RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2326, 29 September 1898, Page 34

RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

EGMONT RACES. First Day — Wednesday, September 21. FIRST HURDLES, of 90sovs; second lOsovs A mile and three-quarters. Mr Proctor's Marina, by Sou* -wester — Barbelle, 11.5 (L. Proctor) 1 Mr Moore's Troubadour, 10.2 (G. Lang).. 2 Mr Chaafe's Nor' -west, 10.13 (P. Johnson) 3 Also started : Kanaka 10.13 and Alpine 10.5. Won by a length. Time, 3min 32sec. Dividend, £3 19s and £2 3s. HUNT CLUB STEEPLECHASE, of 40sovs; second ssovs. About three miles. Mr Nolan's Eglinton, by Natator, 11.0 (N. M'Rae) 1 Mr Riddiford's Woodcock, 11.0 (W. Gordon) 2 Mr Harvey's Huntsman, 11.0 (Lang) .. 3 Merry Soul 11.0 baulked and Wild Vixen 11.0 fell. Won by a length. Time, 7min 5 2-ssec. Dividends, £3 15s and £2 12s. FIRST HACK HURDLES, of 40sovs ; second ssovs. About a mile and a-half. Mr Peachey's Cairo, by Gipsy King, 10.5 (P. Johnson) 1 Mr Mitchell's Starlight, 9.12 (A. Mitchell) 2 Mr Major's Barbarian, 10.0 (A. Hall) .. 3 Also started: Taravento 10.5, Dandy 9.0, and Disraeli 9.5. Won easily. Time, 2min 57 4-ssec. Dividends, £3 15s and £2 12s. FIRST HACK FLAT RACE, of 40sovs; second ssovs. Six furlongs. Mr Tyrer's Uhlan, by Cuirassier — Aida, 8.5 (B. Russell) 1 Mr Marsh's Flying Jib, 7.0 (A. Julian) .. 2 Mr Cooper's Wavelet, 7.0 (E. Cooper) .. 3 Also started: Splinter 8.12, Wai-iti 7.11, The Major 7.9, Heart Whist 7.0, Queen's Guard 7.7, Snowflake, Rosemary, Kohipo, and Fauitra. Won by a length. Time, lmin 18 l-ssec. Dividends, £5 15s and £2 14s. EGMONT STEEPLECHASE, of 150sovs; second 20sovs and third lOsovs. About three miles. Mr Bayly's Kanaka, by The Australian, 10.11 (A. Hall) 1 Mr Green's Cloister, 9.7 (Morris).. .. 2 Mr Gibbons's Seddon, 10.7 (Gibbons) .. 3 Also started : Consciipt 10.2, Riot 9.12, Nor'west 11.9, Bradshaw 10.5, and Greenstone. Won by a length. Time, 6min 55sec. Dividends, £12 5s and £6 6s. HACK AND HUNTER STEEPLECHASE, of I 40sovs ; second ssovs. About two miles. Mr Thurston's Sir Athol, by Torpedo — Lady Athol, 11.0 (P. Williams) 1 Mr Gibson's Egmont, 12.7 (M'Rae) . . . . 2 Mr Coombe's Dunsinane, 11.0 (T. Colcman) 3 Won by a length and a-half. Time, 4min j 12sec. Dividends, £2 8s and £1 3a. I HIGH WEIGHT HACK FLAT, of 40sovs; j second ssovs. One mile. j Mrs -Roddy's Splinter, by Natator — Don Jpan mare, 10.11 (G. .Lang) .. ..1 Mr Marsh's Flying Jib, 8.9 (W. O'Connell) 2 Mr Greenwood's Adam, 9.13 (Dr Paget) .. 3 Also started: Starlight 9.3, Nipa-pu 8.13, Black Rose 8.9, Heart Whist 8.8, Van Courier 8.7, Whittlesea 8.7, and Avant Garde 8.7. Won by a head. Time, lmin 49 2-ssec. Dividend, £4 7s. Second Day — Friday, September 23. SECOND HURDLES, of 90sovs; seconcl lOsovs. About two miles. Mr Moore's Troubadour, 9.12 (G. Lang) .. 1 Mr Bayly's Kanaka, 10.7- (A. Hall) .. ..2 Mr Jefferson's Alpine, 9.5 (Wells) .. .-3 Also started: Marina 11.11 and Nor' -west. Marina and Nor' -west fell. Won easily. Time, 3min 56 3-ssec. Dividends, £4 9s and £2 3s. SECOND HACK HURDLES, of 40sovs; second ssovs. One mile and threequarters. Mr Peachy' s Cairo, 11.9 (Johnston) ... ,-.* 1 Mr Col ello's Taravento, 10.5 2 Mr Major's Barbarian, 10.5 (Hall) .. ..3 Also started: Disraeli 9.2. Won easily. Time, 3min 29sec. Dividends, £1 15s and 19s. THIRD HACK FLAT RACE, of 40sovs; second ssovs. One mile and a-quarter. Mr Tyrer's Uhlan, 9.3 (B. Russell) .. 1 Mr Fitzmaurice's Taplow, 8.3 (Cox).. .. 2 Mr Mitchell's Starlight (Pricie) .. ..3 Also started: Wavelet 7.0, Black Rose 6.10, and Wai-iti 7.7. Won easily. Time, 2min 17sec. Dividends, £1 10s and 18s. HAWERA STEEPLECHASE, of 80sovs; second lOsovs. About two miles and a-half. Mr Green's Cloister, 9.7 (J. Morris) w, 1

Mr Goodson's Bradshaw, 9.11 (W. Higgins) & Mr Gibbons' s Seddon, 10.7 (Gibbons) .. 3 Also started : Conscript 9.7 and Kanaka 11.9. Won easily. Kanaka fell at the last jump. Time, smin 42 2-ssec. Dividends, £3 2a and £1 9s. LADIES' BRACELET, of the value of SOsovff. About two miles and a-half. Mrs Thurston's Sir Athol, 12.9 (J. Vallance) 1 Mrs Riddiford's Woodcock, 12.0 (W. Gordon) 2 Mrs Coombe's Dunsinane, 11.7 (J. Coombes) g Also started: Egmont 12.13 and Eglinton. 11.13. Won by half a length. Time, smin 42 4-ssec. Dividends, £1 16s and 19s, FOURTH HACK FLAT, of 30sovs; second fisovs. Seven tfurlongs. Mrs Roddy's Splinter, 9.3 (Lang) .„ .*. f Mr Lambert's Heart Whist, 6.10 _. «. i Mr Marsh's Flying Jib, 7.5 (Julian).. .. S Also started : Adam 7.2, The Major 7.7, Nipa.pu 7.5, Queen's Guard 7.3, and Kohipo 6.10. At the distance post Heart Whist came with, a fast run on the outside, and made a dead; heat of it. Time, lmin 24sec. Dividands: Splinter, £1 3s and 14s; Heart Whist, £30 and £50 Bs. FINAL STEEPLECHASE, of 40sovs; second ssovs. About two miles. Mr Thurston's Sir Athol, 9.7 (G. Lang) disq. Mr Goodson's Bradshaw, 10.3 (W. Higgins) j. Mr Gibbons's Seddon, 11.3 (Gibbons) .. 2 Also started : Greenstone 10.2 and Conscript 10.0. Sir Athol came in first, but a protest for jumping a fence outside the flag was sustained, and the stakes awarded to Bradshaw. Dividend, £2 Is.