POINT TO POINT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 210, 4 September 1911, Page 8

POINT TO POINT.

PAXURAHGA STEEPUSCHAB& A RECORD MEET. The annual point to point steeplechase oj the Paknranga Hunt Club were '«ew on Saturday afternoon. The conn* » laid at Preston Hill, over th» properties of Means Dunn, HamiiT Hnnt. Bailey, and Kilgoui, aadwsi vboot three miles of true banana; cooatn The weather was perfect and the attend! ance easily a record one and lit la eaUmabNi that fully 2000 speotatnm were present! and It seemed as if eTery iwa.li li and ban! in Auckland had been press** into servipT The races were divided hate four cw«.' Heavy Weights, bight WetafcU. UdlcTand Fanners'. In each division the entries *Z good, the light weight daaa attracting too? ■teen entries and the r ■■' eleven. Th. racing was good <tfcrongho<Bt and althourh there were two ugly looking fails uf" Harrlß and Mr R. A. Bent being the sufferera, both escaped with a shaking. Messrs I T, Garrie and H. O. Nolan Were judges Mr E. D. O'Rorke starter, whit* a strong committee under the secretary (Mr Kinioch) car ried out the awangememui admirably, rw tails of the events are:— " LIGHT WEIGHTS, list 7H». Mr 3. Quintan's Webfoo* (Mr a Dnon) l iMr Martin's Takatua (Mr L. Dunn) 2 Mr E. A. Watkin's Sabine (MrKetrlar' lor) ? m% , Also started: Una, Miss Hippo, Vermont Cocky, bady Weasel, T&sso, Joe May KlMr* Lough Finn, Hautere, Pok). SaMaiudJ« May led over the first two fences, th e ijtnw failing at the second fence. Santa* led on the hill but coining down the incline tan off Hautere taking the lead. Ije latter wu beaten a mile from home and Wehfoot Sk ing charge, was never afterwards hided winning a good race by two lengths. eaMn» was a dozen lengths away third and nw tere fourth. * HEAVY WEIGHTS, 13st Mr Daiton's Captain Jack (Mr Dakon) 1 Mr Kintocfc's Try Over (Mr Kinioch) " I Mr J. R. Taylor's Joe May (Mr J R Taylor) .',"; 8 Atoo started: Guy Fawkes, .Laddie Prine. Rupert, bough Finn. Lougfe Finn and Jm May led to the big hedge, where both tic off, Captain Jack going oa in the lead* ■bough Finn got over at the second attesnrt and led up the hill. He ran off again it the top, Try Over taking charge. Half a mile from home Capt. Jack, Say Fawkei Try Over and Joe May wwe ail of a buiS and the first two raced head and headit the last fence. Guy Fawkes struck hart and dislodged his rider, leaving Capt. Jt<* to go on and win by <b*lf-«-do»en lenrtts from Try Over wita Joe May third, LADIES. Miss E. Gill's Tikitere (Miss B. Gim » Miss Stunges Boxer OMlta Sturges) , " * * Miss Kelly's Diamond (Miss Kellyj ",\ j Also started: Baby 11., Mass, Aroha, Mahuta. Tikitere and Boxer led alternately tut they came down the hill into the last paddock when Boxer was beat and Tiklteri looked to have the race won when Mia fiSr. ris brought Bajby 11, a fourteen band pony* along with a great rattle and the two raced at the last fence locked together, tie pony bitting hard and falling, losing a line winning ctoance, leaving Tikitere to win sully, FARMERS, 12.7. Mr Clarke's Luxton (Mr Harris) * Mr C Wallace's Galvanta (Mr Wallace)'' a Mr C. G. Rutherford's KJrikiri (Mr Both. erford) ... 3 Also started: Number, Scot Free, Cuing, uo, Tommy Burns, Cutler, Vermont, Chsr. coal, Dolly. Vermont led for half a mile when Luxton took charge and stalling off a strong challenge by Galsvanta won the best race of the day toy bait a length. After the events the prise* were present' ed to the successful competitors bv tba Master. Mr E. D. O'Rorke.