SPORTING.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIV, Issue 24, 18 April 1912, Page 5

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACES-

[Press Associa t ion. ]

WELLINGTON, Apr'i 17

At yesterday'.- meeting Uie '. fields were fair 'ami tue racing good. Punters had a bad time, only one favorite .getting home. The totalisato-r figures for the day were £19,686 10s, against '£13,044 for the corresponding day of the. 1911 meeting. Continuation of results:

North , Island Challenge -Stake's, of' 000 sovs., seven furlongs.—Jlronze I, Autumnus 2, Brown Owl 3. Also started: Jan and Bon Ton. Autumnus took the lead from Bon .Ton. at the -bend and led intb the straight. Bronze then challenged and prevailed by half a length. Time, 1.29 4-5. Plunket Nursery.—H-askayne 1, Oocene 2, Styx 3. Also started: Stepney, Peroneal!, Obligant, Glenlinnan, Bon Soil - . Won by-two lengths. Time, 1.3 1-5. Railway H-a.ndicaip.—Merry Frank1, Miakara 2, Bandiera 3. ; Also started : Full Pate, Bootle, Theodore, Bliue Lake, Ineuru, Longstep.. Bootle, with Theodore and Bandiera, led the field into the straight, where Merry Frank and Mak-a-ni displaced them, the former ; getting the verdict by a head. Bluu Lake was fourth. Time, 1.14 2-5. ' • lUriaJcord Handicap.—Mt. "Victoria 1, Distinction 2, Dirge 3. Also started : Thr-ave, Amaru, Semaphore, Ohi.nee, Dogfish, Abercoed, War Queen. "Won by a nose. Time, 1.16 4-5 t