CANTERBURY RACES.

Evening Star, Issue 12162, 5 April 1904, Page 5

CANTERBURY RACES.

BULUWAYO WINS THE AUTUMN HANDICAP AND MARTIAN THE CHALLENGE STAKES. Second Day.—Tuesday. [From Que Owjt Reporter.] Speculate, the winner of the Sockburn Handicap, only went into E. Roden's hands yesterday morning. He will in future be trained at Riccarton. Canteen picked up a nail in the race )or the Easter Handicap yesterday, and after the race blood was flowing freely, from his foot. The weather was unfavorable for the second day of the CJ. C. autumn meeting. A steady drizzle fell all the morning in town, and though it had ceased by starting time at Riccarton, tbc attendance was much smaller than on the previous day. Results : PEERSWICK HURDLES, of 100 sovs; second horse 10 sovs out of the stake. One mile and three-quarters. Mr H. Friedlander's br m Catherine Gordon, 10.3 {Moraghan) 1 Mr S. Brown's Roller, aged, 10.6 (Thomas) 2 Mr MacheE's Slow Tom, 10.13...(Har1ey) o Also started: Huku (10.9), Zealous (10.3), and Phaetontis (10.0). Won by two lengths. Time, 3min 25£ sec. Dividends: £1 machine, £7 6s ; 5s machine, £1 6s 6d AUTUMN NURSERY HANDICAP, cf 250 sovs; second horse 25 sovs and third 10 sevs out of the stake. For two-year-olds Five furlongs. Mr G. G. Stead's b f Golden Lilv, by Multiform—Corolla, 9.7 ... (Hewitt) 1 "Mr G. G. Stead's Rubia, 9.5 (P. O'Brien) 2 Mr Knight's Chryseis, 7.8 5 Also started : Aika (3.13), Malakoff (8.8) Blythmaid (6.7). Won by half a head. Time, lmin Dividends : £1 machine, £2 ss; 5s machine aos. ' YALDHURST WELTER HANDICAP, of 120 sovs; second to receive 10 sovs'out of the stake. Minimum weight 7.7. Seven furlongs. Mr E. Cntts's Djin Djin, 9.3 1 Ellis Bros.'Blackstone, 9.9 "/. 2 Mr J. A. Holmes's Royal Crown, 7.i3 ... 3 Scratched: Speculate. Won by a good head; a bare half-length between second and third. Time, lmin 30ijscc. Dividends: Djin Djin, £l2 lis (£1 ticket), and £3 10s (5s ticket): Blacksfone, £1 6s. GREAT AUTUMN HANDICAP, of 750 sovs; _ second to receive 75 sovs, and the third 25 sovs out of the stake. One mile and a-half. Messrs C. and H. Teschemaker's Buluwayo, 4 yrs, by Perlrin Warbeck H.—Crest, 7.12 (Beale) 1 Mr G. G. Stead's Grand Rapids, 8.0 „ . (Hewitt) 2 Mr Watson's Weflbeck, 8.7 3 Scratched: Martian, Sychem, Stepdancer. Buluwayo took command immediately after the start, and, despite a strong challenge by Grand Rapids in the straight, won by three-parts of a length. Time, 2miu 36§sec. Dividends: Buluwayo, £3 12s 6d and £1 5a (for ss); Grand Rapids, 16s 6d. CHALLENGE STAKES, of 500 sovs; second horse 50 sovs and third 25 sovs out of the stake. W.1.a., with penalties and allowances. Seven furlongs. Mr G. G. Stead's b c Martian, by Marfcagon—Olterden, 3 yrs 1 Sir G. Clifford's br c Treadmill, by Bill of Portland—Catherine Wheel, 3 yrs 2 Mr G. G. Stead's b c Machine Gun, by Hotchkiss—Rubina, 3 yrs 3 Scratched: Golden Lily, Signalman, Ails a. Won by a length and a-half. Time, lmin 29|sec Dividends: £1 machine, £2 Is; 5s machine, lis.