SPORTING. OTAKI WINTER MEETING.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 133, 6 June 1904, Page 2

SPORTING. OTAKI WINTER MEETING.

SECOND DAY. Rain nltornatcd with wind at Otnki on Saturday, and damped — both metaphorically and 'titeral.y— tho general results of the* winter meeting. Fortunately early in the day the weather was fine and char, and a fairly large crowd had gathered before the element:; got to work. But the blinding Antarctic showers that followed ono another in quick succession cauaed discomfort to the public, and made tbo courhe, paddocks, and lawn slippery and treacherous — a veritab.o quagmire in places. Counting in the- success of tho previous day tho Committee shou.d, however, bo able to present a satisfactoiy balance-sheet. .Ino hard work of the meeting was carried out by Mr. Ossian Death, the (Secretary, Mr. Chavannes manipulated the starting machine in a manner that caused littlo or no dissatisfaction, and the handicapping was done by Mr. J. Pollock. Tho racing was not quite so interesting as on the first day, though one or Iw o yood finishes were witnessed. Regulation hud little difficulty in accounting for tho big eVenl — the Huia Handicap. Sho was made n. favourito on the macluno, and never throughout tho race caused any uneasiness to her supporters, winning with several lengths in hand. Shrapnel She.l, who was again well backtd, despite his disappointing performance (he previous day, was unp.aced. Capulet ian well, but, as in tho Cup, he only managed to secure second money. Waitarere repeated Friday's periormanoi iv winning the Stewards Handicap. Iho ■Torpedo gelding took part in tho Telegraph Handicap, but he wns not among the placed horses. The Uuosser did not acoept for the hurdle, race, which was won by Va-kyTie, lnglowood, Capulet, and Matamua were withdrawn Irom tho Railway Handicap, '.caving thirteen to face the starter. Matuku's win was a popular one. During the day the sum of £5058 was put through tho totalinator, making £16,538 for the meeting, us against £15,618 last year, or a decrease of £2080. Following are the concluding results: — Ohau Welter Hack Handicap, of 70 soys ; 0110 mile. 92 Mesws. Dixon and Welch's b g Prisoner, by t'aptivntor — Foulshot mare, 910 (Faliey) 1 161 Mr J. 11. Prosser's eh g Elibank 9.8 (Jrnkuiß) 2 41 Mr. C. O Donoghue'a b m Sleepwell, 8.0 (Kirk) 3 Also sUrtrd— 73 Wood'.eigh 9.2, 12 Delight 8 7, 8 ln-thc-Van 8.6, 45 Sslveriine 8.6, 11 Scrap Iron Jack (lute- Giecnstone) 8.6, 4 Baldw 8.4, 18 Highland iNell 8.0 Prisoner wn* in the lead rounding the turn leading into the straight, and held the position to th.c finish, winning fairly comfortably by a baro length ; the seoond and third howtes wero cose together. Kilverline wns fourth. Scrap-Iron-Jack pul.ed up shortly after the start. Time, lmin osec. Dividenda— -£3 6s aud 13s. Final Hack Scurry, of 60 soys ; five furlongs. 130 Mr. H. Hilton's eh ra Hinurowa, by Petroleum, 9.7 (LindMiy) ... 1 54 Air. K. Buchanan's b g Merry Lad, 9.7 (Uetter) 2 84 Mr. F. liiggolt's b g Dd Wet, 9.7 (Carmont) 3 130 Quarts', 9.7 was tho only other starter. Won by about a. length. Time, lmin 9sec. Dividend, £2 15a. DUNKDIN RACES. |»1 TKI,KURAi>>t— I'HKXfI IRSIM-tATtON.? DUNEDIN, 4th' Juno. At tho second day's rnce;< of tho Dun-, edin Mieting, the sum of £1371 \<n* put tluotigli tho totydisiitcn, nutkiiit; ijy<6o ior the meeting, as compared with J38436 last .year, Following are the concluding resuil* : — I'rovmcial Handicap, of ]C 0 fcovs ; ono mile.— k624 Sir Oeorge C.iUord'M L'unnie Clue!, 8.5 (Hew/tt), 1; lS^i Fiouer o' Clulha, 7.8, 2; 1004 Ttni.iptu, 8.5, 3. Also mnrtrd~lso Vla<iim,r 9.4, 99 Pampero 85, 67 Ma.'kMouo 0.12. Won by about eij/ht lungtln. Time, lmin 49 1-5 pec. Dividend, £2 18s. Riccatton High Weight Handicap, of 40 sovk ; six furlongs —74 Mr. W. T. Uiulett's Raw more, 8.9, 1; 15 King of Trumps, 7.7, 2} 125 Liliystoni!, 7.9, 3. Also Marled — 31J Maripov 9.12, 155^ Turgonifl 8.13, 160 Beumoio 89. Won by threo-miartera of a !eus;th. Time, lmin 224« cc. Dividend, £60 Gx. W«irougon FlaQdicnp, of 70 Mm ; six fnrlonjfs.— 3o* Mr. R. M'Donnld's Flowet o' Clutha, 9, 1; 39J Kin? Hunk, 6 9, 2 ; 964 Ropn, 6.12, 3. . Also sUirt.d— 32B^ Crown Imperial 7.6, 224 Transport 7.1. Time, lmin 21 3-sscc. Dividend. £1 14h Forqwell Handicap, of 50 soy» j ono mile — 179 Mr. J. A. Halmes's Royal Crown, 7.11, 1} Wi. Tu^a.a, 7.7, 2; 93J Clanburn, 7.7, '3. Al«o started— \<¥fo Juniper 8 0, 1034 Donna Row 7.6, 994 Syehem 7.6, 394 Lillyslone 6.7. Won b.« half a !en(»lh," after a punishing iinisli Time, lmin 21 3-sseo. Dividends, £3 10s and lbs. , ADELAIDE WhTHDAY CUP. ADELAIDE, 4th June. The nrincipal event on Uie second day of the Adelaide Rncinp Club's Winter Meeting resulted as follows: — Birthday Cup, of 800 roys 5 one mile and a half. Mr. W. Goodfellow's b m Antilles, by Curly on — Queen of Kations, syrs, 7 6 1 Messrs. O'Boirne and Baker's b g •Sonport, by Portsea — Opera, 6yre, 7.7 ...■ 2 Mew« 11. and C. Huehes's b c Combat, by Canmge—- Moid of Honour, agod,'9.4 „ .: 3 Twelve started, Won by three lengths. Timo, 2min 37sec. Dividend, £10 14s. GOLF. A match on Saturday between the Wnirnrnpn «nd Maaterton Uolf Clubs wae won by tlve former by 51 holes. The _ scores wfro ns follows : — Wairuiupn Lndies, 31 holt« v. Ma«t*rton Lndics, 3 hole*. Wairarapn Men, 30 holes v. M«M.ertou Men, 7 hol«. (>n Kntnrdny the Wairarapa <"!olf Club decided tln» third challenge jihifld competition (bogey). The following were the beat ciirdi* handed in : — Mi« Eva Monckton (23). 1 uj , Miss Grnw Monokton (28). all isquniv; Mm. W. E. Uidwill (ecr), all squpiv; Mks W. llnnnny (12), allwiuare; Mrs. (1. •Hume (23), 3 down; Miss Bidwill (13), 4 down. A. llanimy (14), 1 up; J. Cnrnc Bidwill (scr), 1 down; F.

Pearce (9), 2 down j W. X Bidwill (4), 4 down; («. Hump (9), 4 down. Tho following are scores in the firatclnss c'.cok competition played nt Miramax on Saturday ftfternoon by tho Wellington Qoif Club: — Lees, 85 minus 2, 83, and Rend, 89 minus 6, 83, tie; Gould, 97 minus 10, 87 ; Hipnmon, 94 minus 6, 88 ; Latham, 87 plus 2, 89 ; Gore, 93 minus 4, 89 ; M'Ewen, 92 minus 2, 90 j Johnston, 105 minus 12, 93. The second-clium compel ition was won by J. Marchbnnks, 105 minus 18, 87. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. frilEBS ABMIOIATTON.I LONDON, 4th June. W. F. Travers, an American, has won the Amateur Golf Championship, beating F.dwnrd Blackwell 4 up to 3 to play. He also defeated Robert Maxwoll and Horace Hutchinaon-Hillon.