LATE RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 251, 20 October 1904, Page 2

LATE RACING.

,>YELLI.\a JON H.C. SPRING -MEETING,

(By Tef>graph'.—Press Association.)

HUTT RACECOURSE, this day,

There is magnificent spring: weather for the opening day of the W.R.C. meeting. The conrse dried quickly after the recent heavy rains, and is in capital order. The -_-Ut.ilOunce is not up to tEe average, chiefly owtng to the fact that there is no direct railway communication to the course, the nraiu-h line having beeu badly damaged by last week's gale. The attendance includes the Governor aud party aud a goodly number of legislators. Results:— Hurdles.—Killarney. 10.1. 1; Defoe. O.S, _; Jeaune d'Albert, ».<!, 3. Thche were ue only starters. Won very easily by eight. lengths: Ttmc, y._4 _-;"!. Dividend, £1 15/. Shorts ihiridicap.—Solution, 7.0, 1: Bounce., 7,."., _; Gold Dredge, 6.t». :!. .Scratched: Bal-lai-at, Matufcu, Gold Crown, aud The Stake. Solution hopped off with the lead, which she held al! the way, eventually winning by half a length, with a length between second and third. Time, 1,5 3-3. Dividends. J-- 4/ and £1 13/. Wellington Handicap.—Tercelet, 6.9, 1: Mahutougu. 5.7, _: Convoy, 9.4. 3. Scratched: Submarine. Tercelet was iv the lead passing the stand, aud was never displaced, winning at the finish by a length and ahalf. Mahutonga aud Convoy made a forv.aid move rounding the bend into the straight, but could not get on terms with the leader, Slahutonga gaining scr-ond place by half a length. Dividends, £10 12/ aud IV. Time, _.ll 4-5.

FLEMINGTON TRAINING NOTES.

(By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright.") (Received 11.30 a.m.) FT.EMIXGTOX. October 20. Canteen sprinted half a mile in ols. -"WaJrifcf did 'even'"time wcu!k. finishing alright. Tartan and Cato wove companions over ten furlonjrs, run hi 2.15 J. Emir, alone, covered 11 furlongs in 2.33. St. Ambrose did a similar journey in 2.301: and Sylvan King in 2.34. Canteen and Sylvan King are now ruling' favourites for the -Cup at 8 to 1: 10 to 1 Murmur. "Wairiki is being backed at 14 to 1.