RACING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8446, 20 May 1907, Page 6

RACING.

TAKAPUNA RACES. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 18. The Takapuna Jockey Club's Winter Meeting opened, to-day, in ideal weather. The sum of £10,016 10s was put through the totalisator against £6,373 10s on the opening day of the Winter Meeting last year, an increase of £3,644. The winning double (Millie and Duart) paid £797 17s. Results:— Maiden Hurdles, H ™il e aml 10() yards.—Ben Jonson 10.2 (Phillips), 1; Franklin, 9.10, 2; Catch 'Em, 9.8, 3. Scratched—Potiki. Won easily by ! six lengths. Time, 3min ssec. Dividends, £1 10a and £1 18s. Maiden Plato, 7 furlongs.—Henry Havelock, 7.6 (Deeley), 1; Roselawn, 7.7, 2; Freemount, 9.2, 3. Scratched—Dardanus, Flying Scud, Lady, Athol, Cyroniac. Won easily. Time, lmin 34 2-ssec. Dividends, £5 Is and £3 13s. EMPIRE HANDICAP, 1J mile. Millie, 7.5 (Brady) ... 1 Delania, 7.12 2 Lucrece, 7.8 3 Scratched--Syren. Millie led all the way, and won a good race by a neck, with Lucrece a neck away third. Time, 2min 1G l-ssec. Dividend'.', £l7 17s and £2 2s. Royal Handicap, sfc furlongs.--Duart, 0.12 (Whittaker), 1; Certainty, 8.2, 2; Soultmaid, 8.2, 3. Scratched—Discoverer, Henry Havelock. Won all the way. Time, lmin 12sec. Dividends, £l2 5s and £1 2s. Hauraki Hurdles, 2 miles.—Shrapnel, 10.13 (Cress), l;Bonomiana, 8.8, 2; Loch Fyne, 8.4, 3 Also started —Yolettc. Won easily by five lengths. Time, 3min 54 2-ssec. Dividend, £2. Maiden Steeplechase, 2% miles.— Khama, 11.2. (Julian), l;Mawhiti, 10.4, 2; Silica, 10.2, 3. ScratchedYolette, Ivuly Lanta, Reporter, Potiki. Wo.i easily. Time, smin 29 4 ssec. Dividends, £2 13s and 17s. Pony Handicap, 5J furlongs.— Forth, 8.7 (Brady), 1; Mighty Atom, .9.4, 2; Imprimus,'B.B, 3. Scratched —Mihinga. Won by a length. Time, lmh;l4sec. Dividends, £l3 18s and £4 16s.