WAIMATE PLAINS TROTTING CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1408, 19 April 1917, Page 25

WAIMATE PLAINS TROTTING CLUB.

SUCCESSFUL MEETING AT HAWERA. The Waimate Plains Trotting Club held their annual meeting at Hawera on Easter Monday, the gathering proving an unqualified success from every point of view. The trotting was of a most interesting nature, while the totalisator handled £10,850, as against £7972 for the 1916 fixture, an increase of £2878. The results were:— AUROA MAIDEN HANDICAP of 60 sovs. One mile and a-half. 3—Xavier, 7sec (Pringle) 1 2— Little Jewel, lOsec 2 1— Mona Vale, 2sec 3 Also started: Lincoln Jersey 4sec, Miss Mavis lOsec, Marinto lOsec. Won by a neck. Time, 3min 37 2-5 sec. NORMANBY HANDICAP of 70sovs. One mile and a-quarter. 5— Lord Lytton, 7sec (Cameron) ... 1 3 — Tim Wilkin, Bsec -. . 2 2— Prize Pearl, 7sec 3 Also started: Rexcordium scratch, Lady Sefton ssec, Cliff 6sec, Bellfounder 7sec, General Botha 7sec, Lord Thorpe 7sec, Kingsland Ssec, Wild Daisy Bsec. Won by half a length. Time, 3min 2 4-ssec. WAIMATE PLAINS CUP of 200sovs. Two miles. I— Lady Rothsoon, 9se>c (Pringle) . . 1 6— Hahinga, llsec 2 7 — Merivale, lOsec 3 Also started: Harold Junior 2sec, August Child 4sec, Huia Gray 4sec, Shanghai 9sec, Doris Wilkes lOsec, General Advance lOsec, Gipsy King llsec. Glad Eye 12sec. Won by three lengths. Time, 4min 49sec. TARANAKI DISTRICT HANDICAP of 55sovs One mile and a-half. 4 — Mawhiti, 12sec (Clefton) 1 1— Proud Bess, 12sec 2 2 — Cliff, scratch 3 Also started: Doc 2sec, Baroness 10 sec, Nancy Wilkes 12sec, Nursemaid 12 sec, Whiffler Boy 12sec, Takaka 12sec, Silver Manse 12sec, Gipsy Rose 12sec, Victoryne 12sec. Won by 50 yards. Time, 4min Bsec. STRATFORD HANDICAP of 80sovs. One mile and a-half. 3 — Calmly. 7see (Shadbolt) 1 2-— Little Hector, 7sec 2 6 —Tattles, ssec 3

Also started: 4 Dillon 9sec, 5 Nellie Clive 7sec, 1 Goodrich llsec. Won by four lengths. Time, 3min 47sec. HAWERA HANDICAP of lOOsovs. Two miles. 3— Todd Bells 9sec (Barraclough) . . 1 2—Goldboy, 21 sec 2 s—Woodchild, 9sec 3 Also started: Clive scratch, . Grattan Chimes 16sec, Amberite 21sec, Rio Grande 21sec. Won by three lengths. Time, 4min 55sec. MA NAT A HANDICAP of 75sovs. One mile and a-quarter. Celtic, 4sec (Barraclough) 1 Gipsy King, 7sec 2 August Child, scratch . 3 Also started: Huia Gray 2sec, Prinzora 2sec, Lucille 2sec, Shanghai ssec, Merivale 6sec, Troubadour 6sec, Shambok "see. Won by four lengths. Time, 3min Ssec. ELTHAM HANDICAP of 75sovs. On* mile and a-quarter. 2—Little Hector, 9sec (Pringle) .... 1 9—Grattan Chimes, Ssec 2 4— Glad Eye, ssec 3 Also started: Huon Patch scratch, Tattles 7sec, Sweet Prince 9sec, Dillon lOsec, Bellfounder lOsec, Mona Vale 10 sec, Nellie Clive lOsec, Lady Sefton 10 sec, Elmo Junior lOsec. Time, 3min 7sec.