WAIMATE HUNT.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14072, 17 June 1911, Page 10

WAIMATE HUNT.

POIOT-TO-POINT STEEPLECHASE. The Point-to-Point Steeplechases, held under tbo Waimato Hunt's aaspiocs on Thursday, provided an excellent afternoon's sport, and were well »ttended. The course for the heavy and light weights was about four miles, and included font road doubles, with a. steep face to bo descended and a big fence si the bottom." Th«re were several spills, but none eerione: Results:— HEAVY-WEIGHTS, 13 stone; trophies value sgns and 2gne. H. C. Beanett'e br g Kauri, by Kulnine, •ged .'. .. (Mr C. L. Orbell) 1 J. Goldstc«.o's b s . Overland,' sjts ' (Mr E. Leonard) 2 E. G. Temple's b g Matai. 6yia (Owner) 3 Sidetaley, £aira, and Meliboeus also started. Siddeky fell, while ksdicu, at tho third read double. ~

LIGHT-WEIGHTS, list 7lb; trophies ralue and £r«isE. Butcher's br m Cleo, by Waterloo, agc<i (Owner) 1 S. Kichards's b g Wayback, Syrs (Mr h. A. Stewart) 2 A. S. Elworthy's b % Phantom (W. Fielding) 3 "Jncle Tom, Otoio, Cock Eobin, Blucher and Whangaroa alto started. Wayback led to the second fence from homoj when h? baulked and Cleo came with a strong run and won by three lengths. Uncle Torn arid Otaio fell. FAIIMEKS' RACE, 12st; trophies value 3gns and 2gTJ3. Two miles and a b&lf. S. Ilichards'3 b m itita, by Mannlichcr, aged .. ■- (Mr L. A. Stewart) 1 D. J° Blair's b m Gcnevi«ve, aged (W. Wilson) 2 Bell Bros.' b p Percy, syTs (ilr W. Bell) 3 Kireawsy and Creigdnsald also stajted. but the former got tangled in some wiro, and the latter fell. Rita had rather an «a*y vrin.