WELLINGTON, RACING CLUB.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11252, 18 April 1902, Page 3

WELLINGTON, RACING CLUB.

(P—ESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, April 17. Tho first day's meeting of the Wellington Racing Ciub will be held on Wednesday next, instead of Thursday. PLUMPTON PARK TROTTING CLUB. A start was made with the Autumn Meeting of the Plumpton. Park Trotting Club yesterday in Derfect weather. The special train from town was well patronised, and a very largo number journeyed out by road. Tho course was in first-class order though a little dead in patches, which was against fast time making. Amongst "the visitors present were the Hon. J. C. Carroll and several members of the Maori Coronation Contingent During the afternoon the Native Minister was entertained by the stewards, and Mr J. L. Carl, as president of the Club, expressed the pleasure it gave them to see the interest taken by Mr Carroll in their racing. Mr Carroll, in. response, said -lie had always taken a great deal of interest in trotting 1 and ho could compliment the stewards of tho Plumpton Ciub on their efforts to make the sport a healtshy one. The sum of £2753 was passed through the totalisator as against £3535 handled on tho opening day of last year's Autumn Meeting. Results'; — TRIAL HANDICAP (in saddle), of 30 soys; second 5 soys from stake. One mile and a half.

84. R. Day's b g Impulse, by. Blackwood Abdullah, Syrs, 12seo .".. (R. Day) 1 I£. R. Qraw'3 Strayhwd, 9sec ... (Owner) 2 15*. J. Nind's Wonbobbie, lSeec (M. Edwards) 3 5 Rags 3sec, 7£ Loyal 7sec, 35 Glenroy. Bsec, 17 St. Louise Bsec, 2 Woodlander 9sec, 2i Bob M. lOseo, 2| Joy B. lOaeo, 4 Trooper Collins llsoc, 9& Gather-no-Moss llsec, 4£ Minus 12sec, 17 Nellie Gray 11. 12sec, 2' Baroness 12sec, 11J Hornet 14sec, and Imperi-, ous Jr. 14seo (coupled) also started. Wonbobbie was first to show out, at the stand he was halt a dozen lengths in front ot Straybird and Impulse, with Nellie Gray and Glenroy at the head , of the others. With a rsjjle gone, Impulse had got avifty from Strayßird, and started to gain on the leader, who was tiring. Before getting to the 'hiomo turn Impu.ee had taken charge, and, going on, won comfortably by six lengths. "Wonbobbie .-was passed in the last furlong by Straybird, who beat him home by three lengths. Then, at a considerable interval, oame G-lenroy, JNellie Gray 11., ■β-nd St. Louise. Time, 4min 15 2-sth sec. Dividends—On Impulse, £1 14s; on Straybird, £33 2s. PONY HANDICAP (in harness), of 25 soys; second 5 soys from stake. One mile. 52.* J. Ward's b f Coin, by Rothschild— Boudri, 2yrs, 2sßeo ... (R. Post) .1 152. N. Price's Laughter, 28s©o (D. Price) 2 30J. T. Yarr's Naughty Girl, scr (B. Edwards) 3 18 Phoenix llsec, 20 Gipsy 15see, 4J Agnes 24sec, 36J Mignonette Girl 28sec, 5 Polly H. 28sec, 4 Golden Bee 28sec, and 3J Little Eva SOsec also started. Laughter started off at a great pace, and going out of the straight was well clear of her field. Entering tiie back stretch, Ooin, who had started slowly, passed Little Eva and Mignonette Girl, and gradually lessened; the gap between herself and the leader. With half the diistance gone, Coin had got to Laughter, and from this out had the result in safe keeping, eventually winning by four lengths. Naughty Girl took third place in the last. furlong, finishing a hundred yards behind Laughter. Time, 2min 46Ssee. Dividends—On Coin, £A 6s; on Laughter, Bs. HORNBY HANDICAP (in saddle), of 50 soys; second 5 soys from stake. Two miles. 645. C. W. Hammond's eh g Senator, by Electioneer, syrs, 29seo ... (Owner) 1 S4J. W. M. Rae's St. George, 22sec (M. Edwaida) 2 I 63. J. Milne's Carl, 25sec ... (Owner) 3 30 GleniM 3sec, 4J Big Jim llsec, 14 Millionaire 16sec, 3J Bushman 19sec, 58 Kosetta 22sec, 1J Miss Victor 25sec, 8 Whisper 25sec, 18i Tini Peri 28sec, and Gambler 29sec also started. Gambler maintained a slight lead for the first furlong, when Whisper ran past him, end at the half-mile post she was just showing clear of-Senator and Carl. Little change took place all through the first round, and at the stand the order was Whisper, Senator, St. George, and Carl. , Rosetta was at the head of the others, Gleniti, the scratch horse, bringing up tse rear. Going out of the home straight. there was little to ohoose between Whisper, Senator, "and St. George, the trio being" followed at a slight interval by Carl and Kosetta. In the back stretch Senator lost his place by breaking, and Carl, when nearly up to the leaders, also left his feet. Right up to the homo turn Whisper held her own, with St. George, while Carl and Senator were running just behind the pair. A furlong from home Whisper stopped, and by a final effort Senator got up and beat St. George home by a little over a length. Six lengths further back came Carl, while "Gleniti, who had trotted well throughout, was a lengta further back. Time, smin 26 !-sth sec. ■_ *vidends—On Senator, jE3 163; on St. George, "18s.

LADIES' BRACELET HANDICAP (in saddle), of 30 soys; second 5 soys from stake. One mile. 24J. Mrs G. Manders's b m Aschat, by Specification, syrs,- 17sec (Mr A. Stark) 1 20. Mrs Craw's Loyal, 17scc Mr O. Craw) 2 6Jt. Mrs Backery's Puss, losec (Mr T. Welsh) 3 5 Lady May ecr, 2 Auntie 6sec, Royalwood 6sec, 6 .NM Desporandum 9sec, 14 Protest llsec, 3% Paradise 17sec, 43 Glenroy 18sec, 21 St. Louis 16sec, 22J Guy 18sec, 52i Stoaybird I9sec, and ißob M 20sec (coupled), 8J Kitten 20sec, and Gather No Moss 20sec (coupled), 19 Trooper Collins 20sec, and Cordelia 21sec (coupled), 16 Burwood Besa 21sec and Minus 21sec (coupled), 75 J Fram 22sec and Ptarmigan 22sec (coupled) also started. Ptarmigan had a good lead of St. Louis and , Aschat when the first furlong had been covered, but, breaking, gave place to Puss and Aschat. At the half distance Puss was leading Aschat by two lengths, the pair being followed by Loyal, Glenroy, and Gather-no-Moss. Once into the straight Asehat had taken charge, and despite a bad break, got going again, in time io win by two lengths from Loyal. Puss was a similar distance off third, followed by Gather-no-Moss and GlenToy. Time, 2min 40 3-sth sec. Dividends— On Aschat, £9 6s: on Loyal, £3 16s. PIiUMPTON HANDICAP (in harness), of 60 soys; second 10 soya from stake. Two miles. 124. X. Hood's br f Little Princes 3, by Prince Imperial—Polly, 3yrs, 32sec (N. Price) 1 160 J. W. Sanaom's Cottage Boy, 30sec (M. Allan) 2 2-i R. Campbell'3 Mambrino King, 30sec (D. Price) 3 26.J Monte Carlo scr. l&3t Velox 19sec, 24 Carrie D 223 ec, 20J Wild Pool 23sec, GOJ Sa-tinwood 24sec, 5J Honest Jack 04scc, If Principal 24scc, 25 Union Jack 29sec, and -12} Irene 32sec also started. Getting well away, Little Princess quickly established a decided lead from Mambrimo and with a furlong loft behind th» •latter wse followed , by Union Jack and Cottage Boy. Ret>eated' breaks by the last named lost him his place, and at the back Little Princess had increased hor advantage to ten lengths. Passing the half mile nost. Carrie D. and Principal were at the head of the back markers, of whom Velcx was prominent. No change took place when the home stretch was reached, and on passing ■fhe stand Little Prinees3 was quite twelve lengths in front o£ llanibrino Kinsr, who waa followed by Carrie D., Wild Pool, rrnd Satinwood. All through the last round Little ! Princess easily held her own. eventually win- ! vlv.% comfortably by nine lensrths. 'Mambrino Elinar kent his position till well into the straight, where Cottase Boy, who shower! » lot of pace in the last half mile, passed him. and got second ulace by three lenethe. Carrie D. was fourth and Principal fifth. Time, Smin 22 1-Sth sec. Dividencfe—On Little Princess. £2 18s: on Cottage Boy, 14s. ELECTRIC HANDICAP (in saddle), of 40

soys; second 5 soys from stake. One mile. 113. W. Legg's b k Federation, by Eot-hs-ohild, 4yrs, llsec ... (>T. Price) 1 14. W. ivlcßae's St. George, -isec (M. Edwards) 2 31. J. Bodc-rigue's The Frog, 11 sec CR. Hill) 3 11* St. Kiida scr, 33£ Ruggie3 3aee, 65 Te Hau 4sec, 23 Honesty 4seo, 12J Gimbleti 6sec. 95 VancHffe Bsec, 8 Dooley llsoc, and 10 Pink Bell llsec also started. St. Kilda refused to leave the mark, nnd Ruggles was slow to set awny. Federation quickly established a lead from The Frog and Dooley, and at the half mile mark he was four lengths in advance of The Frog, who had broken. Here To Hau was in third place, closely followed , by St. George, the rest strung out. From this out Federation easily held his own. and though slowing down at the finish, wan, by six lengths. St. George passed The Frog at the distance and beat rdm home by two lengths. To Hau was fourth, and Honesty fifth. Time., 2min 43sec. Dividends—On Federation, £1 16s; on St. G«oTge. £5 14s. DASH HAJTDICAP (in luirncß3\ of 40 soys; second 5 eovs from, stake. One mile. 137. G-. MoClatchie's br h Peri Huon, by St. Louis, 4yrs. 12sec (M. Albaugh) 1 215. J. Hanna's Explanation., 12sec (M. Eftwards) 2 325. S. Wotton's Dusk, llseo • (R. McMillan) 3 39 Utoh scr, 27 St. Simon 4sec, 89* Bob E.T. 7sec," 25 Amelia 9sec, amd 19& Ho"n.est Jack 11866, also started. Peri Huon got the best of the start, and led Explanation, to the half mile mark by a length. Tho pai r had by now drawn, quite olear of their opponents, of whom Dusk a.nd Honest Jack were most prominent. All through the last half mile Explanation made great efforts to get past Peri Huon, but without effect, and at the finish less than a length seir>-ara>ted the pair. A dozen lenptilu further back came Dusk, followed by Bob E.T. Time, 2min 32sec. Dividends—On Pori Huon, £2 18s; on. Explanation, 12s. The following are the handicaps for the second day's (to-morrow's) events: — INNOVATION HANDICAP (in harness), of 30 soys; one mile and a half—Phoenix scr, Edna 2sec, Silverwood) 4seo, Verax 4eoc, Little Albert ssec, Dooley 9seo, Inglewood 9seo, Sunbeam 9seo, Dollar llseo, The Manager llsec, Lillian D. llsec, Young "Beldon. 15sec, Foxhall 16seo, Logan 16sec, Birohwood 17sec, Lop 17sec. POJN - HANDICAP (ia saddle), of 25 soys; one mile— Naugbty Girl sor, Buggies Bsec, Daybreak Bsec, Coin 12sec, Gipsy 16sec, Vanity Fair 16seo, Lady Warbeck 19sec, Little Harold 23seo, Cordelia 26sec, Fram -27sec, Monkey Brand 27seo, Mignonette Girl 27Eeo, Polly H. 27sec. Wee Monte 2Ssec. MlDJj—»i> HANDICAP (in. saddle), of 50 soys; two miles—Dictator ecr, Big Jim 12sec, Millionaire 16seo, The xvushman 21sec, Senator 22aec, Te Hau 22360, Carl 23sec, tion 24sec, Bosetta 24seo, Whisper 25sec, Tiny I?erl 28seo, Misa Victor 29sec, Elflock 29eec, OambleiK.2J}sec, Evelyn 29seo, He'roules 29sec, Auchmithy 29sec. LADIES' BRACELET HANDICAP, of 30 soys; one mile—Naughty Girl ecr, St. Kilda 6seo G-imblet lOsec, Koyalwood lOeeo, The Orpnan llsec, Not Yet 13sec, Al F. 15sec, The Duckling 16sec, Laughiter 16sec, Little Jim 17eec, M"Quarrio 19seo, Miss Boldon 20sec, Arohangel 21soc, Paradise 22aec, Rupee 22seo, Foxhall 23sec, Floss 23sec, Birchwood 23sec, Trooper Collins 23sec, K.at,e 23aec, Ping Pong 25aeo. SOCILBURiN HANDICAP (in harness), of 60 soys;. two miles—Monte Carlo ecr, St. Simon 14seo, Maniac 14sec, The Needle 14sec, Velox ISseo, Carrie D. 20sec, Little Prinoese 22eec, WKhiley 22sec, Satinwood 22sec, Principal 23seo, Mambrino King 24seo, Cottage Boy 249 ec, Honest Jack 26sec, Milroy 27sec, HamJin 27sec, Union Jack 2Sseo, Vanguard 30sec", Irene 32soc, Balmoral 11. 32sec, Felony 32sec, Fleetwood 32seo. TELEGRAPH HAi\DICAP (in saddle), of 40 soys; one mile —Valour ecr, Occidental 4sec, Harold* C. sseo, Millionaire Bsec, Michael Malone 9sec, St. George llsec, Ruggles 13sec, Whisper 13sec, Tβ Hau ISsec, Honesty 13sec, Pink Uell losec. FINAu HANDICAP (in harness), of 40 boys ; one mile—Val ecr, Utah 2sec, Carrie D. 6sec, The Heir 6seo, BoldTewood 6sec, Peri Huon 6sec, Explanation 7sec, Naughty G-irl 7seo, Frederick .Bsec, Vanquish 9sec, Little Princess Bseo, Violetta Juu. 9sec, Little lOseo, Bob E.T. lOsec, General Lincoln lOsec, Amelia lOsec, Dusk lOsec, Wild Pool llseo, Honest Jack 12seo, IHamlin 12sec. NOTES. Nominations for the New Brighton Trotting Club's Autumia Meeting close on Tuesday next. The programme of events will be found in this issue. The stewards of the Plumpton Park Trottinir Club root yesterday afternoon and decided to Bold the second day's racing on tjavurday. A special train will leave for the course at 1 p.m. Nominations for the Dunedin. Jockey Clubs May Meeting close to-r.ight. _ _ Final nayments for the Wellington Itacmg Club's North Island Challenge Stakes and 2s'ew Zealand St. Leger, must be made tonight. Acceptances for the handicaps to be run on the first day of tho Wellington Racing Club's Autumn Meeting roust be made tonl 'Tbe second day of the Plumpton PaTk Trotting Club's Autumn Meeting will bo held after all on Saturday. There should be a number of visitors to town, and as a special train leave 3 for Plumpton directly .after tho Tenth Contingent is timed to leave Christchuroh, there should bo a good attendance -ifi witness the second day's sport. Acceptances for to-morrow's races are duo to close at 10 o'clock to-night. •; By the Botomahana, last rugnt, Canme Chiel, Gfemaladale, Windvfliistle, Goldenmere, Terrapin, and Fl«ka left for Welling•ion.