HUNT STEEPLECHASE MEETING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2

HUNT STEEPLECHASE MEETING.

Tin^ meeting, which comes oft on the C.un budge lacecoiiiso on Satuiday, pionn-i's to be one of thoiiu)-t .successful race gathei ings which tin' W.ukito public have had for binnc tune. The programme is such as to cnsuie .1 1 trge attendance, and wo fuel ccitam that the meeting will be a thoioughly leprcsentitne one. The entries for the [nmcipal o\ents aie Luije, and include some of the best amateur blood m the countiy. The Hunt Hutdlc Race has four cntiie>, but as Bnc-a-brac h.vs not yet recoveied ins accident it is quite pos&ible ho will not stait. The Waikato Hunt Cup Steeple chase will bo the e\ent of the day. Tlioie are nine entnes, all well-known jumpoi-, and though the pace may not be waun, htil' the Cup should be well contested, and should alfoid a most exciting tini«h. It would be very h.ud to spot the winner, as all the hmses are more it less fancied. Tho Hunters' Flat Kace will bo a most exciting contest with M»mi entiies, all 12st. up, and gentlemen inters. Theie aio also nine cutties for the Open Maiden Stooplechaso, and as tho weights .iro pretty fairly allotted there should be an inteiestmg htrugglo fiom stait to finish. The programme closes with a Helling Hack Unco and a Hurry Sciury, for which entiles uill bo leceived at tho post. Tho cluuge Ito tho course aie \eiy reasonable. A tutiilisatnr will be on tho gitmnd, and no doubt it will bo o\tcnsi\ely patronised. Tho giand stand booth and dining-room are in charge of Mr A. ]sacli, who^o cateini!.' cap.ibibtieh .ire well known to pations ol Cambridge i.ico nueting-. With line we.tthei there is little to be wished foi to hccuie a most sii'"<v--f\il 'I iv s oulin'-,'.