SPORTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7394, 21 February 1902, Page 2

SPORTING.

r • *- . . t EGMONT R.C. MEETING. ' SECOND* DAY. Although the appearance of the pro1 ceding night did not hold out any great promise for the next day, Thursday was ■ favoured by good weather, and the 1 attendance to view the second day's racing of the Egmont Racing Club was large. As a matter of fact, the meeting I was one of the most successful held . under the Club's auspices. As on the : first day, all the officials worked hard. Tho Borough Band was again in attend1 ance. The well-appointed tea pavilion, > under Mr J. P. Keen's management, , was simply rushed by the ladies. The i racing was interesting, and Mr Henrys' work came in for much favourable comment. Bowman and Okoari were the popular fancies for the Waimate Handicap, and justified the confidence , placed in them, finishing first and 1 second respectively. The finish of the . Hack Hurdle Bace was well worth [ seeing, being fought out determinedly, the Third Hack Flat was exciting, but 1 the Atkinson Memorial Stakes was the best contested of a series of closely 1 run races. Battleaxe's win under i 9.13 was a meritorous one, albeit i he settled Taplow by a bare nose. . Kaiwhakaroa deserved his win in the ( Hurdles, though old Hautonga put him a very determined question. Convoy won the Fourth Hack Flat like a 1 workman, while Beau. Ideal appro1 priated the Normanby Stakes without 1 trouble. The Hack Scurry brought to . light a speedy customer in Sandy (or ; is it Sanday ?) by Soult — Lauralea. : The amount put through the v tote " for the day was and for both 1 days £15,987, an increase of £2494 on last year. The only unfortunate thing during ; the meeting was the death from heart ( failure of Lasting in the Normanby Stakes, and his owner, Mr J. George, is to be sincerely commiserated. In ' the same race old Sedgebrook broke down. , Results : — 1 Waimate Handicap of lOOsovs, second i horse to receive 15sovs from the : stake. Seven furlongs. - 198 Mr C. E. Major's b g Bowman, 4yrs, 8.0 (C. Jenkins) 1 192 Mr F. Watson's b m Okoari, aged, 9.12 (Gallagher) 2 151 Mr H. Oonnop's br f Torowai, 3yrs, 8.6 (Gainsford) 3 Also ran : 128 Sedgebrook 8 0 (Tait), : 30 Sylvia Park 8.0 (Gosnell), 118 Ranr gitata 7.13 (W. Price), 84 Lady Bell , 7.10 (G. Price), 130 Oracle 7.9 (Ken- , nedy), and 34 Nio-iti 6.7 (Jackson.) Nio-iti declared 81b over. Sylvia Park [ delayed the start a little bit, but the 1 field were eventually sent off on faitly • even terms. Torowai and Lady Bell p were the first into prominence, and at 1 half the distance they were joined by , Sylvia Paik. Okoari was running last, . but Gallagher set her going, and she " began moving through her horaes. In the meantime Bowman had moved close to Torowai, and a cloße set-to i commenced as the trio came along the ! home strttch. Bowman, well handled , by Jenkins, was not to be denied, and , though Okoari fought out a good finish she suffered defeat by three parts of a length; Torowai a good third. Time, • 1.29£. Total, 1065. Divs., £8 12s 6d i and J9l 4s 6d. I WAIMATE HANDICAP. 1 ?r. Owner. Winner. Wt. Time. ' 1887 Mr. D. Toohill ..Cinderella ..9 02 44* I 1888 Mr. W. H. Koith. . Dudu . . 7 0 8 14?t 1889 Mr. W. Bobbett . . Lady Norah . . 8 8 8 lOf 1890 Mr. W. Bobbett . . Patchwork ..8 68 8 l-5t 1891 Mr. W. Walters . . Leorina ..702 48J* 1892 Captain Euesell . . Erina . . 7 8 2 41* 1898 Mr. J. E. Nugent. . Btranger . . 70 1 86 1894 Mr. P. Watson . . St. Laura . . 7 7 1 831 J895 Mr. A. Standiah . . Donovan . . 6 7 1 81 1896 Mr 3. B. Proseer. . The Miser .. 7 10 1 81 8-5 1897 Mr. J. E. MoDonald Titoki . . 7 71812-5 1898 Mr. J. Goodwin . . Sylvia Park . . 7 9 1 81 1899 Mr. E. J. Evans . . Eton . . 7 8 1 82 2-5 1900 Mr. P. Wataon . . Okoari .. 8 10 1 80 4-5 JxiS . J * Gru P e n • • Calceolaria . . 8 6 1 81 4-5 1902 Mr. C. E. Major . . Bowman . . 80 1 29j ♦ One mile aua a hatf. t One mile ana threo-quartors Second Hack Hubdlb Handicap of 60sovs ; second horse lOsovs from Btakes. One mile and three-quarters. 188 Dr Bennett's br g'Aquinaldo, syrs, 10.9 (W. Higgins) ... 1 193 Mr F. Easton's eh g Rimu, aged, 12.2 (McConnon) 2 75 Dr Paget's b m Clarion, aged, 9.11 (Fahey). 3 The only starters. As soon as they were set going, Fahey took Clarion to the front, and the Flageolette mere led by a length until the hurdle in front of the stand had been negotiated, when the others closed up. The three ran together until a quarter of a mile from the convincing post, When Aquinaldo j and Rimu moved away from Clarion. | j Entering the straight, the pair settled down to a determined contest, and ] . i 'Continued on fourth page.) 1