LATE SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17080, 8 July 1926, Page 11

LATE SPORTING.

WELLINGTON .MEETING. (Per Press Association.! TRENT 11A.M. this day. Second Hack Steeplechase: Lady Comet 10.4, I: Hypothesis 10.2. 2; Hokioi 10.2, 3. Scratched: Kaipikari. Won hv a length. Time, 5.38. i Patliaiuenfary Handicap, of SCO sovs., : la utiles : Rapier (9.15) 1, Olympic (9.5) -2, 'I itnadees (10.3) 3. .Scratched : Royal. Diadem. Won by half a length, four length between second and third Time 2.22. High -Weight Handicap : Comical (11.9) U l.'tdv Cay (9.13) 2. San Per,a. (9.3) 3. All stalled. Won by a length and a, hall, a neck between second and third. Time, 2.291,. | WELLINGTON STEPEPLEUiIASE. • DIRK Id X ELLA’S DECISIVE WIN. A line field contested the Wellington Steeplechase, I lie principal event of 1 lie first day's ruettig til Trentlutm. The \\ ellitigion-owiK'd and (mined Master I’etei was the favorite, and lie was go ing well when lie fell al lln* sod wall with a. lit tie over seven furlongs to ge, stales the Dominion). It is probable that lie would have been very hard to beat had lie stood up. He was not the only one to meet with a mishap, however, Landlord going out at I lie log fence about halfway through the race, lie also went al a lime when lie. had been running ami jumping well. The Aucklander, Kendall, was very prominent until lie refused at the first of, fin; double m front of the grandstand the second time 'round, and completely stopped the progress of Ennui, who bad been leading and jumping well up lo Unit stage. Raimi was the only runnel m Ihe race for whom any excuse could reasonably he made. Birketielia, although very little latteied. utaiulv bv

good jumping, reached the leaders over Hie concluding stages. Pi win decisively Iron) Firehliglit, who also ran second in llm same race last year. At three miles I’assin’ 1 hriiiig-li looked the winner. Inn he tired, over the last ipiarler. Had lie won his dividend would have bet'll even more ,substantial than that of Birkeimlla. Greek,son caused some excitement coming to the stand double the first lime when he ran off and jumped the fencing ol the first fence. Highway, ( barlatan and Tuki ran fair races, but the rest were soundly healeii. Llewellyn was done with a round to go, and Omahn, who had won in the Iwo previous years, was always well hack. Dick, who won the (treat Northern Steeplechase a month ago, gave an inglorious disjdav. and whs pulled up, First Line also* giving up the contest.