SPORTING.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11692, 19 September 1903, Page 8

SPORTING.

*. ! THE RANWICK COURSE. BETTING OX MELBOURNE AND CAUL. FIELD CUPS. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, September 18. Mr Stead paid £3OO for Barley liree. Mi Siead it so pleased with the Randwick course that he has b.ul a plan ol it prepared, at h? considers that it is most complete and convenient. , . . 3 Tho presence oi' a large number of interState riugiaen in Sydney has been responsible for extensive wagering over the Melbourne ar.d Ctou'ie'.d Cup doubles. Macitonovan and llacDocovan, at 1000 to 3, IUO'J to G and 1000 to ' was supported to tho extent of fIJ.QOO. T.M.S. cud T.M.3. was an even stronger order, one patron of Fielder';; stable e ; oiing' with £25.000 at 1000 to 7 urn! t. Ibex, Postillion, and BiU»ii «re the inosi favoured of the mixed double*, at least £12,000 feeing booked each day it 1000 to 6. Several othet combinations hat* bee:i heavily backed. AVGNDALE JOCKEY CLUB. & The Spring Meeting of the Avoiidule Jock*) Cub which ojii.is the new season in tUi. v'. : Auckland province, starts to-day, and will i-o continued on the following Wednesday. ■ find Saturday, Our sporting contributor se- -.•' lects the following as 'likely wiur.-rs:— .j}_ Maiden Plata Handicap—Seat-ona or Lav*. * del. " : •' First Handicap Hurdle Race Tim «| Haydn. "1" .'" ,-' Avoudale Stakes—Kilmarnock. Avoudale Cup—Borneo or Yal Rosa. First H'aek Handicap—Cyrus or Bonomiana. Handicap Steeplechase—Stravbird or Nor'«' West. First Pony Handicap—Girton Girl or An« noyed. Flying Stakes—St. Olga or Hohoro. RANGTTIKEI RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. (PRESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGRAMS.) MARTON, September IS. Tho following acceptances have beeu received: FLYING HANDICAP, of CO sovs; six ' furlongs— Mel wood Sst lllb. Reclaimer Bst 101 b, Raugitata Sst 9lb, Nioiti Sat 81b, Gold Seal 7st 131 b, Regulation 7st 121 b, Ahwaell 7st lllb. Perfection 7st 9lb, Romanoff Gst 101 b, Symmetry Cat 9lb The Ganger Gst 9lb. "HANDICAP HACK HURDLES, of 50 sovs; one mile and three-quarters—Katoa list Sib. Beau Ideal list lib, Flanagan lOst 9lb, Highlow lOst 21b, Rfliiui 10st, Inspan 9at 131 b, Aroha Oat 121 b, Mangatera 9st 31b, Ominia 9st. HANDICAP HACK FLYING RACE, of 50 sovs; six furlongs—Prisoner Sst 91b, Good Spec Sst 81b, Valima Sst 31b, Rajah Sst 21b, g Lass o' Cowrie Sst Sib, Cfttspaw 7st 131 b, || Apprentice 7st 9lb, Contingent 7st 3lb, Nitrate ';.'••" Gst, 101 b. RAA'GITLKEI STEEPLECHASE, of 1251 • sovs; two miles and three-quarters—Nor-; West 12st Gib. Scallywag list 13lb, Lochade J lOst 101 b, Unislopogaas lOst slb, Kaloo Wit 3;b, Opaku Sst 101 b, Rapanui 9st 7lb. ; : SPRING HANDICAP, of 60 sovs; one mils, and a quarter—Hinetaura Sst 131 b, Gold Dust .... 7st 131 b. Hinekoa 7st 12ib, Benefactor 7st 71b, ■ Perfection 7st 3lb, Taura Gst lllb, Otaio Gst 101 b, Blackwing Gst 7lb. Merry Boy Gst 71b. HANDICAP HACK FLAT, of 50 sovs; one mile—Stepson Bst alb, Ontario Sst 41b, Stam- .:... pede Tat 13ib, Levant 7st 101 b, Apprentice 7st Sib, Wet Reef 7s't Sib, Nukuruaratea Gst 101 b. The following are the weights for the MAIDEN HACK FLAT RACE, of 40 sovs; six furlongs—Wakawaka tet 13lb, .triumph Bst 131 b, Trole Sst 13lb, Orouatuara Bst 131 b, Levant Sst lllb, Contingent Sat lllb, Hikonui Sst 9lb, Highland Nell Bst Olb, Nukumaratia Sst 91b. Miss Park Sst 91b, Roscal Sst, Waitarero Sst, Domain Bst, Nitrate . 7st 91b, Lady Maude 7st Olb, Victoria Park. 7st 91b, St. Evangeline 7st 9lb. GBRALDINE R.C.'S ANNUAL MEETING. The following acceptances have been received:— DISTRICT HUNTERS' HURDLE HANDICAP, of 20 eovs; two miles—Early Van list 9lb, Swagger list 7lb, Guirteen list 71b, Miss Challenger list 21b, Warlock list. SQUATTERS* HANDICAP, of 25 sovs; one j mile—King Stork 7st 51b,. Natalie 7st 3lb, Nautiloid Gst 121 b, Fairy Rose 6st 10lb, Miss O'Connell Gst 71b, Surprise 6st 7lb. GERALDINE CUP. of GO sovs; one mile and a half—Lady Lillian 9st 9ib, Terrapin S fist slb, Sirius 6st 71b. -i'M, FLYING HANDICAP, of 30 sova; six . furlongs—Muscovite 9st Sib, Black Tracker 7st 81b, Antigone 7s t Bl'b, Hypnotist 7st SLb, Royal Crown Gst 12lb, Ordnance 6st lllb, Lee Enfield Gst 9lb, Woodbank Gst 7lb, Zingarellft: Gst 71b, King Dick Gst 7lb. »^- LADIES' BRACELET HANDICAP, <AWM sovs; one mile and a half—Reliance 12at.81b,',;, Wonderful 12st 4lb, Plain Tom 12st 3lb, Agi-;,. tator list Blb, Miss Challenger list Gib, Early Van list olb. BELFIELD HANDICAP, of 35 sovs; seven J furlongs—(Black Tracker 9st 51b, Roscommon Sst 91b, King Stork 'Bst 3lb, Merrymaker f. Bst, First 'Shot Sst, Defiance 7st 101 b, Miss 11 O'Connell 7st 71b. ORARI T'ROT, of 25 sov3; one mile— . Merry Bell Usee, Little Harold Usee, Ambi-,,• tion 12sec, Miss Wilkin 13sec, Thunderbolt,, Msec, John Brown 13scc, Black Star lGseo. ; : Wanaka IGsec, Slini'un 18sec, Club Member | 19sec, Forsaken Child 19sec, Imperialism! 20sec, Austerlitz 20sec, Chiselhurst 20sec, Phantom 20sec, Riiapuna Msec. GERALDINE TROT, of 30 sovs; two miles-Nonsense Msec, Merry Bell 17seo, Bonnington 20soc, Miss, Wilkin 2osec, Van Wilkes 25soc, Thunderbolt 25seo, Starboro 27suc Joe Chamberlain 323ec, Ciss 32sec ; Black. Patch 33sec, Young Berlin 35sec, Tinm 85sec,|/,. Forsaken Child 85sec, Lady Brooklyn 35sco. DUNEDTN JOCKEY CLUB. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TKLEORAM.) ' . , ©UNEDIN, September 18.' For Champagne Stakes. 1905, the Dunedm Jockey Club halt received 66 nominations. NOTES. In discussing, on the morning of the race, I the various contestants in the Spring Stakes. ;.. at the A.J.C. Meeting, the. sporting writer of the "Svdney Daily! Telegraph' said:—in .; coming'hundredu of miles to pit against Wakeful, Mr Stead shows himself to be a sportsman of the kind too rarely met | with; He is tackling the best within reach; §£ and should he succeed in taking the weight- |1 for-age honours back to New Zealand not even | the losers can begrudge them. As a means ; ;:. of comparing one race with another the time ;. test is wholly misleading, but it is a good , guide in tho early mornings, when horses | gallop under exactly similar conditions There ...; the watch can be used with every confidence,:,... ar.d as no better assaults were ever made ; a-ainst it than those put up of late hy the .-■ New Zealand mare, she promises to worthily- :. uphold the credit of New Zealand. She... sprints well, and so far as she has been tried, , etays without any apparent trouble, and hug* though the tesk is, it need occasion no tax- . prise if Cruciform succeeds in adding tn* . Spring Stakes to Mr Stead's credit.