SPORTING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 128, 8 June 1885, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

ABC. Winter Steeplechase Meettitf,.•---In our issue of Saturday we gavetherehlfj of four out of the five events which formed the programme at the above' race meetingi Several typographical errors crept tab. ths report, hut tho only one calling for correction now occurred in the description of the Grea* ■ | Northern Steeplec .asoj wherein it fa-stated'- j that the "winner is biadly shaken, and ~ New Year broken down." The word "winner" was a misprint for "Muhni. tha. . jockey who rode New Year. The horte '; walked lame. In the Hurdle Kacewhich. '..'''' followed, King fell with his rider, Hope* but fortunately neither man nor horse was seriously injured. The totalisator dividend J. on that race was £3 Us. We append the ; result of the last race t— • ■■■■",■■ <■. > -.<" SELLJN6 STBEPLBCHABE of ' 100661* lpomr-year-olds, list; five-year-olds, list 121b • six years and upwards, 12at Sib. The winner to be Bold by auction immedlatdj after the race for 150sova. If entered, tow, sold for lOOsovs., allowed 71b; if for JSWVJ, 141b; if for 5050v8., 211b; if for 25sava, Kin; ; if for lOsov., 421b. Aboutthree and frSarr , miles. ;•.•'"■• Mr W. Percival's ns eh g St. Dnnstah,; 50sovs, Cyrs, 9st 101b (Honnor) _ w S; Mr G. Brimblecombe's b m Julia Ann ;' lsov., aged, 9st 31b (Fergus) ..> ' ... j ~ r ': Col. Fraser's eh g Quilp, 50sovs., aged,. ' lOst 101b (J. Rae) ... ~...: s-^yk'-Whalebone (1 soy, aged, 9st 31b, Hadfield), Comanche (syi., 9st 121b, Fergus), .'and;:Seagull (lsov., aged, 9st 31b, J. Farrell);. also ran. Macaroni, Jedwater, and Fairplay wero scratched. This was an exceedingly - interesting and really well contested race* -•■ and St. Dunstan's second victory proved ■_ highly popular. There were £746 on the totalisator, 157 on the winner, and.thfj dividend was £4 Ss. . ;..-,/!':' '■■• if. The train did not start for fully hf'j an hour afterwards, and when it the patience of the travellers had »*jii to-be^, exorcised by reason of excessive delays.*: ' Romuora and Newmarket. TV.c trip, i^f 11 • occupied full three-quarter^ 0 f 8 n hour,. ■,