LATE SPORTING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 87, 14 April 1910, Page 8

LATE SPORTING.

MANAWATU MEETING. [BT TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) PALMKRSTOX N., Thi« Day. Fine weather, but with a high wind, prevailf. for the second djay of the Manawatu Racing ClubV autumn meeting. The attendance, however, prombc* to be well up to the average. Re*ulU : Tiritea Hurdles, one and a half mile*. — Pikopo, 11.13, 1 ; Nightmare, 10.11, 2; Lothair. 9.3, 3. Also started — Jackman, 9.0. Won easily by a length. Time 2min 51 3-ssec. A protest against Pikopo for interference and crossing Nightmare was <U*> misled. Hack Flying; six furlongs. — Waiourn, 8.2, 1; Leolnnter, 7.6, 2; Moree, 8.6. 3. Scratched : Sunrose. Won by a couple of lengths. Time, lmin 17 1-Ssec. Borough Handicap, of 140 coys ; six furlongs.— Nyland, 7.2, 1; Parulu, 7.7, 2; Ballarat, 7.2, 3. Scratched— St. Bill and Boanerges. Won by a length and a half. Time, lmin 16 1-osec. 1 FIFTY ACCEPTANCES FOR ONE RACE. CHRISTCHURCH, Thi« Day. A curious position arose in connection with tha Ladies' Bracelet Handicap, to be- decided at the New Brighton Trotting Club's meeting on Saturday. There are fifty acceptor*, and as it would be obviously dangerous, if not impossible, to start all at once, tho club decided to run two heats, and the final question then arose how tho totalisator should be operated. Now it has been decided to open the machine separately for each heat and close it for the final, then pool the investments and pay out on the first and second horses iv tho final heal. One or two owners object to running the rate in heats, and may apply for a refund of race fees.