POVERTY BAY TURF CLUB.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10481, 20 October 1899, Page 3

POVERTY BAY TURF CLUB.

(PKESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGRAM.) GISBORNE, October 19. The Poverty Bay Turf Club's Spring Meeting opened to-day. There was glorious weather and a good attendance. The sum of £1464 went through the totalisator. Following are the results: — TRIAL HANDICAP, of 20 soys; second 5 soys from the stake; six furlongs—Argyle, 7st 121b, 1; Dreyfus, 83t 4lb, 2; Tapuhere, 7st 13lb, 3. Time, lmin 18 2-sth sec. Dividend, £2 lis. FIRST HANDICAP HURDLES, of 40 soys; second 5 soys from the stake; one mile and three-quarters—Evening Wonder, 9st, 1; En Avant, lOst, 2. These wexe the only starters. Time, 3min 25 2-sth sec. Dividend, £1 Bs. FIRST HACK HURDLES, of 20 soys; one mile and a half—Pinepinetekura, list 91b, 1; Frolic, Bat, 2. Time, 3min 24 3-sth sec. Dividend, £1 18a. SPRING HANDICAP, of 60 aovs; one mile and a quarter—En Hakkore, 6st 71b, 1; Canopus, Bst 41b, 2;'Jadoo, 9st, 3. Won by a length, after a good race. Daphne was the only one scratched. Time, 2min 12} sec. Dividend, £3 17a. WELTER HANDICAP, of 20 soys; seven lOst 61b, 1; Evening Wonder, 9st 31b, 2; Ngarika, lOst 4lb, 3. Craftsman and Haati Purie were scratched. Time, lmin 34} sec. Dividend, £2 9s. MAIDEN SCURRY, of 10 soys—Lulu 1, Nereid 2,' Strowen 3.; Time, 57 2-sth sec. Dividend, £7 7a. FLYING HANDICAP, of 40 soys; six furlongs—En Hakkore, 7st, 1; Jadoo, 9st 41b, 2; Manutaki, Bst 7lb, 3. AU started. Won by a length.: Time, lmin 17 l-sth see. Dividend, £2 18a. FLAT HANDICAP, Of 20 soys; one mileRecruit 1, Sable Cloud 2, Retribution 3. Ngarika and Craftsman were scratched. Dividend, £3 6s.