SPORTING

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 June 1928, Page 6

SPORTING

SEASON’S FIXTURES.

RACING

.Tune 2, 4 —Otaki Maori Racing Club. June 2,4, 6 —Auckland Racing Club. June 2, 4, 6—Dunedin Jockey Club. June 16— Napier Park Racing Club. June 22, 23—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club June 26 —Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 7—Ashburton County Racing Club. July 10, 12, 14— Wellington Racing Club July 19—Waimate District Hunt Club. July 21—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 26, 28—Gisborne Rncrtig Club. July 28 —Christchurch Hunt Club.

GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES.

BEAU CAVALIER’S RACE,

CORNWALL TO QUEEN ARCH. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, June 2. The Auckland R.C. winter meeting opened to-day in line but dull weather. There was a large attendance. The track was heavy. Results: GREENLANE STEEPLES. Of 400 sovs. Two and a-half miles. 4 Kamebameha (Henderson) .. 1 1 Wee Marble 2 5 Bahadur 3

Scratched; Polyphemus, Cureaform, Ruby Ring, Pane. Won by three lengths, with tern lengths between, second and third. Time, 5.0. JERVOIS HANDICAP Of 400 sovs. One mile. (First Division) 7 Auriculas (Pennel) 1 . 2 Waltzer 2 9 To Waka 3 Scratched: Lord Abbey, Parfait Armour and Sunny Morn. Won by two lengths, a neck between second and third. Time, 1.45 2-5. (Second Division) 1 Miss New Zealand (Brady) .. 1 10 Billikins (Spinks) 2 6 Oscar (Mclnally) 3 Scratched: Moo Hall. Won by three lengths, with a neck between second and third. Time, 1.45 3-5. PENROSE HURDLES. Of 400 sovs. One and three-quarter miles.

1 Bourn (Rennie) 1 5 Prince Lu 2 13 Llewellyn 3 Scratched: Wend ay, Golden Glass, Adjuster and Salamander. Won by a neck, two lengths between second and third. Time, 3..54. GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES. Of 2000 sovs. Two and a half miles. 3 Beau Cavalier (Henderson) .. 1 (! Mia Bella (Mcßae) 2 8 Maunga (Griffiths) 3 Scratched: Archibald, Brigadier Bill, PenLe de Leon, Ivawa, Red Comet. Won by itwo and a half lengths, seven lengths between second and third. Time, 4 52 CORNWALL HANDICAP.

Of 1000 so.vs. One mile and a quarter. Id Queen Arch (Manson) 1 17 King Emerald (Tremaine) ... 2 Mervet'tc (Tinker) ; 3 Scratched: Toma, Town Bank and Manly. Wan by tliree-quarters of a length, with three lengths between see. one! and third. Time. 2.13. HUNT .CLUB HUBBLES. Of 400 sovs. Two miles. 1 Glendowie Henderson) 1 3 Pukerimu 2 4 Ronfan Abbey 3 Scratched: Prince Papa, Marita, ■Mashoor, flaeremai. Won hy two and a lialf lengths, with a similar distance between second and third. Time, 3.58. MEMBERS’ HANDICAP. Of 600 sovs. Six furlongs. 5 King-field (Bennie) I 13 Oration 2 11 Dayguard 3 Scratched: The Thorn, Romford, Dorn a Doonc, Muscari, Eh Timi. Won by one and a half lengths, half a head between second and third. Time, 1.10.

TH E RA C ING J )ESCR [BED. AUCKLAND, June 2. In it'ho Jorvoi.y Handicap (fiivst division), Ainrieiilous won raiher easily from Waltzer with Ti? Waka a node' away third. Speechless was fauirth. In the Green lane Steeplechase, Kamelvamha was first into the straight from Wee 'Marble, Bahadur and 0 ockwork, and won easily by three lengths from Wee Marble, who beat Bahadur by ten lengths. Clookwarth was fourth. In the Jervois Handicap (second division) Billikens and Marble King were the firts to turn for home, attended by Oscar and Miss New Zealand. The latter came through and won easi'y by three lengths from Billikens. Oscar was a neck away and Arildstoa war fourth. In the Cornwall Handicap, Nucleus and Stonm- were the fast into the straight, attended bv Mernattte. Carinax Queen Arch and King Emerald. Qui-eu Arch finished on best and got the decision by three-quarters of a length from King Emerald, Mervette being tb'co lengths away, while Cor on ax was fourth. In the ICnrose Hurdles, when the field turned into the straight. Prime Lou was in front, but in a tight finish Bourn moved up< from fourth place and got the verdict by a neck from Llewellyn. Knwini was fourth. In the Great Northern Hurdles, when half a mile from home Beau Cavalier was well clear of Mister Gamp and Mia Bella, with Maungu some distance away. Mister Gamp fell at the next hurdle, and Beau Cavalier turned for home well ahead of Mia Bella. - and Maunga, with Wedding March 100 yards further back and Royal Form another fifty yards away. Mia Bella challenged in the run to the post but Beau Cavalier stayed on and won by two. and a half lengths. Maunga was third, seven lengths away and Wedding March fourth over 100 yards back. Then came Royal Form another 50 yards further back, Karamu was pulled up along the back. Pouri fell and Vexatious lost her rider.

MANCHESTER CUP. (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATIONUNITED SERVICED LONDON. .Tune 1. The Manchester Gup resulted: Pons Asinorum 1, Capora! 2, Tel up 3. Seven started. Won by three-quarters of a lengths