SPORTING. Waipa Racing Club's Birthday Meeting.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2165, 25 May 1886, Page 2

SPORTING. Waipa Racing Club's Birthday Meeting.

Thts meeting was held on the club's course on the 24th, The day was very fine and perfect, in every ret-pect. Some of the racos were boils over. Monitor won the Hurdle Race by about a quarter of a mile. Joe and Zulu threw their riders at the first hurdle. Joe's rider, was soon up and on, bub Zulu galloped off and wan not' caught again. A protest was lodged by the owner of Albion on the ground that Monitor won the Selling Hurdles at Ngaruawahia on Easter Monday, but it was proved that Monitor was disqualified at that meeting, and, also that the race was only .a hack hurdle ■ race. The protest was not sustained. A protest wait lodged against Rahgi in the Maiden Plate iri'theground of a cro&Hyibut was not sustained. • The' following are the events :—: — Maidbk ( Hurdle Race of lOsoys. H miles over six flights of hurdles. Mr Bannatyne's b q M.initor, aged, lOst. Gibs 1 Mr Graham's eh q Albion, Oyrs., lOst Gibs 2 Mr J. W. Walton's q q Grey Friar, 4yrs., lOst. 41bs 3 Zulu aged, lOst Gib, and Joe 4yrs, lOst 41b, also ran. Maidkn Pr,ATE of Bsovs, l.t miles. Mr McMillan's bg Rangi, Gyrs, 9st lib .. 1 Mr Givin's be Tyrone, aged, 9st lib ... 2 Mr MqKinnon's br q Aigyle, aged, 9st lib .../ 3 Stanley, 4yrs, aged, Oat ; Mokau, aged, flst lib, and Peiatn, syrs 9st lib also ran. The Tattler colt was scratched. Maori Rack of 2noys, 1 mile. Seven started. Peiatu won thin easily. • Birthday Handicap of 20sovs. ■ Distance 2 miles. MrHalcrow/sbgAlpha^oynLOat, ... 1 Mr R. Frown's eh h Kentl worth, acred, Bst • 2 Mr Wahanui's b q Zulu aged, 71b 51b ... 3 Mr Givin's b q Taylor, aged, Gst 101b . . 0 After a'good starti Tyrone took tbe lead, but befrire comfhff' to *thrf straight' on the first round he resigned his position, Kenilworth taking up the running, with Zulu anocAlphajaiongsidq. At? the, bucks of i tiie course Kenihvbrth was" done; ana alpha I was racing hard held. Coming into the straight on the; second round ftenilTn>r.th ..was slightly leading on t\[e inside, Alpha pulling double. Some of tbe crowd raised the cry " Kenilworth \vins," but Alpha shot past and won on the post hard held. In fact be could not help winning. Handicap Hcrdlis of 15sovs. ; 2 mile's ; over 8 flights of hurdles. MrMcKinnon'sbrgArgyle, aged, lOst ,41ba 1 Mr Davis b q Clover, aged, lOst 101b ... 2 ■Mr Kingi'i b q Dick Hunt, Gyrs, list , slbs 3 Joe, 4yrs., lOst 51b, Jonathan, lOsfc 51b. Albion, syri., IOBt, Groy Friar, 4yrs., 9st ' 101b, also ran. Albion threw his lider over ; the first hurdle. Jonathan also threw bis i rider over the second hnrdle. Clover led 'from the start, but Argyle collared him coming! into tbe straight, and won by about twb 'lengths.; pick Hunt was not in it , from the start.

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