SPORTING NEWS.
The ABC. Summer Meeting:.
Good useful work was got through at Ellerslie this morning. Sextant made his first appearance and created a most favourable impression. He cantered twice round, and his stable companion Isaac was treated to a similar work. Nelson was sent a strong gallop twice round, and acquitted himself well. ...... _ . It i 3 understood that Maiim leaves Christcburch for Auckland to-day. He will be taken overland from Wellington to Taranaki, thence to Auckland.
Northern Jockey Club. The following weights have been declared or the Summer Meeting of the Northern Jockey Club, which will take place at Kensington Park, Whangarei, on December 26th and 27th:—
Trial Stakes Handicap.—Squire, 10st; Wat Tyler, 9st 31b ; Weazel, Bst 61b ; Beeswin"-, Bst; Prince, 7st 101b ; Una, 7st 21b ; Te Aroha, 7st; Blue Bell, 6st 121b ; Totara, 6st 101b ; No Name, 6st 101b. Kensington Park Handicap.—Squire, 9st 121b ; Wat Tyler, 9st; Weazel, Bst 61b ; Beeswing, Bst; Barb, 7st 101b ; Prince, 7st 101b; Te Aroha, 7st; Kitten, 6st 121b; Totara, 6st 81b. Northern Jockey Club Cup Handicap. —Squire, 9st 101b; Woodpecker, 9st; Wat Tyler, Bst 101b ; Worm, Bst; Beeswing, Bst- Barb, 7st 101b; Prince, 7st 101b; kitten, 6st 121b; Totara, 6st 71b. Handicap Hurdles.—Kangaroo, 12st; ■UWoodpecker, list 121b; Hawthorn, list 911%; Trovatore, list 41b ; Wat Tyler, 10st 121 b ; Worm, lOst 91b ; Amateur, lOst 41b; Traveller, lOst; Dandy, 9st 121b. N "okthern Steeplechase Handicap. — Kan'*aroo, list 101b; Woodpecker, list lOlbV Hawthorn, list 71b ; Trovatore, list ; Amat war, lOst; Traveller, 9stl2lb; Dandy, 9st 71L- ,- - -- y* ,? oßnim Handicappers. A. M. Rust \ Lt^
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 293, 13 December 1887, Page 5
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