POINT-TO-POINT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 139, 29 June 1937, Page 15

POINT-TO-POINT

Steeplechasing at Mangateretere on Saturday The annual point-to-point steeplechase meeting under the auspiccs of the Hawke's Bay Hunt Club will be beld af Mangateretere next Saturday, July j 3, on property kindly lent for the occa5 sion by Messrs. Oswald nad Eric Nelson | and S. 3t. Bcachcn. This course is'one | of the best of its kind in the Dominion. J It is a purely sporting turn-out, and I a red-letter day as far as hunting in I Ha-ivlre's Bay is concerned, as thcre are !' no monptary prizes, the winners and runners-up reeeiving trophies. All Ihe Hklers are amateurs, and thero are no Ibetting facilitics. This seasRn there have been large ? numbers of followers at the nieets of | the Hawke 's Bay Ilunt, and it is antici- } pated that the runners will be rnany, I2 and the contests close and exciting. Tho progTammo consists of fivc events, viz.: Light-Aveight Steeplecliase, | afiout miles; Iluntero' Trial, for I ladics; Heavy-weight Steeplechase, 3 ftbout miles; Opon Point-to-Point I Steeplechase, 2 J miles; and the HuntP ers' Trial, for mcn, ? fntending competitors will be sliown 1 ovor the coursc at 1 p.m. on the day ? of the meet. Parking facilitics for Imotors is ample. Further items to note will be found in the Herald-Tribune ad3 vertising colums on Thursday and Fri- | day next. | • 'Entries for all eA'euts close with the 2 secretary, Mr. A. E, Wishart, at the I Hastings "Raceeourse Tea.Kiosk on Wed- * nesday, June 30, at 8 p.m.