TARANAKI RACES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1904, 14 April 1888, Page 3

TARANAKI RACES.

Second Day.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

NEW PLYMOUTH, April 3.

Tbe weather has cleared up after a night's rain, find it is now a fine day. There is a good muster on tbe course. Grand Stand Handicap, of 100 soys; 7 furlongs. Second horse to receive 15 soys from tbe stakes. Rufus, 6st 91b 1 Escapade, 7st 111b 2 Rimu, 6st 101b 3 Tamora, (Bst), Lifebuoy, (6st), also started. "Won by three lengths. Time, lmin 28 l-sth secß. Dividend, £10 7s. Second Handicap Hurdles, of 60 soys ; 1$ miles. Second horse to receive 10 boys from the stakes. Mr. J. George's blk h Armourer, lOst 61b 1 Mr. J. J. Russell's Blue Ball, lOst 21b 2 Mr. W. H. Keith's Allegro, lOst 31b ... 8 Won by a short length Allegro nowhere. Time, 3m 375. Dividend, £3 7s. Autumn Handicap of 125 soys : H miles second horse to receive 15 boys and the third 5 soys from the stakes. Mr. P. Martin's br.g. Silence, syrs, Tbe Mute— Marie Antoinette, Bst 131b 1 Mr. Kennedy's Rimu, 6st 51b 2 Mr. G. Wright's Tamora, 7at 101b ... 3 Won by half a length. Time, 2min 46f sees ; dividend, £1 11. Handicap Hack Hurdle Race, of 20 eovs ; 1 mile. Mr. Davidson's Jubilee, 10s (Danahay) 1 Mr. McElwain's Oddfellow (late Silver King) 2 Mr. Russell's Le Clair 3 Te Nanau, Ivo, and Corsair were the other starters. A grand race ensued, but Jubilee succeeded in wrestling first honors from the Wanganui horse. Totalisator, ; dividend, £11 14s. A protest was entered against Jubilee on the ground that he had won a race at Manaia, but it was afterwardß withdrawn. Handicap Hack Race, of 20sovs ; 1 mile. Mr. Scally'B Corsair, 9st (McCormick) 1 Mr. Kennedy's The Dove, 7st 10£lbs (Kennedy) 2 Mr. Tito's Akatea, 7st lOlbs 8 Mermaid, Make, Ruth, Medora, and Tommy also faced the 6tarter. Dividend, £4 4s. Provincial Handicap, of 50 boys ; 1£ miles. Second horse to receive 10 soys. from the stakes. Mr. Logan's b.g. Landseer, 7st 51b ... 1 Mr. J. George's Armourer, Bst 101b ... 2 Mr. P. Raill's Emmett, 7st lOib ... 3 Ruapehu, Bluebell, Lifebuoy, and Peter also went to the post. Landseer de. clared 51bs over, and Lifebuoy Blbs. Amid cries of " Armourer," " Landseer," and " Dead Heat," the two passed tbe post locked together, with Emmett a good third. The judge gave his fiat for Landseer, who was cheered on entering tbe saddling paddock. Time, 2min 19sec. Totalisator — 248; 44 on tbe winner; 89 on Armourer. Dividend, £A 17s. A protest was entered on the ground that the rider of Landseer had interfered with Armourer, by striking him with hia whip, but the protest was disallowed. Consolation Handicap, of 30 boys ; once round the course. Mr. Kennedy's gg Rimu, 7st 1 Mr. Harrison's Hagar, 6st 71b ... 2 Mr. J. George's Okato, 6st 3 Escapade and Peter started, making a full number of acceptors. Won by a length. The others, with tbe exception of Escapade, were ridden out. Dividend, £2 6s.

A pony race, which was won by Skylark, concluded tbe programme.