SPORTING.

Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1898, Page 6

SPORTING.

1 [by telegraph — mess association.] Bulls Racecourse. This Day. There is fine weather for the Rangitikei races to-day and the attendance is good. Plying Handicap, six furlongs. — Indian Shot, Bst 91b, 1 ; Donovan, Bst 3lb, 2 ; The Archer, 7st slb, ,3. Torpina also started. Won easily b} r a length. Time, lmin 15 2-ssec. Dividends, £1 12s (£1 tickets) and 16s (10s tickets). Hack Hurdles, one mile and a half. — Pokomoko, list 71b, 1 ; Sabreur, 9st, 2 ; Wangaroa, 9st, 3. A good race ; won by a head. Shylock fell. /lime, 2min 56sec. Dividends, £3 4s and £1 Bs. Hack Flying, six furlongs. — Tupuhi, 9st 81b, 1 ; Toa, Bst 81b, 2 ; The Frenchman, 7st slb, 3. Won easily. Time, lmin 20sec. Dividends, £1 15s and 18s.

The burial, with military honours, of the late Sergeant-Major TV. J. Jeffreys, of the D Battery, took place this afternoon. There was a good muster of the comrades of the deceased in the Battery, under the command of Lieutenant Hume. The escort was furnished by the Permanent Militia, and the Garrison Band played the funeral marches. The Wellington Guards, the City, Kelburne, Civil Service, and Zealandia Exiles, and the Navals were represented at the funeral ; and besides these there were a large number of private mourners. The Rev. W. Baumber conducted the service at the graveside, the interment being made in the Karori Cemetery. The soldier's " farewell shot " of three volleys concluded the sad rites. Some of the latest, local recruits to the Police Eorce are at least endowed with a sufficiency of size, one of them standing Oft 3fin. In this respect the Wellington Central Station will compare most favourably with any other station in the colony, as the average height of its officers is 6ft. Mr. Court-Rice, who is to act as Judge of the Kennel Club's Show on Friday and Saturday next, arrived from Sj'duey by the Monowai to-day. There are over 300 entries, and all the best dogs in the colony will be shown. 'The prize in the guessing competition will be a collie puppy presented by Mr. A. B. Clater. Constable Phelan has been transferred from the Mount Cook Police Station to Nelson, where he will act as gaoler. The claim made by Jessie M'Carth}' against the Wellington Corporation came before the Compensation Court to-day, Mr. Kenny, S.M., presiding, with Messrs. O'Callaghan and Muir as assessors. Mr. Wilford appeared for the claimant, and Mr. , Martin (City Solicitor) opposed. The case is a somewhat rare one. The claimant alleges [ that her land had been injuriously affected by , tho Council undermining it, and causing it I to become unstable. The sum of £250 was, j therefore, claimed as compensation for loss and damage arising out of defendants' wrong- . fill action in the construction of a street. Tho land in. question was section 403, containing > 13"3 perches, and having a frontage of s 33ft to Shannon-street. That street, it ' appears, was taken over by the Council in . April, 1806, and the cutting down of the , crown of tho road for some feet was begun in June of that year, at the request of a ! number of the residents, to make the grade P easier. The high-level footpath was allowed \ to remain, and the Council contends that as ) the footpath in front of McCarthy's bad not been lowered at all the property could not possibly have been injured as alleged. The evidence called was of a conflicting character., Mr. W. F. Shortt will sell to-morrow, ' sundries,