NAPIER PARK RACES. Second Dat—March 27.

Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 25

NAPIER PARK RACES. Second Dat—March 27.

second handicap hubdle bacb, Of 75sovs. One mile and three-quarters. Mr Joyce's b g Premium, 6yrs, 10.4 (Eedmond 1 Mr Bristol's br g Maribyrnong, 6yrß, 10.10 (Woodley) 2 Mr Smith's g g The Moor, aged, 8.12 (including 0.3 overweight) ... ... (O'Shannessy) 3 Taikaha also ran. Premium won without an effort by six lengths from Maribyrnong, who was some distance iv advance of The Moor, the latter beating Taikaha on the post by a head for third position. Time, 3min 39 2-sseo. Dividends: £2 and JBll7s. TWO-YEAB-OLD STAKEB, Of SOaovs. Six furlongs. Mr Murin'sbro Quilt, 8.10 ... (Morrigan) 1 Captain Bussell's b f Eileen, 6.8 ... (Donovan) 2 Mr Gibson's b c The Beau, 6.0 ... (Priest) 3 Piscador also ran. A rattling set to resulted in a half length victory for Quilt, The Beau being a neck away third, Piscador a bad last, Time, lmin 20 l»ssee. Dividends, £1 5s and £16s. CITY STAKES HANDICAP, Of 20050V5.,. .One mile and a-quarter, Messrs Stock and Conroy's br g Salisbury, 6yrs, 7.6 (Lhidsay) 1 Mr Paul's Fexton, 3yrs, 6.12 ... (Oostello) 2 MrTaricred'sfckhlCupid, 4yrs, 7.0 ... (Poulson) 3 Leopold, Silence, Audacity, Leander, Lenore, Richmond, Kotuku, and Marama also started. Foxton entered the straight with a slight lead from Cupid,'who had Salisbury at his girths. The whips were now out on all, and Salisbury struggling on gained inch by inch on the leader, and eventually wore him down, winning on the post by a bare head, Cupid half a-length away, third ; Audacity, 4; Silence, 5; Lenore, 6; Leopold, 7; Leander, 8; Richmond, 9; Eotuku, 10; and Marama last. Time, 2min 13 2-ssec. Dividends, £2410s and £35 ss. , HANDICAP SELLING BAOB, Of 40sovs. One mile. Mr Martin's g g Soudan, 6yrs, 9.0 ... (Vaile) 1 Mr Dennett's chh Bronte, 4yrß, 7.1 ... ... 2 Mr Bobbett's br c Patchwork, 3yrs, 7.7 ... 3 Orwell and The Moor also ran. Won by a length. Time, lmin 45sec. Dividends, £4 3s and £4 12s. The winner"was bought in at £70. WAVBRLBY STAKES HANDICAP, Of lOOsovs. Six furlongs. Mr Gollan's eh c Jet d'Eau, 3yrs, 6,10 (Peters) 1 Mr Bereßford's b h Escutcheon, 4yrs, 8.6 (Ksan) 2 Mr Hepburn's eh g Audacity, syra, 8.8 (F Stowe) 3 Leander, Kotuku, Kariri, Turihau, Tennyson, and Dauphine also started. In the straight Jet d'Eau came clear away from the remainder of the field, winning by fully four lengths. Escutcheon and Audacity fought out a stern battle for second honours, which Escutcheon secured by a head. Turibau was fourth, Leander, who had made up a lot of ground, fifth, Eotuku sixth, Dauphine seventh, Kariri eighth, and Tennyson a bad last. Time, lmin 17 4-sseo. The result was received by the public with groans, on account of the different form shown by the winner to-day and at Hastings last week, Dividends, £13 16s and £19 10s.