DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 53, 4 March 1901, Page 3

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETING.

1 THE THIRD DAY'S RACING.

(By Telegruph.—Press Association.)

DUNBDIN, Saturday.

The D.J.C. had good weather for the third day of the autumn meeting. It was quite a contrast to the previous day; the weather was warm and pleasant, and the rain, which threatened late in the afternoon, hold off. The attendance was large, Bumu of the Indian troops being present, and uiso the Hon. C. 11. Mills. The racing was again Interesting, Mr Dowses handicaps furnishing some good finishes. Speculation was brisk, the sum of £0771 being put through. Tins brings the total for the meeting up to £18,387, against £16,031 hist year. The results are as follows:—

Second Hurdles: Pund«e 1, Ilex 2. Sub Ki^-a a!«c Mturtid but ran rounil a hurdle at the half distance. Dundee won by 15 leujitbu. Time. i.m 7s. Dividend. £1 11/. Abbotsford Welter.—Decoy and La Reine (dead-heat) 1, Red Banner 3. Scratched: ! Silver Maid. Witchcraft, Brisa. It was a ! great race. Red Banner and Cadet finish- ! in.'T within a neck of the dead-heaters. j Time, 1,34. Dividends: Decoy, £2 3/; La I Rome, £1 18/. j Hopeful Stakes.—Canteen (King) 1, Red i Gauntlet 2, Battler 3. Komuri was the other starter. Won by two lengths. Time, 1.19 "t-5. Dividend. £4 5/. Anniversary Handicap. — Nihilist 1, Cameo 2, Hermosa 3. All started. Won by half a length. Time, 2.12 2-5. Third Hack Handicap of 40sovs, six furlongs.— Muscovite, 5.7, 1; Terrapin, 8.9, 2; Stock Maid, 6.11, 3. Won comfortably by two lengths. Time, 1.19. On the totalisator. 1170. Dividend, £<*. Flying Handicap of 90sovs, seven furlongs.—Brisa, 8.5, 1; Hypiu.. 3. Also started: .St. Dennis and Cherrystone. Brisa after a good race won by half a length. Time, 1.37. Totallsator, 999. Dividend, £4 7/. Wlngatui Stakes of 125sovs. Weight for age. Six furlongs.—Mr G. G. Stead's Mensehikoff, 1; Goldspur, 2. Mens^ chikoff won anyhow. Time, 1.18 2-5. On tlip totalisator, 144. Dividend, £1 1/. Farewell Handicap of GOsovs, one mile.— Mr W. Crossan's eh g St. Denis, 7.10, 1; Hermosa, 8.7, .2; Belligerent, 5.4, 3. Also started: Nihilist, Bricken and Spider. Rounding the turn St. Denis, who had made up the ground in surprising style, was with the leaders, and down the straight caught Hermosa, and won by three parts of a length. Time, 1.46. Dividend, £5 14/. The stewards decided to hold an Inquiry Into the running of St. Denis at the meeting, and the money was looked up.