WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 55

WELLINGTON NOTES.

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!£ enruary v. Mr F. G. Moore, owner of Dusky 3forn, was present at Woodville nieeting on Thurs- . day, «tnd leaves for Sydney this afternoon I with 'the intention of being present at the , V.R.C. meeting, which opens this day week. , Bodkmokersv assembled, in force at Wood- , , vill*. but iid not take kindly to the condi1 ' tions. Only '"four licenses, were taken, out on ' j the first day, and six on the second, the club h , receiving. £200 in fe©9> The meeting was . 'almost as successful as that held in the - spring. During the two days the sum of £17,061 was passed through the totalisatar. This amount ia £6070 in excess of last y*ai'« i figures. The- <Seaton De!»val — St. Loire mare Loiret followed up her Pobiatua Cup success by pulling: off the Woodville Cup from Sing's > Lynn (Sea ton Delaival — St. Amy). The other 1 representative of the Melton horse at the >- meeting, Seaton Dale, won one race- and ran ' ' second in another. Eurawaka. let her con- ' nections down on the first day, and scored (■ a lucky win, o& the second, when she finished r about a head in front of Aberration. The ' latter had bad luck both days. In the- Cup ' his jsaddle slipped off, and the rider passed the post bareback; on the second, day he got ' an accidental bump .from Kjug'a Lynn at ' half-way. H* challenged Kura.waka ia the ' atraigh.l; and tried to get up on the rails, ' , but young- Hatch, who rode -five winners at ' ' the meeting, . cleverly blocked him. Aber- , ration had to pull out en the outside, and L thia* cost him the race. J. Prosser took/ L three- horeea to. the meeting, and scored four t wins. PLaym*te was- easily the best of a bad lot of jumpers, and won his purchase money. Gauze wan from end. to end on [ , the firsts day,, but was well beaten on. the i. ' second. Ballara-t made her only appearance . , at the meeting, in the race won by Gauze. . 1 She ia back to her best form, and missed ;{ a penalty in the Flying- at Wanganui. Nova 1- also made hia only appearance in the Cup, ' whn fte ran last. He has been doing p'enty f of racing, and probably- wanta « spelt F. i , Tilley alto brought across Contour (PScebus I ' Apollo — Crescent), half-sister t» Starsboot. 1- She won the Maiden pretty easily, but ht'd • nothing much to beat. The progeny of the - defunct son of St. Simon — Polynesia have , i been scoring all round since Apologue won • the .Cup. The TaransM contingent did fairly > j well. Somalf (Sylvia Park — Friskerina) won I the Heck Welter on the first day from end •I to end. Qn the second day the Cyrenian — » Chic gelding Cyrene carried 8.8 and broke 1 lmin Isec for five furlongs. Mr S. Pitt 1 who brought three horses from Stratford, won. " a race with Hydraulic (Wamku — Hine Km '' tepo), one of Mr Gollan's breed. A. Oliver, \ who has not been riding much. lately, won the ' -Scurry on the Auckland-bred First Mate ' (Bluejacket — Jennie). Two smart hacks were seen out at the meeting in Merrie Zealand; L who scored, his fifth win since Boxing Day. \ and Rangitapa. Sunbonnet (Seaton Delaval [ — Sunbeam) also won her first, race this sea- . son r when she. cleverly beat. .Oxton. After ' running second ia & five-furlong race, Chicane l came out again, an, .hour and a-half 'ater, and ( worn a "mile race. The feattere of the meeting was the starting .of Mr C. O'Connor, of ( Auckland. -. - t About 8000 people attended the opening , ' meeting of the Wellington -Pony and Gajlo- . way' Club at Miramar, . adjoining Wonderland , on Saturday afternoon. About a dozen hookt makers were licensed. The two principal r events were won; by the Auckland pony In- ', spira-tioa (Freedom— Happy Thought). Mi- , retta. the owner and rider, were disqualified for three months. The two-year-old- Kauhoe ; (Captain Webb — Puriri mare) won a, double. I Th« other winners were Kitty, Normandale- , (Ocean — Salute).

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