SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 10817, 29 December 1898, Page 4

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DUNEDIN SUMMER MEETING. Second Day.—Wednesday. Speculation through the medium of the totalisator was again limited yesterday, only £'2,441 being handled, making the total investments for the meeting £5 280—or le-a than was put through on the Auckland Cup and Railway Handicap at Ellerslie on Monday. No doubt the competition of the bookmakers had something to do with the big falling off in the amount handled by Messrs Mason and Roberts, and the Committee of theD.J.C , having given the licensing of these men a trial, are understood to be quite determined not to admit them in the inner enclosure at Wingatui. Mr Harry Goodman won the Christmas and Farewell Handicaps by the agency of Black and Red and Pitch and Toss, and the dual win was a most popular one, both horses being in the acme of condition. Tommy Buddicomb, who we are again pleaßtd to see installed tis leading rider for this local stable, rode with superb judgment and great determination iu the concluding event. The largest amount put through the totalisator dmiug the meeting on any race was in the Gr.ir.'i Stand Handicap (£45'2), and the w ioner, Tig<r Lily, paid the best dividend—viz, £l7 odd. Blhz-t, who had come or. I:;st in his woik during the past week, fairly made hack 3 of his opponents in the Gl i?gov Piate, and, had he been pressed, could in all probability have established a fivc-fuiloug record for the Forbury. Fulmen'd effort, uppt-aied to bo too lung delayed in the Chilstmas Handicap. The starting throughcut the meeting was creditable to Mr H. Gourhy. Tho following are the results ol the concluding events : NOVEL HANDICAP, of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold by auction, with his engagements ; the whok' proceeds of the sale of tho horse to (jo to the funds. One mile. 77—Mr V. Doris's br g Plotter, by Gitpsby— Wai, 5 vrs, 8.0 (M'Comb) 1 fill- Mr (.;. Smith's Victim, aged, 8.2 (T. Buddicomb) 2 •21 -MrE. fl. Hankins's Linkshot, r! yrs, 7.7 (51b over) ... ... (Hendricks) 3

Also ran: 74 Lord Zetland (7.4, Einmerson). Plotter, on the inside, had his field at his m;rey the whole way, eventually winning by a clear length from Viotim, who beat, Lnkshot under preasure in the run home. Lord Zetland was whipper-in the whole way Tune, lmin 50Nec. On the rnaohine, £2i?s Dividends: Inside, £2 17s; outside, £2 8Plotter wm bough' in at £2O. GRAND STAND HANDICAP, of 109 sovs; the s-cund licrso to receive 10 sovs from thestukce. Six furlongs. £3-Mr F. Doris's Ii ffTijrer Lily, by St. OlairMountain Lily, 6yrs, 7.9 ... (M'Cuinb) 1 NS—Mr 11. Goodman's ch m Cherrystone. 4 yrs, 6 1U (Hewitt) 2 I'J —Messrs Stephenson and Hazlett's b g Benson, 3yrs, 8.0 ... ... (Einmerson) 3

Also started: 86 Arline (9.2, If. MTlroy). 27 Vumivkc (8.2, Lindsay), 61 Vanilla (7.10, T. Bud•iicuiub), 13 L:v Reine (6.7, J. Pine), and 7 Refugee((i.K), M'Eldowney). Benson was the first to show in front, but '.-■. a was immediately joined by Tiget Lily, and tho p*ir took up the running, with Viiuilla aud Cherrystone next. These four ha-i the racs virtually to themselves, •he favorite btiug slow to move, and never managing to muks up his lost ground. Tiger Lily was never h»aded, winning comfortably by three parts of a length from Cherrystoue, who was a length in front of Bmson. Time, lmin 1C l-ssec. On the machine, £452 Dividends: loside, £l7 Us; nui.side, £l7 18s.

SECOND HACK HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, of 30 sovs. Seven furlongs.

108-Mr H. A. Knight's b m Argon, by Medallion— Auray, 4 yrs, 8.13 ... (Clarke) 1 38-Mr J. Fitzgerald's Gladys 11., 5 yrs, 8.9 (Lindsay) 2 B—Mr J. Cook's Blackpool, 4 yrs, 7.9 (Hendricks) 3

Also ran: 50 Bristol (8.5, R. Wilson), 15 Black IViirl (S.O, Emmersnn), 26 St. Dennis (7.1?, M-Comb). 78 Witchcraft (7.11, King), aud 53 Clinker (7.9, T. Bii'klicomb). The field were well bunched at the homf bend, but hilrVny up the straight A ■yon streaked out and ran clean away fp in the others, G'udya 11. being three-parts of a length ahead of BUckpno'. Time, lmin .'ilsec. Do the machine, £376. Dividends : loside, £3 Is ; outside, £3 3°.

FAPvEWELL HANDICAP, of 60 sovs; second hor-ic to receive 10 sovs from the stakes. One mile. 82—Mr H. Goodman's br m Pitch and To:-s, by Medallion—Vaultress, 5 yrs, 7.9 (T. Buddicomli) 1 151—Mr H. Friedlander's Cannonshot, 6 yrs, 810 (W. Clark) 2 12-MrF. Doris's Plotter, G yrs, 7.4 (M'Comb) 3 Also ran: 'X! Hippoiucnes (7.13, Einmerson) and 28 Vanilla (7 7, Lindsay).

From an even start Hippomenes and Vanilla took up the ruoniDg, Pitch and Toss g'.-ttiiig into a had position. Hippomenes maintained the had to the bend, where the fi Id dosed up, and halfway down the stumor it wsa anybody's race. All the whips cere out, and a ding-dong finish Baw Hiiddicumb squeeze Pitch and Toss home I'V a short head from Cannonshot, with Hippomenes an excellent third. A sheet would have covered the field as they swept pa.« t the post, and the concluding event to be run on H:a Forbury course under the D.J.C. auspices mav be fairly set down as one of Handicapper Dowse's happiest efforts. Time, lmin 46 3 ssec. On the machine, £3lO. Dividends : Inside, £3 Is ; outside, £3 16s.

INTERCOLONIAL YACHT RACE. The first race of the intercolonial championship contest (to be sailed in three races) for one rater yachts, for a pr'ze of £IOO and a challenge cup, was sailed in the Waitemata harbor yesterday, and aroused a good deal of interest, especially in view of the fact that two Australian yachts (Geisha, from Adelaide, and Broi zawing, from Sydney) were competing. The race was snilrd uiu'er the auspices of the North Shore Native Rfg.»tta and Aquatic Carnival. There were ' n'neetarters,conaißtitigof thefollowing boats: —Alma (Ruiley aud Lowe), Bronzewing IV. (Hordern, of Svdnej), Geisha (Romill P>ros , of Adelaide), Laurel (C. Biiley, jan.), Mahoo (Stone Bros.), Maka Mail (J Clare), Mercia (Loiiau Bros.), Vaoora (F. Prioe, of Howick), und Wait"kauri (C. Collinge) The wind was light from the north-east at starting. The course was a triangular one of eighteen miles, giving a lead down the harbor, a beat through Rangitoto Channel, and a run back into harbor. The Laurel was first away, followed by the Alma and Mercia, with the Geisha and Bronzewiog and the remainder in a bunch. Thjß Laurel first rounded the buoy off Stanley Point and off Hobson Bay, bat oat her lead in Rangitoto Channel through fitting in doldrump under Rangitoto. The Mercia overhauled her, »nd got first round the Rangitoto buoy, after which there was nothing but the Mercia in the race. Alma got second in the channel, but the Laurel overhauled her, and the race resulted in Meroia winning by about ton minutee, with

Laurel second, Alma third, Maka Mail fourth, Waitekauri fifth,.., Geisha sixth, Broazewing IV. seventh. The following wero the times: Meroh, 5h Bmin 45<ed; Lam el, 5h 18min foeo; Aim*, 5h 25min.