SPORTING.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 270, 20 May 1907, Page 4

SPORTING.

TAKAPUNA RACES. [PKB FKBBB ASSOCIATION.? Auckland, May 18. The Takapuna J.C. Winter Meeting opened to-day in ideal weather. There was a large attendance, £10,---016 10s being put through the machines against £6373 10s on the opening day of the winter meeting last year, an increase of £3644. The winning double, Millie and Duart, paid £797 17s. Results: — Maiden Hurdles— Ben Johnson 1, Franklin 2, Catohem 3. Scratched: Potiki. Won easily by six lengths. Time, 3min 6sec. Dividends, £1 10s and £1 18s. , , Maiden Plate—Henry Havelock 1, Roselawn 2, Freemount 3. Scratched: Dardanus, Flying Scud, Lady Athol, Cyreniac. Won easily. Time, lmin 34 2-ssec. Dividends, £5 Is and £3 3s. _ Empire Handicap— Millie 1, Delania 2, Lucrece 3. Scratched : Syrene. Millie led all the way, and won a good race by a neck, with Lucrece a neck away third. Time, 2 mm 16 l-ssec. Dividends, £17 17s and £2 2s. . Royal Handicap— Duart 1. .Certainty 2, Soultmaid 3. Scratched : Discoverer, Henry Havelock. Won all the way. Time, lmin 12sec. Dividends, £12 5s and £1 2s. Hauraki Hurdles— Shrapnel 1, Bonomania 2, Loch Fyne 3. Also started: Yonlette. Won by five lengths. Time, 3min 54 2-ssec. Dividend, £2. Maiden Steeplechase— Kha ma 1, Mawhiti 2, Silicia 3. Scratched: Yolette, Lady Lanta, Reporter, Potiki. Won easily. Time, smin 29 4-ssec. Dividends, £2 13s and 17s. Pony Hack— Forth 1, Mighty Atom 2, Imprimus 3. Scratched: Mihinga. Won by a length. Time, lmin I4sec. Dividends, £13 18s and £4 16s.