RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 198, 19 August 1904, Page 3

RACING NEWS.

C.J.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. SKCOND DAY. MEDALLICS "WINS THE GRAND NATIONAL. A MEMOKABLE FINISH. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The Oaiuero try Jockey Club's luck deserted it yesterday. Heavy rain, which set in on tb/ 5 previous evening , , continued to fall thr_->ugn tho night, anil, though it stopped witu the morning, it thoroughly soaked the course. With a grey sky overhay d and the certain prospect of a sodden ground under foot, it is not to be wondered at that many people who had been present on Tuesday shunned a second journey to Riccarton. The result was that the attendance fell considerably short of the first day's, and that the totalisator receipts suffered. Those who braved the weather had no reA3ou to regret their oourage. They returned to town with wet feet and frozen limbs, but they had enjoyed a thoroughly interstiug afternoon's racing, aiMi they liad seen a racp which will Jive long in their recollections. GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE RACS. Seldom has a finer race been seen than the Grand Nations 1 Hurdle Race, and never, I make bold to cay, has there been su<;h a liuLsb in n hurdles race. Seven horses finished at intervals of a head. Just let the readers of the "Star" think for a moment what tfcat L-ieans. A head separated the first iiud second, a head the second and third, a head the third and fourth, and so on up tc seven heads, .equal to iiboiu a length. Therefore the sevent!i horse was on '.he tail of the winner. Just think of it ami pity the judge. The state of tho course no doubt affected toe result. On dry going Huku might have won, but so, roo, might Tupara, and the rprfjific-tivp connections of Hippowai, Sfot-

t.rti Jliiistrel, Merry Hoy, aid Catherine • iordou might, all with equal justice claim th.it. wii-h altwd conditious, their own ■•special representative would have triiimphod; still. J suspect that Scottish Minstrel's followers were glad enough thai ilio tcoinfe' was soft. The son of Clanrau,i!d is a notoriously intirm animal, and 1 would not en re to say how many times he has hoiibled a course -so lame that his goodbyes w.-ri pouued by symapthetic pressman, llippowai, too. unless 1 am mistaken, preiere soft to hard going, and t*u? light weights carried by Catherine Gordon and Merry l.loy must have favoured them hi the nnd. Merry Boy's performance suggests that but for his mishap he would have troubled the winner iv the Grand NaLiinjiil S-teeplec-hase. The latter horse, by the way, was well beaten at tbe eui , . of :i mile in yesterday's hurdle race. Tahae ■fell at th»- last fence when going as well en any of the other ten horses which were vkibly stiil "in it." Medallius got up literally on the post, and signalised his first return to tiie district of his birth by achieving a victory which will be memorable for man}' ve-ars to come. The time was 4.1 l-ssec. Dividends, £14 3/ and £4 5/. BEAUFORT STEEPLECHASE. My predictions that Phabtonitis would develop iuto a smart steeplechaser was veri'iicd on Tuesday and amply confirmed yesterday, when he won the Beaufort Steeplechase in capital style from Haydn, who lumped his 3J2.5 through the mud iv jrallant fashion. Sultana ran well, considering that he was short of work; but Saturn fell opposite the stand when going well. Time, 5.1β. Dividends, £:2 11/ and 17/6. To Kohau. with 221b the best of the weights, easily lieat Rowlock ill tlie Hunt Club Cup. the latter's stable companion beinjr third; and The Uoli.oau followc-d up his victory in the Maiden Hurdle Kace by appropriating the Sumner Handicap, Talune, who started favourite, failing to act iv the mud. AUGUST HANDICAP. Brighton gave Kuroelydon another capital ail. by winning the August Uandieap. Flower of Chitha ran a great mare under her weight, and finished three-parts oi a length behind the winner and a length iv front of Slow Tool's half brother Ability, who was third. Time, 1.U3. Dividend. , ?, £G iO/ and £1 10/6. ISLINGTON HANDICAP. Cannic (Thiol slipped his opponents at the start for the Islington Handicap, and, although he tired very fast in the" final furlohk, lasted long enough to win by a length from Secret Society, who made si line effort uuder punishment. Time, 1.51 u-0. Dividends, £4 10/ and £4 li/G. HUNTERS' HURDLES. Narcissus sgatu disappointed his backers in the Second Hunters' Hurdle Kace.which fell to the Gipsy King borse Hawera. The winner survived a protest on the ground that he was ineligible to compete; but Ktirus, who finished second, was less fortunate, being disqualified because his rider was unable to draw weight, and second place went to Early A r an. Time-, 3.44. Dividends, £6 11/ and £4 8/6. WOOLSTON PLATE.

The Woolstou Plato produced a capital struggle between EKbank and Muscovite, and the former, although he won, had little to spare at the finish. Time, 1.2U li-5. Dividends. £2 O/tS and £1 2/. No investments were made on the winning double, Grand National Steeplechase and ynfdleSJ. ' Two backers of the August Handicap and National Hurdles double received £:!19 12/ each. THE PBTIiOVNA-BAGPIFES CASE. v ßy Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHEISTCTIimCII. Thursday. Immediately on the decision being jriveii in the Bagpipes-i J etrovua case, Mr Stead refunded to the C.J.C tie stakes for the Criteriou Handicap. NEW ZEALAND THOTTING ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHXJRCH, Thursday. " The following nominations have been received for the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association:—North Island resiv dents: Messrs C. F. Mark and .7. H. Pollock. South Island residents: Messrs E. A. Archer, E. Clarkson, W. H. Denton, W. O. Ciarrard, J. Harris, W. Hayward, C. S. Jlowell, T. Marr, D. McLean, A. L. Myers, F. Selig. I\.r the North Island, there being only two required, there will be no contest. Seven must be elected to represent t ho South Island. (Received 9.57 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Grand Uapids, assisted by over Lho last half mile, did a fast gallop orer seven furlongs in a tick under 3.32, lie carried a light weight and had on i-ou-cav-s shoes. WAIKATO HUNT CLUBS MEETING. The following weights have ber-n declared in connection with the AVaikato Hunt L'lub races:— Handicap Hurdles. —Taranaki 12.0, Perseverance 11.0, Uecklesa 11.0, Mauine 11.0. Fencer 10.10, Scout 10.8, Princess of Napier 30.7, Iyeo 10.7. Swimmer 10.7, Gay Boy 10.7, I Gilt 10.7. Bnniskilleu 10.7, Pierre 10.7, Vagabond 1U.7.

Jlaidpn Welter.—Star 10.111. 10.5, C"al>aret 9.30, ruffing Billy 0.9, Lottery !).5, UadJum 9.; J. Venus 9.8, Pineal 9.0, Miss Horn a.O, Veles U.O. Hunt Clnb Cup.—Tsirauaki 12.7, Reckless 11.7. Fairy ll.'J, Fencer 11.0. Pilot 11.0, .Swimmer 11.0. Gilt 11.0, Vagabond 11.0, Resolution 11.0. Comus 11.0. Crena 11.0. Uardowie Handicap.— Beau 11.0, Seahird 10.8. Flying Shell 10.0, Ngaroto 9.10, Mahine D.7, The FrencUnia.n 0.7, Cabater y.a. .Ladies" Bracelet. — Reckless 11.0, Miss Leo 10.1 H. Tui Fencer 10.10. Perseverance IO.Si, Swimmer 10.7, Gay Boy 10.7, I.udo 10.7, Pilot 10.7. Radium 10.7, Vagabond 10.7. Enniskillen 10.7. Electric Handicap. — Kitty 10.13. Miss Leo 9.12, Tui 9.10, Njjaroto 9.10, Pukenui •J.S, The Krenehmau 9.7, Cabarec 9.5, Veles U.O, AvaUin 9.0.