RACE MEETINGS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3843, 10 November 1883, Page 3

RACE MEETINGS.

[by cable.] Melbourne, Thursday. The following arc the results of the third day's racing at the V.R.O. Spring meeting :— MAIDEN PLATE, H- miles. Napier .. . ■ ■ ■ . • 1 Capri .. '.. .. > • " Dukedom .. .. .. 3 Seven .started. Won easily in. 2min. 39iscc. FLYING STAKES, \ mile. Brown and Rose .. .. 1 lolantlic .. •■ ..2 David .3 Twelve started. Won by half a head. Time, Imin lGsecs. SPRING HANDICAP, \\ miles. Israelite .. . • .. 1 Yately 2 Frying Pan .. .. .. 3 Fifteen camo to the post. Won after a good race in 2mins. 19} .sees. ROYAL PARK STAKES, miles. Legrand .. . • " } Sardius .. .. - llurricanc .. .. .. 3 OAK STAKES, miles. Quality 1 Duenna .. .. .. 2 Little Sister 3 Won comfortably. Five started. Time, 2mins 43.}-secs. VETERAN STAKES. ];}• miles. Magnet .. .. .. 1 Aide-do-Camp .. .. ..2 The Marchioness .. .. 3 Eleven faced the starter. Won by a length and a half. Time, 2mins 39j>ocs. [by telegraph.] New Plymouth, This day. The following arc the results of the Taranaki races :— HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE, Flying Scud, lOst .. ..1 Billy-go-by-em, lOst 71b .. 2 Reliance, r Jst 121b .. ~ 3 —Won easily. SPRING HANDICAP, Dan 1 Landseer .. .. .. 2 Nonnanby .. .. .. 3 TRIAL STAKES, Puriri .. . . .. .. 1 Flirt 2 Miss Puritan, filly .. .. 3 TOWN PLATE, Nonnanby and Liindseer van a dead heat, and divided"the stakes. Time, 3 mins., 10 sees. FLYING HANDICAP, Dan 1 Landseer .. .. 2 Nonnanby .. .. . . 3 CONSOLATION, Pearl 1 Raphael 2 Patience ~ .. .. . ■ 3 Ciiristciiurch, This day. Glorious -weather favored the third day of the Metropolitan meeting. The attendance was very good. SPRING NURSERY HANDICAP, Of 100 sov.s., four furlongs. Hon. Cr. M'Lcan's Lady Evelyn, Bst 51b (Wattio) 1 Mr C. Cutts' b c by King of Clubs— Watcrsprite, Bst (Brown) .. .. 2 Mr J. Pilbrow's Marion, Bst Sib (Derrctt) 2 Time, 50 J sees. Totatisator dividend inside, £2 8s ; outside, £2 Gs. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Of 100 soys., 2 miles. Mr A. W. Dillon's Hercules, Gyrs, list 12lbs (Lyford) 1 Mr J. Pilbrow's Clarence, aged, 12st (11, Lunn) 2 Mr J. Kenyon's Wild Boy, aged, lOst (Cotton) 3 —Mr. J. Pilbrow's Barbary also ran. Won hard held. Totalisator dividend inside, £1 lGs Gd ; outside, £1 12s. CANTERBURY CUP. A sweepstake of 20 soys each, with 500 soys added; the second horso to receive 100 soys, and the third horse to 50 soys from the stakes ; 2* miles. Mr J. Pilbrow's Welcome Jack, 4yrs, 9st (G. Rudings) 1 Mr G-. G-. Stead's Sir Bedevere, 3 yrs, 7st Gib (Wattie) 2 Mr 11. Horsford's Leodogran, 3 yrs, 7st Gib (C. Rudings) 3 Won hard held. Time, 4inius. losecs. Inside totalisator dividend. £1 8s Gd; outside, £1 10s. JIETROPOLITAN HANDICAP, Of 200 soys, 1-j miles. Mr P. Martin's Mischief," Gyrs, Bst 9lb (Clifford) 1 Mr M. H. Smith's Tim Whiffler, Gyrs, 7st 9lb (Lang) .2 Messrs Mason and Vallanee's Turquoise, 4yrs, 7sfc 9lb (Williams) .. .. 3 Helena and Sir Bedevere were scratched. Won by a neck. BELLING EACE, Of 50 soys, six furlongs. Robina, Bst lllb (Wilson) .. .. 1 Jack, 7st 71b (Williams) .. .. .. f Marchioness Neil, 7st 2lb (Watson) ._ S —The Painter, Statesman, Whitbach, ±air Nell, and Prospero also ran. Psyche was scratched. Won with a lot to spare, totalisator dividend inside. £10 Us ; outside, £19. Robina was sold to Mr D. O'Brien for 220 guineas.

FLYING HANDICAP, CS 105 soys, six furlongs. Robina Gst (White) * Hippodamia, 7st 101b (Butler) .. •■ 2 Lady Emma, Sst 10lb (Wattie) .. •• * —Minerva and Epicure also ran. Miscniet was scratched. A two lengths victory. Time, lmin lessees. Totalisator dividend inside, £13 3s ; out-side, £4 Bs. POST STAKES, Of 20 soys, 1 mile. Mr Cotton's eh g Prospero .. . • 1 —Four started. A good race. Totalisator dividend inside, £4 3s ; outside, £4 7s. CONSOLATION. Mr J. Lewis' Digby Grand, lOst lib .. 1 Mr Owen's br g Whitback, lOst .. 2 Mr Goodman's Sunlight, Gst 71b . . 3 —Helena, Fair Nell, and Epicure, also ran. Totalisator dividend inside, £3 10s 6d: outside, £i 14s. There was £11,-15 8 put through the totalisators, making for the three days £28,230. __—.