SPORTING.

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SPORTING.

• ♦ FI.EMINGTON TIIAINING MUTKS. [iMIKSS ASSOCIATION.] (Received Maieh 2, 12.18 p.m.) - KLKMINUTON, This l),iy. Gladsome coveicd si.\ lurlougs in linjn 16hoc, and' Ibex left live furlongs behind in lmiu 4see. A similar performance was put up by llahn.i. Independence galloped live furlongs in lnuu 6istc. Canteen undTiinir s.iw tln> end i>f twelve, furlongs in 2min 45s«\ Llillingsgatogallopod twelve futlongN in 2nuii 434 see, and Ulinkor iiml Roller a similar distance in 2inin 44.sec. Demas and Siunang left twelve furlongs behind in 2min. 46sce. Koopnn wiw I lie end of ,*>ix furlongs in J mi ii 19sec, and I'osCo the same distance in lmiu 19£ see. Dividend nnd Killer covered twelve fin longs in 2inin sO.'*eu. Lord FiUroy got -to tho end of a wilo in Imin 51see. Green Mountain mid h'lvoo galloped uinu furlougK in 2iniii ssee. Ked Sheak went ' live fin longs* in Imin 7see. Rillark traversed twelve furlongs in 2iiiim 45see, and Newmarket and .Maltio eleven /in longs in 2min Slsec. There is no alteration in tho betting quotations, though Gladsome'H pi ice is likely to shorten. Maii'p is lame. [The Melbourne correspondent of tho Sydney Daily Telegraph, commenting on tho bucking of Gladsome, wrote, as follows on Friday ln?L : — "Some dnys ago it was publibhed on tho autlniiity of Mr. Sul. Green, tho owner of Gladsome, thiit if his other mare, Independence, kept well h<> intended to scratch (Hadsome for t lie Nc» market riuudicap. In view of (his anuotiiu'cmcnt the' public naturalJy refrained fiom backing ISlndsoine. Two nights iigo an cUfort was inad<: here to execute a large commission on Gladsome for the Newmarket Handicap, but as 100 to 5 could not bo obtained no business v':i*> done. Yesterday, howover, the commission' was worked, and Gladsome.* price shortened fiom 20 to 1 to 8 lo 1. Thoie has been consideiable adverse coniuifiit on t ho tactics adopted by the stable, but. Mr. Green explains iJial it \ra.': not uulil ludependeuco struck herself in a gallop nt I'Mominglon yebtcrduy morning thai he decided ni cotu*cquenco thereof to back Gladsome. Although £7000 or £8000 was obtained here, the time nl his di.wposnl wa.s, he tiiys, so short (hat he was unable to gel much money about Gladsome in thu other Stales. A peculiar feature is that the commission for Glad-, some was in the market and that the fact- was published before Independence was reported to, have struck herself. Of course the first nUempted .commission may not have been on behalf of Mr. Green." In a letter to the picas Mr. Green says ho backed Gladsome entirely on tho advico of his trainer, when the latter reported to him that Independence had struck her.solf. lie adds, "I had already backed Independence for the Newmarket, and had intended reserving Gladhomo for the Kss-endon Stakes, to bo mil on tho same day, nnd it \»as only through the sudden hiuionew of Independence that 1 altered my plans. My piesent intention is lo atari both Gladsome and Independence (if the hitter trains on satisfactorily) in (he Newmarket Handicap." | WAXGANUI HACKS. WANGANUI, This Day. Some- heavy showers fell yesterday, but •the weather is now fine, and theio is every prospect of the present conditions continuing for the Wungiuuii Jockey \Club's Autumn Meeting, which oponetl .to-day. The course is in good order, ■and there is a largo attendance, including visitois from all paits of Uio colony. Following arc tho results: — Stewards' Handicap, of 150 suvs ; • one mile. — 'Regulation, 8.6, 1 ; Kaharoa, 8.12, 2; Ngatarua, 7.2, 3. ' 'Also 'stalled— Gold Grown 8.5, Shrapnel Shell 7.9, and Bonnco 0.10. Won by half a head itftei- an o:oitin<; fiuislt. KllllatO.t ■ stumbled after going a ■ quarter ' of a mile, thus losing sevenil kngths ; otherwise ho must have won. Time, Imin (13 2-sscc. Dividends, i:5 and ISs 6d. Juvenile. Handiciip, of 150 hoys.4 fix furlongs. — Hon. J. IJ. Ornwnd's br f Purity. by The OlUcer— Knid, 7.0, 1; Lohvt, I 7.'0 ( 2; Medallist, 7.10, 3. Alm> sturtod : Multifid 7.13 and Kteymar 7.0. 'iimc, Imin 17g.sec. Uivideiid! £9 13a. West mere Hurdle. 1 ), of 150 .sow'; two j t milct and a distance. — 'fi-umpery, 9.7, 1 ; j Creusot; 11.6, 2; Dave. 9:4, 3. Also smrted : Waiwora 11.5, Miss King 10.1, Magnificent 10.9, luni,«kilkn 9.6. Won easily by several Irngth.". Mifcs King fell. Time, Imin 2 l-ssec;. 'Dividends, £2 6s 6d and £1 Is. Tnyforth HuhHic, v of G5 fovs; one mile and H)iee-qtinii<!ra. — Roman y Knig, 9.4, 1; Trish, 10.6, 2; Vulima, 'lo.3, 3. Also started— Valkyrk, 11.1, LuureO 10.7, Cassiopea 10.3, Springbok 9.13. Won easily.

In giving evidence at ihe huiiiest on' the body of the young man ( Knie.st Taeev, who wan di owned at Hokia Hen cli on Sunday morning. Hugh Hall, who was next to deceased in tho water, deposed tlmt when washed away fioin the lUhing net he tried to take hold of a Maoii named Km it, but KoV,u shook him off. The oxpics.tion on Koiu'x I'hco (.onfiimcd witness in his belief that (heir position wan a wrimis one-. Witnosa iiunifdialely &tmck out for tho shote, when thfc deceased caught wilnes.s by the light hand and pulled witneswronnil. > Jle saw decuviMed'rt five woio a look of tinor. Wilni-.«»s at onco puHhcd him off, when the dere.u-cd utleivd sonw words which wiliieds did not cleaily hear. That wa« the. last lime he saw deceased alive. Ifc then Mnii-k out for tluvshoie, and after an interval of peihapn three or four minutr* he heaid dcceithCd, who apjie.iied to be ;i few yards behind wit-! ness, cull out "Hiiijrli, Hugh." He did not look b.iek. Hud gieut dilfieully in reijainiiig Ihe «li»re. Jn Ins opinion no" ono could h.ivo lei.dered any ahsi^timei! when he and the deceased were xtnigglmg in Ihe breakers, which uero then" running high. WiliicM was 100 eKhansted to .isHi.st deccti-'wd when he clutched hi'sf Inirid. Ho did not expeel to leach tho fhoro ulive. The Chairman of the Hospital Trus lees invites applications for Ibe position of Secretary lo the institution. Applications clu.se on Iho 14th insl., al noon. Old Ri.ya of Wellington Collegr are notified lli.it a concert i* to be held nl tin 1 Club rooniH in the Mercantile Kx(hange, Maiinei.s-!!l.ieet, 10-ninrrow evening, when an entertaining programme is to be pii'sented. Mr. A. If. Harriett, xoliulor and patent agent, announces thai he b.i.s commenced the practice of his piofmion at No. 27, Lumblon-ijuay. An old-o-»lablislicd pninlinK »"<) paperImngiiiK bithiiieis in Wellington is lo lie hold ay. a s?oii\K concern. Soo advortisolnpnt in this i'-sue. Messrs. Hidoy, Meeoli, and Co. advertko full i>iirlieiiliirs of the "household furniture and I'lirct-, which lln-y aro •sclHiik al th^ir rooms 10-morrow, by order of tlio baililf. On iMoiiduy thu ."iinin firm will soil tho wliolo of thr household furniture, etc., couUiiiud iv 2, Porcivol-stroet.