SPORTING. RACING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7954, 1 February 1906, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING.

PAHIATUA RACES,

CUP WON BY LETHERIN

By Telegraph—Press Association.

PAHIATUA, January 31

There was splendid weather for the opening day of the Pahiatua Racing Club's summer meeting, and the attendance was considerably larger than that at the first day of last year's meeting. Some of the finishes wore very close, especially in the principal eveut of the day. The sum of £7,092 was put through the totalieator, as against £6,843 for the corresponding day last year. Results:—

Hack Hurdles.—Leveat 1, Hipporangi 2, Lady's Link 3. Scratched —Geologist, Lion Heart and Flying Cloud. Won with ease. Time, 3min 24 l-ssec. Divideuds, £9 13s and £1 lis.

Railway Handicap. Polyanthus 1, Plipporofla 2, Jolly Friar 3. Scratched Marguerite Gawaiu, Sardonyx, Kudu and Tambouriua. "Won by a leneth. Time, lmin 17 2-ssec. Dividends, £5 13s and £1 Bs.

Flying Hack llandcap. —lmmolation 1, Aotea 2, Silver Shell 3. Scratched—The Seer, Marseillaise, Meresbot, Tupnno, Federation, Phemie, Lethline, Lio,u Heart and Mauira. Good race; won by a bare length. Time, 1 miu 17 l-sseo. Dividends, £lO 5s and 18s. Welter Hack.—Climax 1, Moetoropuku 2, Prospector 3. Scratched— Mereshot, Destruction, Benair, Splendid Idea and Pomegranite. Woo easily. Time, lmin 47 2-ssec. Dividends, £2 14s and £1 16s. PAHIATUA CUP, of 150 sovs.

Letberin, 7.7, including 101b penalty) (LanKStone) ... 1 Baroa, 6.12 fMcJntosh) ... 2 Capulet, 6.13 (G. Pric*) ... 3 Scratched—Clanburn, Jolly Friar. Mystification, Ropa, Nonette, Tomairangi and Victoria Park. From au even start Fancy Work went to the front, closely followed by Kudu. At the back stretch Kudu took charge, and led to the bend of the straight, where Fancy Work again asserted her claim, and looked a' likely winner, when Letberin put in a run, closely followed by Barca and Oapulet. Fancy Work endeavoured to stall off the challenge of Letberin, but the latter forged ahead and won by a length from Barca, Oapulet a good third. Out of £l,llß invested on the totalisator £266 was on the winner. Time, 2min 13 4-saeo. Dividends, £2 9s and £2 3s. Telegraph Hack Stakes.—Phemie 1, St. Ludlam 2, Tangerine 3. Soratcbed Elfrida, Sylvan Tide, The Seer, Lion Heart, Sherlock Holmes, Sen Sim and Kaiuku. Won by half a length. Time, lmin sseo. Dividends, £4 5s and £6 7s. Trial Hack Plate.—Noval Aelous 2, Tettii 3. Scratched—Tihe, Silver ShelJ, Rino, Hukanui and Mahuta. Won by a neck. Time, lmin 18 3ssec. Dividends, £2 9s and £4 Is. Konini Welter.—Bounce 1, Tambourine 2, Kudu 3. Scratched— Galahad, Ourenagh and Barca. Won by a head. Time, lmin 31sec. Dividends, £4 Ids and 17s. ACCEPTANCES. » The following acceptances have been received for the second day's races:— Hack Handicap Hurdles, 1)4 mile. —Lady's Link 10.5, Swop, and Levent 10.0, Hipporangi 9.12, Reab 9.7, Mawhiti 9.3, Pemmican and Front Rank 9.0. Stewards' Handicap, 6 furlongs.— Polyanthus 9.0, Bounce 8.11, Hipporofla and Jolly Friar 8.2, Variation, 7.9, Kudu 7.6, Tomorangi 6.7, Tambourina 8.2. Newmarket Handicap, 5 furlongs— Phemie and Aotea 8.5, Silver Shell, Marsellaiue and Hukaaka 8.0, Sedgemoor 7.13, St. Ludlam 7.5, Aeolus 7.2, Wangaehu 6.12, Kangaroo 6.10, Takina, Skye and Tangerine 6.9, Aboriginal 6.7. Makuri Handicap, 6 furolngs.— Pantaloon 9.0, Immolation 8.10, Marsellaise 7.13, Lavinia 7.12, Elfrida and Rifle Maid 7.7, Silken Rein and Tetai 7.2, Aboriginal and Matiri 6.7. Racing Club Handicap, 1 mile and a furlong—Submarine 8.7, Mussel and Baroa 7.11, Oapulet 7.0, Fanoywork6.lo. Mangahao Welter, 1 mile.—Oryx 9.11, Prospector 9.7, Climax'and Noval 9.2, Pangaroa 9.1, Moetoropuku 8.9, Moloch 8.8, St. Ludlam 8.5, Aboriginal and Sherlock Holmes 8.0, The Ruler 8.13. Grandstand Welter, 7 furlongs.— Polyanthus 9.5, Bounce 9.2, Fancywork 8.9, Tambourina 8.8, Bowman 8.6, Kudu 8.4, Ladylike 8.0, Duloinea 7.9, Phemie 7.7. j 1 HOROWHENUA RACING CLUB. AUTUMN MEETING. The programme of the autumn meeting of the Horowhenaa Hack Raning Club, which takes dace on the new racecourse, at Levin, on March 16th and 17th next, appears in another column. The Club is to be congratulated on its progress generally, and the liberal stakes it is offering for the forthcoming meeting, which should attract firßt-class entries from all parts of the colony. Eight events are to be run eaob day, the chief attraction on the first day being the Horowhenua Hack Handicap, of 150 sovs, Park Stakes, Koputaroa Hack, St. Patrick's Welter and Hokio Hack Handicaps, of 60 sovs each; and on the second day the Racing Club Handicap, of 85 sovs. The Club have arranged three open events iu each day's programme. This means that the ten events in the back division have been well piovidtd for, as no first stake is of less value than 50sovs. The up-to-date condition of the course at present is very pleasing, the club having been to great expense to effect this thoroughly. A double track has been formed for exercising—one ploughed, the other sawdust—and both are in splendid order. The course is only about seven minutes walk from the railway station, and this fact alone should be an extra inducement to persons living at a distance attending the meeting. Nominations for all events cloße with the Secretary, Mr F. G. Roe, Weraroa, Levin, at 8.30 p.m., on Saturday, February 21tb*