RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 22 June 1923, Page 8

RACING NEWS.

HAWKE'S BAY MEETING. ZEUS WINS STKKPI.ECLIASE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HASTINGS. Thursday. i At the Ilawke's Hay Jockey Club's Wintbrough flj.SOo, as compared with £1G,154 for the second day las.t year, a decrease of £349. The total sum put through for the meeting was £32.412, ns against £31,802 last year, an increase of. £010. The following are the details of the later events: — June Steeplechase, of BOOsovs: about two miles and a-hnlf.— T. K. Welch's h g Zeus, aged, by Martian—Stephanie. 0.5 (E. Copestakel 1: H. Pardoes General Raven. 10.0. 2: U. Stanbrldge's First Line, 11.0, :;. Also started: Multive 8.2, Sturdee 10.:!. General Uuven and Zeus went to the first fence together. Passing the stand General Raven was lightly ins the lead of Zeus, First Line being a length further bark. This order was maintained till the Railway Road bend was reached, where Sturdet; took the lead from Zeus, but the latter was again in command paseing the stand, and over the double brush, where General Haven was slightly in the lead of Line lying third. Along the back the Held was well strung out, Sturdeo falling back. General Raven made up lost ground, and was with Zeus over the last fence, but tne latter had tho best of the weights, and won nicely by a length and a-half, the same distance separating second and third. Time. 5.13.

Ladles' Necklace, one mile and a-half. — Maunga, 10.11 (Mr. T. Hopkins). 1; Bagdad. 12.5. 2; Battle Knight. 12.13. 3. Also started: Wbareiti 10.7,' Heather Queen 10.7. Battle Knight. Wharelti, and Bagdad were racing in that order going out of the straight. Whareiti took the lead at the Southland Itoad bend, but along the hack Maunga went ahead. Heather <iueen lying third. The field bunched up at the entrance to the straight, but the finish was left to Maunga and Bagdad. Maunga won by a necU, six lengths between second aud third.

Raukawa Handicap: nine furlongs.— Merry Bells. 9.0 (11. GoldflneM. 1; Westerner, 10.0. 2: Fera. 10.1, 3. Also started: Slave Mart !).S. Westerner was leading Slave Mart and Merry Bells out of the straight. At the bad; Fera went up third, and coming round the bend Westerner aud and Fora close handy. A great race ensued to the post. Merry Hells gaining the verdict by a nose from Westerner, who was half a length in front of Fera. Time. 2.6 1-5.

Final Handicap, six and a-half furlongs. —Kilblrd. 9.7 (C. Reed), li Ilaurangi, H.."i. 2: Blissfulness. 0.2, 3. Also started: Kaotane O.S. Suspicion 0.0, Barrier 10.13, Kahikatea 0.5. Zircon 10..-,, l,slnnd 0.4. Askari 0.0. Askari was the Qrst to show our, with Kahikatea next. The field was bunched at the entrance to the straight, where Kilblrd came nway and won easily by a length, a neck between second aud third. Time, 1.24 4-n.