SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 10851, 8 February 1899, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE V.RiC. AUTUMN MEETING. Preds Association-JBy Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, February 8. fUecfi'ved February 8. 1899. at 12.15 p.m.) Mr W. R: Wilson's entries, numbering fifty-five in fourteen events, werij inadvertantly mislaid at the V;R.C. Office on Monday* Bobadil is entered for the Essendon Stakes on the. first day. These additional entries bring the total to within forty-three of last year. . ... Massinissa has broken down badly; . on the Newmarket Handicap is brisk, and shows.that since first forfeits were declared Beachcomber is favorite at 100 to 7. .Hopscotch is easier at 100 to 6 (offered), Viveda was well backed at 100 to which price is now exhausted. Reaper has advanced tb 100 tb 5, while Regained is nibbled at at 100 tb 3. , ; Yalej Lbchaber, and Le Var have arrived iii Flemin"tori.

EGMONT SUMMER MEETING. First Day.—Wednesday.

~ The weather was fine and the going good. Results J—- .»■ WalMAte Handicap; of 80 sovs. Seven furlongs. i-Eton (7.8) 1, St. Elmo (7.8. incl. 61b pen.) 2, Fanjous (7.8) 3. Sedgebrook and Toa were scratched. Timej lmih 32 2-ssec; Dividends: Inside, £l4lßs £l23s. Flrst Hack Flat, of 40sovs ; Si* furlongs.— Flying Wilson 1, Heart Whist 2. Hipapi 3. Time, lmin 20 l-ssec. Dividends, £s T&and £2 l4s. .. Hurdle Race, of llOsovs; Two miles and a distance.-Tim (10.7) 1, Kanaka (10.9) 2, May Day (9.9) 3. Time, 4min 12 2'6sec< Dividends, £1 5s and £248. Hack Hurdles, of SO sovs. One mile and a-half.—Mayborn 1. Heart Whist 2, Puanga 3. Dividends, £i 2s and £2 ss,

TURS 1 CHIT CHAT

[By The Admiral.]

Discussing the unfortunate-misunderstand-ing which occurred concerning the start in the Etobson Handicap at Takapuoa, the 'Sporting Review'says: ''ln over-ruling their starter the stewards have acted contrary to usage and custom, for it is a recognised rule of raejag that the starter alone is the man to decide whether a race was started or whether it was not, and, having Mr HalBtead'B emphatic declaration that the field were despatched properly, we think the stewards erred. . . . Because a horse

fails to got away through entanglement in the tapes, such an accident is iio reason for going beyond the starter's decision " ] quite agree with my confr&ris conten tk>n It may be reoolleeted that at Gore a couple of weeks ago Ilex, the favorite in the Farewell Hmdicap, got c inght in the btrrier and took no pirt iu the race. When the ihoraes returned to vee'ga in there were crie* from Ilex's backers of '• No reoe," but ihs starter diolared that it was a start, and the stewards unhesitatingly aoctptedhis ultimatum. At Menrone (Vio.) races on the 24th uli. the horse J. T. and hiaj)wner_(W. Brown) were disqualified lot five years for fraudulent prdotwes, and the jookey r Joseph Qiraou, was gejjt npjpr twelve months. When the tapWwerß raised fcha horse whipped round, Carson pretending that J.T. had beta given a Hi#ee¥onl|t,by thebattier, : ;~~v~ Readers who take an interest In turf affairi-will rrttteinber the eoiapHcated wager v.qitih obtiurted in consequence of a Sydney punter sending money to a Melbourne bookmaker for investment on Scorn for the Manbyrnong Pla T te > last l?ovetnber, with an instruction that the whole.of the winnings on Soorn were to be put on Bobadil. The: V.E.Q. Pefbywas run b*fore the Plate and Babadil lost, while Soorn won the two-year-old raoe. The point in dispute was whether the backer was entitled to any money over Scorn's win, or whether the wager on Bobadil stood. The question having been referred to the Committee of the Newmarket Subscription Booms, they decided that the backer lost his £lO, whioh he had asked to be invested on Bobadil. A record for six furlongs in Australia was put up by Kirry in the Challenge Stakes at Randwick on the 26th ult. She ran the distance in lmin 13ieo, which beats Precaution's record (put up in the Carrington Stakes on the same course in 1897) by half a second. Kirry, who is a four-year-old daughter of Will o' the Wisp—Mona, won by a length and a-half. (Ene Hobart Cup, run on Wednesday last, was won by the favorite. Flintlock (by Carbine—Duenua), who carried 7 0, andVon by a length, paying £1 18* (ten shilling tiokets). Thirteen horses started. Marie, the winner of the Summer Handicap, paid £7 17s (per half so v.). A sum of £5,149 Sassed through the totalisators during the ay, of which the Cup absorbed £2,023 10s.

THE D.C.C'B SPORTS.

The following handicaps have been declared for the races at the Dunedin Cycling Club's meeting on Saturday next, at the Caledonian Qround : Dunedin Wheel Race.— The handicaps have been already published, and the riders then nominated (thirty-two in all) have accepted. One-mile First Class Handicap (cash).—G. Sutherland and A. R. Barker scratch, A. Ralston 25 yards, W. Tierney 30, A. Middleton 40, M. Bennettso, H.Holland7s, N. Ralston 90, G. R. Wilkinson 110, J. Stewart 125. One-mile Second Class Handicap (cash).— E. H. Watson scratch, H. Lyon 5 yards, J. Hanley 5. A. S. WallisS. F. Coulton 15, C. Moloney 20, A. Hueston 20, T. Maw 30. C. Peake 30, E. Crawford 30, H. J. Moss 35, W. Foster 35, Jas. M'Mullan 35, D. F. Simpson 40, W. Turner 40, C. J. Home 50, T. Lawson 50, M. Higgins 60, D. Brav 60, A. Aitken 65, F. Davie 70, H. S. Bolt 70, A. Pirie 70, P. Hare 100, S. L. Brookes, jun., 110. Half-mile Handicap (amateur).—A. R. Grierson scratch, A. F. W. Hill scratch, J. L. Carl 15 yards, S. C. Baron 15, P. R. Parker 20, K. Melville #O, W. E. Gibson 40, T. H. Couzins 55, G. C. Moore *5, J. R. M'Bryde 65, J. Fredric 80, R. Harcus 80, W. J. Pearse 85, A. P. Cameron 90. One-mile Amateur Handicap. -A. R. Grierson scratch, A. F. W. Hill scratch, J. L. Carl 30 yards, S. C. Baron 30, P. R. Parker 50. K. Melville 70, W. E. Gibson 90, 'i\ H. Couzins 120, G. C. Moore 120, J. R. M'Bryde 135, J. Fredric 160. R. Harcus 160, W. J. Pearse 175, A. P. Cameron 180.