TROTTING MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1916, Page 8

TROTTING MEETING

RACING AT HUTT PARK

SUCCESSFUL GATHERING.

Delightful weather and pleasant surroundings were responsible for a large attendance at the Wellington .Trotting Club's first meeting, at the Hutt Park (old racecourse) to-day. Quite 2000 people attended. The appointments at the course and all the arrangements were excellent. Special mention should be made of the convenience of the new totelisator-house, which received high praise from the public. An innovation which was most appreciated was the presence of aa orchestra in place of the usual brass band. The first race was got off promptly, and tiie results up to' the time of going to press were ai follow :—

HUTT PARK TRIAL HANDICAP, of 45 soys; second horse to receiv* 7 soys from the stake. For horses .that have not woa a trotting race exceeding £25 in value. One mile and a half. 2 J. S,. Norris's b m Neigh, by Wildwood Junior—Franca, 4sec. (J. Messervy) 1 I "A. Allen's" b g Willie Lincoln, llsec. 2 4 D. Wilkie's b f Miss Havoc, 10 sec. ■ ... ... ... ... 3 Also started: 3 Albert Wallace 9sec, 13 Steptoe llsec, 12 Kate Zolock llsec, II Desert Gold llsec, 6 Makairo Belle .llaec, 10 The Barm llsec, 5 Topsy Wallace 12sec, 7 Halo 13sec, 8 Miss Pirate Bsec, 9 Floval 13sec. The only scratchings for this race were Ribbon Maid and Bellgana. Willie Lincoln was sent out a hot favourite, and several times looked dangerous. On the first time passing the grandstand the order was—Kate Zolock, Migs Havoc, and The Barm. At the end the three placed horses were the only ones at all prominent in the race. They were bunched and well separated from the rest of the field. Time, 3min 46 l-ssec. BOROUGH HANIDCAP (saddle), of 60 spv3, second horse 10 sove from the ■ stake, horses handicapped to trot 2.40 or better. ' One and a-half miles. I 5.J. E. and H. L. August's b m Myrtle Palm, 4sec (S. M. August) 1 1 E. E. Nutt's blk g King Karri, .. 15sec... ;.. 2 3 E. Rawlinson'g blk m Colleen Bawn, llsec 3 Also started: 8 Allwood Fashion scr., 4 Princess Bruce 6sec, 2 Storm Cloud 7sec, 3 Jay's Bells 9sec, 6 John H. 9sec, 7 All Steel 14sec. The race was an excellent one. King Karri, who carried nearly all the money on the machine, led- off right from tie start, and looked a likely winner until the business end of the journey was reached. Here Myrtle Palm put in a claim, and was" only just successful in getting home first: . There was a good distance between secopd and third. The rest of the field straggled in. Time, 3min 42 4-ssec. WELLINGTON TROTTING CLUB CUP (harness), of 200 sove. Two miles. , Great Aiidnbon, 22sec .. 1 Jewel Chimes, scr ... ... ... 2 Harold Devon, 22sec 3 Time, 4min 55 2-ssec. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP (Saddle), of 70 soys; two miles. King William, 12 sec ... .1 Monsoon, scr ... •■• ■•■ 2 Floval, 14sec 3 Time, smin 13 2-ssec.