THE TURF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2548, 8 July 1909, Page 6

THE TURF.

GISBORNE RACING CLUB. The Gisborne Racing Club’s Steeplechase Meeting will bo commenced on the Park Racecourse to-day -when a programme of seven events will be run oft'. The first race is timed to start :.t 11.30 a.m., and the chief jumping event will be the Gisborne Park Steeplechase, run over a distance of about three miles, for which four horses, who have all been tried over the fences are engaged. The concluding flat race of the day will be the "Winter Oats Handicap, of one mile and , a distance, for which eight well-known performers have accepted. The top weight, Ballyheigli, will be ridden by J. Buchanan, Murray will ride Hmetitama, James Paisano, and E. Lowe Spate. • TT TT- 1 The Hastings trainer, H. Hickey, arrived from the South yesterday with a team of four, and there are a fair' number of visiting horses and the best of the local racers engaged. Though the weather.has been heavy, the course has been well drained, and patrons will find the lawn and outer haddock fairly dry and hard under foot. Racegoers who travel to the course by train must remember to produce their admit-to-course tickets when they are purchasing their grandstand tickets. Trains will leave the Gisborne railway station for the course at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 4.40 p.m., and a train will leave the racecourse platform for Gisborne at 4.40 p.m., immediately after the last race. The .committee of the Gisborne Racing Club has been at work during the past few days seeing that all the appurtenances are up to the usual standard of merit. Mrs Erskine will provide luncheon and afternoon tea, and patrons may rely upon receiving every attention. V.R.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. United Press Association —Copyright (Received Jidy 7, 11.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 7. •, The following are the results of the principal events to-day: Kensington Steeplechase.—The Barber 1, Fred 2, No Trouble 3. Won easily. Time, 4min 21£sec. Braybrook /Handicap.—Sergeant Blue 1, Thistlebrook 2, Posture. 3. Won easily. Time, 2min 39|sec.