LATE SPORTING. [BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATON.]
DUNEDIN, Tins L).i\ . The Fui bury Park race* ha\e bi-en postponed lill Saturday next owing to a steady rain setting hi. RACES AT~TAKArUN\\. TAKAPUNA, This Day. Tho weather is splendid ami the .iv tendance good for the opening, d.iy of th* Takapun.\ Meeting. Ues>ulU :— Maiden Hunllej., of 60 sovsj ono mile ami a half.— Fioianuisca, 10.4, 1; CmMgiw, 0.3, 2; Lo Dmu, 9.5, 3. Scratch ed— Corporal, Yolotte, AlbuerJ, .Mura, Piper, and Terence. A gou<l race. Won by tliriM K'ttirths. Tnno, oiiini 10t.ee. Dividends, £4 9* 6d and £2 17s 6d. Maiden Plate, of 55 soys ; seven fur- . longs.— Lycia, 8.8, 1 ; Kookby, 7.7, 2 ; *' Seiuoniu, 6.10, 3. Sa.itoh.ed : l.orida. Won \s by half a length. Tune, lumi 32uoc. Di- " vidends, £3 7h and i! 4 4h." ; Empire Handicap, of iiOO .-ovm ; on* mile and a quarter.-— Putty,- 7.3, 1 ; Gladstone, 8.8, 2; Durublo, 7.12, 3. Soratthed—Koineo, Akuraina, ami Annoyed. Won by tlirt-e plirts of a lougth. Tuiiu, 2niin lbaec. Dividends, £2 12s and lbs. WAXaAXXU TUAIXING NOTES. WANdAXUI, This D.iy. Tbe weather whs lino and tho track in good condition for training opciations tins ; morning. Mo-it visiting hoists aio hcie, ' and soino good woik was done, lilts^bok, ; Hurrah, ami Zephyr us were the tivwl to i -work, tho laltov pair dipping over a mouy ! five furlongs, Zfphyjus Kliaping best. Tho i Poriniii team did slow wink. The Uuurd i looking particularly well, l'ipi ran over i * couple of louiubt at a strong pace. Ho nppetirs very tit. Shrapnel did a couple . of rounds with occiwioiial fust bpnnls, moving well. Opaiac uus sent <i lii.nl halfmile. Full Cry and Victoria Paik were iuwocititcd in a nnlo L'.illop, the foinitr limuhjng » chain aheiul in linin 48 v uo. Kuxoki and Fair-Wind M'ero companions over « solid seven furlongs. Cvtipaw .shaped 1 well over the schooling hmdles. Cieusot, Atliol Maid, Defoe, ami Sunmos then hnd ; «v ro over thp fenra, all jumping splendißly. Sunnio.H only did one round, but the others continued, Crousot and Atliol Maid clearing tho obMncler in great .style. But the latter stumbled after taking "tho hencoop" tho third time, and turned a immpranult, breaking her neck. Her ndor (Jack Hercock) got n nasty shaking, the maw rolling over him. Luckily no hones wore broken, though liis chest was injured. Creusot went on two round 1 ! on tJie flat at it solid paco. Slow Tom covered two rounds on the (hit in Rood ftylf, while Cuvnlry shaped well over the huulle.s once round. A large number of others did fair ito medium work.
LATE SPORTING. [BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATON.]
Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 6
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