SPORTING NEWS. Onehunga Racing Club Autumn Meeting. Auckland, May 8.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 154, 15 May 1886, Page 5

SPORTING NEWS. Onehunga Racing Club Autumn Meeting. Auckland, May 8.

The Onehunga R.O. Autumn Meeting on Saturday proved most successful, and the only thing that occurred to mar the proceedings was a couple of nasty spilla received by two jockeys. In the Winter Oats Handicap, George Durston was thrown from Dressmaker, sustaining concussion of the spine, and C. Warren came down while riding Hawthorn in the Selling Steeplechase, but he escaped with a severe shaking. Results: — HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of iOaovs ; tha cc 3ond hor3e to receive sso vs from the stakes, instance. 2 miles, over 8 flights of hurdles 3ft G n nigh. Tinman (Hadfield) 1 Gazelle (Hope) 2 Rowdy (Fergus) ... : ... 3 Also ran : Minuet (Munn), and Evening Star (Burns). Gazelle was the favourite. Tinman went to the front at the back of the course the last time round, and won by a length and a half. Totalisator dividend, £9 lSs(£l tickets.) MAIDEN PLATE of 20s 3VB. Distance. 1£ mile For horses that have never won a race of the value of lOaovs. Weightforag<\ Tupaki (Farrell) 1 Bragella (Lennard) 2 Prestoria (A.. Williams) ... 3 HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 808OVS. About three miles. Mr W. Potter's eh q Gazello, aged, lOst (ffope) 1 Mr D. Harford's eh q Hawthorn, aged, 93tl2lb'(Hodfield) ... 2 Mr W. Bobbett'B c q Macaroni, aged, list 10lb (Warren) „. 3 Also ran : Huntsman, 9sfc 101b (D. Munn) ; Rowdy, Oat 71b (Fergus) ; and St. David, 9ii 71b ( Hollywood). Won easily. Rowdy baulked, and Huntsman fall. Totalisator dividend, £14 193. WIiVTRROATS II ANDTOAP of 80 3 >va: second hoivse to receive 10covs from tae stakes. Distance, 1} mile. Mr J B. Williamson? eh h Victory, by Feve -Clipper, syrs, 7st 71b (Pearson) 1 Mr D. Twohill's br m Cinderella, 4yr?, 8 1 121b (Sutherland) ... + Mr W. T. Raymond's b m Clogs, 4yrs, 83t(Hickey) ;., ... f Also ran : Dressmaker, 7st 101b (Durston) ; Orphan, 6ot 121b (Byers) ; The Cat, Gst 101b (Katterns) ; Cast Ashore, 6st 6lb (Heaps) ; and Kalo,6st (Kidd). Won by a short head in the last few strides,Cinderellaand Clogs running a dead heat for second place. Dressmat «r and The Cat fell. Time,2min. 53sec. Totalisa tor dividend, £5 17s. SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 40. ova. Abou two miles. Mr G. Brimblecombe's b m Julia Ann, aged, lOat(Hadfield) 1 Mr W. Butler's br q Izaak Walton, aged, JO3t(D. Muun) 2 Mr J. Wilson's bg Evening Star, aged, r lOst (Burns) 3 Also ran ; Melrose, Hawthorn, Surprise, Derby, Rowdy, and Bob. Won by three lengths. Rowdjr and. Hawthorn fell. TotalisatoFdividehd, £2'lBa. " The winner was bought in by her owner for £38,||