SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 14054, 8 May 1909, Page 6

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

FORBURY PARK TROTTING CLUB. Second Day— Saturday. The track was in capital order for the racing to-day, and there was a large attendance Twelve bootmakers did business. ihc Citizens’ Band played. Resuits:- . RANFURLY PONY HANDICAP, 30 sovs. Ijm. ■ ' Mr W. Anderson’s Quickturn, by Pinpm—Miss Nora, 25sec (E. M’Kewen) 1 Mr Looney s Young (Owner) 2 Mr Francis’s Fog, 30sec (Wallace) ... 3 _Alm started ; Major Taylor (scratch! T D^S: i^ )s6C)^ N6glected (SOsec), and Little Patdben (3Qsec). , Fog collared the lead after halt a mile, but a quarter further was passed bv Qmckturn, the hot favorite, who'tW after held charge, winning easily by six iengths from Young Edith, * L a good half-mile at the finish. Fog just headed Major Taylor and Dayshift. Tme 4mm 2sec. 1 ’

ADVANCE HANDICAP, 50 sovs. 2m. M r. W ‘ . H m Bobin ’ s Dick Tracy, by Ge ,f ral i rraC} > {K M’Cann) 1 Mr P. Delargey s Arbitration, 28sec

Mr W. M airhead's Pearl M.\ fc™ 1 2

, ■ ■ • (Wallace) 5 A-so started.- Separator (scratch), BlomT?iev n /■« eC V ron o wood <6sec), Bessie I rac - V , (21sec) Queen (24sec), Bellrattle Msec ’ (28secJ ’ Granard (dlsec), TXL (alsec), Fair Play '{3lseo) and Murad (36sec). . ' tiVo 0 * ”, wenfc down badly this ‘ ‘ , Murad, the hot favorite, broke after three furlongs, letting Pearl M. secure L^f on S lea<i > and Murad afterwards sufb T Bellrattle. Commencing the last lap, Pearl M. tired, and Dick Didf TW Arbitration went on. in front. homp T a y * e T clear a quarter from home and won by eight lengths. Pearl ffiurtt, T- m ° a ? rai,e third > Md Bellrattle fourth. Time, smm 16isec. WINTER OATS HANDICAP (Harness), 100 sovs. l^m. M TO E 'n B ° We^’ S W ocdburn Lad, by Woodburn Chief, 16sec ... (0. Kerr) 1 Mr E. F. Gerkins’s Myall, 14sec

nr r, , , (MLennan), 2 Mr Farquharson’s Flower Child,. 7sec

~ (Owner) 3 Also started: Bellmetal (scratch), Osborne R. (12sec), and Ima D. (15sec) Woodbum Lad, the warm favorite, began well, and never broke throughout, winning by three lengths. Ima D. broke on the hrst turn, and lost her chance. Flower Child broke in the back stretch the last tune, when lying second and looking dangerous- Myall then made her spurt, which did not last. lime, 3min 51 ?see.

PROGRESSIVE HANDICAP (optional), of 40 SOVB. gyn.

Mv A. Gardener’*; The Surgeon, by General Tracy, 4 yns, lOsec ■ . (E- M'Eewem) 1 Mr H. Nioholls’s Prime Minister, 3 yre, , f 10 f e A T - . (A. Pringle) 2 Mr A. Austin s Imagination, aged, 7eec

(M. M‘Loren) 3 Also started : Turtle Dove (Bsec), Wild S. (13sec), Fair paly (13see); Prime Minister was a hot favorite, but broke 1 ’ ■' and The Surgeon (handled very steadily by M'Ewen) went on and won by throe lengths; Imagination'a _poor third, and Turtle Dove fourth. Time, smin 29 4-ssee. WANGANUI WINTER MEKONG. * WANGANUI, May 8. The following weights were declared hy Mr 6. Morse for the Wanganui, winter meeting on May 22; Borough Handicap. 6f.—Tunrut 9.10, Ballarat 8.7, Gold Thread 8.6,-Mon Ami 8.5, Boliin 8.4, Waikaraka 8.3, Wood hey 8.2, Irish Rifle 8.0, Kareroa 7.13, Gipsv Belle 7.12, Hermia 7.4, St. Bill and Tea Tuhi 7.3, Gyrene 7.2, Nicotine 7.1, Burton 6.7.

Wanganui Steeplechase. About 3m.— Kiatere 12.6, Emus 11.3, Audax ILI, Kaipetipeti 10.8, Naidi 10.7, Capitol 10.6’ Le Beau 10.5, Bullworth 10.4, Lull 10.3, TiLson 10.2, Nogi and Jack Pot 10.0, Jam ella and Moccasin 9.13, Aroha, Oryx, and Pawa 9.12, Clara Belle, Leonardo, and Playmate 9.10, Ballance 9.9, lingerer. Northern Star, and Waimotu 9.7. Century Hurdles. About 2m and a distance.—Ben Jonson 12.1, Pari tutu and Master Douglas 11.8, Maidi 11.7. Exmoor 11.5, Kairoma 11.1, Lyrist 11.1, Waipu 10.8, Audax 10.7, Aorangi, Hipporofla, and North Head 10.5, Xavier 10.3, Snip 10.2, Letherin and Oryx 10.1, Rangihaeta and Aurafcus 10.0, Compass and Commander 9.12, Whatakura 9.10, Corazon 9.4. Loiret, Showman, Maharantri, and Prospector 9.5, Belario and Capulet 9.2, Chase Mab,’ Scenery, Mount Cook, Lebecdo, and Golden Glow 9.0.

Connolly Handicap. IJm.—Moral 9.0, The Lark 8.11, Sir Tristram 8.8, Maniapoto 8.6, Woodbey 8.1, Bollin and Roosevelt 8.0, Irish Rifle 7.11, Mabnta and Gold Lace 7.9, Uhlando and Waitapu 7.9, Daisy Rani 7.4, Eclogue and Vasa 7.3, Gwendoline 7.0, Golden Gat© 6.12, Hermia and Aetrea 6.11, Lady Menschikoff, Toa Tuhi, and We© Trinket 6.10, Carissima and Kurawaka 6.9. Cfeanora and First Mate 6.8, Beaengaria, Laansdorff, Shannon Lass, and Tangaroa 6.7. EGMONT WINTER. MEETING. Following are the acceptances for the fiist day:— ■* Tongahoo Hurdles, of 80 eove. 9f. Rangihaeta 11.6, Claremont 11.3, Auratus 11.2, Maharanui 1Q.3, Twupo 9.3, Nova 9.4, Somali 3.7, Golden Glow and Tokaonx 90. Railway Handicap, of 75 sovs. 6f. Nicotine 9.5, Mulga Bill 8.6, Genuine 8.6, Clemency 8.5, Midian 8.2, Toanga and Dr Shimose 8.1. Dervish 8.0, Rohepota© 7.7, Castiglkme 7.4, Whana 7.2, Isa- and ghima 7.0. Hawera Cup, of ICO sovs. 9f.—Research and Mendian 9.0, Mallet 8.9, Coronet 8.4, Shannon Lass 8.0, Lady Lucy 7.12 Paul 7.12, North-east 7.11, Valentin© 7.5’ Tom Glen 7.2, Panins 7.1, Montpellier 7.0.' Waiiu Welter, of 75 sows. Im.—Coronetied 10.5, North-east 9.12, Kanaware 9.8, Goodwin Park and Marathon 9.4, Rohepota© 9.0, Youngster 8.11, Padtas 8.8, Maggie, Gaul, and Sylvia 8.7. Telegraph Stakes, of 75 sovs. Si—Clemency 9.0, Overtime 8.12, Langshan 8.11, Guiding Step and Toanga 8.10, Dr Shimose 8.9, Nuiskerado 8.2, Sedgemoor 8.0, Timothy 7.11, Redwing 7.6, Dover Straits, Termoti, Overdraft, and Waikaranga 7.5.

Sir G. Clifford and Messrs Hunter and Abbott have given their decision in the Royal So nit appeal They confirm the endorsement by the Auckland Metropolitan Committee of the disqualifications by the Avondale Jockey dub of Samuel George Lindsay (owner) and the horse Royal Soult for two years, but reverse the decision of the said club as regards the disqualification of the jockey Mark Ryan. They call the attention of the Auckland Metropolitan Committee to the evidence, given in this case by William Jones, and recommend that he be disqualified fear fife. They order the deposits of the appellants to be refunded.

At the meeting of the Boxing. Association in Christchurch last night ft was decided to withdraw from the Sports Federation.

'The owner of the. trotter Dragoon has asked the Forbury Park Trotting Club- not to pay out to Conocrah the stakes in the Dash Handicap on the first day, alleging that Qonocrah is not the horse he is represented to be,

By winning the Hawke’s Bay Stakes on Thursday, Provocation brought his stakewinning total to £2,560. Multiform’s £2,761 13s still stands as the two-year-old record, but Provocation has moved no into second place.