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At the Races
Beautifully fine weather favoured the two-day summer meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club at Makaraka; in fact the second day proved to be almost too much of a good thing, and the heat was said to have affected the betting figures.
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Mr E. Jaffe, Auckland, accepting N.Z.B. coffee set trophy for the D.J. Barry Memorial Handicap from the wife of the President, Mrs H. H. Dods. Mr Dods at right. (Great Scot, owned by E. Jaffe and H. H. Riley).
Mrs E. C. Loisel presenting the Tolaga Bay Cup to Mr T. Nelson. (Nuffield, owned by Mrs E. and T. Nelson, Te Puke).
The H. C. Beach Memorial Cup being presented to Mr F. E. Osborne, for the owners of Black Print (L. W. Ford and D. R. Orr, Matamata).
Great Scot winning the D. J. Barry Memorial by a neck from Gold Brick, with two lengths back to Post Boy and Parachute.
The announcer, Mr A. L. Bright, of Palmerston North (formerly of Gisborne) keeps an eye on one of the races.
A shot taken during the P. B. Hurdles.