SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7665, 29 June 1896, Page 3

SPORTING.

<• HAWKE'S BAY WINTER MEETING. Napier, Saturday. The following are the results of the con eluding events of to-day's racing : — . H.B. Handicap Hurdles : Tho Plug 1 j Napoleon 2, Zanzibar 3. All started bu . Tiritea. Won by a short head. A splendii finish between the placed horses. Time 4min 14 3-sth sec. Div., £5 7s. ' Hunt Club Steeplechase : Glengarr r (A. Hyde) 1, Kaika- 2, Seddon 3. A fin' s race ; won by a neck, the third horse hai I a length away. Time, smin 42 2-sth sec , Div., £7 4s. , . June Handicap, of 50 soys : Slaidei (McLaughlan) 1, Moonraker (Wright) 2, Thi , Sharper (Watts) 3 New Forest, Primula . Sylvanus, Chromo, Donald McKinnon, Chris j and Light were scratched. Won by a lon( , head, The Sharper a length away third Solitaire,' Rainbow, and Mystical following in that order, Waitangi and Taane last j Time, lmin 58seo. Div., £7 ss. The amount passed through the machine ] was '£333l. ' TO-DAY'S RACES. ! Hastings Racecourse, to-day. The weather is fine for the second days : ' racing. The attendance is large. The course is very heavy. Maiden Hurdles : Forty Winks, 12-S (J. D. Ormond jun.), 1 ; Velocity 11 %2 . Hailstone 11 2, 3. There also started— Glengarry 1311, Wariti 122, Matarix 11 6, Taurekareka 11*0, and Fleetwood 11.0. Won by a length. Glengarry fell. Time, 3min 13sec ; dividend, £6. Hurdles : Tenby 9 0 (Woolley), 1 ; Lord Raven 92, 2 ; Chris 10 2, 3. There also started— Napoleon 10 9, Steel King 10 8, Zaccho 10 7, Rangipunehu 10-1, Kauri Gum 10 -1, Zanzibar 10 0. and Midas 93. Won by two lengths. Time, 3min 33 2-sth sco ; dividend, £11 Bs. Steeplechase : Kaika (Buckeridge) 1, Mutiny 2, The Plug 3. All started ; won from start to finish by about four lengths ; Tiritea fell at the sod wall ; time, 7min 48sec ; div., £12. Hunters' Steeplechase : Glengarry 1, Pescadore 2, Ulyssus 3. Div., £3 10s. Second Welter : Solitaire (H. Moore) 1, Haetea 2, St. Regel 3. Div., £13 16s. Final Steeplechase (acceptances). — Donald McKinnon 12 7, Hopeful 11-9, Morag 117, The Plug 10 12, Revolt and Steel King 107, Dromedary 102, Chris and Canard 101, Conscript 10 0, Kaieka 9 13, Valetta, T Rose, Olaeri, Wariti, Forty Winks, and Spermaceti 9 7. London, June '2B. The Kempton Park Two-year-old Plate resulted as follows : Hampton Wick 1, I Boscombe 2, Mistress Pow 3.