THE AVONDALE MEETING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 72, 28 April 1930, Page 3

THE AVONDALE MEETING.

Per Press Association.

AUCKLAND, Saturday. There was a good attendance for the opening day of the Avondale Autumn meeting. Tiie weather was dull _but the traek was unaffected by overnight rain. Results : — Rosebank Handicap. — 1 Sir Mond (Gray) 1. 4 Operatic 2. 3 Hannibal 3. Scratched : Glittering Gold, Trustee Won by three-quarters of a length. half a iength between second and third. Time, lmin. 28secs. Hurdles. — 4 Airtight (H. Dulieu) 1. 2 Mountain Guide 2, 8 Dark Prin^e 3. All started. Won by a neck. Twenty lengths between second and third. Time, 2min. 42secs. Memorial. — 4 Eaglet (K. Voitre) 1, 3 In the Shade 2. 6 Corinax 3. Scr. : Paitonu, Vali. Won by a neck, with i length between second and third. Time, 2min. 8secs. Oakley Handicap. — 1 Honiton (Bagby) 1, 3 I'm Alone 2, 2 Spring Abbey 3. Scratched: Mierometer, Red Day, Takarunga. Won by a length . with third two lengths back. Time, lmin. 40secs. All-aged Stakes, 6 furlongs. — 2 Lady Quex (Gray) 1, 1 Paganelli 2, 5 Wild Time 3.* Scratched: Eaglet, Chrysology. Won by half a length, with two lengths between second and third. Time, lmin. 13sec. Chevalier Handicap, 6 furlongs.— 3 Chromadyne (Smith) 1, 4 Britisli King 2. 13 Carl Idem 3. Scratched: Royal Finance, I'm Alone. Won by threequarters of a length, third one and ahalf lengths back. Time, lmin. 14 1-5 sec. Railway Handicap. — 4 Awarere (Gray) 1,"2 Royal Parade 2, 3 Richfield 3. All started. Won by two lengths. Time, lmin. 12 4-5sec. Titirangi Handicap, 1 mile. — 4 Standfast (R. McTavish) 1, 6 King Emerald 2, 2 Le Choucas 3. Also started: 5 Sir Russell-, 7 Owaii^ika, 8 Good Boy, 3 Mosque, 1 Page Boy. Won by one and a-half lengths, third a neck away. Mosque was fourth.