SPORTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8095, 26 September 1904, Page 2

SPORTING.

AVONDALE J.C. MEETING.

THHID DAY.

[PBMS .ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, September 24, The Avondale Jockey Club's Spring meeting was concluded to-day, when a good deal of rain fell, interfering with the attendance during the afternoon. A sum of £5922 was passed through the totalisator. Results : — Maiden Handicap Hurdles, 1} mile. — Rolfe 1, Flower of Gold 2, Loch Lomond 3. All started. Dividends £4 4s and £1 3s 6d. New Lynn Handicap, 5 furlongs. — La Cigale 1, Cabaret 2, Discoverer 3. . All started. Dividends £5 11s and £3 8s 6d. Welter Handicap, 6 furlongs.— Dolores 1, Paratutu 2, Bother 3. Scratched — Lady Hune, Cabaret, and Silico. Dividends, £17 11s and 16s 6d. Second Handicap Steeplechase, about 3 miles. — Straybird 1, Kanaka 2, Peter Simple 3. Scratched— Loch Lomond. Won by two lengths. Time 6.61. Dividends £2 3s and 18s 6d. Grandstand Handicap,- 1 milo. • — Newtown 1, Annoyed 2, Sir Gilead 3. All started. Dividends £2 9s 6d and £1 12s. Electric Handicap, 4 furlongs. — Black and Gold 1, Seabird 2, Ben Blair 3. AM Btarted. Dividends £4 17s and £2 12s

6d. Third Pony Handicap, 6 furlongs. — Lucrece 1, Miss Cuirassier 2, Sentinel 3. All started. Dividends, £8 17s 6d and £1 2s. Publicans' Handicap, 7 furlongs. — Geologist 1, Swagsman 2, Mnro 3. Scratched —Dolores. King PauU Caltc Iris, Bother, and Lovetiuk. Dividends. £4 5s and £1 Bi.

OTAKEHO RACES.

The Otakeho Racing Club hold their first annual meeting on Wednesday. From the interest being taken in the fixture by the general public on the Plains the club should have every reason to congratulate thomselves on the result of their work. Seven races, have been, arranged, and of these two are post entry. For the other five excellent acceptances have been received, and there will be no fewor than five or six horses starting in every race. This being an unregistered meuting the leading racehorses will not be entered, but those that come before the starter will be a credit ta the district. All races are to be run tinder the New Zealand rules of facing, and the steward? intend seeing that everything is "straight" and above board. The prize-money allotted amounts to over £60, the Otakeho Handicap being worth £14. These race meetings encourage the breeding of a good class of hack, and there is every reason, therefore, to suppose that the meeting will be popular.