RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2209, 2 July 1896, Page 34

RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

£AWKE'S BAY WINTER MEETING. Fikst Day— Satohday, Junjs 27. The late rains made the coarse very heavy, npsetting public expectations, while the times were very slow, but there were no accidents. The amount put through the machine was £3331.' Results:— MAIDEN STEEPLECHABE, pf 75sovs ; second horse to receive lO^ovs from the stake. About two miles. 129— Mr G. E. G. Richardson's b r Zaccho, by Bothwell— Queen of Hearts, aged, 12,3 (isweeney) 1 4S-Mr Watt's Rossall, 12.3 ... (Carruther.) 2 J9-Mr Connop's Valetta, 12.3... (Mitchell) 3 Also started : 60 T Rose 12.3. 46 Spermaceti 12.0, 182 Conscript 12,3. ' A good race between Zaccho and Rossall resulted in Zaccho winning by two lengths, a similar distance separating the lecond and third horses. Time, 4min 42sso. Dividend, £3 Is. „ - ' WELTER HANDICAP, Of BOdovs. Second borae, lOsovs from the stake, One mile and a-qaarter (on the flat). 31— Mr Myers's Primula, 9.0 (Whittaker) 1 SO-Mr Prosser's The Miser, 1f.4 ... (A. Hall) 2 49— Mr Kingan's My«tlcal, 10.8 ... (Kingan) 3 Also Btarted : 65 St. Reg«l 11.10, 46 Rainbow 10.13, 127 Sylvanus 10.13, 94 Kauri Gum 10.2, 21 Drury Lane 10.2, 13 Belford 9.9, 1 Chromo 9. , Won by three-quarters of a.length. Mystical two lengths away third. Time,' 2min 26j}sec. Dividend, £12 lls. : „ • ladies' 1 bracelet; * ! Of 80<sovs. A bracelet, vi^lue SOsov*. ■ Gentlemen . • : " riders. Two miles. On the flat.' 80-Mrs Donnelly's Haeata, 12.3... (Shaw) 1 '48-Mrs-Moeller's Tenby, 12.3 ... • (Siddells) . 2 MS-Miss Brittol's Light, 11.12 ... (Jackson) 3 Also started ! 21 Cotamor 11.12, 17 'Direct Veto 12.3, 48 Tomairaagi 12.3, 28 Scrap Iron 11.12, 20 Burosea 12.4, 33 Forty Winks 12.3, 17 Violet 12 3, 59 Goldcarpl2.3, 6 Seafoam-12.3. 36 Waitangi 12.3. An interesting race, in which the changes *rere frequent, resulted in Haeata passing the Judge's box half, a length to the good, Light being about- a length away third, the rest tailing off. Time, 4min 9sec. Dividend, £10 9s. hawke's bay hurdles, Of 2O0SOV8 ; second horse £osovk, and third horse JOaovs from the stake. About two miles. 121— Mr A. Portland's eh g The Plug, by July— Spreydon Lass, aged, 10.0 ... (Woolley) 1 27— Mr Humphries's Napoleon, 9.0 (Steveusou) 2 164-Mr Curries Zanzibar, 9.0 ... (Mahor) 3 Also started : 50 Hopeful 12.7, 41 Mutiny 11.10, 99 Revolt 10.6, 64 Rangipunehu 10.3: 16 Canard 10.3, 49 Chris 10.2, 69 Prairie Grass 9.3, 45 Lord 2taven 9.0. Napoleon led the field at a great pace for a mile and a-half, those next being Plug, Hopeful, Revolt, and Chris. Napoleon was then steadied, but came again .at the entrance to. the jgtraigb.fr, where Zanzibar began to go up fast. Ab the first hurdle in the straight the two' first Jiorses jumped together, Zanzibar on their withers. Plug and Napoleon came thundering { on, neither having' any advantage. Neck and neck they raced, eaoh jookey riding all be knew, both horses being , severely under the whip. Plug's pace on the fiat proved his saving point, and he passed the post first by a short head from INapokon, Zanzibar coming up strong on the outside about quarter of a length .away, the others coming in one by one, fairly oat-paced. ' Time, 4min- 14 • Dividend, £5 7s. HUNT CLUB STEEPLECHASE, Of 45sovs. Gentlemen riders. Two miles and j a-half. - ' ! '65-Mr Loughnan'a Glengarry, 12.10 (Hyde) 1 76-Mr M'Kenzie's Kaika. 12.10 (M'Greßor) 2 |25-Mr Gibbon's Seddon, 13.3 ... (Gibbon) 3 Also started : 20 Sir Tatton 12.2, 17 Piscador 1210,89 Ulyssea 11.10, 38 Puketoi 11.7, 11 Waiframia 11.7, 33 Natatrix 11.3, 18 Lighthouse 11.2, Alsace 11.0, 11 Pyramus 11)0, 4 Coastguard 11.0, 13 Blunderbus 11.0. Kaika made mosb of the running, with Piscador and Glengarry on his heels. Glengarry and Eaika alternately led, the latter having a slight advantage. On entering the straight a desperate struggle between the placed horses ensued, the grey winning by a neck; Seddon on Kaika's girth; the rest nowhere. Time, smin 4 2-53e0. Dividend, £7 *s. . • JUNE HANDICAP, .Of BOoOVS ; second lOsovs. One mile. 61— Mr Wi Hutana's Slaiden, by Grand Duke. 11.0 ' ... (M'Laughlin) 1 S2— Mr Madeira Moonraker, 11.5 (Wright) 2 52-Mr Caulton'B Sharper, 10.4 (Watts) 3 Also Btarted : 61 Lotion 12.9, 94 Solitaire 11.4, 33 Kainbow 10.11, 40 Mystical 10.7, 73 Wikitoria 9.10, 3 Golden Cup 9.0, 6 Taane 9.0, 31 Waitangi 9.0. Solitaire led on sufferanoe till the turn for borne was reached, when Slaiden put in ' his claim and led to within two chains of the post, iloonraker then came with a great rush but under the whip. Slaiden won by. half a length. Jfime, lmin 58sec. Dividend, £7 ss. Second Day— Monday, June 29. .' The course was in splendid order, and the racing excellent. There were several spills, but so one was hurt. Results :— "* . ■ MAIDEN HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, Of 30sovs. One mile and a-half. 88-Hon. J. D. Ormond's Forty Winks, by Somnus— Beauty Bright, 11.3 (MrOrmond) 1 138-Mr Donnelly's Velocity, 11.2 (Mr Hollia) 2 37-Mr Shaw's Hailstone, 11.2 CMrL. Shaw) 3 Also started : 116 Glengarry 13.11, 138 WAriti 12.2, 39 Natatrix 11.7, 10 Taurekareka" 11.0, 2B FJeetwood 11.0. Rounding Into the 'straight Glengarry struck heavily and fell oa his head, and the rider of

Natatrix was thrown forward on to his horse's neck. Velocity, under the whip, kept with the leader till near the post, Buffering defeat by t, head ; Hailstone, » couple of lengths off, third, the rest nowhere. Time; 3min 13seo. Dividend, £6. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, ' Of lOOsova ; second horse to receive lOsovs from She stake. About one mile and three-quarters. 65 -Mr O. Siddell's Tenby, by RemingtonLady Ellen, 9.0 (Woolley) 1 3-Mr Hepburn's Lord Raven, 9.0 ... (Stowe) 2 81— Mr Dougloß'B Chris, 10.2 ... (Redmond) 3 Also started ; 88 Napoleon 10.9, 119 Steel King 10.8. 71 Zaooho 10 7/ 19 Rangipunehu 10.7, 40 Kauri Gum 10.1, 165 Zanzibar 10.0, 46 Midas 9.3. Napoleon made the pace hot from the start. When half the distance had been covered Tenby began to go up fast, aoou taking the lead. Entering the straight, Lord Raven made his mD, and passed the rest of the horses, who were all under the whip, with the exception of Zanzibar, who, running at the l«t jump neck I and neck with Chris and Napoleon, smashed into the hurdle and came down. From this oat the race was merely a procession. Tenby winning with consummate ease by six lengths ! from Lord Raven, Chris, two lengths away, third. Time, 3min 33frsec. Dividend, £11 83. hawke's bay steeplechase, A handicap of SOO.ovs ; second horse SOsovs and third lOrOvs from the stake. About three miles and a-half. 95— Mr W. Mackenzie's Kaika, by Admiral, 9.9 (Buckeridge) 1 187— Mr W. Douglas's Mutiny, 12.1 ... (Hope) 2 169-Mr Portland's The Plug, 10.6... (Woolley) 3 Al-o started : 59 Tiritea 12 0, 118 Hopeful Jl 7, 110 Booties 11.0, 230 Morag 11.5, 18 Canard 10.2, 75 Seddon 10.0, 168 Dromedaty 9.13, 32 T Rose 9.8, 33 Otaieri 9.7. Hopeful, The Plug, Kaika, and Dromedary constituted the forward division, bnt Booties, Morag, Ot&ieri, and Tiritea were afterwards prominent. The last-named came down at the sod wnll. Kaika, who jumped faultlessly, soon took a strong lead and was never afterwards headed. Hopeful went after him at the back of the course, but came to grief at the double jump. After that the race was a mere procession, the little Wairarapa horse winning by •ix lengths. Mutiny beat The Piug by half a length for second place. Timo, 7min 58seo. Dividend, £12. HUNTEttS' HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE, Of 4590V8 ; second horse Bsovs from the stake. Gentlemen riders. About two mile 3 and a-half. - 138— Mr 0. A. Loughnati's Glengai-ry, by Tarn 0' Shanter — Shepherdess, 13.9 (Mr Hyde) 1 SB-Mr Russell's Pescador, 12.0 ... (Mr Russell) 2 138-Mr Shoves's Ulysses, 11.10 ... (Mr Shoves) 3 Also started: 27 ' Sir Tatton 12.2, 119 Shearer 11.10, 23 Puketoi 11.7, 22 Natatrix 11.2, 11 Lighthouse 11.0, 8 Blunderbues 11.0. After two-thirds of the distance had been covered Glengarry had a good lead from Piscador, with Ulysses going up to third place. As they ran at the goree fence there wag little to choose between the grey and Mr Russell's mount, but the former bored off badly, »nd destroyed aDy chauce the latter jnigbt have had of winning by 'nearly knocking Jiim over. Glengarry won, all out, by two lengths ; Ulysses, several lengths' awsy, third." Time, smin 38sec. Dividend, £3 10s. SECOND WELTER HANDICAP, Of BOasvs ; .second horae l'teovs from tha .stake. Seven" furlongs (oil the flat). ' 62— Hop. J. D. Ormond'a Solitaire, by Eirldspord—Solitude; 11.2 ' (Moore) 1 25— My Donnelly's Haeat'a, 10.8 (Fuzzard) 2 370-Mi- Byers'u Ht Regel, 11.12 - • ... (Byers) .'3 'Also started : 29 The Miser 11.9, 31 Slaiden 11.8, 114 Mooriiaker 11.8, 8 Rainbow 10.8, 6 Rangipunehu 10.6, 57 The Sharper 10.8, 13 Primula 9.13, 48/L'ffht 9.13, 14 Wikitoria 9.7. 16 Sparkle 9.0, 4 Taiue 9 0 and Direct Veto 9.0 (bracketed), 12 Waitangi 9 0 and Scrap Iron II (bracketed). . Direct Veto was rushed to the front, but as they entered the straight Mr Ormond's filly took the lead, and making every post a winnipg one was a couple of lengths in front at the dis- ■ tance post. Baeata rushed into second place ab Shis stage, and Bt. Begel, on the outside fully extended, was barely holding bis own. As they . went past the post Solitaire was three parts of a length to the good, St. Regel half a leugth away third. Time, lmin 4-lseo. Dividend, £13 16s. FINAL STEEPLECHASE, Of 6030V8. Two miles. Mr Douglas'a Donald M'Kinnon, 12.7 (Hope) 1 Mr Richardson's Morag, 12.7 ... (Sweeney) 2 Mr Goodwin's T Rose, 9.7 (Arnott) 3 Also started : Conscript 10.0, Valetta 9.7, Forty Winks 9.7, Spermaceti 9.7. Forty Winks and Conscript were 'in the first division, but baulked early, leaving Valetta and T Rose in command, with Donald M'Kinnon and Morag lying next. At the half distance the two latter went to the front and led alternately, bat Mr Douglas's horse gained at the jump, and owing to that won by a bare length, three .lengths between second and third. Dividend, £2 12s.