Marton Jockey Club’s Summer Meeting.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 130, 19 January 1893, Page 7

Marton Jockey Club’s Summer Meeting.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

This Club held their gathering on Dec. 30, when the weather was really first-class and therefore the attendance was pretty and everything passed off without a hitch. The totalisator was worked^-.by Messrs Hill and Poole, who put through the sum of and the way in whHch the machine was worked was really vjuite a treat to what it had been down coast. This is the first year that the Marton J.C. has included in its programme open events, and to judge by the support they received for these \events I predict that the venture will be almost successful one. The ball opened xVith the Handicap Hack Hurdle Race, which was won by Defence 9.5, Hill; wi\th Ben Lomond 10.12, T. Cameron, second. These were the only carters, and Ben\ Lomond fell at the last hurdle, leaving Defence to win as he liked. Time, 3mm 48 i-5 sec: dividend £2 3s. The Flying Handicap brought a field of six to th\ post, and resulted in an exciting finish, t\he verdict of the judge being a dead heat\ between Goodwood 8.3, McKeague, and Le Grand 8.3, Reed. Tramore 8.7, Browp ; Perjurer 6.12, Schaffer; Omahu 6.7, Thurston ; and Marionette 6.7, Pickering, also ran. Time, imin 21 sec; dividends, Le Grand 19s, Goodwood £2 2s. In , the run off Goodwood won owing to "Le Grand, who was going strongly, running off the course leaving Goodwood to win j easily. Time, imin 3osec; dividend, £2 14s. In the Open Flying, seven furlongs, Ngatioma 8.10, Brown, got home from Torpedo 9.4, Holmes, with Bloomsbury 6.10, Connop, third. Dingo 7.9, Reed ; Rufus 7.0, Thurston ; and Liberty 6.7, Kingan, also started. Ngatioma won with a bit to spare by a length. Time, imin 37sec ; dividend, 3s. The Hack Maiden was won by War Cry 9.0, McKeague, with Respond 8.13, Brown, second; and Outer 8.13, McCormick, third. Martonette 8.13, Reed; Wairau 8.13, Hall; Wakarua 8.1 I,Traynor; Hark 8.1 1, Schaffer; Nell Brennan 8.1 1, Morris; and Ravenswood 8.4, Collelo, also started. The race was a good one for the first half of the distance, but from that point it resulted in a match between the three placed horses, War Cry coming away at the distance post and winning by a length from Respond, who was half a length ahead of Outer. Time, zmin 6sec ; dividend The York Farm Hack Handicap, about one mile and a half, was contested by a field of four, Natatorial, 8.7, being top weight. Le Grand ran off the course when running well, and Eve won easily by a length from Tramore, with Natatorial a good third. Time, 2min 55sec; dividend, £2 17s. The Marton Summer Handicap of 75 sovs, 1| miles, brought out the following five: —Bay King 7.13, Paradox 7 10, Fleta 7.9, Cordelia 7.6, and Durus 7.0. Paradox and Cordelia made most of the running, and were together in front entering the straight with Bay King close handy. A slashing race home saw Cordelia win by a neck from Paradox, with Bay King a length away. Time, 2min 19sec; dividend, £3 17s. The winner is by Torpedo out of Ahua’s dam Cornelia. Respond, 10.9, won the Second Handicap Hack Hurdles, one mile and a distance, beating Quiz 7.0, second ; Defence 10.2. third. Whitikarana 9.0, Active 9.0, and Gleaner 9.12 also ran. Respond won by a length. Time. 2min 17 1-5 sec; dividend, £2 4s. The Forced Hack Handicap of 15 sovs, one mile and a distance, was won easily by two lengths by Eve 8.2, with Outer 6.9, second; and Natatorial 8.2, third. The time was 2 min 13 sec, and the dividend £1 16s.