SOUTHERN RACING

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21047, 26 February 1940, Page 11

SOUTHERN RACING

DUNEDIN RESULTS DEFAULTER RETURNS TO WIN SWORDSTICK BREAKS RECORD (By Telegraph.—Press Association) DUNEDIN, Saturday The second day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s autumn meeting was held to-day in fine weather. The attendance was good and the track was in lair order. Results: —

FLYING HANDICAP or £250; T rur. S—S—HANLON, 7.0 (llure; 1 4 i LORD PUCK. 7.0 2 3 3—COL A TERRLAST, 7.12 3 Scratched: swordslick, stralghtdel. Length and a-half; length. Time, 1.2 G DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP Of £400; I mile and 2$ fur. S—S—SWORDSTICK, 7.5 Clutterbuck) 1 B—B—THER.MIDOR, 8.(3 2 2 —I —ALMA, 8.0 3 Scratched: Lord Puck. Head; three lengths. Time, 2.12. Svvordstlck’s time broke the track record. ABBOTSFORD HANDICAP Of £150; 6 rur. B—B—KING GUSTAVO, 8.2 (Jennnlngs) 1 11 —II—WITHDRAWAL, 8.1 (Strathern) 2 2—I —KING'S CHORUS, 8.0 3 All started. Half a length; length. Time, 1.14. HOPEFUL STAKES Or £200; iwo-vear-olds; 5 rur. 2—2—GOLD FLIGHT, 9.3 (Hibberd) . 1 1 I —RETROGRESSION, 8.(3 2 4 4—CONFIDANT, 7.0 3 All started. Length; three. Time, 1.1 1-5 (a track record). JAMES HAZLETT GOLD CUP Of £4OO and £IOO Cup; 1 mile. 1 I—DEFAULTER, 9.10 (A. E. Ellis) 1 2—3—DISDAIN, 8.11 2 4 I—NIGHT PAL 8.5 3 All started. Two lengths; hair. Time, 1.3 8 2-5. WAIHOLA HANDICAP Or £250; t mile, 2i fur. B—G—MOON R AIDER, 7.7 1 4—4— CHEROKEE, 7.10 2 2—2—RAROA, 7.11 3 Scratched: DalJyniple, The Joker. Hair length each way. Time, 2.15 3-5. Returns for Meeting The totalisator Tor the day handled £29,708 los, against £30,0 10 105 on the second day last year, a decrease of £2 42. The total lor the meeting was £52,328 los, against £51,908 10s last year, an increase of. £420.