The Racing at Hawke's Bay.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8810, 11 May 1907, Page 2

The Racing at Hawke's Bay.

By "Turf."

The above meeting was one of the most successful the club lias ever held, and exceptionally large fields faced the barrier throughout. The amount put tlirough the totalisator was £10,754 (£9703 on the straight-out machine and £lOsl on the double event), as against £9275 on the second day of last autumn meeting. For the two days the total was £21,197 as compared with £19,716 in 1906, an increase of £l4Bl. On the first day there were 1603 investors in the double machine, of whom 26 struck the winning double —Contender in the Porangahau Handicap and Volume in the Hawke's Bay Cup. On the second day there were 1051 investors on the double machine, and of these 38 selected the winners—King Billy in the Burke Memorial Stakes and Toa Tuhi, bracketed with Strathcona, in the I Scurry Hack Handicap. Had not the j numerous entries necessitated brac- ! keting, the backers of King Billy and Toa Tuhi would havo been rewarded by a dividend of about £IOO. The racing was interesting and some good finishes resulted. Te Uira was maclo favourite for the Hack Hurdles the first day and won comfortably at the finish, but on the second day suffered defeat by Kaipetipoti by a head. „, Blue River, by Merriwee—Bine Water, the winner of the Maiden, led from start to finish, paying the largest dividend of the first day—£lo 10s. In the Okawa Hack on the second dav the Merriwee filly pursued the same tactics but Swimming Belt, coming with a nicely-timed run, overhauled her in the straight and won by half a length. ; Moriarity, another Merriwee, who had been doing . good work on the track, was in a good position all the way in the Nursery, and taking the lead in the Inst two furlongs, won by a couple of lengths. Kitchenmaid was sent out favourite, in the Porangahau Handicap, but never flattered her backers. Contender was the first to leavo the mars, and stalling off challenges by Lof tus and Gawain, and a final rash by Lady Annie m the straight, he managed to hold his own and win by a couple of lengths, paying £7 Bs. The Cup was a good betting race, Volume (3G5) starting favourite and the others as follows : 17S Sir Tristram, 108 Chatterer, 150 Grand Slam, 118 Mystification, 115 St. Joe, 173 King Billy, Gazeloy (coupled with King Billy), 67 Rifleraaid, 94 Sandix, 133 King's Lynn, 39 Flamcn, 175 Clnncliattan, 12 Lady Warwick and 70 Mecca. ' A good start was effected, King BilJy taking the lead, closolv followed by Volume and King's Lynn. At the railway' bead Volume ;went to ■ the front,. King" Billy iaUmg way,Sir:W*tr«B?ttk-"

ing second place and Chatterer rtul< ning tip into third. This order wa9 maintained till the finish, Volume winning by a bare half length, Sir Tristram beating Chatterer by a eonple of lengths for second honourSi and King Billy finishing fourth. Gold Seal was made favourite for the Open Hurdles, but could only finish in third place on the first day behind Pushful and Levant, Pushful lasted long enough to win by a bare head from Levant, who came with a great run at the finish, Florio fell at the last jump, but neither horse nor rider were hurt. Gold Seal made amends the second day, for after indulging Lavinla and Florio with the lead for the first part of the race, Gold Seal came away and won easily. Levant just beat Needlework on the post fos second money. Gauze was selected as the right thing" for the Poukawa Hack, but could only get a poor third to Erl King and Strathcona, the former winning from end to end. On recent form Kurawaka was the pick of the Autumn Handicap, and so the public thought, for lie started favourite. Kurawaka and Idaeus got the worst of the start. Moscow lumped away with the lead, and maintained it to the railway bend, where the others closed up. Kurawaka came away from the others and eventually won easily by several jengths, De Witte just beating Pantaloon on the post for second place. Hon. J. D. Ormond's pair—Oxton and Wallassey—finished in that order in the Juvenile Handicap. Oxton led from the start, winning by three lengths. Wallassey lay fourth most of the journey, when he came away and secured second place, i With C. Jenkins in the saddle i King Billy was sent out favorite in ; the Burke Memorial Stakes, Sir Tristram and Lady Annie beng the next in demand. King Billy jumped away with the lead and kept it to the finish, winning by throe lengths. Sir Tristram and Contender ran second and third till tho straight was reached, when Contender gavo way to Grand Slam, tho latter finishing a length behind Sir Tristram. .. With tho exception of Moscow, all tho starters in tho Hawke's Bay Stakes were well backed. Glonculloch eventually started favourite. A good start was effected, Gold Crest boing first to appear in frant, with Elovation on his quarters, and the favourite, Glencullocli, last. Gold Crest and Elevation changed places noaring the straight, by which tim Glencullocli had run up into third poition, while Loftus and Downfall had emerged from the bunch and Gold Crest had fallon back. Elevation kept the lead for tho remaindor lof the journey and won easily by a | couple of lengths. Loftus and Downfall were bracketed. Eous (371) and Gaitee (274) carriod the bulk of tho money in the Scurry Hack. Eous was tho first to move, but was quickly collared by Toa Tuhi aud Strathcona, and a desperate race between these two resulted in favour of Toa Tuhi by a bare half head. In the final race "of the meeting—tho Farewell—Do Witte (374) and Kitchomnaid (394) started favourites and the latter was first away, but at tho back Lady Warwick was in the lead. De Witto got to the ...front at the distance and won by a bare length from Maid of Astolat who beat Pantaloon on tho post. 0. Jenkins was tho most successful rider, steering Moriarity, Volume',King Billy and. Swimming Belt. F. D. Jones rode Erl King, Oxton and De Witte to victory.

L. H. Hewitt, tho New Zealand jockey, made a successful debut in England by winning the last race ou tho card at tho Liverpool Grand National Meeting. Au exchange, referring to his victory, says: Tho final race of the meeting, the ; MagI mil Plato, nine furlongs, resulted iu a great turn-up for tho ring, for out of seven runners the only one who came in for no support in the market was the winner, Mr G-. Edwardes's Rare Sort, fow people, perhaps, realising that the rider of this candidate was the New Zealand jockey flewitt who has lately arrived in this country to ride for Mr Buchanan. It was Hewitt's firsC mount in England and an auspicious commencement it proved for him for riding with excellent judgment he landed his mount an easy winner,