SPORTING.
BIRCHWCOD HUNT MEETING. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) INVERCARGILL. Wednesday. The annual meeting of the Birchwood Hunt Club was held at Invercargill today in fine weather. The track was heavy. The totalisator handled £GO-IS j 10s, as compared with £so42 last year. Results: — Hunters’ Hurdles. Him—2 Thistlecrown (Mhckio) 1; J Ecuador 2: 2 Tar,non, 2. Also started: 4 Black Stag (fell). Won by 70 yards. Time, •"•min A 4-osec. Gardner Memorial Hunt Steeplechase, 2.!m. —1. Ostcnnan (F. Langford;, 1; 0 Wappinsr 2: 2 Nylotis 2. Also started. 1 Rebuttal (fell), 4 Dick Travis (fell), 2 Cash man, (laity. Iho latter two ran off. Won by a furlong. Time, 7> min 28sec. The third horse was remounted by a by-stander alter falling at the last fence. The President's Handicap, Im. —2 Celerity 11. (Didhamt, J, 2 Doleful Ditty 2. 4 Bilbo 2. Also started: 1 Queen Balboa, (1 Yaldimo, A Pitou. Won by a length; two lengths between second and third Time, lmin HO l-osoc. ■Hunters’ Flat Handicap. l{m. —2 W'nrseer (M. Y. Langford), 1; 2 Soldier’s Dream 2; 1 Ecuador 2. Also started: Gaiety. Won by two lengths; a neck between second and third. I ime 2min 28 1-osee.
Otautau Hack Handicap. <f.—l Divinial L f» Pitou 2, 1 Jack o’ Lantern 2. Also started: ‘2 Strathnavcr, <5 Red Leaf. Won by two lengths. Time, lmin 27 2-fiscc. Wallace Hack Handicap, fir’.—2 Diviaiinl (IV. Anderton) 1, 1 Flying Mist 2,2 Ace of Hearts 2. Also started: 7 Aranoah, 8 Gay Omai, 4 Jusolenee. Lady -Winton, 10 Winsome Sister, fi Zclanian, 1> Irish Eyes. AS on by a length. Time, lmin 22 3-oscc. Birchwood Hack Steeples, about 2m.— 2 Thistlecrown (Mackie) J, 1 lloikoi 2, C Soldier’s Dream, 2. Also started: 3 Greenstone, 4 Black Stag, 7> Penury Rose. Won by fifteen lengths. I ime, 4min 11 fi-ssee.
Kennels Hack Handicap, fif. —-2 Spearmaid (J. Andrews) 1, 4 Spean Bridge 2. 1 King Balboa 2. Also started: 12 Sparkling Eves, 17 Sol/.ia, 8 Caramba. (> •Manama, 7 Some Form. Won by four lengths. Time, lmin 22see.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 November 1927, Page 6
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