SPORTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 July 1925, Page 8

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. July 8, ll—Wellington R.C. July 18—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 23—Waimat ■ District Hunt Club. July 23, 25—Gisborne R.C. W ELL 1N GTOX M EETJ NG. FIRST 1 DAY’S RESULTS. (BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, July 7.

The weather cleared lor the first day of tiie Wellington winter meeting today, but tile track was very heavy. There waw a big attendance, including a large number of visitor.-,. The Gov-ernor-General intended beiug present, but lie caught a chill and on, medical adjvice did .not attend, to-day. Tie will probably be unable to attend on Thursday. The racing was interesting, but few favourites got home, and some big dividends were recorded. The totalisator handled £3(3,629 10s, against £47,835 10s on the iirst day last vear. Results:

Yittoriai Hurdles, one mile and three-quarters.— 13 Glen idle (N. Rowe) 1, 1 General Carrington 2, 7 Lady Gay 3. Also started: 4 Many Clolouns, 0 Trespass, 14 T'enterfiekl, 3 Kendal, 2 All Wind, 10 UraLla, 9 Eonmark, 8 Bestir, II Rippling, 12 Gluornent, 5 Peter Maxwell. Won by fifty yards. Time, 3.45.

Trial Plate, six luriongs. —6 Olympic (11. Goldfinch) 1,2 Father O’Flynn 2, 1 Nine of Spades 3. Also started : 8 Youte, 3 Padonna, 17 Ollatrim, 9 Nadarino, 10 Kilormn, 15 Captain Wai, 4 Willow Wai, II Relic, 5 Town Crier, 12 Boy, IS Main, 10 Peggy Ford, 7 Debtae, 14 Arrow I toy, 13 Solway. Won by a head. Time, 1.27. First Hack Steeples, two miles and a half. —4 Lady Comet (H. Gordon) I, G Blue Hall 2, 5 Birkeiiella. 3. Also started: 1 Windermere, 2 Kaika, (3 Comedy Prince, 2 Frenchman. M on by six lengths. Time, 6.3 j. Stewards’ Handicap', six furlong**. — 2 White Comet (A. Tinker) 1, 1 Kuhio 2, 4 Lady Fingers 3.. Also started: 14 Koodoo, 12 Imperial Spark, 9 Lucius, 6 Yoina, 13 KiHoora, 10 Hall Mark. 4 Ecuador, 3 King Cheop>s, 11 Rehutai, 7 Lava, 15 Puke to i, 8 Tinohari, 1(5 Waetea. Won by two and a half lengths. Time, 1.265. Wellington Steeplechase, three miles and a quarter.—-3 Omahu (L. G. Morris) 1,2 Fireblight 2, 8 First Line 3. Also started: Eerie, Peter Amans, Black Art, Dick, Tuki, Sanforte, Sir Wai, Luke. Won by two and a half lengths. Time, 8.5(5. Members’ Handicap, one mile. —12 Passionate (H„ McGregor) 1, 6 Potoauui 2, 3 Alari'O 3., Also started : 2 income, 8 Kilfaire, 111 Kilfane, 4 Arch Salute, 1 Zircon, 9 Battle Knight, 5 Para, 7 Kalakaua, 10 Crossfire, 14 La Reve, 13 Pink Ro>se. 'Won by two and a half lengths. Time, 2.1. Trentham Hurdles, one mile and three-quarters*.—l Penury Rose (Ellis) 1, 12 Captain Sarto 2, 9 Vagabond 3. ALso started : 10 Maunga, 11 Wench, 7 Pmvhero, 3 Dubious, 2 Bonibrook, 5

Goldpieee, 4 Lucullent, 8 Bonny Rill, G Otauru Kid. Won bv four lengths. Time, 3.55. Te Aro Handicap, .seven furlongs.— 10 Beaumont (W. Bowden) 1, 4 Adi Vunivola 2, 3 High-flown 3. Also started: 13 Anticipate, 17 Pantagruel. 5 Rowley, 9 Starshell, 7 The Cheat, 14 Uleaborg, G Blue Pteter, 12 Gardant, 111 Kilia, 18 Wbariti. 20 Hyaina, 1 The Strand. .15 Bright Eves, 19 Calm Eve, 13 Closefire, 13 De Luxe, 9 Monday, 8 Revel, 2 Te Monanui. 2 Waterlea. Won by four length**. Time, 1.40.),

NQT'ES ON THE RACING. (By Telegraph.—-Special to The Star.) \VEiLiL.J.NGiON, July V. A lot of tain ren in \v e.ungto;. overmgut, ana n a iso rainea m tut city uns morning, ana tins, no aoubt, kept many tjo-m going out to I'lentliam tor the in.sc uay s races, as the attena-anc-e was much, below the average, speculation, also waived, unq the totalisatoi; hgureo showed a good decline. The race track was remarkably heavy. Ridden with more patience, Eerie muse liave won the Steeplechase. Blac-lt Art, too, suite-red m the .same manuei. General Carrington was made a pronounced i'avouiite for the Vittoria Hurdles, while All Wind, Kendall, Many Colours, Trespass and Lady Uay (all evenly backed) were supported as written. From a, good despatch, All Wind, General Carrington, Glenidle and Many Colours were the first ovei tho initial obstacle, and at the* .stand Many Colours, Glenidle and Kendall led from General Carrington and Lady Gay. Going .out of the straight, Glenidle took charge and thereafter he never gave the opposition a chance, and won by a hundred yards from General Carrington, which ran on better than Lady Gay and Many Colours over the last furlong. Trespinss- may do better later on. Nine of Spades was the elect of hackers for the- Trial Plate, with Father O' Flyn - P'adonna, and Willowwai 'backed as written. When the positions could be picked on the long straight, Xadariiio, Father 0 1 ’Flynn, P'adonna a ml Roy were leading, with Relic; and Olympic well placed. When well in the straight. Boy, Paclonna and Nadariuo weakened and Father O’Flynn. drew out and looked all over a winner, but Olympic finished remarkably well to just- beat the two-year-old. Nine of Spades also ran on well to get third from Nadariuo ami Relic. Windermere was slightly better supported than Frenchman and Kafka- for the Hack Steeplechase. White Lad and Comet also came in for solid su] import. When the- field vvasi dispatched. Comedy Prince and Windermere went out as pacemakers. The second jump gave Comedy Prince a heavy fall and Lady Comet headed off Windermere. The last named tost his rider after going a mile, and from that point Lady Comet cleared out from hot- opponents, and although .she risked a couple of fences, she won easilv from. Blue Hall and Birkenella. Kuhio, with R. Reed in the- saddle, was sorted out as being particularly good for the Stewards. He. was carrying about two and a half times the amount, invested on the second favourite, White Cbmet. When, the- field settled down. Lady Fingers was. in charge from' White Comet, - Tinohari,

Lucius and Kuhio. Over the iast Imlong White Comet drew out to um very decisively from Kuhio, who g up in the last stride to heat Lady Fingers for second place, while Remitai was only inches away foartn. did the best of the remainder. i oma was unlucky. The Wellington Steeplechase was a good betting race and produced a capital contest, although over the Rust furlong the well-ridden Omahu c.iew out to will easily. Dick finished up favourite, but carried little more than Fireblight, while Omahu was only a little less supported than the favourite. Tuki. Black Art and Eerie also counted on l good support. When the field we re-sent on their trying .lourney, Omahu went to the tiont leading luki, Sanforte ami Eerie over the initial fence, but once over Peter Amans was rushed to the front. His closest 10llowens were Sanforte, Omahu, Sir Wai, Eerie, Tuki. Fireblight and Black Art. At the stand,double Peter Amans was well clear of Sanforte, Sir W'ai. Eerie, Fireblight and Black Art. Going down the hack Peter Amans was still the pilot, followed by Eerie, Black Art. Omaini. Fireblight and Tuki. Sir Wai ran off at the seven furlong post. Peter Amans led into the straight (second time) from Eerie, Black Art, First Line and Dick. Gong out of the straight Black Art took charge from Eerie, First Line, Dick, O'mahu and Fireblight. Tuki fell at the brush fence and Dick got a heavy fall at the next obstacle (log fence). Eerie was in charge going down the back (last time), and was closely attended by Black Art, Omahu, First Line and Fireblight. After passing the four furlong post Omaha moved up fast and, soon settling Eerie and Black Art, was well clear. Turning for home, he wj_ u six length** in front of Fireblight First Line, Eteri e and Black Art, which four were together at the fiiui> jump, Omahu running home an easy winner front. Fireblight, who struggled on to beat First Lino, while the tirea Eerie anti Black Art were next.

The Members’ Handicap produced another good betting race. Zircon being a few pounds better supported than Income, with Alanc, Arch Salute and Para also in favour. When the barrier rose, Income, Zircon, Crossfire, Para, and Potoauui were the most prominent, and after going a furlong Crossfire and Zircon led from Pink Rose, Potoauui, Arch Salute, Income and Alaric. Crossfire and Pink- Rose turned for home in front of Zircon, hut once in the straight Income, Arch Salute, Potoanui, Passionate and Alaric challenged. Over the last half furlong Passionate ran clear away from the opposition, to win by four lengths from Potoauui, with Alaric ((somewhat unlucky in the running) a good third, followed by Kilfane, Arch Salute and Income. • Penury Rose carried a little more than Bonibrook in the Trentham Hurdles, while Dubiou s and Lucullent were almost as well supported as Bonibrook. From a good start Captain Sarto, -Lucullent and Bonibrook led over the first hurdle, but the next jump proved ratal to Bonibrook. Going out of the straight, Lucullent led from Captain Sarto, Puwliero and Dubious, and there was little alteration until four furlongs from home. Here Penury Rose raced to the front, and, drawing right away, won under a pu’l from Captain Sarto, which ran on well to hold off Vagabond! Dubious finished fourth. ' Goldpieee, when appearing to have a chance for second place, fell at the last jump.

Racing concluded with the Te Aro Hack, for which event The Strand was a good favourite, while Temonanui was also heavily supported. Beaumont, from an inside position, began best, and followed by Blue Peter, led into the straight, and drawing away in the run home won easily .from Adi and Vunivoln, who just heat Highflown by inches. Kilia and Blue Peter finished close to this pair.

N.Z. HORSEMAN WEDS. McCARTEX WINS A SYDNEY GIRL. An event of special interest to New Zealand sportsmen took place recently in Svdne.v. when Maurice McCaiten. tlie well-known New Zealand jocke.v, was married to Mis s O’Brien, a sister to the' wife of George Young, Gloaming’s jockey. The happy couple were united in the evening, and after the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride’s parents in Kensington. when a large mini her of New Zealanders and several well-known Australians were present. ’Hie esteem in which McCarten was held was reflected in the large number of presents that were received, net only from New Zealand, hut from all parts of Australia.