Sporting.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8051, 31 March 1905, Page 6

Sporting.

Wellington Races

First Day.'

(Per Press Association,)

■ WELLINGTON, March SO. The Autumu Meeting of the .Welling. ten Basing Club, which cpsned to-day, was the worst on record in the anDa's of the Club'as regards attendance fields, eport and speculation. What elements contributed to this it is hard to define, beyond the fact that the boisterous weather aff.cted the attendance. Consequently peculation wrs reduced, but why only, 87 horses should have taken part in eight ra^as comprising the programme is hard to explain. Posßibly the i aos of the Club changing its dates and racing before Easter instead of after, as heretofore, may have had something to do with it. Inat year on the first day £8990 went through the totalisators, but to-day only i>6587 was registered, including £870-on the double machine, which paid a dividend of £2Q on Signalman and Boris, the winners of the Thompson and Railway Handicap respectively. Following are the concluding results: —

Silverstream Hack Handicap—Royal Blue 1, Pardon 2, Position 3. Also ran: Padereveski, Westland. Won easily by six lengths. Time, ltnh.4s 2-ssee Div., £3 11s.

Eailway Handicap—Boris 1, Chryseis 2. Only starters. Wot. bard h<-ld by a length. Time, lmin 16s cc. Div., £1 11s.

Heretaunga Handicap — Flamen 1, Hydrant 2, Benefactor 3. Also ran : Veneer. F.amen took charge after fijoing half the -journey and won very ea«ily by two lengths. Time, lmin 59 2-53ec. Div., £2 19s.

North Island Challenge StakesAchilles 1, Machine Gun "2. Dalny 3. Only starters. Machine Gun led for a couple of furlongs, when Achilles took charge and won easily by 2£ lengths. Time, lmm 29 2-ssecs. i)iv., £1 Bs. Tinakori Hack Handicap—Maui ], Matokokiri 2, Hnkaaka 3. Also ran • Galahad, Patuna, Golden Comb, Te Kainui. Won by a length and a half. Time, lmiu 17 8-ssec. Divs, £1 12s and £L ss.