SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 10212, 14 January 1897, Page 4

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HORORATA RACES,

The following were the results of the Hororata meeting on Tuesday:—

Bangor Plate. Seven furlongs.—Biroetalhst (6.11) 1. Vogenganjf (8.3) 2. Won by half a length. Time, lmin 34&ec. Dividend, £i 12s. Farmers' Handicap. "Six furlongs.—Manila (8.3) 1, Regret (8.10) 8, Miss Orwell (810) 3. Al«o started: Lord Stansbury (7.0) and Taunma (6.7). Time, lmin 19sec. Dividend. £sl2s. Hororata Cup. One mile and a-quarter.— Marquis of Zetland (9.9) 1, Annoyance (8.0) "2. Won in a canter. Time, 2min 12ebc. Dividend, £l ßs. ' Two-mile Trot.—Won by Destiny (12s?c) from eight others. Time, smin 28sec. Dividend, Welter Handicap. One mile.—Manila (9.5)1, Regret (8.10) 2, Salvo Shot (9.11) 3. Also started: Vo!?engang (10.10), Lord Stansbury t8.ll), and Taurima (8.7). Won by a loDg neck. Time, luiin 47sec. Dividend, £ 3 6s. Novel Race. Six furlongs. Seabrook won easily from seven others. Dividend, £lO 12s. New Year's Gift. Six furlongs. Bizarre (9.3) ], Remorse (8.5) 2, Miss Orwell (7.8) 3. Also started: B'unetallist(7.ll) and Stoat (6.7). Won easily. Time, lmin 19Jsec. Dividend, £3. Mile and A-half Trot.—Maggie distanced the field. Time, 4min 16sec. Dividend, £3. POVERTY BAY RACES. The concluding events yesterday resulted as follows: Scurry.—Sassenach beat four others. Dividend, £6 7s. County Stakes. -Dangar 1, Goodshot 2, Nightingale 3. Also started: Lena, Guffoor, Khan. Time, lmin 48sec. Dividend, £7 19s. Shorts Handicap, of 30 sovs. Four furlongs.— Ngakaroa 1, Linda 2, Mogooler 3. Time, 513-ssec. Dividend, £4 9s. Flying Handicap, of 60sovs.—Nightingale(6.7) 1, Maid Marion (8.3) 2, Admiral Haw.ke (6.7) 3. Won by half a length. Time, lmin 17 l-ssec. Dividend, £6 9s. A protest against Nightingale by Siddell, owner of Maid Maricn, was dismissed. Hack Race, of 15 sovs. One mile.—Goodshot (7.4) 1, Hukatera (8.9) 2, Pakipaki (7.12) 3. Time, 2min SlJsec. Dividend, £l4 lis. GORE RACES. Flrst Day.—Wednesday. Heavy rain falling caused an hour's delay in making a commencement, as the stewards were in two minds as to whether to proceed with the racing or to postpone the meeting, and instead of making up the lost time further delays occurred, with the result that it was dark" before the programme was exhausted, and the concluding event (District Hack Race) had to be postponed. Rebel had an easy win in the Hurdles, as did Woolwich in the Maiden. The other events resulted thus:— GORE CUP, of 50 sovs. One mile and a-quarter. 145—Mr B. Curtis's b hj Missfire, by MaximTake Miss, 4 yrs, 8.11 ... (W.Pine) 1 212-Mr Crossan's Bay Bell, 9.0 ... (M'llroy) 2 87-MrDwyer's Victim, 8.7 ... (Cotton) 3 Also started: 67 Stimulant (8.5, Rae). At the bottom turn Stimulant ran inside a post. Going down the back Missfire took command, and won by three lengths from Bay Bell, who beat Victim by a length for second place. Time, 2min Usee. Dividend, £3 3s. Handicap Time Trot, of 30 sovs. Three miles.— Miss Mac (15sec) 1, Starlight 11. (57sec) 2, Beware (40sec) 3. All started but Sail Home, Madeline, and Nigger. Time, Bmin SOsec. Dividend, £l4 4s. 'District Handicap, of 25 sovs. One mile and a Patrick (10.7, Mr A. M'Kenzie) 1, Last Trick (8.0) 2, Tiger Lily (8.6) 3. Also started : May (9.0), Black Pearl (8.9), and Vixen (7.2). Time, 2min 7 l'Ssec. Dividend, J?2 J7s. / Milb and A-ralf Trot, of 20«n&—May (18gec) 1, Beware (17s*c) 2, Miss Mac (2sec behind, ine. 7sec penalty) 3. Eight others Started. Won easily. Time, 4min 25 2-ssec. Dividend, jE2 l»9s. Flying Handicap, of 30 sova. Six furlongs.— Red Lancer (7.0) 1, Rangiatea (8.3) 2. Also started: Victim (B.IOX Stimulant(B.9), Emmeline (5.2), and Paramu (8.0). Dividend, £sl6s.