SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 588, 31 March 1891, Page 3

SPORTING.

THE TOKOA MEETING,

President: A O, Arthur, Esq. Vice President: j. Carroll, M.H.R, Stewards’; Mw>Bre G. L. Sunderland, J. Clark, J. W. Johnson, A. Hation, D. Dobbie, F. J. Maguire, J. A. Harding, W. Weihered, 8. Parker, and Peka Kere Kere, Judge r James Campbell. Clerk of Scales: K. Colebrook. Starter ; Mr J. W Nolan. Clerk of Course-: A. Piitchard. Handicapper :C. D. Bennett. Secretary, Mr Aialabie.

The weather was beautiful for the annual Toroa race mee ing, which was held yesterday on tbe Waerenga-a hika course. There was a good attendance for a country meeting, an 4 soma of the races were excellent. The arrangements were capital, and everything went off most enjoyably, the experienced Secretary and other officers each efficiently doing his share of the work There was only one mishap, Malone’s Huncamunka falling in the Scurry; young Malone was riding the horse, but was not hart. The following is a description of tbe racing : — I—Flytng Handicap, of 20aovs • J mile Kerekere’a New York (Eru) 7.6 ... 1 Pa»sons’ Assassin (Wright), 6.0 2 Wethered’s Avis (Haydon), 8 7 3 •—Criminal 96, Truthful 8.6, Zanzibar 80, Puti 8 0 (4lbs over), Caitiff 7 7 (31bs over), Stockfish 612, Zaccho 6.8, and Bustle 6 0 also started; Papakura 82, Deceiver 7Q, Harlequin 75, and Aorere 6.12 were scratched.

There was some trouble at the start, but eventually the horses were got away evenly, with the exception of Stockfish, Ass-ssin soon dashed to the front, and held the lead until in the straight,, when there was a desperate race, Avis and New York coming up .with a great rush. The latter just won by a neok, Avia only a neck behind Assassin, Zanzibar a good fourth, and Truthful fifth. Dividend J6Q 15s, 113 on machine, 15 on winner.

2—Maiden Hack Scvbry, of osovb : 4 mile. Malone’s Stanley (Ready) ... I Parsons’ Te Kapu (Moore) ~, ~,. 2

Weasel (Skeets) ... .. ... .. 3 —Nigger and Huneamunea nlsn-Btarted. Stanley drew out near the straight and won very easily. Nigger finished fourth ; 104 on machine, 35 on winner? dividend jB3 13s *, time 53a.

B—Toroa Steeplechase Handicap, of - SQsovs | about 3 miles Parsons’ Oeo (Maher) 1111 I Hepburn’s Duadine, 110 ... 2 —Witch 910, bared ; TikirerelO 9, Bustle I) 10 and| Kapai 9 7 d id not start.- th*horse* keot together until the hedge was reached on ths second round Oeo cleared nicely, as be did all the rest of the jumps, but Duadiue bauiked and Witch went over the. side rail. Duadine then pushed through, but Witch could .not be got to tackle tbe jump fdr some time, and in the interval Oeo Kad : kn efrty ibjng. When the ehase had fairly begun again neither Duadine nor Wirch took the jumps smoothly, and when the hedge was again reached the Witch made a permanent job of it, and was being taken at it some minutes after the next mile (and of course tbe race) been h ushed. Duadine had no chance of again getting on terms wrh the leader. Time, 7m 4s j divinend £1 19s, 126 on tbe machine, 57 on winner,

4—Hack Steeplechase Handicap, of lOsovs ; about 1| miles —Kapai 1012, Casey, and Lazarus-11 4-, A. Smith, were the only starters, and ihe former took the Jumps well and won. easily* Only £4 was invested on the machine, each tiorsr bemg evenly backed ; dividend, £ll6s; time, 8.20,

s—Eamfr Handicap, of 80 sovs; 1 miles ’ ■ — Hamon’s Nora, 7 7, Case? .. .

karaitiana s Papakura, 7 8, Beady . 2 Wethered’s Avis, 8 2-(2ibs over) 8—Criminal 9 2 (21b-* over), Truthful 8 4 (4'bs over), Zanzibar 7 11, Caitiff 7 7| (9|lbit over),' Hnr'rquin 7 2, New York 7 8 (lib over), and Stockfish 6 9 also started. Herbert) AqwfU and Assassiu were scratched. I?he race, was a rattling one. Stockfish and cut, out a good deal of the running, all the horses being close together nearly the whole dis« tance. Entering the straight Nora sod New' York ehot up, but the Utter fell away again, and subsequently was seen to be lame, There was a splendid nnlsn, the placed horses'being at oacbjother’B girths, Zmibgr w ae fourth,

Tror.hful fifth, and Ciiminai sixth. Time 215 J ; dividend £7 10.4, 209 machine, 25 on winner.

6—Handicap Hack Race of 10 sovb ; 1 mile Deceiver, 8 13 (Hayden) 1 Engakore, 7 7 (Boats) 2 Maccaroni, 6 0 (vVright) 3

—Orwell 813, Herbert 89, Stanley 610, Bonus 64, and Fireworks 6 2 (21 bs over] also started.

Engakore led the field into tho straight, when old Deceiver dashed to the’front and won by a neck, the same distance separating the second and third, and the others clos* up. Time Im 47s ; dividend £4 8s ; 137 on machine, 28 on winner, 36 on Engakore. 7 ’’Forced Handicap, of 10 sovs; 1 mile and a distance Truthful, 83, Cockrey .. ... ~, 1 Deceiver. 7 7, Ready .. .. ..2 Zaccho. 67. Ashdown .. .. .. . 3

—Stockfish 611 and Assassin 61 also started, Nora, Papakura, New York, and Oeo were scratched. This was a splendid race. The running for three-quarters was cut out by Stockfish, and the horses entered the straight in a bunch; when near the post Truthful shot out and proclaimed that “truth” shall prevail, though old Deceiver was at bis shoulder. Dividend £2 18s, 98 on machine, 30 on winner.

The sum of £794 passed through the totalisator during the day.

Caitiff. Wakatipu, Pouawa, Oeo, and Pani returned home on Friday last by the s s. Australia.

A Sydney paper prints the following paragraph, which has the flavor of a “ chestnut ” about it :—About five years ago an Oamaru (N.Z.) man lost a leg to a shark while bathing on the local beach A man on horseback rescued the rest of him at the time, and he now goes about with a wooden leg. The other day he bathing again at the same place, when the same shark came round to collect the o’het limb. This time, however, the Oam&rufiian, on seeing his ancient enemy, turned round quickiy on his back, and gave the monster of the deep a paralysing dig in the ribs with his woodeu leg. On recovering somewhat, the shark turned tail and fled into deeper water. The moral is obvious.