SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 23 May 1904, Page 2

SPORTING.

———» TAKAPUNA WINTER MEETING. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 21. The Takapumi Jockey Club's winter meeting commenced to-day with line weather and a good attendance. Totalisator receipts were £5490. Results : Handicap Maiden Hurdle*}, one-mile and a half and 100yds—Strowan 1, Revealer 2, Val Rosa 3. Scratched— Mount Zeeharv and Lady Norval. Won from end to end. Time 2mln Msec. Dividends £4 3s (kl and £1 5s 6d.

Handicap Maiden Plate, seven furlongs—llonomiana 1, Anchorite 2, Stepney 3. Scratched—Lady Lottie, Mauku, Calle Iris. Liberator got anight in the harrier at the start and d ; d not run. Won by three; parts of n length. Time linin 31 sec. Diviikuls £ll 17s Cd and £l. First Pony Handicap, five furlongs —Kyra 1, Inspiration 2, Girton Girl 3. Scratched—Sweet Marie, Lady Lottie, Sentinel, Lady French. Won by a head. Time lmin 5 2-sscc. Dividends £4B 18s and £4 ss. Empire Handicap, one mile and a quarter—Scotty 1, Zulieka 2, Maro 3. Scratched—Wcllcast. Won by a length. Timo 2min 128eo, Dividends £2 10s and £3 18s 6d.

First Handicap Hurdles, two miles WHippowai 1, Princess of Thule 2, Frances Lovejoy 3. Scratched—Spalpeen, Roseplot, Aka Aka, Val Rosa. Won by four lengths. Official time 3 mill 47 2-ssec (several private watches made it five or six seconds slower). Dividend £6 3s.

Maiden Steeplechase, about two miles and a half—Crespin T, Papatu 2, Peter Simple 3. Scratched—Lady Bell, Mangamahaki, Mount Zeehan Amohantas. Won by three lengths' lime Grnin 23sec. Dividends £4 t s Od and 14s 6d.

Koyal Handicap, five furlongs— Sonoma 1, Te Aroha 2, Numa 3 Scratched-Liberator, Jack Drown Seabird. Won by a length. Time 1 mm Gsec. Dividends £4 14s and £7 3s 6d.