SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 11454, 23 January 1901, Page 1

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WELLINGTON SUMMER MEETING. Speculation mi brisk at therHott yesterday, and the mm of was handled during the day, as against £U.964 oh the hratday law year. , Mr Stead'a two-year olds, Meriscbikoff and Cruciform,,snored in their engajgemente wily, and the Danedib hone Blazer landed the-odd* laid on him in the Telegraph. The follow »ng are the results of the concludiaa events:— :•■'. PRESIDHNTS HANDICAP, •of 150 soys second horse SO sovs. One mile and one furtoog. -Cameo (7.9) 1 .Queen's Gnard (7.0) 2. Strathnairn (9.0) 3< Also r»n: Ruaraahunga <7JO) and r°- Won by a length. Time, §&?■%■" i Dividend, £3 lis. HACK Hv NDICAP, of 1W) sovs.-Cor«>pirer 1, Dartmoor Jewel 3. Time, lmin 58 iSstm. Dividend. £232*. NURSERY HANDICAP, of 200 govs." For two-year-old*. Five furlongs-Cruciform (8.12) 1. Rere (8.0) 2, Red Gauntlet 8.6) 3. Also started: Kowhate (7.12), Shelter (7.12). Benefactor (7-12), J^ o7 ™ (7 - 10 '' Battler(7.9), Apres (7-9), Menura (7.7). Won easily. Rere. under the whip, strugW j °n' an(l w * tnin fift y yards of ton post -headed Red Gauntlet and gained second place. 'TSoiei lmin 2 2-s?ec. Dividend. £ll6s. -"^ TELEGRAPH HANDICAP, of 250 rtm Six furlongs.-Blazer (9.12) 1, Oingo (8.8) & Ofcoari (8.1) 3. Also started : Oatiak(B.2), Goldspur(9.lo), Chasseur (8.7), The Shannon (8.6), Cora Linn (&4), Hermosa (7.12), Paphos (6.10). Fiom a, good start Okoan was the lir«t to move, hut onee the horses were fairly in their stride Blazer took charge, and fralloping in great style made every.post' a winning pom, and finished a length iu front of Oingo, who in turn was a length ahead of Okoari; the others oat; Time, lmin 15sec Dividend, £ll7b. At Lord Stud (Sydney) sale* .Mr L. D. Nathan purchased Chlorine for HOgs, Cantatrice for 200gs. Toiti for 35gs, and tht Sweet William—Storm filly for 55ga. Mj T. M. Williamson, of New Zealand, bought Epine for 25gs. At the Wellington SWimminjj Club's sporti the Provincial Championship of 100 yds wu won by E. Hegglin, of Blenheim. The Ladies' Bracelet and Anniversary, Handicap wera won by Dnilio, of Foxton. Entries for Tapanui races close on Thursday, 23rd inst. Bookmakers are not allowed on the course. At the Wellington Anniversary Regatta yesterday the Rainbow Railed the course o) twenty-seven knots in 16min 2lseo less timt than the Waitangi. Including her time allowance pf 9min 50sec, the Rainbow wor S by 26min Usee. The first race for teconci class yachts was won by the Atlantic, »nr the second race by Mahina. In the firsi race. for half-raters Ruru was the winner, »nd Maroro won the second race. The Urge entry of second class yachts was the feature of the regatta.