SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 9911, 24 January 1896, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WELLINGTON SUMMER MEETING

Second Day.— Fbiday

The weather is fine with rain threatening, and the attendance is limited. Results: — JANUARY HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. One mile and a furlong.

Mr W. Davis's b f Ledai 7st 61b (L. Matthews) 1 Mr F. Moeller's The Shrew, Bst ... (Derrett) 2 Mr Knight's The Miser, 6st 81b ... (Kingan) 3

Lady Zetland (9.3). Spindrift (8.0), Panoply (7.10), Torpina (7.8), Silver Spec (7.6), Orion's Belt (7.2), and Pompom (6.£) .u:o started. Torpina and The Miser cut out the running to the back, where Pompom Was with the leaders. The Miser led round the turn to the straight, but Leda came first on the outside, and, catching the leader as soon as heads were turned for home, won rather comfortably by a neck ; The Miser a good third. Time, lmin 56J.sec. Dividend, £9 lis.

HURDLE HANDICAP, of 70 sovs. One mile and three-quarters. Mr P. Butler's b g Liberator, by BetrayerDiana, ageti, 12st 21b (F. Holmes) 1 Hon. J. D. Ormond's b g Hopeftd, 6yrs, list 21b

(Stone) 2 Mr J. Freeth's ch hj Revolt, 6 |yrs, list (P. M'Grath) 3 Clarence (10.12), Auroa (10M), Osman (9.10), Steel King (9.7), and Mutineer (h.O) also ran. Revolt and Hopeful carried on the running to the turn into the straight, when Liberator came with a fiue run and won easily by a length and ahalf. Time, 3min 22 3-ssec. Dividend, £6 7s.

JtACING CLUB HANDICAP, of 200 sov*. One mile aud a-quarter.

Mr R. Allen's Ir'h Saracen, by St. George—Fair Nell, Bst Sib (P. White) 1 Mr J. Collins's eh m Lorelei, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (C. Jenkins) 2 Mr Knight's The Miser, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Kingan) 3 Rangipuhi (7.11) and Stepfuldt (7.3) also started. The Miser and Stepfeldt were in the lead to the turn near the road, where The Miser diew out, but in the straight Saracen and Lorelei caught him. Lorelei was in front halfway down the straight, but Saracen under punishment beat her harne by a neck; The Miser a good third. Time 2min 11 3 ssec. Dividend, £2 Is. JUVENILE HANDICAP, of SO sovs. Five furlongs. Bavaria, 7st 21b (L.Matthews) 1 Bimetallist, 7st ... ... ... ... 2 Defiance, Bst 71b 3 St. Elmo (7.7), Antares (7.6), and Lorenzo (6.11) also ran. Lorenzo got the best of the start and led for three furlongs, when Bavaria took command. The field closed in the straight, and all the whips were out. A splendid finish resulted, Bavaria winning by half a length. Time, lmin 4 4 osec. Dividend. £ls 4s. WELTER HANDICAP, of 80 sovs. Seven furlongs. Mr E. Kahu's b m Tuhiwai, o yrs, 9st 21 b (C.Rcidj) 1 Sea Serpent, 9st 21b 2 Slaiden, 9st 51b 3 Strathbraan (11.2), Revolution (11.0), Loveshot (10.9), and Johnny Faa (10.0) also started.

Won by a quarter of a length. Time, lmin 33 4 ssec. Dividend, £ll 15s.

OTAGO CYCLING CLUB.

Following are the handicaps for the road raoe to Waihola, starting from Bond street at 3 p.m. to-morrow :—R. Crow scratch, L. Barclay 3min 303 ec, A. Munden 4min, A. H. Tonkineon 4min 30sec, A. Thomson 6min, .J. S. White 6min, E. Boot 7min, J. M. Muir 7min 30sec, S. Wright Bmin, K. Melville Bmin 30sec, G. Mure lie 9min, A. Turns 9min, W. Begg 9min, C. W. Chamberlain 9min 30sec, G. C. Moore lOmin, R. Jay lOmin 303 ec, J. Munro llmin, W. Rice llmin, H. Eggers llmin 303 ec, W. Tait 12min, T. Mason 12min 30 : ec, J. M'Tamney 12min30isec, A. M'Nab 13min, J. A. Riddell 13min 30sec. CYCLING. R. M'Kenzie, of the IpvercargiJl Cycling Club, and lately a member of the Otago Cycling Club, yesterday was successful in lowering J. 0. Shorland's road record of 101T 50min, Invercargill to Dunedin, by 46_mio, doing the distance in lOh 3_tnin. M'Kenzie left Invercargill at 10.30 a.m., and had a strong favoring wind to Clinton, where, however, he had the misfortune to puncture his tyre in two places, which caused a delay of half au hour. From Clinton to Milton heavy rain impeded his progress, and but for these adverse circumstances Mr M'Kenzie is confident he could have ridden the distance in less than nine hours. The watches were held at the Invercargill end by Messrs T. and G. Double of the 1.C.C., and at Dunedin by Messrs Power, Thomson, and Grierson of the O.C.C. Time of arrival, 8.33_ p.m. The machine ridden was a No. 8 Humber, weighing 281b. CRICKET. North Otago are now meeting South Canterbury at Oamaru. At the close of yesterday's play the scores were: South "Canterbury, 132; North Otago, 132 for six wickets. QUOITS. A match for a trophy was played on Monday and Wednesday evenings by the Mornington Tramway Quoit Club. The conditions were: 7lb quoits; distance, 20yds; six games of eleven up to be played by each. The winner was G. Thorn with a total of 60, the runner-up being J. Pollock (58 points). The weather at Tuapeka yesterday was disagreeable, blowing a strong sou'-westerly wind, which brought heavy rain showers as the afternoon progressed, and seriously affecting the attendance. The Two mile Trot proved a hollow affair for the scratch horse, J.H., who, going from the jump in faultless style, had his field hopelessly

beaten, at a mile and a-hali the dittantti was done in the good time of Snud Usee, and the dividend wa* £2 17* The Handicap, of 50 sovs, one mile and a-quarter, was left to Brin (7.7) and Toxa (10 7), and the former won by a long neck in. 2mur 134 sec. and paid a dividend of £1 6s. The Mile Trot w»i easily won by Bab (13aec) from The Bailie (scratch), with Gharleville (ssec) third. A protect wits entered on the ground ot inootf' sistent running, but there,was no erouira for the protest, because Kab only lost i,M Novel Trot the previous afternoon through repeatedly breaking. In the Steward*' Purse Lady Somnus (8.0) gained an unexpected victory, Cactus (8 9), who had the race well in hand, making a mistake at the dangerous turn and unseating his rider (Telford). The dividend was £4 Bs. Tommy Atkins (9.0) had no difficulty in beating a weak field in the Hack Celling, and Paramu (8.10) was never troubled by Outram (8.3) in the Consolation. The dmdends were £1 16s and £ll4s respectively. The "spieler" class were unpleasantly numerous, and some of them managed to secure admission tickets, paying a visit to the jockeys' room and getting away with a few articles. Country clubs should make a point of getting rid of such undesirable customers. The totalisator takings for the two days were £1,550, against £1,735 last vtiar. Of the first day's racing at the summer meeting the "special" of the 'Prese' w j rea: _ "There was considerable delaf previous to the Cup race owing to Rangipuhi twisting a plate and having to return to the paddock to get it attended to, and through the fractiousness displayed by several of the competitors. This caused a delav right through, as it was found impracticable to make up the time. Printers had a very bad time of itj only one favorite getting home during the day. The racing Was very interesting. Orion's Belt, who haS been running very unsuccessfully this season, looked really well, and upset a great pot in Doris for the Anniversary Handicap, finishing very gamely. Solitaire ran very well for six furlongs. The Nursery Handicap resulted in an excellent finish, the whole of the competitors finishing in a cluster. St. Elmo made all the running, and just failed to last out the six furlongs. Lorenzo (the Armorer—Lenore colt) shaped well, and the gallop should do him good. The Cup race was a grand contest, and at the bend half a dozen appeared to have a chance. Brooklet had to be driven along up oo within twenty yards of the post to stall off Saracen's run. Saracen got blocked at the bend, and came very fast when he got clear; it appeared as though he Would be able to get up to the leader, but he failed to sustain his run. Skirmisher and Bessie Macartby ran well up to the entrance to the straight, and the former especially disappointed his followers by failing to battle the finish out. The majority of metallicianß who had books on the race laid the full amount of their books about the •winner at prices ranging from 100 to 3 to 100 to 5. Revolt and Stratbbraan, King's Own and King's Bowman had runaway victories in their respective races, but Lady Zetland only just managed to squeeze home in the President's Handicap through thti good horsemanship displayed by P.. White: Had Leda been made more use of in the earlier part of the race she would probably have beaten the Southern mare. The decisive defeat of Acone by King's Bowman was a severe blow to the former's connection." At the Wellington Guc Club's meeting yesterday Mr Charles Chavannes," of Wanganui, won the chief ptize of £IOO (with deductions), and was, with a second nomination, one of seven who tied for second money, which was divided. A short wind ■ was blowing, but shootists had the best of i the b ; rds. Mr Chavannes wins about £67.

A couple of hundred persons gathered on the Asylum Ground last night to see a 100 yds race for a small stake between runners named M'Counell and Nelson. The former conceded 4yds and gained only one. The result of the inquiry into the running of Poinsettia in the Farewell Handicap at the Hokitika meeting was that the owner (Knight), jockey (Moran), and horse were disqualified for two years. It was pretty clearly understood that though the jockey weighed out the right weight, after the race he waß found to be 21b short.