WXTRA EDITION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 148, 24 June 1914, Page 8

WXTRA EDITION.

LATE SPORTING NAPIER PARK RACES fIY TELEOKAPn— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GREENMEADOWS, This Day. The weather is wet and the course heavy for the Napier Park Steeplechase Meeting. The attendance is fair. Results :—: — Moteo Hack Hurdles, of 125 soyej one mile and three-quarters. — Immensity, 9.7, 1; Sunbeam, 10.10, 2; Diavolo, 10..5, 3. Won by a length, twelve lengths between second and third. Time, 3min 30sec. Scratched : Bracken, Formby, and Morecambe. Petane Hack Steeplechase, of 125 soys; two miles. — Merrie Lad, 11.1, 1; Paromata, 9.7, 2 ; Bonny, 9.7, 3. Scratched : Coronation, Wai wet v, Fond Memory, Cousin Jack. Won by half a length, a length between second and third. Merrie Lad took charge half a mile from home. Time, 4min 33sec. Stewards' Stakes, of 200 soys; one mile.— Pursefiller, 9.7, 1; Portraiture, 9.2, 2; Mount Victoria, 10.0, 3. Scratched : Redloh. Won by a length, halt' a length between second and third. Time, lmin 51 2-ssec. Napier Steeplechase, of 400 soys ; three miles— The Chief, 9.7, 1; Sir Lethe, 10.5, 2; Morihiko, 9.10, 3. Sir Lethe led most of the way. The Chiet made a great race up the straight, and won by four lengths, the rest nowhere. Exotic and Cousin Jack fell. Idealism was pulled up, and Gondolier ran off. Scratched — Leolanter and Kaipetipeti. Time, 6min 50 2-ssec.