GREYMOUTH JOCKEY CLUB.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 18 March 1901, Page 2

GREYMOUTH JOCKEY CLUB.

The weather was glorious for the firstday of the autumn meeting, hold on Saturday. The course was in magnificent order, and the racing on the whole good. The want of more horses—a general complaint in the Middle Island —was felt, the fields being at times small. The attendance, about 1,5C0, was not so large as on former occasions, although the money (£3,255) that wont through the totalisator was a trifle more than on the first day of the autumn meeting of last year. The new starter got his horses well away and was repeatedly cheered. In the last race two horses got a bad start through Osborne, who was holding Abaydos, jumping on one side at the start and getting in front of Will-o’-the-Wisp and Haria. The occurrence was quite unintcntial. In the hurdle race Apremcte fell at the last hurdle and rolled over, but fortunately the jockey escaped unhurt. The win of Sanfoin, owned by Mr. Henry Redwood who was at the meeting, was a very popular one. The following are the events ;

TRIAL. 151—-Abaydos, 9 4 1 04—Dialogue, 7 9 2 These were the only starters, and the favorite held the race safe from the start. Time, 120 2-5 ; div., £lss. PAROA HACK. 01—Artillery Maid, 7 0 ... I 52 —Tukurangi, 7 G ... 2 94 Skirmisher, 9 9 ... 3 Waipuna (28) also started. Tukurangi soon took the lead, but was almost immediately displaced by Skirmisher, who led till the turn home at the back, when Artillery Maid and Tukurangi displaced him and won in the order named. Time, 149 1-5 ; div., £4 15s. METROPOLITAN. 310 —Will-o’thc-Wisp, 9 7... 1 95 Speculator, 713 ... 2 54—Hotu, 9 3 ... -.. 3 52—Waitutu, 7 4 0 Speculator took flic field away at a solid pace, holding load till two furlongs from home, when Will who had been lying handy took command and won by a length, the third horse two lengths further away. Time, 210 3-5 ; div,, £1 9s. HURDLES. 215—Nayborn, 10 2 ... 1 125—Huntingdon, 10 4 ... 2 181—Apremcte, 10 0 ... 3 Nayborn took command from the start and never made a mistake. Huntingdon struck the hurdles heavily several times, while Apremcte came down at the last jump. Nayborn won by a couple of lengths. Time, 3 0 1-5. Div, £2. WELTER. 31—Sanfoin, 8 7 1 75—Artillery Maid, 8 5 ... 2 38—Skirmisher, 9 7 .. ... 3 Garmoran (273) and Sarah Jennings (159) also started. Sarah Jennings took the field along at a great bat for half (ho distance and then compounded, Sanfoin taking command and won by a length. Garmoran who was a warm favorite got caught in the tapes at starting, but whether from (his course or not was never in the race, ultimately finishing last. Time, 134 1-5. Div, £ls 7s. CORDEN HACK. 131 —Surrey, 9 0 1 72 —Crusader, 8 2 ... ... 2 197—Reikura, 7 12 3

Sarah Jennings (60) also started. Crusader after three furlongs had been traversed, displaced Reikura, and hold command till half a dozen strides from the winning post, when Surrey coming with a rush won by half a length. Time, 119 1-5. Div, £3 2s.

st. Patrick’s. j 94—Abaydos, 9 3 ... ... 1 156—Heiress, 810 ... ... 2 310—Will-o’-thc-Wisp, 10 0 3

Haria (38) also ran. Through the circumstance above recorded, Will-o’-the-Wish and Haria got a bad start. Abaydos and Heiress fighting it all alone, the former ultimately winning with a good deal to spare. Time, 1 3-1 2-5. Div, £5 12s.