Sporting.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 65, 15 February 1895, Page 2

Sporting.

EGMONT SUMMER FIRST~DAY. r The above meeting was held on Wednesday, and was favored with fin© weather. Between 2000 and 8000 people were on the ground. The course was in good order, and the improvements and surroundings generally were duly appreciated. The Sires' Hack Produce Stakes and the use of the starting machine were new features of the meeting. The machine was used in the Cup, Welter, and First Hack Flat, and worked by Mr Crawford, the patentee, of Wellington, and good starts were effected. The racing and dividends were good. The sum of £8949 was put through the machine. The following are the results: — Waimate Handicap, of 80 sovs ; seven furlongs. Mr A. Standish's Donovan, 6st7lb (Myers) % Mr E. Calthrop's Orion, 7st 31b... 2 Mr F. Watson's St. Laura, 7st 121 b 3 The Dancer, Krina, Variety, Porepo, and Magazine also ran. Won by three lengths. Time, Imin Slsec. Dividend, £l2 Is. First Handicap Hurdlks, of 120 SOTS; two miles and a distance. Mr A. Nopere's Tiritea, list 41b (Redmond) 1 Mr E. Cilthrop's Bonovoree, 9st 3lb 2 Mr K. Waitere's Rangipai, lOst 81b 8 Kapua, Marechal Neil, Belle, and Sunbeam also started. Won by two lengths. Time, 4min 16 2-sth see. Dividend, £4 13s. First Handicap Hack Hurdles, of 45 sovs ; one mile and a quarter. Mr W. H. Keith's Dart, 9st 181 b (Higgins) 1 Mr G. Gibson's Egmont, lOst 12lb 2 Mr D. Knight's Cloudshot; 9st Mb 3 Waverley, Pembroke, Snowdrop, and Leander also ran. Won by two lengths. Time, 2min 27 2-sth sec. Dividend, £2 18s. Egmont Cup, of 300 sovs ; two miles. Mr E. Calthorpe's Monte Carlo, 7st 71b (Jenkins) 1 Mr J. A. Goodson's Reynard, 7st 41b 2 Mr W. Douglas" Rosefeldt, Bst 111 b 8 Waiuku, Ben Godfrey, Ida, and Von Tempsky also ran. Won by two lengths. Tinte, 3min 47 l-sth sec. Dividend, £8 4s. Sires Hack Produce Stakes, of 200 sovs ; one mile and a quarter. Mr W T . G. Glasford's Evening Star, Bst 51b (R. Johnson) 1 Mr J. W. Scott's Storm King, Bst 101 b 2 Mr A. Peters' Bona Fide, Bsfc 101 b 3 Eureka, Foreman, Ruby Twist, Blue Bonnet, Capuchin, Tell Tale, Fish Oh, Pauline, Lady Helena, Secrecy, and Waylay also started. Australina, Steel King, Vagrant, and Toroa were scratched. A little delay took place at the post, but eventually the horses were sent away to a pretty start. Won by a head. Time, 2min 19 3-sth sec. Dividend, £l7 2s. Welter Handicap, of 70 sovs; one mile. Mr J. George's Prioress, 9st 51b (Riley) .». nL J Mr J. Paul's Variety, 9st t Mr A. McKenzie's Porepo, Bst 12lb 8 Cyrus and Conscript also started. The owners agreed co divide. Dividends : Prioress, £1 19s ; Variety, £2 19s. Time, lmin 49sec. First Hack Flat, of 50 sovs; one mile. Mr J. Crozier's Nugget, 7st 91b (Davis) - Mr G. H. Gibson's Disraeli, 7st 91b 2 Mr C. Tate's Clayton, 7st 81b ... 8 Strayshot, Bushboy, Starlight, The Unknown, Crimson Streak, Thunderbolt, Bowshot, Dummy, Lord Vman, and Campaspe were the other starters. Pyroxylin, Vagrant, Cloudshot, and Voltigeur were scratched. Won by a neck. Time, lmin 49sec. Dividend, £l3 16s. SECOND DAY.

TARANAKI J.C. MEETING. The following weights have been declared for the hack events : FirsT Hack Flat, 1 mile.—Docility, Bst 101 b ; Pyroxylin, Bst7lb; Starlight, Bst: Nngget and Fish Oh, 7st 101 b ; Auchodowey, Crimson Streak, and Vagrant, 7st 61b; The Friar and Thunderbolt, 7st 51b ; Itcb, 7st 81b ; Waylay 7st; Storm King and Clayton, 6st 121 b; Dummy, Tip, Evening Star, and Cloudshot, 6st 71b. Hack Hurdles. —Nugget, list 31b ; Entry, lOst 31b ; Conscript, 9st 121 b; Kathleen and Waverley, 9ft 91b ; Dart, 9st 7st; Cloudshot, 9st 3lb; Kaitoa, and Tip, 9st.

Plying, Orion 1 Bt. Laura 2 St. Clements 3 Dividend, £5. Hurdles. Bonovoree ••• ••• 1 Tiritea 2 BeUe .» 8 Dividend, £5 2s. Hack Hurdles. Dart •"• 1 Eginont * Cloudshot 3 Dividend, £1 10s. Atkinson Memorial Stakes. Ben Godfrey ... ... 1 Prioress 2 Monte Carlo 3 Dividend, £11 7s. Hack Flat. Strayshot 1 Crimson Streak 2 Dividend, £2 16s. Normanby Stakes. Variety 1 Prioress 2 Porepo 3 Dividend, £4 18s. Produce Hack Handicap. Tell Tale I Evening Star 2 Storm King 3 Dividend^-