WAIKATO TROTTING CLUB

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14260, 10 January 1920, Page 5

WAIKATO TROTTING CLUB

meeting at claudelands. (FINE WEATHER. BIG ATTENDANCE

KEWPIE WUNS PRINCIPAL EVENT.

The annual meeting of the AVaikato Trotting Club was held at the Claudelands course to-day m excellent weather. The course was in good order, hut on the hard side. Patrons came from all parts of the province lo assist at the fixture, which, from attendance and investment points of view, promises to be a record one in the history of the club. From Auckland and stations en route the special train this morning brought several hundreds to the course, the ordinary morning trams from the many other directions supplied further big quotas, while the sporting community which travelled by motor ear to the convincing ground was a very material proportion of the attendance. To thepe have to be added the supporters of the light harness sport from the town and its immediate environs, which is the main avenue of attendance, and considerably in advance of the numerical standard of any' previous gathering. The racing concluded up to the time of going to press was of an interesting nature. Speculation was brisk, and it seems safe to predict that the club s totalisator turnover for the day will be considerably in advance of the fig u D for last year, when a total of £ l - ;> was passed through the machine o\ cr the eight races. L Among the officials assisting at the meeting to-day are Mr T. H. Davey, Stipendiary Steward; and Mr P. Fulton, Government Inspector of Totalisator for the Auckland district:— Following are the results of the racing:— INTRODUCTORY HANDICAP. One and a-iiaif mile. E. S. Groat’s Favour Royal, 24yds (Groat) ......... 1 H. E. Tristram’s Wild Nut, limit (Tristram) • ;-•••••• D. W. Thomas’ Miss Murphy, 48yds behind (Sewell) • 3 Scratched Victor Hora, Battle Cry, and Te Ataibaca. Won by a nose, the third horse being half a length away. Canberra was favourite. Time, .1.52. CLAUDELANDS HANDICAP. One and a-half mile. R. M. Morton’s Ngahere, 36yds behind (J. Bryce) 1 “HaH Grey’s’’ Roma, limit (J. Paul) % C. E. Fisher’s Flora Dillon, 72yds behind (Fisher) J Scratched: Indian Chief. Won by three lengths, Flora Dillon being six lengths away. Ngahere was favourite. Time, 3.44 2-5. AVAIKATO TROTTING GUP. Two miles. McKendrick Bros.’ 1 Kewpie, 12yds behind (McKendrick) 1 J. Lynch’s Queen Pirate, limit (Lynch) Weymouth’s Trooper Dillon, 36yds behind (Cunningham) .. 3 Scratched: George Akwood and Strategy. The winner went to the front early, and was never headed, beating Queen Pirate by two lengths. Trooper Dillon wassix lengths behind. Kewpie was favourite. Time, 4.39. FRANKTON HANDICAP. One and a-iiaif mile. J. Goidy’s Coal Light, 12yds (Lynch) ' •• •• 1 C. Johnston’s Rotomanuka, 60yds (Johnston) .. .. ..2 AA r . Selwyn’s Leorine, Limit (Cunningham) .. .. •• 3 Scratched: Stella. Won by three lengths, the third horse being 20yds in the rear. Coal Light was favourite. Time, 3min 49sec. STEWARDS’ HANDICAP, . One mile. F. V. Cutts’ Temple,\36yds (Cutts) and S. Wootton's Glen Mavis, 24yds (Robinson), dead heat 1 Keith Buchanan’s The Scout, limit (Buchanan) .. .. .. 3 Scratched:; Tim Doolon and Kewpie, Prize Pearl was favourite, but failed to leave the mark. Time, 2min 21sec.