SPORTING.

Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 106, 7 May 1885, Page 2

SPORTING.

TO-MORROW'S RACES. The Autumn Meeting of the Raoing Club will bo oontinned to-morrow and Saturday at the Hatt. Special troini will be ran to the Pipe Bridgo during eaoh morning, and baok to town in the afternoon, in aooordance with tho adv«rtisement elsewhere. Laet Saturday's programme, whioh had to bo postponed in consequence of the wretched weatner, will be run through to-morrow, with the exception of the Consolation Race, for which a Weltor Handioap of .£SO, run orer a distanco of a mile and a quarter, has bcon substituted. The Hat of nominations received for this race, and the events set for decision on Saturday, ia vory satisfactory, and should the rain keep off, two days' enjoyable iport should result. Wo may »pecially point out that the ordinary 1.15 train from town on Saturday afternoon will, at Petone, connect with a special train to the oourse. " Vigilant' a " tips are :— Heretftnnga Handioap— Administrator or Sou'-wettor. Waiwetu Handicap— Minerva or Kingaik. Hnrdles — Glenooe or Macaroni. Loctl Handicap— Dynamite. The following nominations were rooeived last night .— Welter Handicap, 1{ miles.— Rate, Fay, Giriri, Ascot, Macaroni, Son'-weater, King* aak, Administrator, Gabble, Minerva, Blavo, Ricochet. Flying Stakes, } mile.— Qiriri, A soot, Kingask.Tim Whiffler, Administrator , Paaha, Speculation, Minarva, The Slave, Dyntmitet Hurdlo Handicap, 2 milei.— Orient, Ere« bus, Recovery, Totara, Macaroni, Director, Gloncoo, Loon Lomond, Scrutineer. President's Handicap, 1 mile.— F»y, Clogs, Giriri, Atcot, Sou- wester, Kingask, Tun Winfflor, Administrator, Pasha, Spconlation, Minerva, Dynamite, Ricochet. Tho following weights were declared at noon to-day: — — , Welter Handicap.— Son'-woater, lOst 71b ;"-_ Administrator, Ost 121b; Aeoot, 9it 121b; Minerva, Odt 101b; Kingwk, 9et 91b; Tha Slavo, 9st 51b ; Macaroni, 9*t ; Gabble, Bst 71b; Fay, Bst 6zt; Giriri, Btt; Riohoobet; Sat ; Rat*, Bst. Tho acooptanoei close at 9 o'olook this evening. GEBALDINE RACES. Sxcond Dat. [Br Txlxobapb.') LUNITXD PRISB ASSOCIATION. Timaru, Cth May. Hurdle Handicap, of 40 soya.— Master Agnes, 1; Kavenawood, 2; Faust, 3. Won easily by four lengths. Selling Hurdle Raoe, of 30 Boys. — F»mt, 1 ; Unit, 2. Won by two length*. Railway Stakes Handicap, of 40 boys, — Grand Duke, 1; Talebearer, 2; Conundrum, 3. Won by two lengths. TallyHo SteeploohkM, of 75 aov*.— Berrington. 1 ; Linwood, 2. 'Won after » good race by a neck. Hack Flat Selling Race, of 15 tovi.— Mus Lyle, 1 ; Chadwiok, 2 ; Fraud, 3. Won by half a length. Consolation Handioap, of 30 Bovi.— Conundrum, 1; Talebearer, 2; Bordormtn, 3. Won by two lengths. Dunidin, This Dat. Maffio has been scratched for tho Hnrdle Race at the Birthday meeting. It is laid that one-half of the world does not know how the other half lirei ; and it may be added that its none of their bniineei,