ASHBURTON RACING CLUB'S MEETING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1101, 18 May 1911, Page 9

ASHBURTON RACING CLUB'S MEETING.

FIRST DAY. The Ashburton County Racing Club’s autumn meeting was opened on Thursday in fine weather. Both the entries and attendance were good, while the racing was, on the whole, interesting. The sum of £5648 10s was put through the totalisator, as against £3141 on the corresponding day last year. Results are as follow:— DONGBEACH HACK HANDICAP.— Crosbie 1, Stepmeter 2, Bolt from theBlue 3. Scratched: Clanmena, Directoire and Torrential. Won comfortably by half a length, the third horse being four lengths away. Time. Imin 14 3-ssec. FAIRFIELD WELTER HANDICAP. —Armstrong 1, Zetland 2, Gold Coin 3. Scratched: Old Times and Harvest. Won all the way by a length, Gold Coin being three lengths away third. Time, Imin 28 4-ssec. ASHBURTON CUP.—Routine 1, Canterbury 2. Chief Lochiel 3. Scratched: Adage. Routine and Canterbury alternately led till the straight was reached, when they drew level, and a good finish resulted in Routine getting home by a length. Chief Lochiel was a similar distance away third. 'Time, 2min 8 3-5; see. LAGMOR PLATE.—Frivolliti 1, Traitress 2, Grand Medallion 3. Scratched: Miss De Vere, Rescued, Mademoiselle Ixe, and Foam Flake. Won by a neck,, with Grand Medallion eight lengths away. Time, Imin 1 4-ssec. MELROSE TROT.—Restoration 1, Bold Maid 2. T'orando 3. All started. Won by five lengths, with 40 yards separating second and third horses. Time, 3min 41s'&c. TRIAL HANDlCAP.—Mademoiselle Ixe 1, .EVen Wave 2. Torrential 3. Scratched: Sapience, Buff Gauntlet arid Miss Terry, won by half a length, with Torrential a length and a-half in the rear. Time. Imin 16 2-ssec. . . GROVE FARM . HANDICAP.—Sea. King 1, All Guns 2, The. Cornet 3. Seven others started. Won cornfortably by five lengths. Time. Imin 13 2-ssec. SECOND DAY. The meeting was concluded on Friday in fine weather. The attendance was again good, while the totalisator receipts: for the day reached £5878. The total for the meeting was £11,526 10s, as against. £6183 last year when bookmakers were in attendance. Results: — MO'RETON HANDICAP HACK RACE. —Stepmeter 1. Nightllght 2, St. Kevin 3. Scratched: Clanmena and Santa Claus. The winner led from the start, and. notwithstanding a strong effort by Nightlight in the straight, laster long enough to win by half a length, with. St. Kevin two length away. Time, Imin 15 3-ssec. WINCHMORE WELTER HANDICAP. —Armstrong 1, Mumura 2- Zetland 3. Scratched: True Knight. Won easily by three lengths, with eight lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 29 l*”ss GO AUTUMN HANDICAP.—The Cornet. 1 Kilts 2, Ro'uTlne 3. Scratched: Outlander. After the initial half mile had'

been run The Cornet drew out clear and. though headed by Kilts one hundred yards from home, finished gamely, winning by a bare length. Routine, who finished fast, was two lengths away. Time, lmin 41 3-ssec. . _ . JUVENILE HANDICAP.—Crosbie 1, Gold Coin 2, Frivolliti 3. Scratched: Iz'dubar, Bolt from the Blue and Mercedo. Won easily by two lengths, with Gold Coin an equal distance in front of Frivolliti. Time, lmin 16 2-ssec. DISPOSAL HANDlCAP.—Bombasites 1, (Seaside 2, Kalulu 3. Scratched: Bright Spur. Won by half a length, with Kalulu a length behind. Time, lmin 4 2-ssec. SILMA TROT.—Moness 1, Black Pride 2 Chanticleer 3. All started. The winner led all the way, and, though strongly challenged in the straight, got home by four lengths. Time, 3mm 31 4-ssec. WAKANUI HANDICAP’.—Miss Sylvia 1, Kohinoor 2, Silkweb 3. Three others started. The winner and Silkweb were the first to show np and made the running to the straight, and l , although Kohinoor beat Silkweb there. Miss Sylvia just maintained the lead and won by a head. Time, lmin 14 2-ssec.