HOKITIKA AUTUMN MEETING.

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 502, 3 April 1869, Page 3

HOKITIKA AUTUMN MEETING.

Third Day— Thursday. A third day's racing was provided by the Stewards, and though the attendance was not nearly equal to the other days, it was as large as could have been expected. Hurry Scurry, of 10 soys. Catch weights ; one mile. Entrance, 1 soy. Mr Kingham's b g Gamester ... (Kraaffe) 1 Mr SpilYer's br g Native ... .... 2 Mr Evan's eh g Contractor ... ... 3 Mr Dougherty's eh h Cossack ... ... 0 Mr M'Fetrick's eh in Red Rose .. 0 This was a moderately good race, Gamester winning by about a length. A Maori race for 5 soya., half-mile heats, and catch weights, resulted in a horse named Kokau winning, beating five others. Hurdle Race. Mr Haworth's b m Blink Bonny ... (Dwyer) 1 1 Mr Kingham's b g Gamester (Kraaft) 2 2 Mr Spiller's Native ..0 0 Mr Kingham's Selim ... ..,0 0 The first heat of this race was a chapter of accidents. .Selim baulked at the first jump, and got rid of his rider in doing so, an example which was followed by Native, who thereby disappointed Gamester, and left the. race to Blink Bonny. In the second, Gamester struck the hurdles and rolled over, but little -Billy Kraaft was up and mounted again almost in a second, and followed in the mare's wake. A better bit of jockeyship was not displayed during the meeting than this remount. Blink Bonny, in the meanwhile, sailed away, though Gamester overhauled her considerably, and might have had a show, but baulked at the first hurdle on the second round, and the mare then won easily, fencing splendidly, and without an approach to a mistake. The Volunteer Race, of 15 soys. Halfmile heats. Mr M'Farlane's gr m Kate (Mr T. Eoclesfield) 3 1 1 Mr Arkell's gr g Paddy ... 1 2 2 Six* others also started. Mr Ecclesfield rode excellently and with great judgment, and very materially by this means contributed to the mare's victory. The Novel Race. Mr Kraaft's Okair ... ... 1 1 Mr Kinghani's Selim ... ... dis Mr Dougherty's Cossack ... ... dis Two others started, but the race lay entirely between the three named. Selim and Cossack were declared to be distanced, in consequence of running inside a post. A Hack race concluded the sports, and the Hokitika Autumn Meeting of 1869.