BLAST FROM THE PAST
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB: Sat 14 Oct 1899
1899 NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB FIRST DAY SPRING MEETING
Handicapper Mr H Brinkman: Starter Mr C O'Connor
The spring meeting of the New Brighton Trotting Club was begun today in beautiful weather, and there was a fair attendance. The course was in capital condition, and the racing on the whole fairly interesting.
The following are details of the racing:-
MAIDEN HANDICAP (in saddle) of 30 sovs; second horse 5 sovs from the stake. Two miles.
Mr M Edwards's ns gr m Kalmea, by Victor, aged, 9sec (M Edwards) 1.
Mr F C Dagger's b g Boswell, 6yrs, 8sec (T Frost) 2.
Mr W Fleming's gr g Kakapo, aged, 6sec (Morland) 3.
Lady Tracy scr, Jefferson 6sec, Eddie 6sec, Goodgift 8sec and The Workman 8sec also started.
Kalmea led the whole distance, and won easily by sixty yards, Kakapo one hundred and fifty yards away third.
Time 5min 31sec. Dividend - £2 12s.
PONY HANDICAP (in harness) of 30 sovs; second horse 5 sovs from the stake. One mile and a half.
Mr R W Gibbs's b m Rimu, by Young Irvington, 5yrs, 14sec (M Edwards) 1.
Mr J Farrar's gr m Ken-I-No, 5yrs, 29sec (Owner) 2.
Mr C W Hammond's cr m Gladys II, aged, 13sec (Owner) 3.
Daystar scr, Agnes 13sec, Little Harold 22sec and Hamlet 30sec also started.
Rimu got to the front four furlongs from home, and, going on, won by two lengths, Gladys II ten lengths away third.
Time 4min 14 1/2sec Dividend - £1 14s.
BURWOOD HANDICAP TROT (in saddle) of 70 sovs; second horse 7 sovs and third horse 3 sovs from the stake. Two miles.
Mr M Edwards ns b m Effie, by Electioneer, 5yrs, 18sec (Owner) 1.
Mr V Harris's b g Shylock, aged, scr (Milne) 2.
Mr E E Lelievre's blk g Jean Valjean, 6yrs, 15sec (F Angus) 3.
Toronto 11sec, Bonnie 15sec, Oakwood Abdallah 18sec, Bob M 18sec and Jewel 18sec also started.
When half a mile had been completed, Jewel was leading Jean Valjean, Oakwood Abdallah and Effie, but before the stand was reached the last-named had got to the front, and, without being seriously threatened, ran home an easy winner by six lengths from Shylock, who made up a lot of ground over the last mile. Jean Valjean was third, a head in front of Oakwood Abdallah.
Time 5min 32sec. Dividend - £2 14s.
SELLING HANDICAP TROT (in harness) of 25 sovs. One mile.
Mr R Grantham's b m Debra, by Young Irvington, 5yrs, 10sec (R Day) 1.
Mr S Halligan's b m Mistake, aged, 8sec (Owner) 2.
Mr W Hart's b g Jupiter, 5yrs, 9sec (Needham) 3.
Agnes 6sec, Starlight 7sec, Gay Lad 7sec, Wairarapa 9sec, Bess 9sec, Little Mick 9sec, Milroy 10sec and Chummy 10sec also started.
Debra led from start to finish, and defeated Mistake, who broke fifty yards from home, by a length, Jupiter six lengths away third.
Time 3min 1sec. Dividend - £6 2s.
The winner was bought by Mr Lyall, Pigeon Bay, at £16 10s.
PROGRESSIVE HANDICAP TROT (in saddle) of 45 sovs; second horse 5 sovs from the stake. Two miles.
Mr F C Jagger's b g Boswell, by Boston, 6yrs, 21sec (T Frost) 1.
Messrs J and F Lukey's br g Bonnie McGregor, aged, 9sec (Lukey junr) 2.
Mr J W Walsh's ch g Deception, aged, 21sec (Hamill) 3.
Annie Rooney scr, Boston Girl 6sec, Warrior 8sec and Tenui 18 sec also started.
Boswell established a commanding lead at the end of a mile, where Bonnie McGregor was about one hundred yards away. The latter gradually overhauled the leader, but failed to quite catch him, Boswell winning by four lengths, with Deception one hundred yards away third.
Time 5min 4 1/2sec. Dividend - £1 8s.
BRIGHTON HANDICAP TROT (in harness) of 70 sovs; second horse 7 sovs and third horse 3 sovs from the stake. Two miles.
Mr W Kett's br m Thelma, by Kentucky, 5yrs, 20sec (Owner) 1.
Mr W Wotton's b g Fleiger, aged, 18sec (D Price) 2.
Mr H Mace's ch m Jessie Palm, 5yrs, scr (T Price) 3.
Elflock 18sec and Toronto also started.
Thelma and Fleiger passed Toronto in the first half-mile, the favourite going badly, whilst Jessie Palm was trotting in great style. When a mile had been covered, Thelma was a length in front of Fleiger, after whom came Jessie Palm. Going down the back stretch, Thelma drew away from Fleiger, and, maintaining her advantage to the finish, won by eighty yards from Fleiger, and Jessie Palm pulling up.
Time 5min 10sec. Dividend - £4 2s.
ELECTRIC HANDICAP TROT (in saddle) of 40 sovs; second horse 5 sovs from the stake. One mile.
Mr C Hammond's b g Simon R, by Blackwood Abdallah, aged, 24sec (Owner) 1.
Mr M Edwards's ns b g St Julian, 5yrs, 22sec (M Edwards) 2.
Mr A Binnie's b m Miss Annie, aged, 13sec (Owner) 3.
Jessie scr, Shylock 14sec, Honest Jack 19sec, Budd Noble 19sec, Burwood Bess 21sec, Director 23sec and Honesty 25sec also started.
St Julian was in front at the half-mile, followed closely by Simon R. This pair were together at the entrance of the straight, where the former broke. Simon R, went on, and won by three lengths, with Miss Annie, eighty yards away, third.
Time 2min 41sec. Dividend - £12 2s.
DASH HANDICAP TROT (in harness) of 40 sovs; second horse 5 sovs from the stake. One mile.
Mr J Cass's b g Clifton, aged, 20sec (M Edwards) 1.
Mr G White's br m Amelia, 6yrs, 20sec (T Price) 2.
Mr G R Murfitt's br m Daystar, 6yrs, 20sec (Owner) 3.
Monte Carlo scr, Young Burlington 9sec, Fleiger 15sec, Caroline 19sec, Big Jim 23sec and Vancliffe 24sec also started.
Amelia had pulled to the front at the quarter-mile post, but Clifton had ranged alongside her at the half, and when the pair entered the straight the latter had assumed command, and, going on, won by eight lengths, with Daystar, eight lengths away, third.
Time 2min 37sec. Dividend - £2 14s.
Credit: Star Sat 14 Oct 1899
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