RACING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8456, 5 June 1907, Page 6

RACING.

OTAKI RACES. By Telegraph—Press Association. 1 WELLINGTON, June 4. Unfavourable weather was experienced for the concluding day of the Otaki Maori meeting. Rain fell throughout the day without intermission. The course was heavy, and the enclosures were a sea of mud. The sum of £4,950 was passed through the totalisator, making £16,616. This amount is £1,335 ahead of last year's figures. sults:—Telegraph Hack Handicap, ,5 t'urolngs.—Warlock, 7.6 1; Playmate 7.3, 2; Idealist, 8.6, 3. Scratched— Toa Tuhi. Time, lmin Bsec. Dividends, £6 Is and £3 3s. Huia Handicap, ljmile.—Kuku 7.9, 1; Waitapu, 7.7, 2; Montigo, 8.0 3. S-'ratiihed—Sir Tristram, Marguerite, Naptha. Won byjjtwo lengths. Time, lmin 58sec. Dividends, £1 17s and £1 19s. . Hack Hurdles, 1J mile.—Bonheur, 11.12, 1; Hurimoana, 9.7, 2; Romany Lad, 9.9, 3. Scratched— Stayboy. Time, Smin Usee. Dividends, £2 18s and £1 Is. Stewards' Hack Handicap, 7 furlongs— Mataari, 7.10, 1; Silverlead, 7.13, 2; Clem, 7.1, 3. Scratched— ( Gauze, Climax, Armamento, 1 Julie, fhemie. Time, lmin 38 2-ssec. Dividends, £7 lis and £1 9s. RAILWAY HANDICAP, 1 mile. Lord Soult, 8.12 ... 1 St. Claimer, 7.11 ... 2 Kaiuku, 6.9 3 Won by a length. Scratched— Kitchcnmaid, King Billly, Splendid Idea, Swimming Belt, Silverlead. Time, lmin 23sec. Dividends, £2 10s and £1 11s. Ohau Welter Hack Handicap, 1 r.Kle. —Compass, 9.3, 1; Aotea, 8.13, 2; Naptha, 9.2, 3. Scratched— Stayboy, Moscow, Chattel. Time, lmin 57 3-ssec. Dividend, £2. Final Hack Scurry, 5 furlongs.— Tawhero 1, Bonnie Don 2, Rawhetu 3. Scratched—Silver Chain, Cavalcade, Greenleaf, Secretary, Yosami, Pure Grit, Aquatus, Warlock, Miss Ogle, Quaver. Time, lmin 14£ sec. Dividends, £5 18s and £2 13s. In the Huia Handicap, St. Joe and .Armistice fell, but the riders were unhurt. NEW ZEALAND CUP. By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, June 4. The following nominations have been received for the New Zealand Cup, of 2,000 sovs,, 2 miles:—Moloch, Aeolus, Waione, s Lapljyid, Truce, Mystification. Chatterer, Apa, Frisco, St. Joe, Armistice, Koran, Signor, Volume, Maniapoto, Elevation. Culmination, Mahuta, Saga, Starina, Fandango, Outlander, Stepping Stone, Montigo, Maharanui, Miss Advance, Seal Rock, Boniform, Bonny Glen, Sir Tristram, Zimmerman, Oxton, Hippolytus, Gazeley, King's Lynn, Landwern, Seaman, The Rand, Goldmead, Glenullin, Astrakhan, Grafton Loch, Grand Slam, Probable, bay gelding by Eton— Irma, Marguerite, Rendrock, Amboise, Fireiron, Buccleuch, Harvest, Silkweb, Master Delaval. Paritutu. Crichton, Auratus, bay gelding by Conqueror Derringer, Downfall, Achilles, Waitapu, Somateria, Ivanoff, Aberration, Paragon. THE EPSOM DERBY. By Telegraph —Press Association. ( Received June 4, 11.48 p.m. LONDON, June 4. The betting on the Derby is as follows:—Six to 4 on Slave Galleon, 8 to 1 against Galvanti, 100 to 12 Orby and Beggonian, 10 to 1 Woolwinder, 40 to 1 Carliston. 1