THE TURF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2239, 10 July 1908, Page 3

THE TURF.

GISBORNE RACING CLUB’S STEEPLECHASE MEETING. FIRST DAY. President: Tho Hon. J. Carroll; VicePresident: Mr. D. Hepburn. Hon. Treasurer: -Mr. G. Matthowson. Hon. Surgeon: Dr. Clias. F. Scott. Stewards: Messrs J. Sistorson, O. J. Bennett. 0. J. Parker, F. J. Lysnar, J. H. Martin, ‘ T. McConnell. and D. J. Barry. ■ Judgo: Captain Tucker. Starter: Mr. O. O’Connor. Hnndicapper: Mr, J. Chadwick. Clerk of Scales; Mr. J. E. AVhitby. Clerk of Course: Mr. A.' Pritchard. Totalisntor Steward: Mr. AY. O. Sheet. Secretary: Mr. M. G. Nasmith. The Gisborno Racing Club commenced its Steeplechase Meeting on tho Park Racecourse yesterday. Though heavy rain fell on AA’eduesday, tho weather yesterday was pleasantly fine. Tho course, tliough slightly soddened, was in fair order, and the lawn was completely dry. Thoro was a largo crowd present, and tho increased grandstand and other accommodation provided by the Club was greatly appreciated. Tho special trains from town and tho early train from AA’aikolm wore crowded with passengers, while a largo number of public* anil private .conveyances carried racegoers from all parts of tlio town and district to tho course. The day was successful from every point of view. There were no protests of any kind or no serious accidents. The totalisator, under tho chargo of Mr. YY. O. Sheet, was worked most expeditiously,, and tho sum of £5204 was put through during the day. Thirteen bookmakers wero licensed,_ and all appeared to do a brisk business. Air. G. Matthowson, in tho absence of the Hon. Captain Tucker, officiated as judge, and his decisions were not, in any instance, called into question. The stewards, also kept a. sharp lookout for suspicious practices, but the races wore keenly contested, and no jockey was called upon to explain his conduct. The secrotary, Air. At. G. Nasmith, looked after the details necessary to the comfort of everybody, especially the press, whilo the catering was in the capable hands of Air. J. Ersldnc. THE RACING. The whole, of the racing was especially good, interest being lent by tho presence of a largo number of horses from, the Auckland and Hawke’s Bay districts. -The scratching pen was not frequently called into use, and trainers generally appeared satisfied with the penalties allotted to their charges. The starter. Air. C. O’Connor, got Lis fields well and punctually away, and every finish was keenly fought out. Six horses were saddled up for the Hurdle Race, which was won in nice style by Reservoir. Cinoue, who was kept at the rear of tlio field for tlio greater .part of the distance, made a good run over tlio last half-mile, and secured second place. A motley crowd of twelve faced the barrier in the Maiden Hack Race, and backers generally looked for tho horse that would step off the mark quickest to provide the winner over a short course of four furlongs. Fancy lay between Mistime, a nice-looking filly by Birkenhead, Mr C. J. Parker’s Grafton filly Lady Ainslie, and Andrew Alack. AATien tho barrier went up Andrew Mack was the out, and was never headed, tlaiiiSUi Mistime came fast in the stwilit. Lady Ainslie again disappoint?!! her admirers, and was never pre'minent. The p.en having been put through tho names of Hinetitama, AVaipuneliu, and Tlio Stripper in the Flying Handicap, a field of eleven was left. Stylish, a fleet-footed marc by San Remo. soon showed tlio field that she "Oldcl gallop, and won handily without being troubled. Arolia was the oulv withdrawal, from tho Gisborne Ihwk Steeplechase,, and the presence of Loch Fyne instilled some interest into the sraee. On the first time round tho favorite came to grief, leaving Biillworth and Kapakapa to fight out the finish, the former proving successful after running'.:a fin© race. The Hack Flat Handicap was won rather easily by Air John Clack’s ’fay mare Spate, and Aroha accounted /for both Baltic,-wdio tell, and Kuraimi ■in the. Trial Steeplechase. Mr. G. O. ■Ormond’s Hinetitama led from start To finish in the AYinter Oats Handicap, being closely followed homo by jWhite Lie and San Jose. ) The following are the results of ftiio day’s racing: .'HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of i 70sovs., second horso lOsovs, third r horse sso vs; Ij miles. *W. S. Davidson’s cli. g. Reservoir, 1 by Jet d’eali—Cartouche, 10.5 ‘ | . (J. Jones) 1 ■H. Munn’s b. m. Cinque, by Sara- £ cen—Dnadinty 9.G. (AY. Wilson) 2 #J. Gelhor’s b. g.- AVhatakura, 10.11 j (11. Cairns) 3 ) Also started: Noteorini 10,5, Tui 10.4, Oasis 9.13. i From an oxcellent start Noieorini up in front, .and led over thy /first' hurdle, closely followed by,-Rc-|servoir and Tui, with Cinque/bringing up the rear. This Order was 'maintained round the back and past Jtlie stand, where Cimyitf and Tui initproved their positron. Noteorini .-maintained dmv»)uad until the hurdle | before was reached, pvliore truck and fell heavily, 1 bringing down Oasis. This left Reiser voir,-y>ho took the jump well, with ♦ three jmigths of a clear lead, and iAA’lmjCikura lying second. The chest11111*11111 in tained his advantage to tlio J&inth, and won comfortably from Ciri--qlyj, who came with a fast run and ibe.it AYhatakura for second place. SNo time was taken. On totalisator (£4-10. (MAIDEN HACK RACE, of Kfeovs, j second horse siovs; four furlongs. iT. Butler’s br. g.- Andrew Alack, ) by Alerriwee —Miss. Alack, 9.0 V ■ , CF, Porter) 1 /A. J. Lindsay’s b. in. Mistime, by Birkenhead —Miss Never, 9.0 (Lindsay) 2 AA*. C. AValsh’s br. m. Muiiga Alotio, by San Fran—Kiss Alai;v, ■ 9.0. (Murray) 3

tM/UItUVI. A'iUCIW, -U.cljJlllV'l; Sharings, Miss Rexcr, Lady Ainslie, Ardfcrt, Bn Id os, Lloyd’s, .and Sailwitch (all at 9.0). Munga Alotio was very fractions at the post, and delayed the start considerably. "When the barrier wont up Andrew- Mack shot out, with 'Mistime and‘Lady Ainslie in close attendance, and San witch a long way in the rear of the rest of the field, bunched together. ' The brown son of Merriwee was never in trouble, and won by a couple of lengths. Misti'ine, Mnnga Motio, and Lady Ainslie had a great set-to for second place, and finished in that order, a head being all the difference between them. Time, 51 2-ssec. On totalisntor £B2l. PLYING HANDICAP, of GOsovs., second horse IOsovs; six furlongs. L. Furr's eh. m. Stylish, by San Romo —Miinutuke, 9.9. (F. Porter) 1 H. Horsefield’s br. g. Phooka. by Robinson Crusoe—El flock, 9,0. (Griffiths) 2 P. Dodge’s b. in. 'Lady Rohina. by Pupakura—Sornness mare, 10.7. (McLeod) 3 Also started: Douche 10.13, Mtrangai 10.9, Sarilla 10.5, Probieda 9.13, Erin 9.12, Cyrettus 9.4, Pluck 9.0, Lady Crispin 9.0. Stylish took the lead from a good start, with Marangai and Douche on her'lianks. slightly ahead of the rest of the field. Coming along the back and round the bond Sarilla and Pluck were prominent, and Lady Robin a came up with the loaders. At the home turn the two top weights were beaten, and Stylish just lasted long enough to heat the fast-finish-ing Phooka by a half a length, with Lady Rohina third and Sarilla close up fourth. Time, lniin 18 l-ssec. GISBORNE PARK STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, of llSsors, second horse lOsovs, and third horse users; about 3 'miles. E. J .Harris’ ch.'g..B l ullworth, by • Bulldog—lladeuorth mare, 9.13. . ; ‘ ' ' (WhitohOuse) 1 P. Turnbull’s b. g. Ivapakapap, by Leolantie,, 10.5. ... 2 J. fiisterson’s fc. g. Reiy, by Strowan—Lady 'Wester, 9.7 ... 3 Also started: Loch Fyne 11.12, Papatu 10.6, 10.3.

Bullwovtb got tho best of. a fairstart. and Papatu, Loch Fyne, and Creusot next in that order, and lvapakap.i. and Reay in tho roar. Each of tho horses jumped splendidly until tlio sod wall was reached, where Crousot ran olf and took no further part in the race. Bullworth led ovor the brush at tho grandstand by two longths from Papatu, with Kapakapa third, and Pony lust. Loch I'yno came to grief at tlio richer, falling heavily a stride or so aftor lio had cleared it. /Bullworth and Papatu still hold tho load, and woro racing abreast along tho back, with. Kapakapa, Cinque, and Reay following in that order. Papatu was jumping well, but Bullworth made a faulty effort at tho hurdle before the sod wall. Ho recovered well, however, and maintained the load past tho stand the second time. At tho brush opposite the stand Cinque and Papatu both baulked, and Bullworth, Kapakapa, and Reay continued tho race in that order. The Bulldog gelding jumped well all the next .round, and was not headed, winning from Kapakapa by two clear lengths, Reay came fast over tho last jump -and got to within a length of the second horse. Time, 6min 31Jsec. On totalisator £7ll. HACK FLAT HANDICAP, of 40 sovs., second horse Osovs; seven furlongs. J. Clark’s b.m. Spate, by Alonaco —l’oiiawa, 10.3. '(O’Brien) 1 G. -B. Oman’s b. g. ’Paisano, by Strowan —Booby, 10.1. (Buchanan) 2 AA r . H. Alobberley’s b. g. AVaihekau, by Brookly, 9.4. (Porter) 3 Also started: Shanks 9.13, Tui 9.12, To Uku 9.7, Nestorean 9.C, Naydine 9.5. Banker 9.2. Paisano was first out of the barrier, followed by Shanks and Spate, with AYailiekau lying handy iu fourth place, and Naydine, To Uku, and Nestorean whipping in the field. Naydine came up to the leaders along tho back, but dropped back again, and AA’aihekau closed up. Rounding the turn Paisano was still in the lead coming into tli© straight, and Spate tried to get through on tho rails but failed. O’Brien pulled her right outside the others, and oune fast, a rat-tling-finish resulting in Spate beating Paisano bv a length, with AYailiekau the same distance away third. Nestorean was last, Time, 1 miu 34 4-5 sec. On totalisator £9lB.

TRIA L .STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP;, \of Odsoys, . second horse 10 sovs.; abdiVt 2 miles. J. 11. Allen's b. g. Aroha, by Sequali—A lie s Patriarch, 10.7. (Allen) 1 R. Cooper’s b. g. Kuranni, by Penrose —Vera, 9.7. (McConnor) 2 Also started : Baltic 9.10.

Kuramii played up at the start, and eventually, tho three starters got well off together. 'Baltic shot to the front, with Aroha and Kuranni running togother four lengths away. The latter lest a lot of ground by faulty jumping, and Baltic led over the brush by three lengths from Aroha. A? the turn past the stand the leader ran wide, and Aroha cam© up on level terms, and the tw 0 raced abreast to tlio richer, where Baltic struck and came down heavily. Kuramii came up to within two lengths of the bay mar© along the back stretch, but again jumping in faulty fashion fell back, and Aroha won easily by ten lengths. Time, 3min 57see. On totalisator. £3OB.

AYINTER. OATS HANDICAP, of 60 sovs., second horse 1 Osovs; one mile and a distance. G. O. Ormond’s ch. m. liinetita-

•ina, by Defiant—Hinewhata, 10.6. (Murray) 1 J. GeLhor’s bill. in. AA’hit© Lie, by Alerriwee—Fib, 10.2. (F. D. Jones) 2 J. Jamieson’s b. g. San Jose, bySan Remo—Yougoza, 9.9. (Cameron) 3 Also started: To Arai 10.2, Frankli 9.8, The Stripper 9.0. 'Hinetitama got away well from AA’hite Lie, San Jose and Franklin, with To Arai and Tho Stripper in the rear. The chestnut mare increased lier lead to two lengths from AA’hite Lie on tho back stretch, and. Franklin, who was badly bumped rounding the turn, dropped back last. Coming into tho straight AA’hite Lie closed up the gap, but was unable to reach Hinetitama,, who, after leading all tlio way, won by two lengths, with San Joso four' lengths away third, and The Stripper last. Time, 2min 2 2-osec. On totalisator £1042. TO-DAY’S ACCEPTANCES.

SECOND HURDLES HANDICAP, 2 miles. Loch Fyne 10 11 Reservoir 10 11 Whatakura 10 2 Oasis 10 1 Franklin 9 12 : Cinque 9 5 WAIKANAE HANDICAP, 7 furlongs Hinetitaina " ... 11 4 Stylish ... 10 4 Sariila 10- 4 To Arai ... ... 10 0 Phooka ... 9 4 Pluck ... 9 0 '■ Cyrettus ; ... 9-0 The Stripper ... 9 0 TE IIAPARA STEEPLECHASE, about 21 miles.' Loch Fyne 12 0 Bullworth 10 10 Papatu 10 9 Aroha 10 sKapakapa .10 7 Crousot ... 10 3 Cinque 10 2 Morpeth 10 0 - lleav 9 7 FINAL STEEPLECHASE, about 2 miles. Aroha . 10 12 Franklin 10 8 Baltic 10 5 ICuranui 9 7 FAREWELL HANDICAP. 1 mile. Hinotitama 11 5 Douche 10 13 White Lie 10 5 Sariila 10 4 To Arai 10 2 San Jose 0 11 Oasis 9 9 Phooka . , ... 9 3 . To Uku ... 9 0 Pluck 9 0 Cyrettus 9 0 The Stripper 9 0 Ine following are # the entries received for tho two minor events:—• MAIDEN HACK HANDICAP, of AO sovs: 5 furlongs. Mistime 9 12 Munga Motio ... 9 10 Lady Ainslio 9 9 •Miss Rexer 9 4 ■ Naydine 9 3 Shavings 9 2 ' Lloyds 9 2 Hapuka ... 9 2 Baldos 9 2 Miss Ivy 9 2. Nevermind 9 0 5 Eiya 9 0 Sanwitch 9 0 Fidelis DO SECOND HACK FLAT HANDICAP. of 40 bovs: 6 furlongs. Spate 10 12 Stylish 10 6 Paisano 10 5 Carron 10 3 Andrew Madk ... 10 2 Shanks 9 11 Mistime 9 10 Munga- Motio ... 9 8 Lady Ainslio 9 7 Tui 9 5 Waihekau 9 3 To Uku 9 3 . Naydine’ 9 2 Hapuka 9 2 Shavings 9 2 Banker - ... 9 2 Nostorean • ■ 9 0 Eiya 9 0 Baldos DO. Lady Crispin 9 0 Tho Stripper ... 9 0 Fidelis 9 0