SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 200, 25 June 1903, Page 4

SPORTING.

HAWKE'S BAY MEET IK G. FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Napier, June 24. The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Wißter Meeting commenced to-day. The weather was flue in the morning, but showere fell during the afternoon, and the ccurse was a trifle heavy. There was a good attendance and firstclass racing. Results: j Trial Steeplechase, two miles: Hur- | ricane 1, Umslopogass 2, Benedictine 3. Won by a head. Time, 4min 14sec. Divs., £4 14s and XI 13s. L'ght broke a leg and had to be destroyed. Winter Handicap, one mile and a furlong: Metura 1, Roaeshoot 2, Waimoe 3. Won by a head. Time, 2min 2sec. Divs., £4 5s and £1 3s. Indies' Bracelet: Apres.l, Defoe 2, Repulse 8. Woe by a short head. Time, 3min 59acc. Div., £3 12s, Hack Hurdles, one and tbree-quarter miles: Evening 1, Ogle 2, Rags 3. Won easily. Time, 3min 36s:c. Divs., £5 and £1 18s. Hawke's Bay Hurdlep, two miles: Hurricane 1, Meteor 2, Mourner 3. Won by a length after a good race, Time, 4min 3sec. - Divs., £ll 163 and 17*. Hunt Olub Steepleahase, tw» acd ahalf miles; Hinewai 1, Draga 2, Benedictine 3. Won comfortably. Time, smin 26sec. Divs., £4 and £1 Bs, | Oarinthian Stakes Handicap, one I and a-quarter miles: Recoil 1, Hard-1 work 2, Mongonui 3. Won by a length and a half. Time, 2min 24aec. Divs., £2 33 and 12?. The sum cf £4031 was pub through the totalisator.

The following acceptances have been received for the second day of the Hawke's Bay Jcckey Club's Winter Meeting: Huntero' Hurdles, one and a-half miles: Hinew&i 12.5, Benedictine Gounterbine 11.12, Hokowhitu 11.7, Modesty 11.5, Gun Me'al, The Gun 11.0. Juae Handicap, one mile: Menura, A.B.N. 10.7, Hardwork 10.4. Gold Dost, la 10.2, Roseshoot 9.11, Waimoe 9.10, Lady's Linfe|9.B, Mouganui, Kohupapa 9.3, Rapids 9 0. Hawke's Biy Steeplechase, three and a-half miles: Pipi 10.3, Frost 9.13, Jack-o'-Lantern 9.11, The Gryphon, Oronje 9.7. Ladies Necklace, one mile and a half: Defoe 12.8, Oreusot 12.0, Andree 10.13, Borax 10.12, Tigrisona, Talune, Sloighteur, TJrutonga 10.7. Handicap Hurdles, one mile and thr^e-quartera: Hurricane 10.12, Merry Boy 10.8, Rags 10 3, Smithy 9.13, Mourner 9.11, Cobra 9.8, Euchar ist 9.7, Evening 9.2, Ogle, Waireba 9.0. Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase, two and a quarter miles: Great Shot 11.10, Draga 11.2, Couuterbice 10.7, The Gun 9.7. Final Handicap, six furlongs; Chas seur 11.0, Oamelot 10.3, Waimoe 10.2, Meteor, Eland 9,13, Mongocui 9.12, Optimist 9.11, Recoil 9.10, Romanoff, Minerve 9.7, Pantaloon, Anadej* 9.0.