WINTER PROGRAMMES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 92, 21 April 1938, Page 4

WINTER PROGRAMMES

FOR THE JUMPING CIRCUIT EGMONT AND WANGANUI After the Waverley meeting on Saturday and the Dannevirke fixture at Woodville the following Friday ana Saturday New Zealand racing will enter on the winter campaign. The fixture at Hawera provides a fine opening meeting for those who are partial to cross-country racing, as it is followed in successive weeks by the Wanganui, Manawatu and Waikato, Foxton and Auckland, Napier Park and Otaki meetings. Principal events for the 'chasers at Hawera comprise the Egmont Steeplechase, of £3OO, about two and a-half miles, on the first day, and the Adamson Steeples (£225), two miles, on the second day. Flat races are well valued, too, with the Mcßae Cup carrying a stake of £3OO, while an added attraction for hacks is the £3OO ♦ Hack Plate over nine furlongs on the second day, including a trophy valued at £25 and a stop-watch for the trainer of the winner. Nominations will be taken up till 9 o’clock to-morrow (Friday, April 22) by the secretary, Mr. A. K. Fyson. The Wanganui Jockey Club’s winter meeting, to be held on May 12 and 14, has been generously endowed with stake-money, with increases in several important events to the tune of over £5OO. The two cross-country events are the Grandstand Steeplechase (£350) and the Wanganui Steeplechase (£550), the latter event on the second day, when there will also be the Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase (£200). On the opening day there will be the Century Hurdles (£400) and the Purua Hack Hurdles (£150), with the May Hurdles (£300) on the second day. The Connolly Handicap (£300) and the Empire Handicap (£250) are the principal flat events, with two open sprints of £2OO each. Hacks are well catered for, with the River Hack Handicap on the second day carrying a stake of £3OO. It is a well-balanced programme, and nominations for all events are to close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. April 26, with the secretary, Mr. S. R. McCallum.

The Manawatu Racing Club's winter meeting will be held on Saturday, May 21, a week after the Wanganui fixture. The Awapuni Steeplechase has a stake of £3OO. including a silver cup valued at £5O. and the Manawatu Hunt Cup carries stake-

money to the value of £l5O, including a canteen of cutlery valued at £25. Qualified hunters are also catered for with the Ladies’ Bracelet, of £lOO, including a £lO trophy. For the hurdlers there will be the Flaxbourne Hurdles, of £2OO, and there will be two open handicaps on the flat, these being the Palmerston North Handicap (£250) and the Mcßae Handicap (£200). The hack races are over six furlongs and a mile and a-quarter respectively, and each has a stake of £l5O. Nominations for all events are due to close at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 6, with the secretary. Miss M. Buchanan.