THE VICTORIA RACING CLUB.
United Press Association—By Elsctrio Telegraph—Copyright.
(Received November 23rd, 10.35 a.m.) MELBOURNE, November' 23. • The s«tual profit on the Victoria Racing Club's recent meeting wsb £9470. -
[Last season the profit on the Viotoria Racing Club's Spring Meeting. was. £11,027.]
WELLINGTON RACING CLUB'S SPRING
MEETING. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)
WELLIN-KON, November 23. The weather for the seoond day's races was an improvement on that experienced on the first day. A strong northerly wind b;env across the course in the early part of the day, but died away as the afternoon wore on. The attendance was fairly large. Cannie Chie-l's win in the big event, the Pearce Handioaip, was well _ received, aad_ the colt was aocorded an ovation on returning to scale. The win of Goldenmere in the _lutt Park Spring Handicap was also the subject of a popular demonstration. The sum of _11,268 was put through the totalisator for the day, making a total of J821,3—J for the meeting, as compared with £20,029 for last year's Spring Meeting. The detailed results are as follows.**— PETONIE HANDICAP, of 100 soys; second 10 soys from stake. Oue mile. 119. A Paterson's b g Aide-de-Camp, by Hiko—Parlourmaid, aged, 7st lllb (H. Telford) 1 518. H. A. Solomon's Muscovite, 8»t 2lb (L. C. King) 2 99. A. Hope's Regret, 7st 41b (Jackson) 3 166 Fakir 7st also started. Aide-de-Camp jumped off with the lead, and showed the way along the buck and round the ■bend into tihe straight. Muscovite*, who had been lying handy, moved up alongside Aide-de-Camp as the straight was entered, and a groat race hope ensued. Muscovite held a slight advantage passing tho stand, but Aide-de-Camp prevailed in the last few strides, and won by a head, Regret three lengths away third. Time, Imin 44sec. Dividend, £6 16s. HACK WE-TER HAMHCAP, of 70. soys; second 10 soys from stake. One, mile.
353. J. R. McDonald's bo Hokk>, by Stre- » phon—Pihanga, 4yrs, 9st (C. Jenkins) 1 175. R. H. Browne's Gipsy Jack, lOst 81b
(F. Davis) 2 96. D. E. Hughes**a Jingle, lOst 91b (E. Noble) 3
193 Raema lOst 9lb (H. Fairbrother), 159 Westerly lOst 71b (A. McMorran), 119 Rata lOst 31b (G. Hjggott), 49 Puritana 9st (N. Williams). 31 The Guesser 9*t (C. Pritchard) albo started.
From a straggling- start Hokio was tihe first to show out, and ho took the field along/at a good pace, his closest attendant being Puritans. Rounding the far bend Gipsy Jack ran into second place. Hokio was. first into the straight with three or four lengths' lead, and going on full of running, won comfortably by a couple of lengths. Jingle finished half a length Ijehind Ginsy. Jack. Time-., Imin 50sec. Dividends—On Hokio, £2 4s 6d; on "Gipsy Jack, -1 10s. . PEARCE ___NDIC__, of 300 soys; second 40 soys, and third 10 soys from stake. One. mile aud a furlong. 306. {3ir George Clifford's eh c Cannie Chiel, by Clanrajiald—Weathereye, 4yrs, Sst lllb (J. Pine) 1 335. E. J. W&tt's The Shannon, 7sfc lllb
(L. H. Hewitt), t 111. P. E. Baldwin's Fashion, 7st 41b <G. Brice) t 181. M. Hobbs's Dundas, 7st 6lb .. (T. O'Brien) 4 262.Tortiilla 9st 10l«> (C. Jenkins), 46ft Battleaxe 9st 9'b (J. Gallagher), 220 Kahuwai 7st 10l<b (D. Kemp), and 65 Robin Adair 6st 71b (W. "King) also started. Before, the field had gone far Robin Adair, who was one of the rear division, fell, and his rider, W. King, sinsstained a nasty shaking. Can—ie duel, was momentarily '. in front at the start, but passing the mile post Dundas was in the lead, .attended by Fashion and Connie Chiel. Racing along the back the order was Dundas, Fashion, Kahuwai, and Cannis Chiel, with Tortulla and Battleaxe last. At the (four furlong post Fashion was sticking to (Dundas, with The Shannon next. In tihe run home Fashion got in front, and was joined by The Shannon and Cannie Chiel. The latter dashed out fifty yards from the post, and won by three-quarters of a length from The Shannon and .ashion, whom tho judge was unable to separate. Tortulla was fifth, Kahuwai sixth, and Battleaxe last. Time, Imin. 59sec. Dividends—On Cannie Chiel, £4 as 6d; on The Shannon, 13s; on Fashion, _1 19s. JUVENILE HANDICAP, of 100 soys; second 20 soya from stake. Four furlongs. 81. "ilrLa—aceston's b f Sunfish, by Far Niente—Cuttlefish, 3yrs, Bst t {J. Pine) 1 163. W. Rath-one's Optimist, 7st 7lb
{G. Price) 2 81. Captain Russell's Drakcrsbcrg, 7st 41b (D. Cameron) 3 178 Torowai 9st 7lb (J. Gallagher), 175
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