HAWKE'S BAY RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3211, 14 October 1881, Page 4

HAWKE'S BAY RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

Tliespjirii; mer.-.Mgof this Olub was i held on WtdneaUi.y on (he jirouud a; ; Pakowhtii leaded by the Club. The I wcchlkt v* o» '.be previous day. wasj must enjoyable, hut the attendance of tbe jitneraJ public, doubtless owing; to the counter attraction of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural Society's Show at Hastings, was not a very large one, there being probably not more than 1200 people on the ground during any part of tbe day The totalizators, however, succeeded in putting through a co-eiderable sura of* money, and the various games which appear lo be inseparable from a racecourse also did a thriviug trade. Amongst the latter was one entitled "Te Whiti pool," whicb appeared to have a special attraction to the natives present. The duties of judge and starter were performed by Mr G. H. Swan and Mr A. M'Cartney in a satisfactory manner, but there was considerable delay at times in getting the horses to the post. The first race on the card was the MAIDEN PLATE. Of 25 soys. Distance, 1£ miles. Mr W. Walter's br f by Hippocampus —Slander, 3 yrs, 7st 131b, including 71b penalty (Taylor) 1 Mr W. Jones' b h Ohikakarewa, 3 yrs, 7st Illb (Joues) 2 Capt. Russell's b m Sydney, 3 yrs, 7ot 6ih (Pexton) 3 Mr W Douglas', br m Venture, aged, Bst 131 o (Goose-lat)) 0 Sydney -.van 6* at to get away, Ohi«akarewa and Venture next, and the Slander filly b< bind. In this order they ran to the back of the course, when Slander Filly improved her position, and on corai:g ro tbe straight she led and won wi-h neural ieiuihs to spare, Ohik.akarev\*t second. HANDICAP HimnLE RACE. •*i 40rovs Distance, 2 miles. M- J n. Lynx's br % Loch Lomond, »H<A lis' 4i»» (W. E..1 wards) ... 1 Mi Win. Dmglas br m Uira, aged 10-t 121b (including 71b penalty) (Hufjgnrd) 2 Mr W Kudilick'n be Morning Star, aged, list 41b (J. Munn) 3 There were ouiy three starters for this event, Hurricane having been scratched. Uira led, followed by Loch Lomond and Morning Mar, in which oi der they jumped the first hurdle. No change occurred till after passing the stand the second time wben the Star took second place. Shortly after Loch Lomond passed the Star and raced alongside of Uira, both jumping the last hurdle in company. Uira was soon after beaten, and Lomond came in a winner by about a length. HACK HDHDLE BACK, Of 15 soys. Distance 2 miles. Mr G. Heslop's A.G. (Jones,) ... 1 Mr W. Douglas's Quilp (Hoggard)... 2 This race was won in a very easy manner by A.G., Quilp being an indifferent second. BACING CLUB HANDICAP. Of 75 soys. Distance 1J miles. Mr A. M'Donald's eh c Badsworth, 4 vrs, 7at 91b, including 51b penalty (Carrington) ... 1 Mr A. M.'Donald's br b Foul Play, aged, 9*t 6Jb (Williams) 2 Although this was tbe biggest event of the day, it was deprived of all interest when it was found that only two horse* from the same stable came to tbe post. Mr M Donald having declared to win with bads>worth, he cantered over the course, followed by Foul I'lay. HACK RACE i>t 10 soys; p.'st eutr;»nct: 1 soy. Catch weights Distance once round the course. Kmii ... ... ... 1 Gafler Grey 2 '1 here was a large field for this event, which was very warmly contested. Old Times bolted early in tbe race and ran into a wire fence. It was won by Kuni by half a length. hawke's bay stakes handicap, Ot 40 soys. Distance 1 mile. Mr W. Jones' cni Prim, 5 yrs, 6st 12lb 1 Mr W. Kuddick's c g Merlin, aged, Bst4lb 2 Mr W. Walter's eh m Grand Duchess syrß, 9st 3 Although there were no less than 17 entries tor this race, only three came to the poßt, Merliu and Grand Duchess being the favorites. Merlin got away with the lead, Grand Duchess in close attendance. Prim, however, succeeded in passing Grand Duchess and after a capital race with Merlin was landed a winner by about a length.