SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 10391, 12 August 1897, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

~ ~ • ... t ,- - - GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. FiRST DAt.—THfcRSCAT. ' , [From Our Special Reporter:] RICCARTON.RACECOURSE. August 12'. The weather jis perfection; and the course in faultless order. Results:— HUNTERS'HURDLERACF,ofSOsovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs out of the stake. For A qualified hunters that have never won an ■ '. open hurdle race. One mile and a distance. : 71-Mr Grigg's Kuku, by Perkin Warbeck 11.. , . U;o ... ... (WynrifWilliaiiis)' 1 71-Mr George's Dundee, 11.7 ..: (M'Rae) 2 39-Mr Allan's Rosslyn, 12.3 ... (L. Smith) 3 Also ran: 104 Armstrong (12.5, Pitt), 78 Coasts ' guard (ILI2. flarley), 137 Powder Monkey (11.5, Bradley), 79 Puketoi (11.3, L. Cotton), 79 Tamairanga (ILO, Russell), 41 St. Woolfstan (11.0; Gilchrist). ■■ : _ . . . Tariiairanga led over the first hurdle, but waß then supplanted by Dundee, who showed the way till reaching five furlongs froril home; where Kuku, who had been lying seoond, joined in, and, after crossing the last fence; smothered Dundee; winning easily by three lengths, Roaalyn a bad third; then Tamairauga, Puketoi, and Coastguard ia that order. St. Wolfstan fell at the last fence. Time, 3min 8 1 53ec. Dividend, £8 17s. Mr Pitts, rider of Armstrong; was oallad before the stewards to explain his horse's performance. The explanation was accepted as satisfactory. Gilchrist was oar-' ried in on an ambulance, but Boon recovered* MAIDEN HURDLE HANDICAP, of 100 sots* becond horse to receive 20 sovs out of the stake; For horses that have'never won a hurdle race of the value of 50 sovs at time of ' •»* nonl »nation. One mile and three-quartersj AM—Mr G. Williams's Umslopogaas, by • Puritan, 9.7 (Kingan) 1 %t~\\ x M- Rutherford's Kaiti, 9.0 ... (Hands) 2 97—Mr Curtis's Missfire, 10.0 ... (J. Cotton) 3 Also ran: 221 Quiltiri (10.8, Stewart), 187 f^&^PA.H OlOl63 )' 39 Monte Carlo QP-0. ? n I y^ ) i, : l BO J I^ works < 9l1 t Johnson), 35 Erin (9.0, Walls), 08 Agent-General (9.0, Barry), 39 Jib (9.0, Stratford). Arquebus jumped first over the second fence just ahead of Jib and Umslopogaaß. Going out of the straight the latter was rushed to the front, where Missfire was last. Umslopogaas and Jib were first andl Becond all round to five fnrlongs from home, where Missfire passed Quiltiri and Arquebus and took third place. Before reaching the last fence J ib had had enough, and Misshre made a final effort, but could not touch the favorite, who romped in by four lengths from Kaiti, whose fine effort in the straight enabled her to beat the tiring Missfire by five lengths. Quiltiri was fourtu and Arquebus fifth. Nothing fell. Time, 3min 28 2 ssec. Dividend, £3 3s 6d. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, of 650 sovs. Second horse to receive 100 sovs and the third 50 sovs out of the _ stake. Three miles and a-half. 185—Mr Archibald's Levanter, by Captivator— Steel All, 12.6 (Rae) 1 733-Mr W. Douglas's Mutiny. 12.13 ... (Hope) 2 74—Mr Richardson's Morag, 10.8... (Redmond) 3 Also ran: 236 Kingswood (11.4, Hall); 145 Tally-ho (11.V Mitchell). 227 The Friar (10.8, S?2 re iv S B9 Dummy (10.7. Johnson). 87 Gillie a 0.7. Holmes), 137 Perform (10.7, Burns), 101 Bradshaw (10.2, Biggins), 47 Te Kooti (9.13, Williams), 89 Nat (9.9, Cochrane), 19 Flirt (9.7, Graham), 51 Dromedary (9.7, Arnott), 54 Dundonald (9.7, Murfitt), 73 Ulster (£7, J. Cotton). The pace was made a cracker to the first fence, which was reached first by Dummy, Gillie, and The Friar in that order. Nat nearly fell at the second of the hurdle double in front of the stand, Cochrane making a clever recovery. Gillie led Dummy and The Friar along the .back stretch, Flirt and Tally-ho last. Dundonald fell at the -sod wall after going cix furlongs. Dummy here took a lead of Gillie, Dromedary lying third awl going very well. So they ran into and out of the straight, where Friar nearly fell. Mutiny, who had been running about sixth, began to go up on commencing the second round, and approaching the entrance to-the back was third to Dummy and Dromedary, two or three lengths separating them. The Friar came down, tripping over the poßt and rails. At the top turn Dummy still held the lead, with Mutiny closing fast on him, Morag and Levanter following. Mutiny was actually first over the last jump. Dummy then shut up, quite done, but; Dromedary was, still going strong, and Levanter made his effort. Dromedary's excellent chance was extinguished by bad luck. She had got over all her fences safely, and then fell on the flat, apparently through being interfered with by tome of the crowd who crept under the rajs. With her gone, Mutiny seemed for a, stride or two a good thing, but Levanter came with a splendid run on the inside, and in an exciting finish won by half a length \ Morag, twenty lengths away, finished third. Then followed Dummy, Tally-ho, Kings* wood, Bradshaw, and Perform in that order. Time, 7min 28 3-sseo. Dividend. £l3 17s. TALLY-HO PLATE STEEPLECHASE, of 50 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs out of the stake. About two miloß. 33—Mr Hall's Crocus, by Young Messenger. 12.7 (M'RseV 1 71-Mr Harrup's Longfellow, 12.7 ... (G. Clark) S 88—Mr Gilchrist's Rainbow, 12.7 ... (Murfltt) 3 <,]s% **£' .???2^S n (12 -. 7 > Turnul). 93 Dunroven (12.7, L. Smith), 84 Jorrocks (12.7. Wootton). ~ Boreen and Rainbow ran round the latter at the last fence when winning. Dunraven and Jorrocks fell. Crocus won easily. Time, 4min 30 3 53cc. Dividend, £lO Bs. LADIES' BRACELET, of 70 sovs; a bracelet of the value of 60 sovs for the first horse, and a bracelet of the value of 10 bovs for the second. Two miles on the flat. 254—Mrs Lawry's Capon Rouge, by Le Loup—,.o . Fardingdale: 11.8 ... (Mrßarley) 1 148—Mrs Knight's Nicholas, 11.8... (Mr Knight) 2 77—Miss MTlae's Sprig of Myrtle, 11.10 (Mr Wynn Williams) 3 Also ran: 267 Colebeck (11.10, M'Rae), 299 Dentist (11.8, Mr Watson), 58 Prospect (11.0. Mr Micdonald). Colebeck led for a mile aud a-quarter, and on his retiring Capon Rouge made the running, winning easily by two lengths ; Sprig of Myrtle a bad third. Time, 3min 42 2-ssec. Dividend, £3 18s. ENFIELD STEEPLECHASE, of 75 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs out of the stake. For horses that have never won a steeplechase of the value of 100 sovs at time of start. About \ two miles. Violence, 10.9 ... ... ... 1 Coastguard, 10.0 ... ... , 2 Rawai, 10.2 3 Also started : Armstrong (10.7), Rambler (10.2). Kaitoa (10.2), Justice (9.11), Ulysses (9.8), Puketoi (9.8). Peter Simple (9.7). Won by a dozen lengths. Dividend. £2 9s. WINTER HANDICAP (flat), of 115 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs out of the stake. One mue and a-quarter. Wedlock, 9.2 ... 1 Vandyke, 10.9 ."] 2 Maremma, 10.9 ... ... ... 3 TURF CHIT CHAT. [By The Admiral.]

The result of the Grand National Steeplechase, run to-day, shows what great horses the two top-weights are. Levanter had won the Great Northern Steeplechase run at Ellerelie twice successively, and now adds the Grand National to his owner's credit. Mutiny, who is little better than a pony, was set a great task in being asked to carry 12.13 over the stiff country at Riccarton, but he had won the race twice previously, and only just failed to account for it a third successive year. In 1895 he carried 11.5, and in 1896 his weight waß 12.4. Hope has been his pilot on each occasion. Red Lancer, the St. Clair—Red Ensign colt who won the Maiden Plate at the Dunedih May meeting^has changed handsata satisfactory price. He is now - located in Ellis's stable. Messrs Barnett and Grant have just issued for circulation among their clients a brochure which should prove invaluable to backers. It is entitled 'Form at a Glance,' and besides being a record of the performances of the New; Zealand Cup candidates is replete with useful information of a sporting nature. The publication of the starting price rules of betting supplies a long-felt want, as disputes between layer and taker have not been uncommon. At the Richmond (Melbourne) trotting course the other day the Sydney oraok Fritz attempted to lower his own record of 2min 14 4 osec, but thd course was so sodden with rain that fast work was impossible. Fritz made two attempts. The first took 2ovn 25 3 ssec, and the second 2min 32 1-5-ec. .Only eleven horses'dropped ont of the New Zealand Cup on the first payment last wsek, and of this number the defection of one only (St. Cyr) caused surprise. Handicapper Henry can congratulate himself on the fact that all the good horses still remain ia the race, which is as open as ever.