RACING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8145, 21 May 1906, Page 5

RACING.

TAKAPUNA RAGES. JBy Telegraph—Press AssociationAUCKLAND, May 19. The Takapuna Jockey CJlub's' winter meeting commenced to-day. The coarse was rather heavy. The sum tout through the totalizator amounted to £6,372 10s, including £1,142 on the don Me machine operated on the Empire and Royal Handicaps, won by Waipuna and Ben Blair respectively. The dividend was £513 18s. Results:— Handicap Maiden Hurdles, 1% mile and 100 yards.—SiJicia 1. Corporal 2,, Midcyr 3. Scratched— Luck's All. Won by a neck. Time, 3min 3sec. Dividends, £2 5s and - £2 168. Maiden Platv, 7 furlongs.— Bromide !, Lunetta 2, Hillflower 3. Scratched—Stepney, Fretwork and War Oload. Won by a neck. Time, lmin'33 4-sseo. Dividends, £5 Is and £2 19s. EMPIRE HANDICAP, mile. Waipuna, 7st 21 b ... 1 Delania, 7sfc 61b ... 2 Akarana, 7st 21b ... 3 Scratched—Certainty. Won by a length. Time, 2min 15seo. Dividends, £7 13s and £1 2s. Royal Handicap, 5 furlongs.— Ben Blair 1, Ben 2, Miss Winniei 3. Soratohed—Millie, Alba Rose, Engraver, Merry Soult, and Syren; Won by a bare head. / 'lime, lmin 6 4-5 sec. Dividends, £2O 8s and £1 17s. Hauraki Hurdles, 2 miles—Silioia 1, Cuiragno 2, Catherine {Gordon 3. Scratched—Baritone. Won by a length. Time, 3min 56 4-sseo. Dividends, £l9 14s and £1 lis. Princess of Ihule fell and broke her neck.

Maiden Steeplechase, about 1% miles.—Major 1, Loch Fyne 2, Baritone 3. Scratched—Catherine Gordon and Henry Havelock. Won by a length and a-half. Time. smln 28seo. Dividends, £6 15s and £1 14s. First Pony Handicap, 5 furlongs,' —Merry Delaval 1, Forth 2, Hopscotch 3. Scratched—Kaipaki and Miss Nina. Woo by a length. Time, lmin 6seu. Dividends, £4 8a and £5 4s.