SPORTING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7821, 28 July 1896, Page 3

SPORTING.

At tha Wellington B.C. meeting yester»_ay, it), -the steeple iha.e, Tho Joker, -iittothy, Aub _al, and Kuilta, hitherto regarded us s'.fe juniper*, met with miahapa, •while Canard came down at a very easy jump McGrath, oa Austral, aud Mitchell, on Mr Dounelly'a horse, got very nasty spills,, aad had to bo placed under medical attendance. '

In the Huntera' Steoplechaso, too, / Slambler gave Mo Hae a nasty fail over the W .sod wall in front of the stand, and How's That shook Popplewell up at tho fir.it fenoo -of the double in the second round. Both -Tatatrix aud Halicore jumped slovenly, and gave their riders uncomfortable rides." In the Winter Oats Lotion waa made favorite, but he waa never prominent, and the way in which St. Kilda took the field along through the mud gainnd tho St. Leger horae many {fiends for hia chance in >the Grand Haticu _ Hurdles in Christchurch oext m. nth. The Trial would hare been 'a gift to Hangipunehu but for his mistake ; but aa it was he showed that had the distance been a little further he would have ■troubled the Weiit Coast mure. In the vjadioa' Bracelet iJ'orty Winks •should ha.vo won hud young Ormond I been able, to bustle his mount home, but ho J allowed Harley to ride a race jest auited to < the ag'/id son of Marly Bicd. I Sir Agnes paid £5 15a in the Final Haok Sac.. j

Bookmakers were excluded from the eno'iosuros, and thia no doubt led to tho olub pitting through the aum of £5964, which ■with the firat day's total makea £11,470 for ■the two days, and should give the. rfbub a wary handaome profit. The following aro *he payment ovor the 'meeting :— W. H. Keith £161 lOs, A Banks iGI23 10s, W. Oarr £101 10a, W. E. Oorlett .£99 15a, W. H For'tug £83 2s Gd, li. O'Couaell £67, J. B. prosser £47 ion, S. .'M'G-iuuesa £42 15a. Hon. J. D. Ormond £42 15s, ._. H. Campbell m, W. H. Tompeitt £33 os, T. T. Watt £33 ss, C. __eriett £2S l r js. O. F. Pearce £28 10s, V. ■Quinlivau i ,r js 15s. H Peters £21 7s Cd, C. ,'Siddells £\± 6s, F. Turner £9 10s, J. }.. £rootc.c £i H. ■». .Suesall £4 15*, V. M. -_via £i 15b, Wi Hutuna £2 7a Gd, ■$". £2 7a 6d ; total, £1011 15a

, At a meeting of the stewards of the and Hutt County 'Trotting • Club the olub'a officiul ttandicapper, Mr A. lfilbourne, of Hawkfc's Bay, roported that Mr Jamea Pettie, owner of Billy Button*, had used threatening and abusive language towarda him it>. regard to ike handicapping of Billy Buttons for the meeting. This was substantiated by several atewarda pre« sent. J.'c waa reaolired that the club waa ia duty bound to protect its official, and unanimously decided to disqualify Mr James Pettie, owner of Billy Buttons, during thg pleasure of the club.