Turakina Races

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 25, 1 March 1884, Page 2

Turakina Races

♦ fVmOX OUB OWU CORBKSPOXDtXT.) TrtAEiiu. Thursday. The weather was everything that eonld be desired, though the attendance wasi.. very meagre, owing to it being in ther, middle of the harvest, aiid not a genera^! holiday. About 300 people were present^ and £UK» was passed through the toialr izntor. ' '' Handicap Hurdles, of 35 «ov* ;' nomirta'tion, 1 sor ; acceptance, 2 son; 2 miles and a distance; over eight flights of hurdles, about 3ft 9in high. Mr Enderby's br g Mount, list 91b (Stuart) ... ' ... I Mr Utiku's g m Onepu. 9*t 12 (Arnott) t Rangitara I Ost 101 b, Bugler, 9*t 121b* Loch Lomond 9st 101 b also ran. Mount led from the start. Bugler and Loch Lomond both ran round the second hurdle, the other three jumping splendidly. At one and a half miles Rangitara closed upon Mount and looked, for a time, like winning, bnt fell at the back of the course. Onepu made, a game effort, but could not quite catch Mount, who won by a length in 4*nin 5 1 see. Totalizator dividend, £ I 15s. Hack Hurdle Race, of 10 sots •'•' 'entrance 1 soy ; one mile and a distance; weight not less than 10s t ; open to all homes that hare not won an advertised race, hack race excepted. Kight started for the Hack Hurdl»t, which, after a good net- to, was won by. half a head by Sir William from Loch Lomond Dividend, £4 lis. Maiden Plate of 35 sors; weight-far. age; entrance, 8 sors ; distance, 1} miles ; open to all horse* that hare not won ad! advertised race prior to the date of entry. Mr Tirine Kawana's b m Tauwera (Scott) ... 1 Mr Heraa Te Ao's Touch-and-go (Retter) ... 2 Mr A. J. Keith's Adreutnrerf Wattte) 3 Tauwera led from the start, and although bard pressed by Touch-and-go, won with a bit in hand in 2tuin 53sec. " Turakina Handicap of 80 sors; notriiaa* tion, 2 sors ; acceptance; 3 sors ; 2nd . horse to save his stakes ; distance,' 5 ' miles. Mr D. Campion's eh m Liurel. Bst slb (Wattic) I Mr Standish'* gm Witiora, 7st Blb , (Mc ormick) 9 Mr D. Scott's dg Orphan, 7st 10lb (Scott) 3 Hippona 7*t slb, aad Kirai Kai 6<t 9lb, also started. Witiora, who was mad* ta strong favorite, held a good position for a mile and a half, where she made her effort, but could not catch Laurel, who won n splendid race by two lengths. Orphan beating Hippona on the post for third place. Dividend, £3 18s. Time, 3mi n 50see. Hack Flat Selling Rice, ot 10 «vr»; en* trance, I soy, weight n<*t less than 9st 71b; winner to be sold for &)»or*., nny surplus to ao to tbe Club. Post entries. Nine started, thote m->st faneie.l befnif Sir William. Exchange, ani Otawa. Exchange went to tlie font from (ho start and wan never caught. Dividend, £3 12s. The winucr was bought mat £34 I*. District Handicap, of 35 sor* ; t.o;n?h»tion, 1 soy ; acceptance*. 2 soys ; distance, \\ miles ; all borse* to be bona fide owned by persons residing between tbe .Manawatu and Patea rivers three months prior to meeting. Mr D. Campion's eh m Laurel, Bat 71b, (Watti--) ..I Mr D. Campion's blk h Armourer, 9*t ' 101 b (.McCormick) 2 Mr Tartu A. R. Utiku's eh g Parawanui, 6st 12, ... 3 Ringleader. Lady Artist, Kaihinu, and Ngawaii also started. Ringleader made the running for a milo, when Laurel challenged and beat him, never after* wards being caught. Armourer ran a good second. The time was very fast, being 2min 45sec. Dividend, .£2 sa. Sapling Stakes, of 25 rot*; for two-year-olds ; distance, 5 furlongs ;- Derby. weights ; entrance, 2 sors ; mtidons at time of starling allowed 5 lbs. Mr F. Paneti's Miss Puritan, B*t, ... I Mr D. Scott's Parvenu, a*t Sib, ... 2 Parvenu ran off the course. Dividend. £1 13s. Witiora, Bst 31b (Wattie), ... ... I ' Orphan, 7st 8 b (Scott), ... „..*••■:*.:•■ Armourer, 8-U 31b ( McCormick), ...■■■. 3 Witiora weat to the front at once aud was never caught. Dividend, £1 18s.