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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1898, Page 2

SPORTING.

AUCKLAND SUMMER MEETING-. [by eelegbaph— pbess association.] Auckland, 29th December. At the' second day's racing of the Summer Meeting the attendance was over 5000. The sum of £10,229 was passed through the totalisator on eight events, the further results of which are as follows :—: — Welter Handicap, of lOOsovs ; one mile. — Merry Maid, by Hotchkiss— Maid of Athol, Bst 121b (M. "Ryan), 1 ; Regulus, Bst 71b, 2; Hylas, Bst 41b, 3. Also started — St. Gordon, 9st 111b ; Korowai, 9st 10lb ; Brilliant, Bst ; Victoria Cross and Cavalier, Bst. A clinking run down the straight ended in favour of JMerry Maid by about a head. Time, linin 45sec. Dividend, £20 Bs. Pony Handicap, of 50 soys ; six furlongs. —The Slave, 7st, 1 ; Bavaria, 7st 9lb, 2 ; Little Wonder, Bst slb, 3. Also started— Hoys, 7st 121b ; Rangiuru, 7st 121b ; Botfly, 7st 101b; Lady Howitzer, 7st; More£STu, 6at Mb. Time, lmin 19£seo. Dividend, £8 17s. Waitemata Handicap, of 100 soys; one mile and a distance. — Doctor, 7st (E. Pope), 1 ; Canopus, 6st 101b, 2 ; Volcano, 6st 101b, 3. Also started— Reaction, Bst 91b; St. Lawrence, Bst. The Cuirassier gelding ran in an easy winner by three lengths. Time, 2inin ll^sec. Dividend, £5 17s. . Visitors' Plate, of 100 soys ; five furlongs. — Hastings, by Seaton Delaval — Liquidation, 7st 91b (Gallagher), 1 ; Labourer, 7st 91b, 2 ; The Afghan, 7st 91b, 3. Also started— Drum Major, 9st ; Solo, Bst 9lb ; St. Ursula, Bst 91b ; Delia Rose, Bst 91b. A good race resulted in a win for Hastings by three parts of a length. Time, lmin 6sec. Dividend, £ 2 11s.