POVERTY BAY HUNT CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1516, 15 May 1919, Page 9

POVERTY BAY HUNT CLUB.

SECOND TOTALISATOR MEETING. An additional attraction to Poverty Bay racing enthusiasts and those who intend visiting Gisborne during the steeplechase carnival, to be held on June 12 and 14, by the Gisborne Racing Club, will be the Poverty Bay Hunt Club’s second totalisator meeting, which is to take place on the intervening day (June 13) at the Gisborne Racing Club’s course, Te Hapara. The officials of the Poverty Bay Hunt Club are all sportsmen prominently associated with the progress of racing in the province, and their keen efforts in catering thoroughly for owners of qualified hunters and also for hacks and thoroughbreds will assuredly result in highly satisfactory nominations being received from both quarters. The club have also included in their attractive programme a Handicap Trot (saddle), of 50sovs, one mile and a-half, for trotters or pacers, which event should fill well now that trotting has been revived in the Poverty Bay district.

Chief in importance on the Poverty Bay Hunt Club’s programme is the Hunt Club Cup Steeplechase Handicap, of lOOsovs, two miles and ahalf, for qualified hunters, minimum weight 10.7, while other events provided for this useful type of equine are the Hunters’ Hurdle Handicap, of 65sovs, one mile and a-half, minimum weight 10.7; the Hunters’ Flat Handicap. of 60sovs, seven furlongs, minimum weight, 10.7; and the Hunters’ Bracelet Handicap, of 40sovs, one mile and a-quarter, minimum weight 11.0, gentlemen riders. The open will cons’ st of the Hexton Handicap, of 65sovs, six furlongs, for which an excellent entry may confidently be anticipated. Two hack races are provided, the Swarthmoor Maiden Hack Handicap, of 65sovs, five furlongs, for horses that have never won a race of any description at the time of nomination; and the Rapanui Hack Flat • Handicap, of 65 sovs, seven furlongs. No hunters but those who have qualified during the 1919 season will be eligible to compete. Nominations for all events will close with the secretary, Mr. H. E. Dodd, on Saturday, May 24, at 5 p.m., while Mr. H. Coyle will declare the weights on Friday. May 30.