SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 283, 27 November 1905, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE TAKAPUNA RACES.

£PRfi6S ASSOCIATION.]

TAKAPUNA, Nov. 25

The weather is fine and the attendance good for the opening day of the Takaguna meeting. Trial—Franklin 1, Solicia 2, Miss Winnie 3. Scratched: Kola Nip, The Lark, and Shrewsberry, Franklin was never troubled, winning easily by two lengths. Half a head between second, and third. Time, lmin 44sec. Dividends, £2 7s 6d and £1 18s. St. Andrew's—Geordie 1, Landlock 2, Rookby 3. Scratched: Akarana. Won by half a length. Time, 2miu lOsec. Dividends, £2 2s and 17s. Cambria—Conductor 1, Primo 2, Misere 3. All started. Duart ran off. Won easily by three lengths. Time, 53sec. Dividends, £6 Is and 12s 6d.

Maiden Hurdles—Sol Leo 1, Feve 2, Lochard 3. Scratched: Cuiragno and Lekida. Won by tfiree lengths. Baltimore, Seabird, and Royal Shell fell. Time, 3min. Dividends, £2 15s and £4 12s.

Cheltenham—Miss Winnie 1, Noteorini 2, Sonoma 3, Scratched: Syren, Miss Winnie led all the way, winning by thrfe lengths. Time, lmin 3sec. Lucredfc, Dardanus, and Lovelink fell. Dividneds, £9 8s and £3 16s.

Stewards' Handicap—Little Frank 1, Moutere 2, Skip 3. .All started. Won by a length. Time, smin 7 1-5 sec. Dividends, £2 6s and 14s. Brady and Sparks, the riders of Dardanus and Lucrece, were both badly bruised and shaken.

The winning doubles, St. Andrew's and Cheltenham, paid £255 18s. Melrose—Bromide 1, The Lark 2, The Raven 3. Scratched: Lady Clements, Lochard, and Legrite. Bromide led all the way, and won by a length. Dividends, £4 15s and £1 8s 6d. Tiri Hurdles—Roseplot 1, Vexation 2, Dividend £2. .

Pony Handicap—Girton Girl 1, Forth 2, Lady Lottie 3. Dividends, £3 10s and £2 0s 6d.

The sum of £5518 was put through the tote.