SPORTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LII, Issue 9188, 7 September 1906, Page 5

SPORTING.

MARTON RACES.— SECOND DAY. - *•» [>«HSSS ASSOCIATION.] ~ MARTON, September 6. The totalisator receipts for both days amounted' to £12,420, an increase of £889 on- last year. Results : — Telegraph Handicap. — Waikato 1, Truce 2, Museell 3. Also ran : Moscow, 'Frisco,, "Won easily by a length. Time, 1.207 Div., £2 ss. ' Hunters' Hurdles. — Mahoe 1, Brenda 2, Champion 3. Also ran: Valkyrie, Flanagan, Hakaran, Bendigo, T,ambowie. 'Won easily by a length. Time, 2.32. Divs., I£2 2s and 18s. i Electric Handicap. — Rosegrove 1, Pytchley 2, Eone 3. Also ran; Sedgemoor, Mis 6 Adeline, Rotoiti, Te Kainui, Maidi, Teraumea, 'Goldfieild, Kai, Erin, Lady, Beresford, Oneiros. Time, 6.10. Divs.. £7 lls. Hack Steeples. — Peruvian 1, Pilot 2, Sammy 3. Also ran: South Star, Lurcher, Morpeth, Towhatu, Rangitoto, Needlework, Westward, Waimotn^ Coxoboxee. Won easily by two lengths. Time 5.6 Divs., £5 3s and £9 2b. Marton Handicap. — Apa 1, Gleam 2, Montigo 3. Also started: Rustique, Flamen, Beddingtpn, Marinella. Won by a length, half a length between second and third. Time, 2.4. Divs., £6 12s and 16$. Welter Handicap. — Rosegrove 1, Albuera. 2, Moloch 3. Also ran : Houynhnhmn, Victoria Park, Benmore, Pangarroa, Merriwing, Highden, Maiura, Goldsmith, Lady Sylvia. Won by two lengths. Time, ...38. Divs., £5 13s and £8 12s. Handicap Hurdles. — Matariki 1, Band* master 2, Hydroscope 3. Also ran: Flanagan, Hokio,' Mereshot. Won by two lengths. Time, 3.2. Diva., £3 17e and £1 3s. iinal Scurry— Lord Soult 1, Lady Bexefiforct 2, Lady French 3. . Also ran : Mataari, Goldfield, Saga, Pat, Kiwi, Emerald Isle, Frankland, Zelma, Taupo, Tertinga, Maximite, Ruatemaita, .Lynette, Chartreuse. Won all the way by a length. Time, 52 seconds. Dive., £6' 19s and £20 ss. AUSTRALIAN NOTES. . (Received..September 7, 10.8 a.m.) SYDNEY, September 7. Maniapoto created something of a sensation by the N way heldisposed of Marvel Loch and Noreen in a nine- furlong trial of speed. He covered the distance in 2.2£, the last m%in M9^, beating the two mares with tight weights op by six ox seven lengths. Lady Wallace covered a mile in 1.48£; Isolt the same distance in half a second longer, having a decided call over Porcelain.

Dr Van Slyke, .specialist in the eye, ear, nose and throat, will be in Hawera on Friday and Saturday, September 14 cod IS, when he may be consulted at the Commercial Hot* 1 ' — Advt. Quarter of Century in BneJneee. — In oelebration of, this event, J. BRUNETTE, jeweller, Hawera, is making a reduction of 20 to 25 per cent, on cash purchases daring this month. — See Advt.