MARTON JOCKEY CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1489, 7 November 1918, Page 9

MARTON JOCKEY CLUB.

SUMMER MEETING

A New Year racing fixture which promises to be liberally patronised by North Island owners, trainers and turf followers generally is the Marton Jockey Club’s summer meeting, in connection with which a first-rate programme has been drawn up by the officials of this enterprising club. Meetings held on the Marton course invariably provide high-class racing, the competitors seen out at these popular fixtures representing the best in the North Island. The piece de resistance as regards the New Year’s Day gathering of- the Marton Jockey Club is the Marton Cup (open), of 600sovs, one mile and a-quarter, and the prospects of a splendid field going to the post may be regarded most favourably. This old-established and much coveted race has provided the

club’s patrons with some stirring struggles in the past, and will assuredly again prove an attraction well warranting a trip to the Marton course on the first day of the New Year. The Railway Handicap (open), six furlongs, carries with it the valuable sum of 350sovs in stake money, and that many leading sprinters will be reserved for this event is certain. Another good stake is offered for the Stewards’ Welter Handicap (open), of 240sovs, eight furlongs and a-half, a distance which will suit many horses whose stamina is not to be trusted over longer courses. The Hack Hurdles Handicap, of 175sovs, one mile and a-half, and the Juvenile Handicap, of 200sovs, for two and three-year-olds (five furlongs), are two events which will be appreciated by owners of eligible candidates. Owners of hacks are especially well catered for, the following three flat events being provided on the afternoon’s programme: Dash Hack Han-

dicap, of 150sovs, six furlongs; Ladies’ Bracelet, of 130sovs, eight furlongs and a-half; and the New Year Hack Handicap, of 150sovs, seven furlongs. Nominations for all events close with the secretary, Mr. Arthur Way, Marton, on Friday, December 6, at 9 p.m.