TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB’S AUTUMN MEETING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 943, 2 April 1908, Page 9

TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB’S AUTUMN MEETING.

FIRST DAY. The Taranaki Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting was commenced on Wednesday in showery weather. The totalisator investments amounted to £5733, against £5825 10s last year. The results of the racing were as follows:— KAWAROA HURDLE RACE. One mile and a-half. Speciosa, 9.11 (Whale) 1 Mooshen 2 Black Banner 3 Also started: Black Banner and Star Rose. Won by three lengths. Time, 2m. 525. STEWARDS’ HANDICAP. Five furlongs. Kareroa, 7.2 (Deeley) 1 Waihuka 2 Pylades 3 Also started: Cyrene, Carissima, St. Maria, Eastmere. Won by two lengths. Time, Im. 3s. PUKAKA HACK HANDICAP. Six furlongs. Miss Vera, 8.3 (Buchanan) 1 Lamsdorff 2 Crucinella 3 Also started: Billow, Burton, Nukutihi, Inaha, Ney, Otaroa. Won by half a length. Time, Im. 16 2-ss. TARANAKI CUP. One mile and aquarter. Uhlando, 8.2 (Barlow) 1 Mahuta 2 Scotty ...... 3 Also started: Gazeley, Dear Dolly, Starina, Signor, Wee Trinket. Won by half a length, Scotty being two lengths away third. Time, 2m. 10 l-ss.

a. WELTER HANDICAP. One mile. Arc Light, 9.2 (D. Price) 1 Climax 2 Irish Rifle 3 Also started: Silver Shell, Le Beau, Immolation, Gleam, Iseult. Won by a neck, Irish Rifle being a head away and Gleam a neck behind. Time, Im. 455. KAITOKE HACK HANDICAP. One mile. Mallet, 8.3 (D. Price) 1 Pearlie 2 The Dane 3 Also started: Lantern, Kilmarnock, Mistress. Won by haf a length. Time, Im. 465. FLYING HANDICAP. Six furlongs. Moriarty, 8.7 (D. Price) 1 Pylades 2 Won easily. Time, lm. 16 3-ss. HACK SCURRY. Five furlongs. Inaha (Whittaker) 1 Muskerado 2 Chase Mab 3 Also started: Grizelle, Vurtes, Roselake, Explosive, Andover, Nicotine, Astraia, Rawinia, Eclogue. Won all the way. Time, lm. 3 2-ss. SECOND DAY. For the second day of the Taranaki Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting, fine weather prevailed, the resuts of the racing being as follows:— PUKOTORI HACK HURDLE RACE. Immolation 1 Bushranger 2 Speciosa 3 Also started: Black Squall, Mooshen, Star Rose. Won by five lengths. Time, 2m. 51s. GRANDSTAND HANDICAP. Moriarty 1 Waihuka 2 Kareroa 3 Also started: St. Maria, Supplement, Pylades. Won by half a length. Time, lm. 2 2-ss. WHAREPAPA HACK HANDICAP. Inaha 1 Nukutihi 2 Silver Lead 3 Also started: Billow, Hydraulic, Crucinella, Burton, Mistress. Won by two lengths. Time, lm. 17s. PAUL MEMORIAL HANDICAP. Signor 1 Scotty 2 Daisy Paul 3 Also started: Mahuta, Silver Shell, Starina. Won by a neck. Time, lm. 58 2-ss. WELTER HANDICAP. Carissima 1 Irish Rifle 2 Gleam 3 Also started: Le Beau, Climax, Wee Trinket, Showman, Iseult. Won by a short neck. Time, lm. 325. KAWAU HACK HANDICAP. Somali 1 Pearlie 2 The Dane 3 Also started: Mallet, Lantern, Kilmarnock. Won by half a length. Time, lm. 455. FAREWELL HANDICAP. Golden Eagle 1 Silver Lead 2 Dear Dolly 3 Also started: Miss Vera. Won easily. Time, lm. 15 2-ss. FINAL HACK FLUTTER. Nicotine 1 Eastmere 2 Grizzle 3 Also started: Muskerado, Vurtis, Roselake, Eclogue, Astraea, Timothy. Won by a length. Time, lm. 4s. WAIRANGI HACK BACES. The Wairangi Hack Racing Club’s meeting proved a success. The following were the results: — MAIDEN HANDICAP. —Maketu 1, Hesperine 2. SETTLERS’ HANDICAP. —Daisy Bell 1 Flirt 2. CUP. —King Neva 1, Solo 2, Flirt 3. PONY TROT HANDICAP. —Daisy 1, Maude 2, Wee Pot 3. TANIWHA PLATE. —King Neva 1. Maketu 2, Solo 3. OPEN TROT HANDICAP. —Daisy 1, Maude 2, Ruby 3. FLYING HANDICAP. —Maketu 1, Hesperine 2, King Neva 3.