WAIRARAPA HUNT CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 14

WAIRARAPA HUNT CLUB.

- STEEPLECHASE MEETING. ' ' The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Hun) ,C]Tjb>_"thp programme;;of which is inserted in this issue,to .take place' on the TaratahiCafterlon Racing Cluli's course, Clareville, or .Thursday, .August 2,7.,, .There are in all sever races;' tho; principal events being the Taratahi Steeplechase Handicap, and tliS Had Handicap, both of £20<eacn. There are a!s( prizes of £15 and., £10, ■- whilo the Ladies' Bracelet Handicap is worth nine guineas. H will be seen by tho programme, which has been approved by the Wellington Racing ,Clubj.that.there ; .are .four hurdlo and thre< flat'race events.' "Tho' Wairarapa Hunt Qui has now had a number of meetings, all oi which have been conducted with unqualified success, and with' the growing interest al ."present /shown in'hunting circles generally it. is'confidently predicted that with fine wea thor the 1908 meeting will prove a recorc 'gathering in"every way. There have'nevei been'so'many-hunting_horses in the field a; there are now in tho Wairarapa, Manawatu Bush Districts, and Hawke's Bay Counties and- there is every'..reason to expect, a largi number... of "nominations.-' There will be n< totalisator, but 5 bookmakers will be licensee to bet at the meeting on payment of £5 ss. and entries will close with, the secretary, Mr N.';H. James, on Saturday, August 15, al 9 ; p.m. Weights will be declared on oi about the following-Wednesday, August 19: