SPORTS AND PASTIMES. THE TURF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2238, 9 July 1908, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES. THE TURF.

GISBORNE RACING CLUB. STEERLECHASE MEETING. Tho Gisborne Racing Club’s Steeplechase mooting will commeuco op-tho Park racecourse to-day, when a programme of seven, events, composing throe jumping and four flat races, will bo submitted. Tho weather promises- to bo fine, and as a largo number of horses from all parts of tho North Island aro engaged, ,an attractive clay’s sport should be witnessed. Every accommodation has boon made for tlio convenience of the public, tho totalisator will bo dn use, and bookmakers will bo licensed. Trains will leave tho Gisborne railway station for the course at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 4.10 p.m., while a special Taco train will leave the course for town at 4.40 p.m., immediately after the'last race. A train wll leave Waikolnt at- 8.51 a.m., Pulia at. 9.11 a.m./ and Tc Karaka at 920 a.m., arriving at the course at 10.20 a.m., muh in tlio afternoon will leave the racecourso platform at 1.40 p m. for Waikolni. Drags, and coivoyanccs will also run from town at various intervals. Tho business people ■have boon- asked by the Mayoi (Mr. \V. D. Lysnar) to close thmr shops at noon, instead of at 1 p n , 60 as to give tho assistants an opportunity to attend the meeting. Tho f.Jlowing is to-day’s programme: HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, 12 miles.

(To start at .11.30 rim.'; AYlnitnkura 10 11 Reservoir 10 5 Notcorini 10 5 Tui 10 4 Oasis 9 13 Franklin 9 13 Cinque 9 6 MAIDEN HACK RACE, four furlongs. (To start at 12.15 li .m ) I). Hepburn’s Naydine. G. Cooper’s Grand Circle. P. Turnbull’s Fideljs. T. Cloary’s Ilapuka. Hotte and Watson's Shavings. T. Butler’s Andrew Mack. A. Poyzor’s Misg Roxer. C. J. Parker’s iLa<h A 111 8110. C. J. Parker’s Ardfort. 1\ Parker’s Baldoe. J. Clark’s Lloyd’s. A. J. Lindsay’s Mistime. W. Farrell’s Never Mind'. C. Scott’,s Sanwitck. W. C. Walsh’s Munga Motio. (All at 9.0.) FLYING HANDICAP, G furlongs (To start at 1 p.m.) Douche 10 13 Maranjoii 10 9 Ladv Rohina ... 10 7 - Hinetitama 10 6 AVaipunehu 10 6 Sarilla 10 5 Probeida 9 13 Erin 9 12 Stylish 9 7 Cyottus 9 4 Pluck 9 0 Ladv Crispin ... 9 0 The Stripper 9 0 Phooka 9 0 GISBORNE PARK STEEPLECHASE, about 3 miles (To shirt at 1.45 p.m.) Loch Fyno 11 12 Papatu 10 6 Kapakapa 10 5 Crousot 10 3 Cinquo 9 13 Bull worth 9 13 Aroha 9 10 Reay 9 7 HACK FLAT HANDICAP, seven furlongs. (To start ,at 2.30 p.m.) ,Carron ... ... 10 4 Spate 10 3 Stylish 10 2 Paisano 10 1 'Lady Ainslio ,... 9 13 Shanks 9 13 Tui • ... .... 9 12 ■ W'katakura 9 10 Grand Circle ... 9 8 To Vku 9 7 Nestorean 9 0 ' Munga Motio ... 9 G iBaldos 9 5 . * Naydine 9 5 Hapiiki 9 5 . AVaihekau 9 4 Banker 9 2 Fidelis 9 2 Awanui 9 0 TRIAL STEEPLECHASE, about 2 miles. (To .start at 3.15 p.m.) Oasis 10 13 Bullworth 10 9 Aroha 10 7 AVaihekau 9 13 ■ ■ Rcay 9 11 Baltic 9 10 ICuranui 9 7 WINTER OATS HANDICAP, 1 mile and 240yds. (To start at 4 p.m.) Douche 11 0 Hinetitama 10 6 To Arai 10 2 AAOiite Lie 10 2 San Jose 9 9 Franklin 9 8 :i Pluck 9 0 The Stripper 9 0