TROTTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11200, 21 October 1899, Page 6

TROTTING.

AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB'S ; MEETING. [DT riCADOR.] TtlE trotting season was opened at Pottor's Paddock on Saturday last, when the Auck- ! land Trotting Club inaugurated their spring meeting. There was an attendance of about 3000 persons, and the sport provided was in ' every way deserving of patronage. Though ' the second day's racing on Wednesday had to be conducted under unpropitious circumstances as regards weather, there was a good attendance, and as the totalisator investments wero nearly up to the amount handled on tho : opening day, the club had good reason to bo satisfied with the financial result, as £5336 was the record for the two days at the ' machine. The Spring Trot (the principal trotting | event of the meeting) fell to the Palmerston North gelding Patron (an aged son of Trea- 1 son), who out out the mile and a-half jour- ' r.ey in 4m. OJs. from the 16s. mark, and returned his supporters the good dividend of £8 9s for 10s tickets. Woodbine, who has on several previous occasions put her party in a hole when heavily backed, accounted for tho Stewards' Trot, never making a break, and winning by about two lengths. The Electric Trot resulted in a great surprise, the aged Yum-Yum succeeding in getting homo from nine others. The winner was in past years looked upon as a bit of a champion among the trotters, but on Saturday she was only, supported to the extent of three tickets, and the lucky investors were rewarded with the sensational dividend of £84 5s for tho 10s invested. 1 The feature of tho pony races was the treble brought off by.Brooklet, owned by a well-known knight of St. Crispin, resident of Onehunga. The daughter of Cap-a-pie ac- , counted for the Maiden, October, and Flyj ing Handicaps, and the manner in which : she fought out the issue in each instance, ' finishing as straight as an arrow, stamps her as a game bit of stuff, whilst the time in the Flying Handicap (lm. 7Js.) shows that tho , liliputians can foot it when called on. Several 1 I othei good ponies were also seen out at the 1 : meeting. j The Hurdle Handicap on the first day went 1 to Hinemoa, who went to the front at the ; start, and never left the issue ] in doubt, winning easily, and thus enabling ; her party (who also own Patron) to bring I off ft double. In the October Trot, decided on the second . ! day, Patron, with a handicap of 10s., was 1 | made favourite, but though he made a game 1 I bid for victory, Old Judge (255.) beat him home by about 40yds, the time for the two , . miles being sm. 225. A word of praise is due to the handicappor, ! Mr. W. Knight, who brought his fields well 1 together in every race, whilst in the Electric Trot, won by Yum Yum, the whole lot were in it 50yds from, the post, and at the main stand it was hard to say what would win. i The starting, in the hands of Mr. George ! Cutts, was carried out to the satisfaction ofthe owners and public alike, and left nothing to be desired, and the secretarial duties ! were ably performed by Mr. C. P. Mark, the management, being p:ccllent and the | raoes being got off well to time. ) The full programme of events to be brought I off in connection with the Otahuhu Trotting Club's Spring Meeting will be found published in another column. j:

■WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wangantji, Friday. Beautiful weather favoured the second day of the Wanganui Jockey Club's meeting. 1 he course was rather heavy, owing to very y heavy showers during the night before. In he first race Okonri won all the way, and the contrast with her running on the day hfora made the stewards hold an inquiry, with the result that they decided there was not sufficient evidence to justify wi'hlK-lldug '* 0 stakes, but the stewards were not nt. lied that the horse had been properly nu. the -lay before. In the Hack 1 lying Handicap Dr. Bill came third, and his running was the cause of another stewards meeting. They discussed the horse's running, and eventually the rider (Birkett) was warned off the course, and his jockey license cancelled for not making an effort to win. The ™pu through the totalisator was £6029, against £5248 last year, making a total for the meeting of £12,090, an increase of £1753 on last year. Following are the results:— Ohtex Stakfs. Six furlongs. 73-.-M.. F. Watson's b m Okoari, syrs, by St. Leger—Musket Maid, Est (Davis) ••• 1 69— J. G. .Moore's br b Chasseur, syrs, Bst 81b (Price) • • ... 2 100— V. H. Collelo's ch m The Hempie, 7st 121b (Wilson) 3 Also started: 218, Tupuhi, 9st 31b; 123, Armoureux, Bst; 83, Sedgebroolt, 7 0 ; j<lb; 32, The Miller, 7st 41b; 30, Faugh-a-ballagh, 7st. A good start saw Okoari hop off the mark, and the mare soon put a length of daylight between the field. She was never after collared, and romped home the easiest of winners by four clear lengths, Chasseur half-a-length in front of The Hempie. Time, lm 18 2-ss. Totalisator, £280. Dividend, £8 19s. Hack Flying. Six furlongs. 79—Mr. P. E. Dover's bli Gowrie, syrs, by Blairgowrie—Lady Emmeline, 9st lib (O'Connell) 1 164—Mr. J. Gcorgo's b g Lasting, 3yrs, (Satman) 2 145—Mr. 0. Birkett's ch g Doctor Bill, 9st 41b (Birkett) 3 Also started: 126, Oracle, 10at 21b; 90, Dartmoor, Bst 31b; 127, Forager, Bst 71b; 39, Wilson, Bst 91b; 78, Somnolent, 7st 71b; 16, Pastime, 7at; 15, Matarawa, 7st: '6, Royalty, 7st. Somo considerable delay was caused at the post through Dartmoor and Dr. Bill being fractious. When the field were sent on their journey, Gowrie immediately went to the front, and stayed there, winning by two lengths from Lasting, who was half-a-length m front of Dr. Bill. Time, lm. 20 l-ss. Totalisator, £885. Dividend, £10 10s, Second Handicap Hurdles. One mile and three-quarters. 65— A. I.ucoaa's hr m Nipapu, aged, by Foulshot—Radcimer mare, 9st (Parker) ] 234—Mr. D. Scott's b g Hangfire, 6yrs, on 7it 10 t 121b (Cochrane) 2 '03—Mr. J. N. Coleman's br g Troubadour, aged, list 71b (F. Lind) ... 3 Also started. 117, Marina, list 61b; 93, Deny lOst 81b; 13, Light, 9st; 114, Watersnot, 9st; 15, Aquatic, 9st. Nipapu was the first to move, and led down the hack stretch, Aquatic falling at the second fence on the first round. Passing tlio stand on the second circuit the Foulshot mare was still in tho van, but was momentarily displaced by Watershot. Going round the back of tho course, Troubadour improved his position, and ran into second place, but) could not reach Nipapu, who showed the way over the last hurdle, where ffi off W° nCO « m "'I t raight ' the maro stalled off Hangfire and Troubadom, ar.d won by " M and a-quarter lengths, Hangfire beating Troubadour on the post by a no«e for second place. Timo. 3m. 26 l-5s Total isator, £854. Dividend, £11 ss. Second Hack Hurdles. About one mile and u-nalf. 176—Mr. D. Green's ch m Tui, aged, by Tim Whifller— 9stßlb (ParKer) - 16 4—Mr. T Scott's b g Hutana, sy'rs, lOst ~ wld (Cochrane) ... o 34—Mr. T. F. Goddard's b m Waylay' aged, 9st (C. Jackson) ... ' 3 Also started: 91, Nayborn, lOst 111b; 66, Waiwera, 9st; 37, Cannonade, 9st 21b • 25 Lightning, 9sl. ' ' A one-horse race from tho start, Tui winning all the way by eight lengths, Nayborn foil, and Lightning, Waiwera, and CannonS. b S±^A 2 "- 5 ' Ms - Wanganui Stages of 225sovs. One mile and a-lialf. 99—Mr. T. Connop'a b g Sirocco, syrs, by St. Clair-Lady Gertrude, 7st (Satman) j 157-Mr. L. Fitzmaurice'sch g Rubin,6vrs'. Bst lib (T. Wilson) ... ... ... Z 371—Mr. Wm. Homes' ch h Toa, syrs, 7st 71b (C. Jenkins) 3 The only other starter was Bush Rose, 9st. Sirocco assumed command at the fall of the flag, and led past tho stand, the order of the others being Toa, Rubin, and Bush Rose. No chango took place till within a chain of the winning-post, where ail interesting set-to took place between Rubin (who came with a late run) and Sirocco, tho latter squeezing home by a neck, Toa a length away third. Time, 2m. 445. Totalisator, £890. Dividend £8 2s. ' Final Hack H.wdicap. One mile and a distance. 51—Mr. W. Best's b g Redoubt, syrs, by Derringer-Pamela, 7st (Vennedy) _ j 272—Mrs. G. Laing's b g Southerly Bus,r ter > 6yrs, Bst 91b (Raynor) ... 2 67—Mr. 0. E. Brewer's b g Wilson, syrs, 7st 91b (Wallace) ' ... 3 Also Started: 214, Dartmoor, Bst 101b; 89 Hauriri, 7st 81b; 128, Wastney, 7st 61b. Redoubt led for the best part of the journey, but gave way to Southerly Buster two furlongs from home. Tho race looked a good thing for Southerly Buster entering the straight, but Redoubt coming very fast again assumed command, and won by two lengths, Wilson a fair third. Timo, 2m. 2 2-ss. Totalisator, £821. Dividend, £14 9s. Mahangai Stakes Handicap. One mile. 260— F. Watson's b g Battleaxe, syrs, bv Holchkiss—Queen Cole, 9st 31b (Connop) 1 87—Mr. J. P. Belcher's 0 h Sodgebrook, aged, 7st 61b (Raynor) 2 249—Mr. E. W. Morse's blk h Bona-fide, aged, 7st 101b (Jenkins) 3 Also started: 160, The Hempie, 7st 101b: 45, The Miller, 7st; 93, Return, 7st; and 89, Lady Helen, 6st 111b. A very interesting raco from the start saw Battleaxe win by three parts of a length from Sedgcbrook, Lady Helen third. Time, lm. 47 2-ss. Totalisator, £983. Dividend, £3 Bs. Immediately after tho race the stewards held an inquiry on Battleaxe's running of the previous day. After evidence, tho stewards decided that Battleaxe be distanced in this race, and that the stakes go to Sedgebrook, Battleaxe's jockey to be suspended during the pleasure of the club. Dividend on Sedgebrook, £10 3s. POVERTY BAY TURF CLUB'S SPRING MEETING, [by TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATION.] Gishohnb, Friday, The Poverty Bay Turf Club's Spring Meeting was continued to-day, the following being the results:— Makaraka Handicap: Enkaktyore, 1; Jadoo, 2; Popgun, 3. Time, 2m. 45 4-53. Dividend, £2. Won by 20 lengths. Flat Handicap Dreyfus, 1 Papuhere, 2; Recruit, 3. Time, lm. 17s. Dividend, £8 14s. Waikanae Handicap: Enkakhore, 1; Argyll, 2; Manutake. 3. Won by a length. Time, lm. 3s. Dividend, £2 Is. Farewell Handicap: Jadoo, 1 Unique, 2; Ngariki, 3. Time, lm. 30£s. Dividend, £2 7s. £1364 was put through the machine, making £2828 for the meeting. THE FORBURY RACECOURSE. „ , _ , DdNEDIN. Friday. Iho iorbury Park Company decline to entertain tho terms offered by the persons desirous of forming a second racing club in Dunedin, and the negotiations foi the acquisition of Forbury Park for racing purposes are not to be continued. Haik Preserved and Beautified,—-The only reliable preserver and restorer of the hair is Rowland's Maoassab Oil, which closely resembles the oily matter nature provides for nourishing and stimulating its growth, without which tho hair becomes dry, thin, and brittle. 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