Blue Cobra 24 pts. beat A. Beatty’s Fleet Foot 14 pts. Second round: Full of Joy 94 pts. beat Dark Shadow nil; Gay Laddie 3 pts. beat Blue Cobra 1 pt. Final: Gay Laddie Avon by default; Full of Joy being withdrawn.