SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9344, 20 October 1910, Page 7

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON MEETING.

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WELLINGTON, Oct. 19. | The Wellington Racing Club's Spring , Meeting was opened at Trentham in but windy weather. The attendance was j fair. Twenty-five bookmakers were licensed, and £9858 passed through the totalisator, as compared with £12,344 on the opening day of last year. Results: — RIMUTAKA HANDICAP, of 100 sovs; six furlongs. J. Buckley's Dearest, 8.6 ...(Jenkins) 1 W. Smart's Merrie Frank, 7.13 ... 2 Arthur Hall's Torpoint, 7.9 3 _ Also started : Morecombe, 8.11, Poictiers 8.8, Directoire 8.6, First Battery 8.4, Inspection 8.1, Varna 7.2, Rongomai 7.9, Merry Time 7.8, Bracken 7.8, Padrone 7.4, Wild Bird 7.4. Won by a length, two lengths between second and third. Time, 1.17 1-5. Bracken was left at the post, and took no part in the race. SHORTS HANDICAP, of 100 sovs; five

- furlongs. Mr Highden's Boanerges, 9.9 (A. Oliver) 1 R. W. Paterson's Penates, 9.13 ... 2 T. Ross's Bally Shannon, 7.11 ... 3 Also started: Naumai 9.8, Koh-i-noor 8.10,. Theodore 8.10, Lord Kelvin 7.11, Sea Queen 7.4. Won by a head, a length and a half between second and third. Time, 1:3 2-5. FIRST HACK AND HUNTERS' STEEPLE, of 100 sovs; 2& miles. W. C. Vincent's Don Carlos, 11.3 (W. Naylor) 1 G. Scales's Mahara, 10.12 2 F. B. Vallance's Hill Lass 3 Also started: Oakley 10.6, St. Amelia

10.6, Waiohika 10.5, Whimper 10.5, Castx>ut 10.0, Star Lass 10.0, Sylvia Maid, Sir Mac, and Timona 9.7. Won easily by four lengths, five lengths between second and third. Time, 5.42. WELLINGTON HANDICAP, of 350 sovs; 1£ miles. J. H. Prosser's Lady Medallist, 8.10 (C. Jenkins), 1 W. H. Nicol's Sir Antrim, 8.2 ... 2 E. J. Watt's Wimmera, 7.10 ... ... 3 Also ran : Sir Frisco 8.8, Iranui 8.5, Sir Tristram 8.4, Cullman 7.7, Kopu 7.7, Merrivonia 7.6, The Lark, John 7.0, Royal Marine, Master Laddo 6.7. Won by a length and a half, a length between sccond and third. Time, 2.10 1-5. SPRING SELLING PLATE, of 100 sovs; six furlongs. W. Smart's Gra'id Jewel, 8.1 (W. Price) 1 •A. Liskirk's Succession, B.B_ 2 Hon. J. D. Ormond's Idealism, 8.8 ... 3 Also ran: Bourbon 8.8, MoreykofT 8.8. Won by a neck, half a length between 6econd and third. Time, 1.18 2-5. WAINUI HANDICAP, of lOC sovp; one mile. E. J. Watt's Bridge, 9.11 (H. Gray) 1 W. E. Bidwell's Tribulation, 9.4 ... 2 T. Bevan's Teotane, 8.0 .. 3 Also ran: Diabolo 10.2, Merriwa 8.12, Coronetted 8.11, Ambrosian 8.4, Kilosteri 8.0. Won by a head, half a length between second and third. Time, 1.43.

WELLESLEY STAKES, of 650 sovs; t four furlongs. G. D. Greenwood's Pierene, 8.2 (H. Gray) 1 Hon. J. D. Ormond's Miscount, 8.7 2 Sir Geo. Clifford's Avarice, 8.2 ... ... 3 Also ran: Sea Pink 8.7, St. Petersburg 8.7, Aloha 8.2. Won by a neck, three lengths between second and third. Time, 49 3-5. FINAL SCURRY HANDICAP, of 100 sovs; four furlongs. W. Palliser's St. Toney, 8.12 (Coleman) 1 G. F. Bonnor's Bow Bells, 8.3 ... 2 W. M. Ellerton's Ebonite, 7.7 3 Also ran: Poictiers 8.12, Inspection 8.5, Kathara 8.2, Longstep 8.0, Turna 7.11, Subdue, Merriletta, Complexity, Deploy, Toapango 7.7. Won by half a length, a neck between second and third. Time, 49 2-5.

The late Mr Fried Swindells made a fortune on the Turf, and on one occasion lost £60,000 on the Stock Exchange. "Lad," ho said, on relating the circumstance, "when I made my money I pulled the strings myself, and when I lost it the other coves pulled 'em for me."