WELLINGTON SPRING MEETING.. SECOND DAY.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 98, 22 October 1904, Page 5

WELLINGTON SPRING MEETING.. SECOND DAY.

[Bl TELEGBArH.] (From Our Special Reporter.) HUTT RACECOURSE, This Day. Fortune's smile still radiates arounti the Wellington Racing Club. To-day's favours equal in beneficence those of Thursday, the bright sunshine being tempered by a fresh southerly breeze. There is a large attendance of the general public, and the racing promises to be interesting. Following are the results:— Petone Hurdle Handicap, of 100 aov»; second horse to receive 10 soys from the stake. One mile and a half. 99 Mr. J. Hogg's b g Defoe, by Robinson Crusoe — Denbigh, 6ves £ 9.9 (M'Connon) ... 1 243 Mr. A. Atwood's b h Killarney, aged, 11.2 (M'Aleer) 2 118 lion. J. D. Ormond's b g Repulse, aged, 9.4 (Hall) ... • ... 3 Also started. Levant 10.7 (Pritchard), 46 Jeanne D'Albret 9.0 (Kingan). Killarney set the pace at tie start, and. passing the grandstand in the first round, he had as his nearest attendants Levant and Defoe; then came Repulse and Jeanne D'Albret. Defoe soon moved into (second place, and at the back of the couras was close up to the top weight, with I*. vant and Repulse some distance away, and Jeanne D'Albret, who at this stage lost her rider, bringing up the rear. Killarney f bad a slight advantage, on eaterino. w J ,

straight, but an exciting race home resulted fti Defoe winning by a head, with Repulse four lengths away, third. Levant and Defoe were bracketed on the machine. Time, 2min 62sec. Dividend, £4 12s. Tararua Hack Handicap, of 80 soys, second 10 soys from stake; seven furlongs. 189 Mr. W. Davies's b m St. Winifred, 4yra, Sylvia Park— Leda (Price), 7.12 1 124 Mr. P. J. Quirk's Joe Chamberlain (Wilson), 9.0 2 282 Hon. W. W. Johnston's Flamen (Jenkins), 8.10 3 Also started— Bs Hinerewa (Watson) 8.2, 137 Laertes (Carroll) 7.8, 84 Cumulus (Cotton} 7.4, 68 Zangani (King) 7.3, 60 Bonheur 7.3. St. Winifred cut out the running throughout, and won by a, length, the same distance between Joe Chamberlain and Flamen. The latter had a bad passage. Time, lmm 31 4-ssec. Dividends, £3 10s and £1 17s. Pearce Handicap, of 300 soys; second 40 soys, third 10 soys from stake. One mile and a furlong. t36 Mr. A. Laing's br m Lass o' Gowrie, Soult — Lady Musket, 4 yrs (Kemp) 1 161 Mr. G. F. Moore's Armistice, 7.5 (Cotton} 2 180 Mr. J. Monk's Ghoorka, 7.10 (JenkiHs) 3 Full Cry was scratched. Won by three-quarters of a length, bare length between second and third ; Mahutonga fourth. Time, Imin 57 2-ssec. Dividends, £7 and £1 19s. Spring Trial Stakes, of 80 soys, second 10 soys from stake. Mr. M. Johnson's Benair, 9.0 ... 1 Mr. H. A. Knight's Somaroff, 7.12 2 Hon. J. D. Ormond's Banzai, BJ9 ... 3 Also started — Error, Coxswain, Xavier, Rotoairo, St. Ludlam, and Amelia. Won by half a length. Time, Imin 19 2-osec. Dividends, £7 8s and £2. Hutt Park Handicap.— Blazer, 1; Qnickfire, 2; Regulation, 3.