AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1581, 12 August 1920, Page 13

AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB.

SPRING MEETING. The new season’s racing so far as Auckland is concerned will be opened next month, when the Avondale Jockey Club will hold their spring meeting, on September 25 - and 29. The programme for this popular spring fixture is a particularly attractive one, substantial increases having been made in the stakes offered for the various races. The Avondale Cup Handicap, one mile and a-quar-ter, has been raised in value from lOOOsovs to 1500sovs, and it is certain a large number of the best horses in the North Island will be given an opportunity of contesting this valuable stake. The excellent list of entries received for the Avondale Stakes, of 600sovs, four furlongs, may be accepted as a sure indication of a strong field of two-year-olds being on hand to dispute supremacy in this important classic. Other first day events are the Flying Stakes Handicap, of 500sovs, six furlongs; Grey Lynn Handicap Hurdle Race, of 300sovs, two miles; Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase Handicap, of 300 sovs, about three miles; Hack Welter Handicap, of 300sovs, one mile

and a furlong; Henderson Apprentice Handicap, of 300sovs, seven furlongs, for three-year-olds and upwards; and the Maiden Plate Stakes, of 200sovs, six furlongs, for all horses, three years old and upwards, that have not won an advertised flat race of any description at time of starting.

The second day’s programme is also exceptionally attractive to owners and trainers. The chief event will be the Plumpton Handicap, one mile and a furlong, which has been increased in value from 500sovs to 700sovs, while the Avondale Guineas, of 500sovs, one mile, in which the leading three-year-olds claim engagements, promises to be well up to the high standard attained in former years. The other second day’s events are: President’s Handicap, of 300 sovs, six furlongs; Mount Albert Steeplechase Handicap, of 350sovs, about three miles; Nursery Handicap, of 400sovs, four furlongs, for two-year-olds; Kingsland Handicap Hurdle Race, of 300sovs, one mile and three-quarters; Nihotapu Welter Handicap, of 300sovs, one mile and a furlong; and the New Lynn Hack Handicap, of 200sovs, six furlongs.

Entries for all events close with the secretary, Mr. H. H. Hayr, at the club’s office, Victoria Street West, Auckland, on Friday, September 3, by 5 p.m., when final payments for the Avondale Stakes (1920) and Avondale Guineas (1920) must also be made.