RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2471, 24 July 1901, Page 54

RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON WINTER MEETING. First Day— Wednesday, July 17. The Wellington Racing Club were favoured with magnificent weather for the opening day of the Winter meeting. This circumstance, together with the fact that the holiday was observed as a city one on account of Arbor Day, was probably responsible for the very large attendance of the public. The course was in capital order, and the meeting in every respect successful and enjoyable. The new system of paying out on the totalisator on first and eecond horses " caught on " with the public, and met with general approval. Bookmakers were present in strong force, on the strength of this morning's decision in the Appeal Court. Speculation was brisker than usual, the sum of £10,998 being put through the machines, as compared with £806* last year. Results : — MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE, Of 80sovs; second horse lOsovs. About two miles. 171 — Mr Lancewood's b m Nipapu, by Foulshot — Redeemer mare, aged, 12.3 (W. Thomas) 1 206— Mr Gordon's Gobo, 12.3 (R. Arr.oti) .. 2 81 — Mr A. Laing's Mangatera, 12.0 (G. Laing) 3 Also started: 68 Kenrnore 12.3, 263 Hutana 12.3. Kenmore fell at the turn opnosite the stand. Nipapu was at the head of affairs a couple of lengths from Gobo. Hutana ran. into second place, but fell at the hurdle opposite the training sheds, leaving Nipapu to run in an easy winner by six lengths from Gobo, with Mangatera a bad third. Time. 4min 2isec. On the totalisator, £780 ; dividends ; Nipapu, £3 2s; on Gobo, 17s. STEWARDS' HANDICAP. Of lOOsovs ; second horse lOsovs. Seven furlongs. 241 — Hon J. D. Ormond's br g Jabber, by St. Andrew— Gabble, syrs, 12.3 (F. Day: S ) 1 370— Mr D. Gordon's Ostiak, 10.12 (C. Jenkins) 2 22.1 — Mr J. Anderson's Stepma. 9.10 (T. Wilson) 3 Also staited: 121 Ruanaahunga 10.11, 130 Sylvia Park 10.7, 98 Aide-de-Camp 10.5, 115 Lady's Link 10.0, 22 Ink 10.0, 22 Indian Shot 9.12, 61 Rebel 9.11, 52 Jewel Gun 9.7, 102 Maro 9.6, 28 Regret 9.5, 63 Rags 9.3, 54 Osborne 9.0, 71 Smithy 9.0. When heads were turned for home Jabber made a forward move, and, displacing Ostiak, when the straight was fairly reached, went on and won by two lengtns. Stepina, who came with a rush at the finish, getting to within half a length of Ostiak. Time, lmin 34sec. On the totalisator. £1769- dividends: Jsbber, £4 19s, Ostiak, £1 Is. MAIDEN HACK RACE, Of 50sov<*; second horse Ssov,. Six huiongs. 391 — Hon. J. D. Ormond's Snooze, by Flintlock—Lullaby, 9.5 (F. Davis) .. ..1 4G-Mooi, 10.0 r .. 2 12— Bonne Esr>ei?nce, 10 5 3 Also staited 64 Athol Brose 10.5, 2 Pure Silver 10.5, 9 The Waif 10.5, m Employer 10 5, 9a Csbsa IQ.Sj ifi Waitoa 10,0, 37 Sunnio/j 10.3*

64 Ilokio 10 0, 95 Bp.ici" jcior 95, 24 ILnekoa 9.5, 07 Languid 9.3, 2 Frontier 9.5. Snooze came out fioni the bunch on enteiing the straight, and, making a brilliant run, beat Mooi on the p^st by a nos?, vulh Bonne Espcrance a. length aiul a-half away. Tiina, lmin 22 3-ssec. On the lotahsator, .£IO9O , dividends Si.coze, £1 17s 6d, Mooi, £5 6s 6d. WINTER HURDLE HANDICAP, Of 300 so". s , secojid hoise 50so\ s, third horse lOsovs. Two miles. 27]— Mrs Batchelor's b g Hotu, by Foulshot — Wcstland. 6yrs, 10.7 (J. Watson) 1 87 — Mr C. O'Donoghuo's Denirgcotte, 9 12 (J. ReJ.mond) 2 79— Mr C. Crosses Rodaia, 9.6 (N. Noble) 3 Also started- 527 Haydn 11.5", 146 Right Metal 10.7. 121 Evening \\ onder 10 6, 294 Hairtrlgsrer 10.5, 96 Grey Ribbon 10.0, 99 Hir.au 10.07 201 Stockade 9.12. 152 Doimant 9.0 From a capital start Derrmgcotte look charge of aF'irs. Hotu wild Denuigcotte were togpther as the sha.cjht was entered, and a good lace home ie-u'l><! 'n a win for Hotu by two lengths, Derrii being a neck m fiont of Rodaia. Haydn was fourth and Hairtngger fifth. Time, 4min sscc. On the totalisator, £2071 ; dividends. Hotu, £5 3s, Denirgcotte, a handicap. Of loOsovs ; second horse SOsovs and third hoise 'Osovs. Nine furlongs. 407— Mr J. George's br g Ciusoe, by Cruiser — Satoxia, aged, 11.7 (E. George) .. 1 20C*-Mr D. Croziei's Tukapa, 9.12 (C. Cochrane) 2 531— Captain Russell's Tigress, 9.10 (P. Sweeney) 3 Also started- 289 Sundial 10.4. 193 Daphne 10.0, 100 Whitnca 9.10, 125 Watciford 9.3, 33 Regret 9 3. The leading division alo.ig the back was Daphne, Regret, and Tigiess, in that order; Crusoe running in the ruck. The field was well bunched at the far turn, where Tigress, Tiikapa, and Crusoe began to improve their positions. Tigress took charge opposite the training sheds, but she was soon displaced by Tukapa. who led into the straight, Crusoe bemg close up third. Crusoe had tne best of the race home and won by a length and a-half, Tukapa beating Tigress by a similar distance. Time, 2mm 4isec. On the totahsator, £1896; dividends: Crusoe, £3 2s; Tukapa, £2 Is. HACK AMD HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE, y&i 80sovs; second horse lOsovs. About twe miles and a-quarter. 3S4— Mr C. Riseley's eh g Loekade, by Flintlock— lvy Leaf, aged, 11.0, (A. O'Connor) 1 130— Mr A. Lairg's Mangatera, 9.10 .. .. 2 3S5— Mr Prosser's Leah, 10.13 3 Also started • 212 Sultana 10.9, 72 Unravelled Uate Mystery) 10.6, 11 Flying Colours 9.11, 74 Sam Slick 9.11, 42 Snapshot (late Matchlock) 9.11, 64 Lubra II 9.7. Only the placed horses finished. Won by three "lengths, with Leah nearly the length of the straight away. Time, imm 54sec. On the totalisator, £1474; dividends: Loekade, £2 11s, Mangatera, £2 11s. Fist Hack Handicpp. One mile.—Woodleigh 1, Punwa 2, First Light 3 Won by a neck. Dividends. Woodleigh, £21 2s; Punawai, £7 Bs. Secoxd Dat — Saturday, July 20 The weather for the second day's racing was the revprse of that experienced on Wednesday. Drizzling rain fell throughout th« day, and the grounds were very sloppy. The going was heavy, and the attendance showed a considerable falling off. The race for the Wellington Steeplechase furnished a splendid exhibition of jumping, and the nine competitors covered the three miles ■without a mistake, which, considering the state of the course, was a capital performanoe. Speculation was again extremely brisk, £10.767 being put through the totalisator. as against £9564- on the second day of last year's Winter meeting. The amount handled on the two days totalled £21,765. as compared with £17,618 last year. Detailed results: — HUTT FLYING HANDICAP, Of lOOsovs; second horse lOsovs. Thieequarters of a, mile. 33— Mr W. Millar's b m Regret, by Turquoise, syrs, 9.0 (A. Watson) .. .. 1 69— Mr Freeth's Rebel, 9.7 (M'Pherson) . . 2 151— Mr Hianga's Lady's Link, 9.7 (Duff).. 3 Also started: 417 Ostiak 11.0, 62 Sylvia Park 10.7, 246 Sundial 10.7, 195 Tukapa 10.5, 73 Aide-de-Camp 10.0, 10 Indianshot 9.7, 28 Osborne 9.0. 190 Ngaparu 9.0. Ostiak led the field round the bend into the straight. Once in the home stretch Regret cyime out from the ruck, and, passing the leaders, scored » win by a, couple of lengths, Rebel, who also came fast in the stiaight, teating Lady's Link by a similar distance. Time, lmin 23 l-ssec. On the totalisator, £1474. Dividends: Regret, £30 3s; Rebel, £4 16s. Indianshot was sold after the race for £17. SECOND HACK AND HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE, Of 70sovs; second horse lOsovs. About two miles. 228 — Mr Risely's eh g Loekade, by Flintlock —Ivy Leaf, aged, 11.13 (M' Connor) .. 1 270 — Mr Laing's Mangatera, 10.4 (Laing) . . 2 168— Mr Russell's Sultana, 10.9 (D.Watt) . . 3 Also started • 146 Pukana 11.9, 59 Unravelled 10.3, 101 Flying Colours 9.7, 49 Snapshot 9.7, 54 Sam Slick 9.7. Only the placed horses finished. Rounding the hill bend the second time Loekade began to go up. He displaced Sultana at the back, and had Mangatera beaten opposite the training sheds, winning comfortably by several lengths. Sultana finished far in the rear. Time, 4min 25 2-ssec. On the totalisator, £1075. Dividends: Loekade, £3 3s 6d; Mangatera, 17s 6d. WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE, Of 350sovs; second horse SOsovs; third horse lOsovs from the stake. About three miles. 131 — Mr D. Gordon's eh g Gobo, by Natator— Germaine, 6yrs, 9.8 (R. Armott) .. 1 167— Mr Meihna's Waitio, 6yrs, 11.0 (N. Noble) 2 183— Mr dime's Hinau, aged, 9.11 (W. Higgins) + 187 — Mr Lance Wood's Nipapu, aged, 9.9 (W. Thomas) + Also started : 266 The Guard 12.3, 316 Straybird 10.5, 130 Evening Wondei 10.0, 173 Cano 9.10, 124 Claymore 9.10. When the field settled down Waitio and Nipapu had charge of affairs, and they showed the way to the front of the stand, where t"he order was Nipapu, Waitio, and Evening, Wonder, Stravbird being fifth and The Guard last. Passing the bend the second time round Evening Wonder ran into the lead, Waitio being next, and Gobo fourth. No material change was made in the positions along the back stretch, except that Hinau showed up prominently for a furlong, but soon fell back. The order passing the stand the second time was Evening Wonder, Waitio, and Gobo. Gobo commenced to go up at the hill bend, and establishing a good lead along the back, was never afterwards troiibled, winning comfortably by six lengths. Evening Wonder dropped back at the far turn, and Waitio beat the dead-heaters by several lengths. Evening Wonder finished fifth, The Guaid sixth, and Stiaybird second last. Time, 6min 4'i l-ssec. On the totahsalor, £1697. Dmdends. Gobo, XS 11s 6d; Waitio, £2 fc <&

WINTER OATS, Of 125=ovs; second hoise losovs. One mile. 233— Mr J. Geoige's br g Ciusoe, Ly Cruiser — Satoria, aged, 12.4 (E. George) .. 1 202 — Mr M Vanish's Ruamahunga, 10.7 (Fowler) 2 70— Mr J. Good-.- in's Silvia Park. 10.2 (Jenkins) 3 Also started 265 Tigress 10 6, 122 Sundial 10.4, 130 Tuk-ipa 10.0, 191 Daphne 9.11, 181 Whitirea 9.7, 28 Indianshot 9.5, 111 Raas 9.0, 98 Waterford 9.0. Crusoe made the pace round to the bnck of the course, where Ruamahuiiga took command, his closest attendants being Sundial and Sylvia Park. Ruamahunga led from Sylvia Paik coming into the straight, but CiUsoe, who had. b->en lying bandy, then came into the straight, and, parsing the leaders, won easily by a length, half a dozen lengths between second and third. Time, 3mm 53sec. On the tctalisator, £1739. Dividends: Ciusoe, £4 19s 6d ; Ruamahunga, £1 5s 6d. FINAL HURDLE HANDICAP, Of ISOsovs; second horse 20sovs ; third horse lOsovs. One mile and a-half 131 — Mr A. Ferguso.i's b g Stockade, by Flintlock— Ada, aged, 9.7 (F. Carmont) 1 3 iS— Mis Batchelor's Hotu, IL7 (Watson) .. 2 374 —Mr O'Donoghue'o Dcirmgcotte, 10.7 (Redmond) 3 Also started- 368 Kaydn 11.4. 95 Right Metal 10.2, 132 Hoir trigger 10.2, 164 Rodara 9.12 Derrmgcotte led fr a Haydn the first time past the stand, and Hotu displaced Haydn attho hill bend, where Stockade moved into third position. Stockade and Hotu were on terms at the far bend, Haydn having dropped back. The pair negotiated the last hurdle together. Stockade had the best of the run home, and won by a length, Hotu being a similar distance in front of Derrmgcotte. Time 2min 52sec. On the totalisator, £T665. Dividends Stockade, £6 2s, Hotu, £1 11s 6d. A protest against Stockade for inconsistent running was dismissed. JfJLY STEEPLECHASE, Of loO'-ovs; second horse 20sovs; third horse lOeovs. Two miios. J 52 — Messrs Pollard Bi-d O'Su'livan's br g Straybird, by Wanderer — Fleetwing, aged, 10.12 (A. Hall) 1 204— Mr Meihan's Waitio, U.G (Noble) .. .. 2 •26? — Mr Faber's Opaku, 10.9 (O'Connel) .. 3 Also started : 327 Hutana 9.7. Opaku led round the back, Hutana lying in wait. Hutana fell away before the stand was reached, and Opaku and Waitio together negotiated the brush fence opposite the stand, Straybird being femth. Straybird moved up at the hill bend, and was in front at the far turn, with Waitio close no. The pair fought out the finish, Straybnd winning by a length, Opaku. two lengths behind Waitio. Time. 4min 28 2-ssec. On the totalisator, £951. Dividends: Straybird, £4 4s; AVaitio, £1 0s 6d. Final Hack Handicap, of 80oovs. Threequaiters of a mile.— l 64 General Wolfe, 9.7, 1 ; 96 Raema, 9.5, 2; 215 First Light, 10.0, 3. Also started- 295 Marianthus 10.11, 196 Moturoa 10.9, 157 Cornea 10 5. 209 Kidbrook 10 5, 230 Oreen Sleeve 10.2, 59 Rankura 9.11, 44 Horton 9fl. 100 Tutua 9.3, 193 The Pearler 9.0, 115 Bonne Esperance 9.0, 33 Notoriety 9.0. 71 Employer 9.0, 57 Cobra 9.0, 35 Greygown 9.0, 49 Waitoa. 9.0, 24 Leinster Lass 9.0. Won by a neck, after a great finish, a similar distance between second and third. Time, lmin 26 l-ssec. On the totalisator, £2166. Dividends: General Wolfe, £8 18s ; Raema, £5 Is 6d.