WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2744, 17 October 1906, Page 55

WELLINGTON NOTES.

October 13,

Tho Ot-iki Maori Racing Club's spring lrectiug was a gTeat success on Labour Day. The totalisalor turnover reached £8306, an" average of over £1000 pel- race. There was a record attendance, and tho race books ran out. On the second day the attendance showed a gTeat falling off. Those who did attend were speculators. F. Tilley's Fordell stable was in great form. He had four starts and four wins. In Hie Mile Hack Raoe on tho firet day The Lark carried 93, and had to do ai» best to beat Kuku (Boomerang's half-brother), -who had 10lb the bsst of the weights, la the Labour Day Handicap, one mile, Polycaste carried 9.0 and ran the distance in Imin 43 4-ssco — a shade under the time The Lark took, but won comfortably. She beat Truce and Gold Crown, which pair were behind her on the second clay, when she gave Truce 331b and a beating in the Demonstration Handicap, seven furlongs, and appeared to be all out. She gave Maui 20ll> and a beating. Premier's par. Maui and (lold Crown, each won a race, but they had nothing to beat. Prosper also scored a. win with Paua (Mahaki— Basilisk\ who got home in the Maiden Hurdlo Race from Hydroscope. Apiti started in the First li'urdlp Handicap, and the public made him favourite He was never prominent, and finished fourth. Bandm.ister. a winner on the second day at Bienheim, won from Cassiopea and Liberator, who bo.ted for about a mile and then stopped to nothing. Matariki came down at the last fence, and 11. Carmont sustained a slight concussion. On the second day Bandmaster fell at the fiidt fence, and Paua struck several obstacles. Liberator failed to run the distance out, and Mereshot won easily, paying her 18 backer-? £22 each. She is by Westmerc— Strayshot, and was purchased at the Wanganui meeting by W. Homos, the Bulls owner-trainer, for £20. D'ml (Crackshot— Satellite), Kuroki's half-brother, was seen o\it once, when he galloped over his opponents in tho Welter Hack Handicap. W. Price, the Fordell horseman, scored his fifth win on Victoria Park (Sylvia Park— Loreh), in which she put down a good favourite in Kuku, who had a •welter weight to carry. The Soult filly Saga proved the best of 13 maidens. She was favourite, and never

left the issue in doubt. She may repeat the performance of Flotilla last year, and win the Spring Trial Stakes at Trentham. Sherlock Ho.mes (The Officer— Spinney) came : out as a sprinter in the Stewards' Hack Handicap, ana beat a good field. Rosegrove, : who Is in great form at present, won the Otafci Hack Handicap on the second and conceded Devonia a stone and & beating. In the Trial Stakes Rendrock (Explosion— Stepfast) made a better showing than in the ' Maiden, and beat 10 others. Lomaria (New . Forest — Fadlien), who ran second, should soon open her winning account. Lacy showed up better in the Electric Hack Handicap, but Pytchley (St. Hippo — Chainstitch) carried too many guns for him. Roseal made a good finish with Flotilla in tho Open Welter, in which C. Jenkins scored his third win. Messrs W. H. Harfgill (judge) and T. Cameron (starter) officiated at the meeting for the first time. Mt Walter Young, who was present at the A.J.C spring meeting, informed your correspondent that the quality of the horses competing at Randwick was not up to prevkms years. Mr P. F. Tancred, who was ono of the local sports interested in Solution's successes in the Metropolitan, purchased at- the Randwick sales a two-year-old bay colt named Wee-J uggler, by Ruenalf. Mr Tancred is a patron of C. Pritchard, and races Sardonyx under a noni de course. Intelligence, having won *. race at Hastings ] of the value cf 45sovs, is not now eligible for the Trial Ple.te at Trentham. Saga and Paua, winners at Otaki, has escaped penalties. Th« following hr.^e t« pat «p extra weight : — Shorts Handicap, Pink TJn (7lbs), 7.6; Rimutaka- Handicap, Rosegrove (71 bs) 9.3, Sherlock Holmes (7!bs) 8.3; Wainui Handicap. Maui (7Jbs), 9.9; Spring Hack Handicap, Pink Un (71bs) 9.6, Sherlock Holmes (7lbs) 8.5. From Carterton it i-j reported that the stallion Mauser fractured one of his hind legs while rolling last weak. Mauser was one of tho Maxim colts sent to Sydney hi the spring : of 1895 by Mr Stead, the others being Musketry and Mannlichcr. They were j>.ll placed ; but Musketry was the only one to win. As a two-year-old Mauser won the only race he ■ started' in— the Ru&sley Plate. As a four ; and five-year-old he won race 3 for G. MurrayAynsley. and took up stud duties at the end ■ of his racing career The past two seasons : has stock won about 1500sovs in slakes. One of the oldest clubs racing on the West Coast of this island is the Rangitikei Racing Club, which will celebrate its jubilee , at New Year time. The principal event will be the Jubilee Cup, valued at 250sovs and a cup valued r.t 50sovp. The Greatford Stakes has been increased to £175. . the winner to receive loOsovs, and a trophy valued at 25gs. J