NORTH N.Z. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE MEETING.
' Last night Mr Percival received nomina- , tions for the two big jumping races of the iforth New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase Meeting to be fought out at :.Ellerslie in June. The; liberality of the •A.R-C. in endowing the events with rich stakes has borne good fruit, for the entries received" are slightly in excess of any previous year. Among those who figure in Ithe Hurdle Race is Rex, who was ap- • portioned 9st 71b by Mr Evett last year. The names of several beginners are also to be seen in the list, including : Antares, Castashore, Mitiora and Anita! The. champion hurdlers, St. Simmon'and Plain Bill, are also engaged. Among old stagers entered for the Steeplechase are ■Mutiny and Levanter, while the much-talked-of Nor'-west is also a candidate for cross-country honours. Mr Evett declares the handicaps on Friday, May 13th. The following figures show the total number of entries for the two events compared with the three previous years :—
; .' ) 1895 1896 1897 1898 Grand National Hurdles .. 18 35 29 37 Great N'rth'rn Steeplechase 21 30 28 30
The nominations received last night are as follows :■ —
; Gkand National Hurdle Race of lOOsots. Two miles, ■ ' ■ . Run Saturday, June 4th. . 'Vanish Kapai St. Kilda i Ballyhooley Missfire The Sharper Muscatel Torpina Reindeer Dummy Castashore ' Atalanta . Wor-west Seabreeze Toriki Mitiora The Friar Troubadour - : Tally-ho Klima Opae : 'Recruit St. Simon Umslopogaas ':■ Maid Marion Morag ■ Opou .Ajiita Voltigeur King of the : Bex Plain Bill Forest Misshot Antares Dante , Levanter Miss Nelson ' ■ Great Nokthehn Steeplechase of 600sovs.
About three miles and a-half. Run Monday, June 6th. Sinner Kaipai . Plain Bill Flukem -■ Cingalese Magpie Itch Mutiny Miss Nelson Ballyhooley , Missfire Carbuncle
;Ereha Conscript Toriki ]• Muscatel The Friar King of the Dummy Riot Forest Nor'-west Barbarossa Troubadour-Tally-ho The Trifler MarebyTetford .Claymore St. Simon — Kingfisher Levanter JMorag mare
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 30 April 1898, Page 3
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303NORTH N.Z. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE MEETING. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 30 April 1898, Page 3
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