THE TAKAPUNA MEETING

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1899, Page 3

THE TAKAPUNA MEETING

Safe's all round, tie Stiininer' Keetißf «>i tkfe Tafc&jmna J6eksy Clvb1 Was aifr^otjneed success, and ,a number of the fiflisfe.es thrtmgfiiGUt the three day! Wefe Very close, ami exciting. The totalisator receipts show a shrinkage of £88? oo&JEmred with last year's gatberiag, \>Ut this caa be accounted fofr fey soxae of the fields, dwindling doWtx In. fcninbers.

The feature ol Saturday's racing ■vvai the fine forth of Rex, who won the Sußwneir ISaiidicap, one mile, under an. impest of 9.2, while he was tmf nktioyrlj defeated later in the afternoon in the Devpnport Handicap, sis furioigs, carrying; the thump¥ag im|«»st ©1 9.12. Rex, I tbmk, is OiMy commencing to return to form again, and, his two latest deeds show wli&t a.'speedy gentleman he is.. Va. the Marine Handicap Blueciap, a $tawe-Bi4te. of ,Re£, aceosapiished a &$!&&& perfcrinahee. This tWoryealFoid Riding carried 9.8 and ran four flirltjifes in $2|see. He is one of the Saßteit ijits ef horseflesh l.have seen jrtiiiiili^r, atd the way he stuck to his task' shows iis heart is in the right giae*. Sultan, the winner of the Borough HaSliciap,i# the, property of Mi- G. E. |Ui©d^, a Wfeil-kn^Wn loftal eontractoj:. 'M&'-Wkk k-eiifhtTip here soihe twelve months ag^..f><?fa:.the Taurang'a distrieti with a :_ good reputation as a $priit6r,.and last season he was freqQentiy out at the meets ef the PakuT&TbgA Hutit Clnb, He also covered the fbuji* furlongs in s^|sec, - and won easily, top. it is pleasing1 to know M£ Khodes owns such a useful sort as Sultan. ~;^^.^atitiiiig of Bdiniah in the fhird liaftdieap Hurdles, in which he fH- i&afrpwiy defeated by Kanaka,' l|phgr foes td show that the form of: lE^ firS^nained on the opening day % ike First Maiden Hurdles was all WtQilxg. Kanaka only gave Bellman fpijr f ouiids on Saturday, and then it w&s k v^ry cibse, thing between therii, ils i| itiiles being traversed in the itff fm tin)e of 3inin 22see. Volcano e'ait baii^ in the race and was beat"e^ lour fiiflong^ from home. A, piiiaiihg Was that of Merry Staid ia the Welter Handicap. This ! iifii^ Wa^ badly interfered With in the £ akagina Cup or she would have aiftged, better fight of it, and her form el" Saturaay foes to pittfe this. It #a^ j»e fiitSfetioßlea that previous t© the *T.|-.@i Itfeetiiif Mefry Maici and Aebne vim pt toother ovel1 a, ifalle aiid a^ Hti it Ellei-sliie, and Mr W. Handley's Mft ".lad, the best of it.- With refetl*aeft: to. the spur marks oh the mare aftet- the race I anU informed by her <»#&er that she has very thin skin, and that ieteounts for a good deal of the goN inhibited on her sides at the eonths race. . J|| out of the way, the »tf<f||i«iehiise proved a very hollow kms i&dwd* for Nor'-west bad ereryb«fat«n from the time he negoWmL'We water - jump on the last P$&A r.W the journey. The lot who B|jteS4& the Winner Were very modern As iiaiial, Mr Robt. Wynyard's aili*a|meiits at the meeting were most |ll^leiei: ipr'whieh M must be aWard* <*#,» Waria meed of praise. He was mW --IfHnuicd iii bis efforts b.¥ Mr 13. TO vAMttffc, Chairman of the Commit*