SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 9688, 4 May 1895, Page 4

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WELLINGTON AUTUMN MEETING. The Steeplechase at the Hutt yesterday was a chapter of accidents, every horse in the race meeting with some sort of mishap, and the two outsiders—Austral and Drome-dary-finished first and third. Had it not been that the latter broke the bridle when she fell she would have troubled the winner. The final race of the day proved what a real good horse S . Clements is over a short distance. He carried his impost of 10.0 to easy victory in the heavy ground, and the performance stamps him as the foremost sprinter in the colony. In the chief event speculation was brisk. Altogether £5,185 passed through the machines, making £10,718 for the meeting, or an increase of £1,299 over the autumn meeting of last year. The following are the results of the concluding events ; WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE, of £25 sovs; second horse 10 sovs. About three miles. Mr H, Peters’s br g Austral, by The Austraban, 0 yrs <Lt S!b (Peters) 1 Mr Hayrs Fishmonger, lOst 71b ... (Fergus) 2 Mr Pilbrow’s br m Dromedary, lOst (Seccombe) 3 Also started : Roscius (12 4), Morag(U.O), Belle (10.7), Kaffir (9.11), Kaiaka (9.13). Belle slipped on the flat after going a quarter of a mile, and took no further part in the race. Kaiaka and Kaffir were in the lead on taking the double in front of the stand, with Morag third, but the latter fell at the second hurdle and gave place to Roscius. Much the same order was maintained all along the top turn, but at the post-and-rail fence in Eglinton’s paddock Roscius came down. Kaiaka and Kaffir were still in front, and Fishmonger was several lengths away third, followed InDromedary and Austral at long intci vals. In this order the horses jumped out of Ward’s paddock, but the obstacle was fatal to Kaffir’s chance. This left Kaiaka with a strong lead, but he came down at the sod wall, and likewise extinguished what appeared to be a very rosy' chance. Fishmonger was now leading Austral by a few lengths, with Dromedary, who was the only other one standing up, not far away. The latter came down at the sod wo.ll, but after repairing injuries to the bridle went on in pursuit of the other pair, who were now more than a distance away. At the back cf the course Fergus was all but off Fishmonger, but made a splendid recovery, though he ‘lost several lengths. Jumping out of Ward’s in the final round Peters was almost down, and he like Fergus made a good recovery, but the accident frightened Fishmonger and caused him to run off at the last post-and-rail fence, otherwise the finish would have been interesting. Austral finished about a furlong in front of Fishmonger, who, in turn, was several lengths ahead of Dromedai v, these being the only horses to finish. Tim';, 7min 4sec. Dividend, £23. HACK WELTER HANDICAP, of 10 sovs. Six furlongs. Mr Davis’s Swordfish ... ... (Taggart) 1 Mr Quinlivan’s Wairongora, lltst 101b (Hope) 2 Mr Emck's Silent Friend, list 21b... (Buiek) 3 Won easily. Time, Imin 21 2-sscc. Dividend, £4 16s. ELLCI RIC 1f AN DIC.\ I*, of 00 sovs ; second horse 10 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr E. M’Minamiu's br hj St. Clements, by St. Lcgev—Satanelhi. Hist ... ... (W. Smith) I Mr Watson’s St. Laura, Sst 71b ... (Gillie) 2 Mr Portland's Aphony, 7st ... (Delaney) 3 Also ran: King's Bowman (7.2), Golden Fleece (K2), .Searchlight (8.2), Cheque (S.U), Revolution (7.11), Bon Varrey (7.1). When the field settled down, Ben Varrcv and King’s Bowman were in front, with St. Clements a length away, the others, except Revolution, in a bunch. At Ward’s Ben Varrey was done with, and St. Clements rushed up to King’s Bowman. This order was maintained to the entrance to tho straight, where St. Clements look up the running, St. Laura and Aphony shot out of the ruck, but could not get near the leader, who won comfortably by a length and a-half. Time, Imin osec. Dividend, £2 17s. A meeting of the O.F.A. Committee was held last night, Mr Clellaud in the chair, there being also present Messrs Salmond, Payne, Churchill, and the secretary. The Castle Hill Club, of Kaitangata, applied for affiliation, and were duly admitted. Tho Committee have now prepared a complete set of revised rules of constitution, the adoption of which will be finally moved at a meeting of the Association on Tuesday' next. The Committee received a set of rules from the sub-committee for the formation of a referees’ club, and these also will be finally dealt with on Tuesday night. It is intended to have all rules printed before the commencement of matches. Any member wishing to join the referees’, duo can do so by sending his name to the secretary of the Association. Inter-club matches arranged by the Association commence next Saturday. An Auckland telegram states that afa meeting of the delegates to the Association Football Union some correspondence was received from Wellington and Sydney ru the visit of a New South Wales team. It was agreed to guarantee half the net gate money towards the expenses of the visitors. At the Stratford meeting yesterday Entry won the Hurdles, paying £3 17s ; Bowshot the Electric Stakes,'paying £2; Roll Cull the Autumn Handicap, of a mile and a-quarter, paying £3 Lss : Bowshot the Flying, dividend £2 3s. Australia, in the County Handicap, returned his backers tho best dividend of the day, £l4 HD. Paulin and Napoleon ran a dead heat in the Post Stakes, the former paying £3 4s and the latter £5 4s. The majority of the English tennis players are said to favor a proposed new rule, making every ball that touches the top of the net a “let,” thus rendering it necessary to play the whole point over again. The D.A.B.C. fourth free and easy entertainment was held last evening in the boathouse hall, a long and varied programme being gone through with spirit. The prizes lor the missing word competition are available for next meeting, when a card tournament also takes place. At a meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association held last night the question of a guarantee to New South Wales and Victorian teams was deferred pending receipt of information as to the actual amount of the guarantee required. It was decided to act with the Rugby Union and Football Association m preventing defaulting players from taking part in these branches of sport. Apropos of the statement that Mr M'Kewen had fully made up his mind to abjure racing altogether if the Aldershot protest had been decided against him, “ Malua,” in the ‘ Advocate,’ says :—“ This is all rubbish and bunkum. Jimmy M'Kewen will run horses so long as he can make it pay, and no longer. He has been mixed up in a few protests in his time, and he always fires out the same old gag that if it goes against him he will chuck up racing.” 1 At a meeting of the Committee of the Tahuna Park Trotting Club, held last evening, it was decided to alter the date of the May meeting from Wednesday, 22nd, to Thursday, 23rd May.