RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 236, 2 October 1908, Page 3

RACING NEWS.

AUCKLAND BACLNG CLUB. Nominations for the following events, to be run at the A.R.C. meetings, close with the secretary (Mr J. F. Hurtland) to-night at 9 o'clock;. —Spring -neettng: Mjiuukau Hurdle Race, City Hand-cap, and Birthday Handicap. Summer meeting: Grafton Hurdle Race, Railway Handicap, Summer Cnp, A.R.C. Handicap, and Grandstand Handicap.

OTAHUHU RACING CLCB. The Otahnhn Racing Clnb notify that the racing meeting advertised to be held on the 14th inst. has been indefinitely postponed.

AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. The Australian Jockey Club's Spring Meeting opens at Bandwick to-morrow (Saturday) when the AJ.C. Derby and Epsom TTn nnipii p come up for decision, lv the former event, tlie high-priced N.Z.-bred filly Golden Slipper is engaged, while in the latter, Waipuna. Soultline. and Artillene, all New Zealand-owned horses, have been paid up for, so that considerable local Uiterst attaches to the gathering. The acceptances posted yesterday are as follows:— THE EPSOM HANDICAP, of lOOOsovs. One Mile. (Eva October 3.) st. Ib. gt. Ib. j „ The Climax .. 710 Melodrama ... 9 0 Eric 710 loiaire 9 0 Malt Rose .... 7 10 I Plunder Sl2 Blue Book ... 7 7 I Decollette 8 7 Lady Melina 7 7 I Heiro 8 7 War Star 7 5 Lady Ruenalf 8 6 ilaesmore 7 4 Kyeadgerie .. S 4 Matclimater 7 1 Sea King 7 13 Artillerie 7 0 Lady Wilde .. 712 Duma 610 Eonltline 7 12 l'roportion 6 7 THE METROPOLITAN, of 2000sovs. One mile and a-haif. (Ran October 5.) St. Ib. St. Ib. Mooltan 9 2 Pharos 7 7 Melodrama .. 810 Erie 7 7 Peru 8 9 Malt Rose ... 7 6 Plunder S 9 Blue Book .. 7 4 Legation s 8 Dowdingstown 7 1 Lord Kitzroy 8 4 Baw Bee 7 0 Karanaud S 3 Es=ul 6 12 Welcome Trist 8 2 Svolin 6 11 Cross Battery S 2 Lord Nolan .. 611 Kyeadgerie ..SI I'erklo 6 11 Virtu 7 11 King's Cross 6 10 Th» Brewer.. 7 0 Mentmore ... 610 MaraTini 7 7 'Monobel 6 7 Lady Wilde ..77 l'roportion ... 6 7 RANDWICK TRAINING NOTES.

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(Received 10 a.m.j SYDXET, October 2. The sallops at Racdwick this morning j were interesting, bat nothing sensational was done. Golden Slipper. Soultline, MaraI nui. and Cross Cattery pnt up serviceable. ! work. The course was heavy owinß to the i recent rain. Soultline scalloped seven fnr- , longs in 1.33}. Cross Battery bent Sea King by a length over a mile, in I.4SJ. EXGUSH RACESTG.

j TUE JOCKEY CLCB STAKES.

CBy Caoie.—Press Assoeiatlou.—Copyright.) (Pueeeived S.-O a.m.) London, October L Tiie Jottpy Hub Stakes, of lO.Oataove. one mile acil taree-quarters, run at the Xewuiurker October meeting, resulted^— ilr L. Xfcmin-i or I Siberia, 3yrs, by St. Simon—Sirenia 1 Dnke ef Portland's b c Primer, 3jts, by St. Simon—Krevlarj- 2 : Jir W. Hall Walker's hr c Royal Keata, ! 3JT3, by Persimmon—Sand Blast 3