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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 48, 18 June 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

HAWKE'S BAY MEETING. LPeb Press Association.], Hastings,. Juno 17. The total'isator handled; £14,185, as compared with £12,987 on the corresponding day of las't year. Several spills occurred during the day. cahy, rider of- The Chief, in.tho Havvko's Bay Steeples, injured-liis knee. Marehant, rider of Parewanui in tho Whakatu Hurdles, sustained a fracture of the'hase of the skull, and at 5 o'clock was still unconscious. H. Gray, rider of Jessamine, in the' Hunt Cup Steeples, sustained a fracture of the skull, and H. Coker, rider of Pelican, in the same race, received an injury, tio t'lie"'"sm ! alPdf'hi^iack. : 'A'll were sent to "the hospital. Castle Canter/broke his neck in the big Steeples, but Flynn (the rider) was-not hurt. Additional results:— Whakatu H«ck Handicap Hui'dle Race, of 100 sovs.—lo Leapuki 9.11 (Edwards), 1; 9 Lamsdbrff, 9.5, 2; 7 Glenorchy, 9.5, 3. Leapuki led from end to end, and won by half, a length, three, lengths between second and third. Time, 3min 23sec. Hunt Cup Steeplechase, Handicap, about, 2\ miles.—l Lady Bibbero, 11.1 (J. McLean), I; 2.Avon, 10.7, 2; 5 Defeat, 10.7. 3. Won by a length, with two lengths between second and third. Time. 4mm 25 1-osec. Heretaunga Handicap, of 150 sovs, seven furlongs.—3 Mysteriarch, 10.5 (B. Deeley), 1; 1 Fair Rosamond, 10.2, 2; 1 9 Mount Victoria, 10.1, 3. Won by half a length, the same distance between second and third. Time lmin 40sec. ' ;