ASHBURTON AUTUMN MEETING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1819, 19 April 1888, Page 3

ASHBURTON AUTUMN MEETING.

President -E. G. Wright; Vice- Presidents — J. Grigg and W. 0. Walker ; Stewards — C. W. Purnell, J. C. N. Grigg, W. B. Denshire, R. M'Owen, T. Leahy, W. Lyttelton. Judge— M. Sfcitt. Starter— D. Thomas. Clerk of the Soales— T, E. Upton. Clerk of the Course — A. Hewaon. Treasurer — D. Thomas. The first day'g racing of the Aahburton Autumn Meeting commenced today. Tho wemther waa tine, but the attendance was only moderate. The coarse was m lirßt-rato order. Following are the results up to the time we went to press : — Handicap Hurdle Race, of 40 bovb ; the second horse to reoolve 5 eo?s from the stake : over eight flights of hardies, about 3ft 6in high. Two miles. 45 Mr 0. O'Connor a blk g Raven, 4yrs, 9it7lb (Owner) 1 37 Mr W. O. Rutherford's br g Azim, a?ed. 9itlolb (Bishop) 2 50 Mr W. S. Arraitage's oh h Golden Butterfly, 6yra, 9it 3ib (R. Kingan) 3 11 Mr T. Kearney's brgßavenswood, aged, list (Owner) 0 31 Mr O. Harm's br g Playboy, aged, 9it lib (inoludlng lib over) (Stewart) 0 6 Mt J. Shaw's brg Plcannlnl, 6yrß Bat lib (including 41b over) (Bamber) 0 15 Mr J. Ootbett'a br g Nero, aged, Bat B£lb (Incladlng l£'b over) (Mitchell) 0 From a fair start Az\m and JSero first showed In front, Golden Butterfly and Picaninui being In cloee attendance. At the turn Into tho straight Nero took the lead which be held past the Btand with Az'm and Golden Butterfly at h!a heels, the others with the exception of Raven close up. Going along the back of the coarse Pioanlni joined the leaders and Azim foil back. At the six fnrlong poßt Playboy oame through and was lying third as they swept Into the ntroight but a hundred yards further on Golden Butterfly and Az'tn were at the head of efTsfra, Raven coming very fast on the outside Golden BaUoifly was the first over the last hurdle with Azhn, Playboy and Ravenawood close up, but on Iho fUt Raven drew up and won easily by half n length. Timo 4min 2:ec. — Totalisator dividend £3 18i. Waka^ui Stakes Handicap, of 25 soys ; one and v quarter mile. District horaoa only. 2 Mr H. Coulter's b m Meada, 4>ra 6it 111 b (including 8lb;i over) (teeson) 1 88 Mr H. Lee's eh m Nellie, aged Bst 61b (Barnber) 2 65 Mr S. Alexander's oh g ,»>oubtfal 4yre, 70U21b... ... (Williams) 3 5 Mr T K»arnt;y'a cb m Moesßo3e 3yrß,B:tl2b ... (Kearney) 0 25 Mr G. H. Tevandaio'a eh f G'enlora 4yre, Bat 3>b (including 21bn over) (11. Tcggart) C 0 Mr 11. Jamee' eh ra Annie Laurio Gyrß, 6st 121 b (including 3 b over) (Holmes) C 1 Mr T. Dwyer's eh m Olive, 4yra 6st3'b (I. Price) C Mobs Roae wrs firnt away from the start, but wsa beaten h*lf a mile from home, aad Doubtful led into tho straight, Mead* then oamo throagh rrid cantered home the easiest of winners by fully six lengths, Nellie beating Doubtful by a neck for second plaoe. Time, 2mlDB 17socs. T.-tallsator dividend, £63 18j, A protest waa entered agahiat tho r/luuer on the ground of not being a district horao, but the stewards after consideration decided that it could not bo entertained. Asubu»Tv;M Autumn Handioat, of 55 bovb ; second horso to receive 5 boys from tie stake One and a half miles. 20 Mr W. Ruaeoll'd Erln-gc-brflgh 4yrs, Bst 31b (Browo) 1 8 Mr J. Young's br c Sir Julius ■ 3yra, 6afc ... ... (Wieby) 2 Mr R. ' Rutherford's Derby wss scratched, and the owner was fined £2 for a breach of Rule 81 of tho Rules of Racing m not giving notification of his intention to scratch half an hoar prior to tho start of the race. Sir Jullaa was allowed to have tho lead for the firet mile, wheii Erln-goßregh overhauled him and won with tho greateßt of ease by half a dozen longtha. Time — 2mln 48joc, Dividend— £l ss.