SPORTING.
♦ I UNITED FBKBB ASSOCIATION. | BBIBBANB, THIB DAT. The Queensland Cap was won by Battalion, with Trent second and Premier third. Ten started. Won by a length and a half. Time, 3min 43soc. Cheistchubch, This Day. The Canterbury Jockey Club has received entries as follows for the under-mentioned events -.—Welcome Stakes (1895), 36 ; Oaks Stakes (1896), 39 ; Derby Stakeß (1896), 84 ; Champagne Stakes (1896), 82 Auckland. This Dat. Eoaciuß and the two-year-old colt Orion's Belt have arrived to take part in the A. B.C. Summer Meeting. Betting on the Cup is a dead letter, but there has been a good deal of wagering in Cap and steeplechase doubles, Prime Warden and Bombardier being tho favourite combination. By the Hauroto, which arrived from Sydney this afternoon, James Hickey, the well-known cross-country _ rider, brought over Air. Gollan'a pair of jumpers, Norton and Kbor. The latter has recently been purchased by the Hawkes Bay sportsman, and was formerly owned by Mr. J. E. Brewer, the Victorian amateur horseman, for whom Ebor won a number of hurdle races. Norton has been brought back to his native colony to compete at New Tear time in the Auokland Steeplechase, in which he has been allotted 13:t.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 140, 12 December 1894, Page 2
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200SPORTING. Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 140, 12 December 1894, Page 2
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