WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 64

WELLINGTON NOTES.

f - By Oxtooxam.

January 18. ■Glorious weather, prevailed for, the opening day of -the Wellington "Racitig Clvb 9. summer , meeting./ Although the" tota.isator showed a i large falling off compared -with ihe first day 'last year, it- must ba remembered that today was an off day, and the deficiency was •more, than made up by the fees from.bookmakers, -which Voastne to' £720. ..Something happened that might have been expected, seeir« -theJray the conditions of the Gaming Aot are oarried out. The starting-; clock was put "back ten minutes for the seventh race, and the officials had evidently not been notified of the alteration, as the race wae run 10 minutes before time, and had to be rerun a-fter the last race. Otherwise the meeting passed 'off pleasantly. The Porirua stable nearly landed the two principal events with " threjj-year-olds. Ormond's stable went through without a win. For the opening event, the Trentham Hack Welter, Re<£ Rain, who had been responsible for good track work, 'and had won, over. the distance at Ellerslie, secured the verdict after ! a jjood finish with Gold Thread, who tried to win from end to end. Kairoma was prominent for seven furlongs -in the Anniversary Handicap, San Julie winning comfortably at the end. She acted; as runner-Tip in the principal event each day of the, Waira- - rapa meeting. Melwood made his reappear- . ance in the race. He showed a bit of his old-time dash at, the start,, but was- soon done with. - The Ruapehu Heck Handicap brought out the big field of 18- The Karamu representa- , five, North. Head, showed up prominently dur- ! ing the early stages of the face', but died ! away " before the business end. * The Hutt- ! trained ' Mon " Ami (Soult— Satanella), half- ; sister to St. Paul, St. Clemente, and other , "sprinters, scored her first, win in this 'race.' She , carried the- 'sarnie colours -that Solution - used to. (Mr R. W: r Paterson's). Miss Vera beat all the others. - - ' ■ ' ■■ The Nursery * Handicap '- was well named the Armlet Stakes. The brilliant Menschikoff pony did not begin as smartly as 8om«*of her opoaente, but had the race in safe keeping «> furlong from borne. „ Aborigine had no" difficulty in .getting second. All Meceptors went to the >posfv for the Cup excopt Zirymerman, whose withdrawal . was due to a split hoof, ' Gold Crest ran a solid race throughout, but at the end failed 10 con-

cede MteJoch, a five-yea-r-old, 10lb in weight. The - Read came with a, late run, and just -failed to. beat God Crest. Mystification ran in the rear throughout. Tangaimoana showed up about three furlongs from home, but died away again. Moloch is a member of Mt M'Grath's Opaki team. Although the mentor named has failed in big races with Mahuta, he has- won the_ Manowatu Cup with Riflemaid, and -fche~Wairarapa and Wellington Cups with Moloch, who is owned in Masterton. He is by Mauser (son of Maxim) from Listener j -daufeh-ter^ -of. -Mute and Rumour (half-sister to Rosefeldi). . ■■ . • jMuhjeet jnade.hor first appearance in- th.e^ ownership; of .Messrs . Carl and Price in,> the Telegraph Handioap. .Although she failed another member of the Stepniak — Madder family .. in All Red was successful. . He had to do his best to secure the verdict form -Sister Anne, also a three-year-old. .The Tongarirq Hack Handicap- was run and won by Suttee (a stable mate of Vardo). When the race was je-run Culmination won easily ' from Naphtha, -with Suttee third. "The run-, off was judged by Mr G- Hunter. My Hartgill having left to catch a train. Naphtha was placed second and 1 Suttee third. It "did 'not m<ak« much , difference, as tHere was only one dividend. In -the Electric Handicap Finery slipped the field, and never gave her opponents a chance. „ _