HUNT CLUB STEEPLECHASE MEETING.
[by telegraph.] Christchurch, Thursday. The weather for the Hunt Olub Steeplechase meeting to-day was rather fine, but not more than 1000 persons were present. The sport was very good, and no accident occurred. HUNT CLUB CUP HANDICAP, For a piece of plate, value 50 aovs (for qualified hunters only) ; gentlemen riders only ; about three miles. — Jefferson's br g Leap Year, list 71b (Owner) ... . . . . ... 1 J. Duncan' b b g Winfield, 13st 51b (Owner) . . . . ... . . 2 — Whitcombe's g m Forsaken, lOst 71b (Woodman) ..3 — Brown Boy list, and Michael Scott lOst, also ran. Thore was a good race between tho two first. Won by half a length. gone away stakes. Of 75 soys ; about 3 miles. O'Brien's b g Trovatore, list lllb (Owner) .. .. 1 Cassidy's blk g Levant, list lllb (Piper) 2 Adam's br h Koscuisco (Sheen) . . 3 Overdraft, 12st 71b, also ran, but baulked at the end of tho first mile. Koscuisco ran round a fence, and Trovatore had it all his own way, though Levant got within two lengths of him on sufferance. Overdraft was the favorite. TALLY-HO TLATE, For a piece of plate of the value of 30 soys (for qualified hunters only) ; weight for age ; gentlemen riders only ; about 2 miles. J. Duncan's br g Terry, 12st 31b (Owner) , 1 J. Piper's b g Locks and Pieces, list (Owner) 2 Newton's b m Ringlet (Owner) ... 3 Twelve others ran. Won easily.
I HAKKAWAY STAKES HANDICAP, Of 4:0 soys ; 2 miles. jP. Butler's Quamby, 12sfc (Lyford) ... 1 J. H. Cassidy's Levant, list 31b (Osborne) 2 P. Joneß' Gang Awa, lOst (Boyle) ... 3 — Overdraft, list 41b; Koaciusco, lOst 51b ; and Waif, lOst, also ran. Quamby was a hot favorite, and won easily. CONSOLATION HANDICAP. Brown Boy . . ... 1 Waif 2 Three others ran.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6301, 14 July 1882, Page 3
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296HUNT CLUB STEEPLECHASE MEETING. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6301, 14 July 1882, Page 3
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