NAPIER PARK B.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9327, 23 March 1893, Page 2

NAPIER PARK B.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

President): John Close. Vice-president : John Heslop. Treaanrer : E. W, Knowles. Stewards : Meaera U. H. Swan, M.H.R., T. Sidey, D. Glendin. niug, J. M'Vay, YY. Heslop, T. A. Shirley, •). Bennett, K. Sweetapple, J, ii. Swan. Judge : J. BeDHett. Starter : S. Powell. Clerk of the Scales : B. W. Knowles. Clerk of the Course : J. iiopdell. Timekeeper: S. JE. Cooper. Handicapper :, A, T. Danvers, Secre* tary : A. T. Danvers. The first day's racing of the Napier Park Racing Club's autumn meeting was held, .yesterday under moat favorable auspices. The weather was beautifully fine, and the day being a public halfholiday there was a very large attendance. The grand stand was crowded, the fair sex being very numerous. ' The course was in capital order, and the lawn was Rooking splendid. The radon; was Mcellent, large fields being the order of the day, and the contests in almost every raoe were vary close. Mr S. Powell, as ueaal, wat very successful with the flag, getting his fields away in even line each time In the first race, the Trial Handicap Hurdle Race, Worth, who was palpably tiring at the finish, only got home by a head from Sir Tatton, while in the Sapling stakes, SSanella, Norsemaid, and Noyade iought out a punishing finish, not a length separating the first and third as they passed the post, The raoe for the Cup too was a grand one, for although Merganser's great pace enabled her to win' by a length, It wai not so easy a, viator; as it itemed,

find TJa, Bonlsnger, and Scot Free made a gallant) fight for places. The win of the top W9lght was a great performance, and the public cheered her when " all right " was declared. In I his f race Muriwai Bllpped aud fell, mid in uscovering herself collided with the manei's horse, with the result that Muriwiii di*l,.cated nne of her shoalders, and it U feared that she will never race again. Tlriteu pnlled off the Handicap Hurdle Race rather easily. Prairie Graßß annexed the Eeddyffe Stakes after a good fighb with . Spinieldt, who went Out favorite. Krina broke tte succession of seconds which she han put up lately, and got her head home first in the Flying Handicap, though Banglatcu was very uloao up. In tinWelter Handicap a capital finish was witnessed, Kapua landing the stake by a clear length, with Mnsket and Maid of Lome, rnnnlng a dead beat for second honors. The handicapping was first-class, and as usual the dividends were fairly large, the principal one being £8 IBs to Kapna's backers in the Welter Handicap, while Tiritea rewarded his supporters in the Handicap Hurdle Race with a dividend of £7 2s, though had the race not been started so soon the amount invested on the machines would have been much larger, and the dividend perhaps smaller, as those speculators who failed to get their money on were with- few exceptions strong supporters of Tiritea. The amount put through the three machines by Messrs Prebble and Proffitc was £5831. Although the public declared strongly for Merganser in the Napier Cup, most of the other candidates were well backed, bnt perhaps the favorite would not have paid such a substantial dividend had not some of the stable money gone on with the metallicians. The club were evidently determined nob to allow bookmakers to lay machine oddß, and some of the fraternity were ordered out of the paddock for bo doing. The races were started punctually to time, and visitors were thus able to reach home early after seeing the last) race. Mi Glassford snpplied a splendid luncheon in the luncheon booth, and his patrons were legion in numbers, reminding one of tte rodents who made inroads into Bishop Haddo's granary. Howevever, if Bishop Haddo had provided as good a repast for bis visitors as did Mr Glotaford for his, the bishop would probably not have come to such an untimely end as he is said to have done. On the retnru home vehicles of every description were in great demand, and the arithmetical puzzle of " two into one you can't " was tried over and over again with the nsual amount of nonsuccess. The following are the results of the racing :— TRIAL HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Of 50 soys ; second horse to receive 10 soys from the stake ; 1$ mile. Hod, J. D. Ormond's b g Worth, aged, by Natator— Grecian Bend, list 91b (GlHett)... ._ 1 Mr W. Douglas's b g Sir Tatton, aged, lOat 21b (Hope) 2 Mr A. J. Goodwin's b m T Rose, 4yra, 9st 71b (Price) 3 Mr J. Griffith's b g Warrlgal, aged, lOst 121 b (Griffiths) 0 Mr W. J. M'Lennan's eh g Shearer, Byre, 9at 101 b (Redmond) 0 Mr J. S. Crimp's b g Risk. 6yrs, 9st (MIIIb) 0 Mr F. Collina's eh m Gladiale, syrs, 9st (Sweeney) _ 0 —Mr Rupuha te Hianga's blk g Tim (lOst) was scratched. At the fall of the flag Worth was the first away, followed by Sir Tatton and T Rose, while Gladiole was last. Worth soon pulled back, and allowed Warrignl and T Rose to lead over the next fence. At the hurdle In the straight Warrigal was still leading and Risk fell. After passing the stand T Koee was taken to the front, while Worth and Sir Tatton at the town bend began to close up. At the back Worth and T Rose rose together, and Sir Tatton next. The race from this point was practically between the three. T Rose kept with Worth until the turn iuto the straight, when Sir Tatton challenged them, and a good finish was witnessed, Worth winning by half a length, T Rose a moderate third, Shearer fourth, Gladiole fifth, and Warrlngal last. Time, 3min 35 3 sth sec, Totalißator— Total 762, 290 en the winner ; dividend, £2 6s. SAPLING STAKES HANDICAP, Of 100 soys ; second horse to receive 10 soys from the stakes ; for 2-year-olds ; 5 fnrlongs. Mr W. Rathbone's eh f Zanella, by Apremont — Flatter, Bst 111 b (O. Donovan) 1 . Hon. J. D. Ormond's b f Norsemaid, 7st 21b (Ashdown) 2 Captain W. R. Russell's b f Noyade, 9at 41b (Robson) 3 Mr G. P. Donnelly's b c Haeata, 7sb (Murphy) 0 Mr S. H. Gollan's br » Comedy, 6st7lb (Tamplin) 0 Mr A. ElHngham'u br g Pinrose, 6at 71b(Connop) 0 Mr B. Newmans br f Kohlne, Gst 71b (Garnham) .. 0 Mr W. Parotene'sb c .4 llan-a-dale, 6?t - 7H>(Reidy) 0 from a capital start Zanella was the first to show in iront, Norsemaid, Kohine, and Noyade following. At the turn into the straight these ionr had drawn almost level, and a pretty contest down the straight was witnessed. At the approach to the grand Btand Noyade made her run, bnt conld not get up to Zanella, but Norsemaid raced with her to the post, only to suffer defeat by half a length, Zanella winning comfortably, while Noyade - was a fair third, Haeata, Comedy, and Pinrose together next. . Time, lmin 6 2-sth sec. Tobalieator — Total 754, 208 on the winner ; dividend, £3 4s. NAPIER CUP HANDICAP, — *6f 'Sso-gays ;^-geoond horse, ctreeeive 30 sovsTrcurt^fi-EtaWfif^nile. Mr W. Rathbone'a br in Merganser, by Nordenfeldt— Albatross, 4yrs (including 101 b extra), 9jC 91b (D. Donovan) „. .» ... ... 1 Mr William Douglas's b f Ua, 3yrs, 6st 131 b (Reid;) 2 Mr J. Paul's b h Bonlanger, 6yra (including 51b extra), 9st (M'Keague) 3 MrV. Harris's br h Crackshot, Syrs, Bst 81b (Brown) 0 Captain Russell's b f St. Katherlne, 3yrs, Bst 51b (Robeon) 0 Hon. J. D. Ormond's c m Qaeen ot Trumps, syrs, Bst (Lindsay) 0 Mr D. M'Kinnon's b g Scot Free, aged, 7st 81b (G»U) 0 . Mr J. Clark's g h Pani, aged, 7st 51b (Connop) 0 Mr C. A. Dnrie's g g Mußket, 4yrs, 7st 41b (Power) 0 Mr btiku Marumarn's b f Murlwai, 3yre, 7st4lb(Kingan) 0 Mr G. P. Donnelly's g in Kotuku, aged, 7st (Tamplin) 0 Hon, J. D. Ormond's eh g Free Lance, 4yrs, 7st (Fnszard) 0 Mr A. S. Lovejoy's eh h - Musketeer, aged, 6st 101 b (Kenny) 0 — Rosefeldt, 4yrs (7st 81b), Krina, 4yrs (7st 41b), Maid of Lome, aged (6st 121 b), and Stockfish, 6yrs (6st 71b) were scratched. After a little delay at the start the flag fell, and the horses got off the mark excellently with the exception of Muriwal, who dislodged her jockey. Qaeen of Trumps was the first to show in front, and led till the second stand, when Pani and Cracksbot took up the tunning with all the other horses well bunohed tofetber. Shortly after passing the Btand Crackshot took the lead, and Scott Free went into second place, while Pani dropped back, Merganser holding fifth position, and going well within herself. At the bill bend Qneen of Tramps again assnmed command from Crackshot, while Free Lance was coming up, followed fast by Bonlanger and Merganser, At the entrance to the straight these were all together, while Scot Free was making ground quickly. When fairly in the straight Merganser shot out, and the race was all over, as Donovan only bad to look each side ef him to the winning post, the mare getting home easily by a length and a half. Ua, who came up on the inside with a very fast run at the second stand, beat Boulanger by a half length, who was third, Scot Free fonrth, Qaeen of Trnmps fifth, Free Lance sixth, the rest pnlling np. Time, 2min 44sec. Totalisator— Total. 1255, 320 on the winner ; dividend, £3 9s. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. . Of 100 soys ; second horse to receive 10 soys from the stakes. The winner of the Trial Handicap Hurdles to carry 71b penalty. Two miles. Mr A. Eiiingham's b g Tiritea, by Hippocampus— Wairnareka, syrs, list (Ellingbam) 1 Mr L, Binnle's eh g Chester, aged, 9sb (Rollo) 2 Mr James Wilson's br g Disturbance, : Syrs, 9st 71b (Mitchell) 3 Mr C. G. Woodley's br g Empire, 6yrn, list 71b (Higgins) M 0 Mr J. Hlokey's blk g Aorere, aged, lOst 121 b (Hickey) „ 0 Mr T. H. Lowry'schg Gondolier, Syrs, l<ht9lb(Gilpin) *..! o Mr G. P. Donnelly a br g Kaimanawa, used, iOst 121 b (Redmond) 0 At fall of the flag Chester went to the front, followed by Kaimanawa and - Aorere. At the hill bend Chester bHU had command, with Tiritea, Gondolier, and Kaimanawa within a length ol him. The bardic In the straight the first time was taken by Chester about a length in advance of Disturbance, Tiritea lying next, while Empire, Aorere, and Kaimanawa were well together. This order was maintained nntit the back of the course was reached, when Disturbance took a slight advantage of Chester, bnt it was only momentary, as the chestnut 'went, to the front again, and led to tbe tnrn, when Tiritea disputed the position, . and soon had them all in trouble, and '/'-■ taking the last fence in grand style won •asily by three lengths from Chester, who uearly came down at the fence, with • • . Disturbance . a good third, Gondolier . fonrth, Empire fifth, and Aorere last, ftOf. 4mlo 6im, ; ~^ -•--''• ■' a

Tota'isntor— Total 465, 58 on the winner ; rlivijpud, £7 2s. ■ RBDCLYFFE STAKES HANDICAP, Of 50 soys ; .second horse to receive 10 soys from the stake ; 1 mile, MrS. H. Gollao's b g Prairie Grasß, 4vrs, by Albany— Speargrass, Bit 4 h (L-uvton) 1 Hon. J. D. Orraond's eh g Spinfeldt;, Syrs, Bst lib (Asbdown) 2 MrT. H. Edwards's b m Link, syra, Baft 81b (Morigun) 3 Mr F. Collin^'s br m VVatsrlily, 4yrs, Bst 121 b (Kingan) 0 Mr \V. Rathbone's b h Kinpr Oenrje, 4y«, Bst 71b (Donovan) 0 Mr C. Diamond* cli m Jowol, Syte, Ist 81b (Power) 0 Mr A. Goodwin's br t Brown Bell, Syrs, 6st 71b (Gurnham) 0 At the fall of the flag Link was the irst (o get away, but was soon supplanted by Brown Bell, while Waterlily dropped into second place, Spinfeldt and Prairie Grass lying next.t No change took place until rounding the bend for home, when Brown Bell went back and Waterlily took the lead until half way down the straight. Hero Prairie Grass shot in front, and Spinfeldt. after htm, but Mr Gollan's horse came on full of running, nnd won by v couple of lengths from Spinfeldt, with Link a good third, Waterlily fourth, King George fifth, and Brown Bell last. Time, lmin 52sec. Totalisator— Total 839JP87 on the winner : dividend, £3 19a. FLYING HANDICAP, Of 120 soys ; second horse to receive 15 (■ova from the stake ; 6 furlongs. Captain W. K. Fussell's br m Krlna, by Foul Play— Katie Ferguson, 4yre, Sat 2lb (Eobson) 1 Mr A. Ellingham's br c Rangiatea, 3yra, 7at (Connop) 2 Mr A. Davis's b m Como, syrs, 7st 31b (Kingan) ... — <~ •-. 3 Mr D. M'Kinnon's br h Loch Ness, 6yrs, Bst 61b (Gall) 0 Dr. Reed's b m Dreamland, syrs, Bst 51b (Morrigan) 0 — Thame, syrs (Sat 21b), Pani, aged (7ab 81b), Link, syra (6at 121 b), Spinaway, 2yrs (6st 91b), and Haeata, 2yrs (6st 71b), were scratched. Dreamland caused a good deal of tronble at the post, and when the flag fell Rftnglateahad the best of the start, while Loch Ness had the worst. At the hill bend Dreamland ran up to Rangiatea, 1 while Como and Krina were closing up on them. At the bend into the straight Krlna came up to Kangiatea, while Como came very fast. Tho race from this point to the second stand was exciting, but here Krina came away and won comfortably from Kangiatea, who just beat Como for third place, Dreamland fourth, and Loch Ness last. Time, IS 2-sth sec. Totalisator— lool, 162 on the winner; dividend, £5 9a. WELTER HANDICAP, Of 60 soys; second horse to receive 10 soys from the stake ; 1£ mile. Mr W. Douglas's b g Kapua, 4yrs, by Mute— TJira, 9st 121 b (Hope) ... 1 Mr C. A. Dnrie's g g Musket, 4yre, lOat 71b (Collello) + Mr H Galsford's b m Maid of Lome, lOrt 21b (Rice) t Mr J. Paul's br ra tfleta, syrs, lOst (Cbapmßn) 0 Mr F. Collins br g Stockfish, 6yrs, lOst (Sweeney) 0 Mr T. Carroll's b m Kupenga, 6yrs, 9st 121 b (Wright) 0 Mr H. J. Jull's b g Zaccho, aged, 9st lO(Lawton) 0 —Worth, aged (9st. 101 b), Disturbance, syrs (9at 91b). and Eclipse, aged (9st 71b) also started. Stockfish got on his legs first from a splendid start, but Kupenga shot oat and went to Che frruTt, only to be followed by Zaccho and Maid ot Lome, both of which soon shot to the front, while Kapua laid in fomth position. At the back of the course Zaccbo went up and raced alongside of Maid of Lome and Knpenga, while Kapua and Musket were lying next. At the turn into the straight Kapua came through, and soon had his field in distress, and coming on full of running won easily by a couple of lengths, while a splendid finish was fought out between Musket, who came late, and Maid of Lome for second place, the judge being unable to split them, Knpenga being fourth, Zaccho, Stockfish, and Fleta finishing In the order named, Time, 2min 19 3 s}h sec. Totalisator — Total 756, 76 on the winner ; dividend, £8 164.