WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 361, 24 June 1897, Page 6

WELLINGTON.

Wellington horses for Napier—lllness of “ Gipsy King ” — Loveshot — The Wellington Steeplechase Meeting.

Wellington, June 21

John Prosser took First Result and Boreas to Nelson on Friday last. First Result has accepted for the Hurdles, but will probably only start in the Hack Handicap. Boreas has accepted for the two flat events. He is not entered at The Hutt, and whether Mr Prosser missed the night of entry I cannot say. First Result is not in the jumping races at The Hutt, but has been entered in the hack events.

Mr Geo. Slater (“ Gipsy King”) lies seriously ill in the Palmerston North Hospital. Loveshot will not be sent to Nelson, but his stable companion, Raupo 11., journeys across for the hurdle and hack handicaps. The entries received for the Wellington Racing Club’s Steeplechase Meeting, compared with last year, are as follows ; —Stewards (1896) 22, (1897) 15 ; Winter Hurdle Handicap, 20 and 24; Maiden Steeplechase, 14 and 2; Parliamentary Handicap, 24 and 22 ; Hunters’ Hurdles, 23 and 8 ; First Hack Handicap, 18 and 22 ; Hutt Flying Handicap, 23 and 17; Wellington Steeplechase, 22 and 23; Hunters’ Steeplechase, 12 and 4; Winter Oats, 26 and 22; Trial Steeplechase, 19 and 13 ; Hunt Club Bracelet, 18 and 7 ; Final Hack, 19 and 32; total (1896), 260; (1897), 211. The falling off is principally in the Maiden Steeplechase, Hunters’ Hurdles, Hunters’ Steeplechase, and Hunt Club Bracelet. Weights are due on Saturday next, and acceptances on the following Friday, when entries must also be made for the Maiden Hack Race. Entries for the classic races close on Tuesday, 29th inst. Jack Hunter, formerly head lad with W. Davis, has taken J. Taggart’s stable at The Hutt, and has Alf. Crossie’s team (The Guardsman, Lady Agnes, and Putangata) to start on. Alf. is making a great display at the Ranfurly Hotel to-morrow night. At a meeting of the Grey town Hospital sports committee, the protest against General Booth in the Hospital Stakes was upheld, and the stakes awarded to Mr H. Porritt’s Kingdom Come.