WELLINGTON R.C. MEETING

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11694, 21 October 1905, Page 5

WELLINGTON R.C. MEETING

FIRST DAY.

(Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 20. The weather was wet and windy for the first day of the Wellington Racing Club's meeting. The attendance was not up to the average, and the course was very heavy. Tho double event tote on Wellington Handicap and Flying Handicap returned a dividend of .£65 7s to fourteen investors. The day's tote- receipts amounted to .£992, as against ,£8578 on the corresponding day last year. Results : — October Hurdles.— South Star 1, Taxpayer 2, Florrie 3. Scratched: Gipsy Jack. Won by half a dozen lengths. Time, 3min 33 l-ssec. Dividends, £3 4s and 14s. Shorts Handicap.— Medallist 1, Coxswain 2, Hinurewa 3. Scratched: Solution, Ballarat, Marguerite, St. Claimor, Veneer. Gawain, and Prelude. Won by three-quarters of a length. Time, lmin 6 3-osec. Dividends, £4 and =83 9s. Wellington Handicap.— St. Joe 1, Lyrist 2, Signalman 3. Scratched — Gold Crown, Rose Madder, and General Symons. Signalman and Achilles were in the lead until the home bend was reached, when St. Joe moved up and won by a head, Lyrist beating Signalman, on the post for second place by a neck. Time, 2?mn 18 3-sscc. Dividends, £& Us and £2 Bs. Flying Handicap.— Prelude 1, Sir Tristram 2, St. Claimcr 3. Scratched — Solution, Boris, Blythemaid. Won by a length and a half. Time, lmin. 20 3-ssec. Dividend, ,£3 10s. Rimutaka Hack Handicap.— Matakorin 1, Aorangi 2, Gazolcy 3. Also started: Perdita, Grand Poplar, Flotilla, Pat, Balsam, Whakakaho. Won by a length and a half. Dividends, ,£G 3s and £2 ss. Wellesley Stakes. — Kirriemuir 1, Lvanoff 2, Zimmerman 3. Also started: Knastikoff, Mungista, Kurawaka. Won by three lengths. Time, 52 4-5 sees. Dividends, £4. and =£1. Wainui Handicap.— Ghoorka 1, Regulation 2, Kudu 3. Also started: Cannie Chid, Clanburn, Veneer, Wind, Noncen. Won by six lengths. Dividends, £'S 13s and ,£1 2s. Spring Hack Handicap.— The Seer 1, Aberration 2, Pas Se-.il 3. Also started: Truce, Kaiuku, Waikakaho, Devonia. Won by three-quarters of a length. Dividends, £9 10s and £2 Is.