SPORTING. Hawke's Bay hockey Club Steeplechase Meeting.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 110, 11 July 1885, Page 6

SPORTING. Hawke's Bay hockey Club Steeplechase Meeting.

Hastings Raoeootjbse, June 25. The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club Steeplechase Meeting took place to-day. There is the largest attendance ever known at a Steeplechase or any other meeting, on the Hastings Course. The we'ather'is line, though a bit sharp. Maiden Steeplechase, of lOOsova. ; about 2 miles. Weiarht-for-age. For homes that have never won a Steeplechase exceeding SOaovß. in value, Mr Bennetts Faugh-a-Ballagh, 12st 31bs ' (Williams) ■ ... 1 Mr Gilpin's Pastime, 12st 3lb (Gilpin) < ' 2 Mr Barrons Director, 12st 31b (Lytord) 3 ! The other atarters were Mountaineer (Maher), list 121b; Dhudeen (Edwards), 12st 31b; Elly (Hedge), 12 B t 3lb ; Rimu (Morris), list; Faugh-a-Bailagh (Williams), 12st 31b; Siiver King (T. Lyford), list 121b ; Fair Play (Munn), 12st 31b ; Nukarau (Ralph), 12st 31b. Betting: sto lon the field, Faugh-a-Ballagh won by five lengths, Director fifteen lengths off, third. Silver King, Elley and Mountaineer fell. Totalisator dividend £17 3s, and £16 6s outside. T, Lyford and F. Hedge were badly hurt in the Maiden Steeplechase. Hawkb's Bay Steeplechase. A Handicap of iOOsovs., second horse to receive sDsovs M and the third horse 20sovs. from the stake ; distance, Si miles. Mr W Proffitt's er g Macaroni, 12st lib (T. Lyford) ... , 1 Mr W. S. Tatham's Romeo, lOst (W. Edwards) 2 Mr W. Ellingham's Denbigh, 9at 101b (EUingham) 3 The following also ran : - Scrutineer | (Connor), list 101b ; Druid (Joyce) list 91b; ! Jim (Gentry), 12st ; King (Hope) lOst 101b ; ' New Year (Munn), lOst 71b ;Pastime(Gilipin) ! lOst ; Quilp (Hatfield), lOst; Erebus (Herd), 9st 121b ; Assegai (Redmond), 9st 12lb ; Claud (Frewin), 9st 81b ; Ngata (Edgecombe), 9st 71b ; St. Dunstan (Honnor), 9st 71b. Director and Whalebone were scratched. Betting: 3 to 1 against Macaroni, 4 to 1 The Druid, 6 to 1 New Year, 8 to 1 King, 10 to 1 the others. Mr P. Butler's Daisy won the Troceasily^ Othello appropriated the HackSteeplechas&i and Claude defeated Fair Play, Erebus, and six others in the Consolation Steeplechase. Ladibs' Bracelet, of lOOsovs. Bracelet value 80sova. first horse ; bracelet value 20sovs. second horse. Four-year-olds and upwards ; 2 milea on the flat. Mrs Ryans Amazon, list 121b (Loragan), 1 Mrs Abbotts Leader, 12st 31b (Abbott), 2 Mason's Chief Mourner, list 121b (Mason), 3 The following also ran : — Flemington 6yrs (Parker) ; Impostor (Collan) ; Tauhural, 6yrB. (Shaw) ; Moore, aged (Ewen) j Tauparoa, 6yrs. (Glagebrook) ; Donald Dinnie, 4yrs, (Thomas) ; Quicksilver, aged (Beamiatj) ; First Whip, aged, (Jackson) ; Fern Flats, aged, (Linnel)jSilver King, syrs. ( W . Hialop) ; Parihaka, aged (Lang) ; Hackfall, aged (Dove). Importer, Fern Flat, and Moore were the favourites. Won by two lengths, Thomas, the rider of Donald Dunne, had his leg badly injured by running against a post. Totalisator dividend : Outside, £13 16s ; inside, £16 15s.