LATE RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 256, 28 October 1899, Page 5

LATE RACING.

RICCARTO N NOTES,

(By Telegraph.— i'ress Association.)

CHRISTOHURCH, this day

The plough'galLop at Riceartoji has been heavy harrowed and will be much slower during the coining week. Work was done this morning on the.i?rass and cinder. Gleaaogle, on the latter, van a. sirring mile' and"a-qiiarter pleasitigly.' Djin-Djin, who 'has been well prepared, was .freer than Seiihor.se. both with, tidy impost*, at. the end of a mile and a-liaJf gallop' on the grass in 2iriiu 443 sec. Seahorse had been doingl light tasks; previously. Malatua and Peerage covered n mile and aqruarler easily in !2niin 21see. Blazer li;ad a length in. front of Abercrombie, ran in ">() sees. Huku, whose assistants were of little use, covered■ two miles, pulling' up well, the last"xriile arid ahulf taking 2.45. Explosion, after being1 accompanied a mile by Labourer, in 1.47A, went alone, finishing'the mile and a-half, ridden out, in 2.43, the round taking1 under 2.30. Battleaxe and Uhlan did medium and t'hreequ'.arter pa/ring1 alone. Uhlan going kiv.ily. ."Jupiter covered a, . mile and a-half in ».45A. After going- lhalf a mule at better than half-pace BeddiUigton led Uosella over tlie. lengthy end of half a mile in 50 l-ssec. 'Motto. Cherrystone and Pitch and Toss ran in that order at file end of seven furlongs, run in 3-niin 36see. Canine, Chiel, Whirlwind. Military Cavalry, Stftjphaine, and Lady Killer all did i'ast gallops over four furlongs. Castashore (in physic) and Double Event, of the Cap horses, were given mild exercise, "but. a lot of horses, with minor engagements, did strong- tasks. The arrivals are Douglas, Oingo, Cru-' soe, "Rubiin, Chasseur, Sir Lancelot, Roller, Renown, Rhooka and Ideal.