AUCKLAND RACES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4019, 8 June 1920, Page 1

AUCKLAND RACES.

LOCHELLA WINS. (Per Press Association..) Auckland, June 8. The Auckland Hacing Club?s winter meeting continued to-day. A heavy fog hung over the course early in the day, but cleared before the first race, and there was a large attendance. The totalisator receipts were £65,155. Results :— : Hunt Club Steeplechase.—Tptara Jack (Rennie) 1, Maira 2, Mestee- 3. Also started: Southland. Koura and Cowboy. Won. by ten lengths. Time, 6.54. Southland and Koura fell, Ranfurly Handicap.—Royal Abbey 1, Demoiselle 2,";Ngata 3. Also started: Khublai Khan, Marble' Slab, Eead Sweet,' Scottish' Knight, Tuipa, Monocrat, Ohiti, North Loburn, Golden Petal, Texas Lass, Nunerrant, and Octoplete. Won by~ three-quarters of a length, half a length between second and third. Time, 1.47 3-5. Remuera Hurdle Race.—Kauri King 1, llekanui 2, Gluetanus 3. Also started: Thrace and Pendoon. Half a length each way. Time, 4.1. Great Northern Steeplechase.—Lochella 1, Slowcoach 2, Old Mungindi 3. Also, started: No Surrender, Gladfiil, Osiiahu, Tenacious, Peneton, Golden Glow and. Garryoweii. Slowcoach, and Garryowen were in the van when they went up the hill the last time, and the latter .fell. Lochella, who had been running well back in the early stages, challenged, and coming along in fine style, cut down the fightweight and won by two and a half lengths. Olcl Mungindi, 20 lengths away, was third. Time.pß.32. Garryowea; broke a leg and Bad to be destroyed. % . King George Handicap.—Glencannv 1, Hyllus 2, Parisian Diamond 3. Also started: King Abbey, Rockfield,Crowhurst, Trespass, Gold Kip, General Advance, . Bezant. Tam-a-roa, J Lady Ball, Waiuta,, Arrant, Ohine- J wairua, Te Oro, Archie, Lady Glen, j Some Fashion, and Tobasco. Half .a length each way. Time, 1*33 3-5. Tanmure Hurdles.—Keystone 1, Ke'reohe 2, Ma Copper 3. Also start- ' ed: Deviation, Glenspire, General,Stephen, Ohbreka, Cambridge, Attila,-, Mary Bruce, Multiplane, Peria, St. 'Carl, arid Middlemark. Two lengths; away. Time, 3.35 3-5. . . . Carbine Plate.—-Monopland 1, Kinkora 2, Sir Fanciful 3. Also started: ■ Colour Sergeant, Guerre la Mort, Kareao, Master Rohan, Mountain Gold, I Novation, Nunerrant, Patrratu, Pepin, ; Scrap o' Paper and Night Time. .Won 'by 4 lengths, two lengths between sec- | oncl and third. Time, 1.5. ■] ' The victory of Lochella"in the Great Northern , Hurdles and Steeples furnishes another great' performance on the part of a horse in annexing the difficult double" at Ellerslie. Over 20 years ago Mfcratpr was successful, then four or; five years ago El Gallo.' w;on two years running. Lochella : won last year's Grand National Stee-. pies, being sent out favourite on the day on account. of his schooling dis- ; plays. . He was pitchforked into the hurdles at Ellerslie with 9.8, and when fhe gelding won the Century,. Hurdles so easily last month, it was I seen he had a great opportunity to, annex- the double. Lochella is an.. aged.gelding, by Grafton Loch—Estella, and is owned by Mb Acton j Adams. i