Hawke's Bay Jockey Club Autumn Meeting.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 4315, 17 March 1884, Page 3

Hawke's Bay Jockey Club Autumn Meeting.

(UY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Hastinob, UUs ufternoon. The weathor ia slightly showery for tho races to-day.

MAIDEN PLATK, of 100 sove.; distance, one aiid a hiflf mijo. Woight-for-aKC.

Lord of tlje Isles \yas scratched at 10 a.m., and shoftly afterwards Mr poiiglas scratchod Briar, preferring to' dp that to allowing l)im to walk over for half tjio stake.

WEI,TJfiB HANDICAP, flf W smfi' s%£ nd horao to recplyo ffl soys, from tho BtSkc; dlstanco, two niilCS. M|n|niuin woifhr, »3t7lb.

Minerva ... Heretaunga Blaakheatli

Kmir Boy and Looh Lomond were scratched. Five saddled up, Escopota having the call in the betting at 6 to 4 against. Blackheath got the wo:stof the start, but after they had gono a little dißtance,..was taken to the front, where he remained till entering tho straight, when Heretaungn challenged him for the lead, and lie compounded halfway up the straight. Minerva was then let out, and she won easily. Totalizator dividend, £3 7s.

NAPIKR HANDICAP, of .'OO snvs.: s.-nond horto to receive r.u soya. nml third horso to reuolvu l'03»v«. fi-oni tho utu 0; <IMance,ouo and throc-(|uurt«r lliilo.

S-'o.i'rtVHter, "ft !)'b Poet, Ssf-'lb

NOUOII, 7st'2lb

Wapiti was soraUihed, loaving cloven hprsps jn. Spij'wealor maintained his ppßijjon 'as fayouifte' in fli.e bptting till tho jjag "fell at pyens ftgaiust Jtlip field. Passing tlio st»n» Wlfi H^t tjmp, Nejeon led, but shortly atUf Kftttai.nps dopnyed him of the lead. At the book of the course, Nelson again took up tlio running. Entering the straight, Nelson and Poet wero hard at it, but Sou'-weeter came through halfway up the straight, ami won by a .length. The Poet and Nelson ran a dead heat for second place. '■ Time, 3min. 12eccs. Totalisator £2, dividend: 10 Bd.