WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10777, 3 October 1900, Page 5

WANGANUI J OC KEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

(PKES3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAiI.) WAJtaAfIUI, October 2. For the first day.of the Wanganui Jockey Club's Spring Meeting the weather waa lino, and tbero was a large iuendtujce. The fields were good, and speculation waa brisk Re- ' SPKING HANDICAP, 0 { i 2O soya; BCCond 15 soys ironi etaiio. r. One zniio and a distance. * 30. J. Best sb g Oracle, by Castofi— Pamela, uc«l, fet 3 ib ... (G. Price) 1 228. l>. V- and *•; A " .«»thaa'e Bosella, Bet 60. J. George's Cruaj> 6 , Set g lb (GaUa 3 G6B orea 3) lo,t7lb ( blß/S e S u ; U^) Basil Kow Bst lUb, Ofll Coaur do Liou Sat 6ib, 1G Fajnoos <st 131b, 20 The Hempie 7st 111b, 37 Scottish Atotetael 7 Bt iolb 23 Lftd Lome Vsl 10ib, 1 Gow-ue 7 Bt 91b aud gg X row Cst lOlb, also Btattad. The £eld got away to a flying start, and the thirteen swept pajt t iu> stand in a cluster, with Crusoe, Kosella, The Hempie, and Gowrie at the head of a bunch. Crusoe cut out the running for the greater part oi tho journey, and at the back had several lengths advantage of hia closest attendants, Gowrie and The HeniP"- « the turn for home Oracle and RoseHs. made a great race of it, and gradually wearing d own Crusoe, Oracle just beat Kosella- in the last furlong. Time amin 3sec. Dividend, £-25 16s. ' XltlAL HACK HA NDICAPj o{ second 10 soys from stake. Six furlongs. 77. K. Shearsby's blk iv \? esi Guard by Vanguard—bou-Weater mare, 4yrs, 45. O.'Batea's Queen's Guard, 1 7st lardinß) 1 , m > n Kennedy) 2 76. J. MoGovenis Bonus, Bst 2ib 217 Ngatihuia 9st, 204 Coma Kedoubt 7st 121b, Poataniaha Gst 81b, 10 Pastime 7st 31b, 88 Liable 7st, 15 Van 7at, 6 Himalaya 7st 121b, Wlwi Lad 7sL and 23 Mora 7st, also started. Prom a. capital send-oS Queen's Guard and Liable made the running until the home turn, when West uuard and Bonus moved up and displaced Liable, a clinking finish resulted in a win for bhoaraby'a maro by a K ood length. Time, lnun 19 4.5 th sec. dividend £10 16s. ' WANGANUI GUINEAS, a sweep o£ 10 soys each, with 300 eovs added; «econd 60 6OVB from stake. Colts, Bst 10lbfillies and goldmgs Ba t 51b. One mile. ' 403. B.on. J. D. Ormond's eh c Renown, by Dreadnought—Lyre Bird, Bat 101b 126. L. D. and W.A. Nathan's X by Seaton Delaval— Mis 3 Letty, Bst 125. sfr b Geo. ciifiord's eh c * by Clanranald—Weather Eye, Bst 101b 297 Formosan Bst 101b (R. Derrett)™ 6 110 Eobin Adair Bst 101b (J McTaggart), and 52 Heiress Bst 51b (J. Whittaker), also startod The six candidates went away well together Beddington at once darting to the front and making the pace, followed by Cannie Chiel, the rest tailing off. Beddington, with three lengths advantage, led Cannie Chiel past the quarter-mile post, followed by Renown and Formosan. The same order was maintained round the back of the course, where Gallagher widened tho distance between the leaders to a good four lengths. Rounding the threequarter mfle post the field closed up, and on passing the stand Renown had a W of Beddington; Cannie Chiel, fhree lengths off, thud. Tune, lmin 46sec Dividend, £2 9e. Tue following table shows the winners of tho Guineaa;—

FIRST HANDICAP HURDLES, of 125 soys; second 15 aovs from stake. Two miles and a distance. 113. G. M. Currie'3 blk g Whetu, by Fathom—Westland, aged. lXmt Hh (W. Higgine) 1 —. O. Driscoll's Waiwera, lttst 2lb (A. Moore) 2 109. A. J. Jury's Trouba3our, list 7lb (A. Hall) 3 CO Hangfire lOst lllb, 179 Cairo lOst 71b, 325 Kaimate lOet 6lb, 42 Light lOst 41b, 13 , Silver Kay lOat, 51 Deny 9st 12fb, and 10 Lochade 9st, also started. Waiwera led for the best part of the journey, and on reaching the turn for home Higgins brought Whetu along at rattling pace, eventually winning by a length, end a half. Silver Kay fell. Time, 4min lOsoc. Dividend, £7 Gβ. FIRST HACK HURDLES, of 75 soys; second 15 sots from stake. About one mile and five fuiAouge. G7. \Y. Beach's h g Frost, by Fonlshot— Fcvc, aged, lOat 51b ... (W. Neary) 1 41. G. H. GibeoTx's Hnutonga, list 3\b (G. Laing) 2 136. J. Cohurn's Kilkenny, lOst (H. Moon) 3 105 Ngapuhi Hat 71b, 160 Kaiwhakaioa lOat 10\V), 26-2 Wnarangi lOst, 14 Nea 9st 21b, 26 Madman 9et, and 18 Coral 9st, also started. This race can only he described as a chapter of accidents. Kaiwhakaroa was the first to fall, meeting his fate at the first obstacle. Theu .Ngapuhi, who was leading for the first halfmile, came a cropper, at the jump in front of the stand, and at the next obstacle Wharanpi, Madman, and Coral tumbled all together. A clinking finish between Hautonga and Frost resulted in the latter just gaining the verdict by a n eo k. Time, 3min 14seo. Dividend, £11 2s. HACK HANDICAP, of 75 soys; second IS sov3 from Btake. Ouo mile and a distance. 187. J J. Conn ell's br g Haydn, by Sou'- ,.- Wester—Mira, 6yrs, 7at 6lb (Rayner) 1 105. H. Jeffrey's Mazona, Bst 3lb n ?- Best's Redoubt, Tst 101b (G. Reid) 3 it ,? plow Bst 91 b. S7 Tukapa Bst 61b, 60 - f r T B £ y Bat m > no M y« 7s ' 81b, 2G Van w '-i I i Ca P ture 7st, 96 Last Spec 7at, and 5 Hail <st, also started. Won comfortably by two lengths. Time, l mi "sfq,e. Divid e nd,JE4 10s. G HAND ICAP, of 120 soys; second ip w B n vs from Btake - Si * furlongs. 7G. W. Best's b s Oracle, by CastofJUi t w me J. a, a^ed > 7st 71b ( G - 6 ) 1 114. j. k. Comgan's Cor» Linn, Bat 81b 0,, t n, „ , (R. Derrett) 3 All. J. T. Moore's Chasseur, 9st 4lb t>q i- Higgins) 3 lu9 Hastings Bst 51b, 27 Lady Lome Bst 3lb, t G °™H 51 Lasting 7st lllb, 2 89 Sentry^ '•It oT't.- Som nolont 7et 51b, 89 Calceolaria 6rn i Kuserow 6at 101b, also started. shooW W ? ? lv ? ya in c e° od Position, and, wm Sil i° f *> ruck at the tura for home 18 a-SUt Bee. Dividend, £12 18s.

Winner. Sire. Bider. »- 1880 1881i 1832 1883 1834 1885 18C61 18871 1888| 1889:' 1890 1391 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 18S8 1899 19C0l |Rewi ..! iHippodaniia Kiiigusk .. Eseopeta .. Pearl Waitiri 'Forester .. IMaxim IManton iTirailleur .. St. Andrew. Clanranald . St. Hippo . Pegasus Forms Quiltiri Day Star .. Multiform.. Oingo Seahorse .. Ifleiiown .. [Mute .J ; Hippocampus Hero Musket Bollon Green. Musket Puriri lltiaket Musket Musket St. Letjer St. Lefjer St. Le-er .. Nelson Nordenfeldt. Quilt Castor .. Hotchkiss .. Torpedo Nelson Parednought ' J. WiUianu Taylor Robinson Robinson Clifford A. Woods Voile Huxtable Clifford Reeves Page Clarke Gallagher Taylor Hall Lindsay Gallagher Dorrett Noble Creamer 'Davis ta. s. 152 150? 152i 153 1504 1451-5 14715 1511-5 1 to 2-5 148 145 2-5 145 150 1471-5 168 1 47 1-5 1 52 2-5 1 431-5 1 46 4-5 1431-5 1 46