RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

Otago Witness, Volume 25, Issue 2321, 25 August 1898, Page 38

RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

AMBERLEY STEEPLECHASES

Thursday, August IS. MAIDEN HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE, ol 25sovs; second ssovs. About two miles. 80£— Mr Bradley's Powder Monkey, by Chainshot, 12.3 (Mr B. Wymi-Wmiams) 1 49 —Mr W. G. Stead's Proverb, 12 .< Owner) 2 2i x , Mac 12.3 (Mr T. Rickman) also started. _ Won easily by two lengths and a-half. Dividend, £1 14s. HANDICAP HURDLES, ot 2550 v.,; second ssovs. About one mJe and a half. 41 —Mr Reid's Jack the Vim, by Epicure, 11 S (Mr B. Wvn,i-Willianis; . 1 45J— Mr Fitzgerald's Jib, 11.12 (Mr Neagle) 2 27J _Mr Holmes's C^ceut^l^ g Also started: 31 Wry Lad 10 .7 (Mr F. P. Claridge), 6£ Piccadilly 10.G (Mr Vallance). Won by three lengths. Dividend, £2 14s. BRACKENFIELD PLATE, of 30sovs; second ssovs. Weight for age. About two miles and a-half. 76 —Mr G. Pitt's Dundonald, by Duntroon, 12.3 (Owner) 1 2il— Mr Pitt's Pahau, 12.3 (Mr J. G. Macdonald) 2 16^ Wahoo 11.10 (W. Jackson) also started. Won by a couple of lengths. Dividend, £1 6s. LADIES' BRACELET, of 21sovs; second ; 3sovs. About one mile and a-half. j 62 17— Mrs Bailey's Tamapu, by Son-of-a Gun— Helena, 11.8 (Mr J. G. Macdonald) 1 j 72 16— Miss Claridge's Master Sockburn, 11.10 (Mr 1°- P- Claridge).. . 2 | 33 o— Miss Binnie's Apremete, 11.8 (Mr Binuie) 3 A dead heat. Dividend, on Tamapu £1 4s, | on Master Sockburn £1. In the run-off Tamapu won by two leng-ths. Dividend, £1 14s. TALLZ-HO HANDICAP, of 35sovs; second j Gsovs. About three miles. 62 —Mr Pitt's Dundonald, 13.0 (Owner) 1 17£— Mr Hall's Crocus 11.2 (Mr R. E. Harley) 2 19 —Mr Reay's Typhoon, 11.0 (G. Murray-Aynsloy) 3 Also started: 22£ Fleetivood 11.7 (Mr Neagle), 57£ Powder Monkey 12.0 yMi B. Wyun-Wil-liams), 6J Wry Lad 31.6 (Geisler). Won in a canter. Dividend, £2 12s. HUNTERS' FLAT RACE, of 21sovs; second 3sovs. About one mile and a- quarter. 43— Mr Griggs's Bex 11, by King Cole— Norah, 12.4 (Mr F. P. Claridge) 1 49-Mr Reid's Jack the Flat, 12.12 CMr 3. WyuA-Williams), 2

103 I—Mr1 — Mr Fitzgerald's Jib, 12.2 (Mr K. E. Harley) 3 Also started: G7£ Valetta 12.4 (Mr Neagle), ISJ Piccadilly 11.10 (Mr Coleman). Won easily by a length. Dividend, £5 IGb. FINAL STEEPLE— ASE HANDICAP, of

23sovs ; second 3povs. About two miles. 42J — Mr Rcay's Typhoon, by Natator — Hippoiia, 11.9 (G., Murray- Ayneley} .. 1 59 —Mr Griggs's Wiy Lad, 11.9 (Geisler) .. 2 50 Mr Lyon's Fleetwood, 11.12 (Mr Neagle) 8 "Won by throe lengths. Dividend, £3 4s.