TURF TATTLE THE WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

NZ Truth, Issue 56, 14 July 1906, Page 2

TURF TATTLE

THE WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

(By "Caniiiedhieli")

FACING FIXTURES.

July 14^-WellingtOfl R.O^ Winter Meeting. 'Aiigiist 14, 16 and 1&-O,«J.C\ orand National Meeting.

Winter Meeting.

A Successful Flxiufe.

Steeplechase Won by ft6n|oa.

It Has beeil said that "the Englishman takes his pleasured sadly." but this cafinot apply to thesoiiS ot Englishmen who. were present at Trentham ofL Wednesday* On every contenance joy was plainly eiptessea and tiveryhady t?as basking In the bright sunshine and for the time being forgetting his many worries ifi an endeavor to spot winners. Strolling round the paddock prior to the contest for the .big SteepteGhage Ofle" came across M. sH.R, and all classes of • people e&gefi? diseuss^ing thiS chances Of the five" eonte^tant§ tot cross Country llonpfs. Saskihg m the sun Was Mr f. M. Wilford, who Was advising the ladies what to iftVegt on» thfcfi the Native Miiiistet arid Mr A. Kidd Wete noticed m olOse eoti^ fab and we do not tbtfik they were talking politics. Down the pad-dock Mr John Abbott was listening to a report from his trainer, Jos. Prosser and a little" filftheT <bii was Mr Seo. ttutitef eyeiilg a htii&iz, and the thought uppermost in 'his mind wafe, most likely, the animal's tesemblattce to Mystifleation, a good wififlet for Mf-HUiiter. Oh td the lawn we went dhd there, were the £ros. Duncaft, aiia from their remarks \H judged that they were enjoying themselves , but a GO bo of Slack DUst m the big Steeplechase and tfiey Wbuld have eftjoyed themselves all the inofe. Mr Jiio. Mafshall, Of Aucklandi Wa§ thefe, sIU was Mr <3k O-. Stead, Sir O ; Clifford attd Mt W. H. HfcttHfe, the lftst three all present m WfeUingtOn on GofiferenCe business. Next We #ere adebsted by the popular secretary (Mt A. E-. Wfie) and fesked to difie, Which v?e jtladly.did, and tngft a paod .ftoSitibft tb witttess the bOnteßt for the big 'event, »f fch*. ftfiei'tioorh Ot cSUrse BOlne pedfile

backed the winner— that was inevitable—but more backed the lcrsef , and the latter poftiofi were firmly con= vinoed that if the? 'had stuck to their own judgment they would have backed the winner. Coming to the racing the going was ptettv soft after the heavy rain of Tuesday and this militated against good times being recorded. The totalisator proprietor had a busy day, as £1,041 mor e was put through on Wednesday as compared with the same day last year. ! Including the £1,388 oh tIKS double, the amount handled was £11,455. The winning combiftation (Rotigda^Narcotic) had five supporters, and they each received £249 16s. The f oilowing are fhe details , of the racing :— .' ; STEWARDS' HANDICAP, 6 furj longs.— . Gawain (B. Oliver) „. .» 1 Medallist ... ... ~, .<• 2 Jolly friar ... 2 Also started : Stronghold, Ailsa, Captain Shannon, Petticoat, •Tonderghie and Red Cross. The winner ! was always m front and won easily ibv three lengths. Time, lmin 21 4-ssecs. Dividends, £& ISs and £3 11s. . MIRAMAR HACK HANDICAP, 7 furlongs. Ku Ku (0. Jenkins) ■„. ... 1 Togos ... ... ... «.' ... 2 .Wailethe ... ... ... & ... All started but TuponO, Mischance, 0.D., and Tertinga. Togos and Ku ivu were the first away but were steadied and Wailethe carried on the running till the straight. Mere Togos appeared and looked to have the race Won but Ku Ku put m a great run and after a punishing finish beat the Hutt horse by a head. Landwerti finished fourth. Time, lmin 37seC. Dividends, £2 15s and £'2 17d. HACK HURDLES. If miles.. Prospectot 'G. Walls) ... 1 Black' Reynard ... 2 Asteroid ... ... 5 All Started but Catspaw. Black Reynard ivvas m a prominent position at the start and the whole field of fourteen horses jumped the first hurdle safely. Up the straight Black Reynard and Solaraon Were m front, the rest of the field close up. At the tqp Cyrus ran into the lead and Prospector joined him at the halfmile post. The big hbrse then raft away from the field, but at the last jump Black Reynard again joined him and these two fought Out a ?ood finish which ended m favor of Prospector. Time, Snifin 31 2-6 see. Dividends, £11 lls and £4 4S. WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE). .ROfifroa (W. O'Connell) ... 1 Mocassin >.* ... 2 j Playfair ... ... ... 3 " Also started : Irish and Slow Tom. The field Went away 1 together and jumped the first three hittdles together. Passing the stand m the first time Irish and Rongoa wele m the lead and Slow Tom WaS m the rear. 1 This order was" maintained ibi the next round and at the double Slow Toni joined the field. At the log fence Slow T6fn slipped and fell into the hurdle, and at the* next jump ] Irish turned turtle. This left Rongpa; with a good iead, but entering the gfrai'ght Mocassin aild Playfair, tan tip to him, Here Plaf fait refuged and 1 Rongoa and Mocassin were left to riglit outthe finish, which resulted m" faVOjp Of Frank's horse by a couple !of lengths. Play fait completed thd eotifse and Was placed, third. Time, 7mihs V 2*ssecs. Dividend, £-12 Bs. PARLIABIENTARY HANDICAP.Narcotic <H< Oarmont) „. 1 Waikato ... ... ... ... »> % Maul „.. „, ...■ ■.., ;.. ... 3 All Started btit Shirapnel Shell. Sir PerclVale" led at the start, with the field bunched; At the font furlongs post the leader compounded and Nat* e6tic led into the straight; Here Waikato came through on the rails and Maul also joined issue. The > finish resulted m favor .of Narcotio by a couple of length^. Time, lmin |O 3*ssecs\ Dividends, &VS 10s and £2 WInTIR Hurdles handicap. Shrapnei (J, McGtegot) ... l Esmoor i; . ... ... ... ... 2 Msnarqlie ..= ... 3 All started but Irish and Cuifagno. Bounce led momentarily, but fell at, the first jump" aftd E&ffiOOf was left m the lead, followed by Shrapnel, With Cavalry ana Silveflene last. Passing the stand the erflei: was exmoor, Shfalifiel, SaMohyx and Hydrant. At the mile tiOst the positions were Uftchafiged, and all doWtt the back the.. tW6, first horses ran a," way from the field. With, half-a-mile to go Monarque left the fuck and chased the leaders, but never had a chance with the leaders ■. At the last fence Shrapnel SWefVed but McGregor quickly righted him and m a pun* iShing fihish beat EXnloot by a length, MonarflUe fOtir lengths away third. The rest 61 the field were strung out. Time, 4mins 0 8-Bseb. Dividends, £6 las and £i is. TE ARO HACK HANDICAP, 5 fur- •■ longs.— Pawa (CJ. Jenkins) ;<i „. 1 Aboriginal ... ... ... •..-. 2 Mataari .. ; .. ; ... ... ..., 3 AH the horses ca'fded started but Mefrie Rose and Compass ; PVtchley broke the line first followed by AbofiKinal and PaWa. xVt the entranGje :to th« straight Piitchatd's inouut |

drooped back and Pawa assumed the lead. Aboriginal challenged at the distance, but Jenkins won by ha.f a length. Mataari came fast at the finish. Time, lmin 7sec Dividends, £3' ds and £1 Us. \