SPORTING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 95, 24 April 1893, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS.

AVONDALE RACES.

SrH Hm bnR WaS Woll conducted, official, o 'i tl R*?\ the MC»I and the DrM-« f m Ub are entitled to warm Fu' for the Factual manner in whip) starts * Geo''? e . Cafct's wielded the garter's flag in his best style. Messrs torJi" drew and L-Adams worked the totahsators satiefactoriiy, nassi™ ts« -m of £1.700 throat CTachin' race in T Handica P.. &* fading flat race ot tho afternoon, proved a mere exercise gallop for Brown Alice. In the Maiden bteeplechaae Little Tom fell **« he Kked au over a winner, the Winner turning »P in rSS V he f, avoUrite- Litfcle Tom was recently brought up rom Wanjjanui. i. here were only four starters for the Handicap bteenlechase, Kate B in moat fancied by speculators, and she justified confidence by beating Isidore by tbreo or four length*. ™le T^! V^ f was an indifferent third, and rattler did not finish. Evidence was ,°= by Mr Curne, on the allowed ground that they had run inside a flag at tha back 01. the course. Tho stewards dismissed the protest, there being no evideaca to support it. ihe surprise of the day hapaened in the Shorts Handicap, Vieux Rose'beating the much fancied Waltzer easily by two lengths. Results of the concluding events are appended ■.— Autumn Handicap.—Brown Alice, 1Tnlloch, 2; Ida, 3. Retaliation was the only other starter. Time, 2min 2Hsec. VVon easily by half-a-length. Dividend,

Maiden Steeplechase.—Marifcana, 1; Bue Ribbon, 2. Time, smin 45-J-sec. Dividend, £3 13a. Bellino Race of 30sovs. Six furlongs.— Jessica, 1 ; Marguerite, 2 ; Macaroni, 3. Won by a length. Time, lmin 24sec. Dividend (£1 tickets), £1 15s. Waitakekei Handicap of 30sovs. Seven funongs.—Waltzer, 1 ; Tulloch, 2: Brown Alice, 3. Won by a length. Time, lmin 36 3-sth sec. Dividend, £2 Is. Steeplechase, of 50sovs, about three miles.—Kate, 1.; Isidore, 2 ; New Year, 3. Won by three or four lengths. Time, 6min 55sscs. Dividend, £2 3s. Shorts Handicap, of 30sovs, fivo furlongs.— Vieux Rose, 1; Waltzer, 2; Helen McGregor, 3. Won by two lengths. Time, lmin 7 2-ssecg. Dividend, £5 7s.