SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 16783, 11 July 1918, Page 2

SPORTING

WELLINGTON WINTER MEETING. Following concludes our report of y-cs-rwi'day's racing at Trent-hum:— WELLINGTON BTEEPLECH ARE, l.OOOsovs. o-Jm. I—F. S. Eastern's Master Strowan by Strowan—The ArtUt mare, 12.5 (R. M'Seveny) 1 3—V. and E. Rkldi ford's Coalition, 10.11 (H. M'Sweeney) '. 2 6—Cameron and Richmond's St. Ehnn, 9.11 (R. Thomson) 3 Also started: 7 Waimad 12.8, 5 Bon Revo 11.11, 11 Crib 11.11, 2 Sleight of Hand 11.11, 4 Collector 11.5, 10 Zarkoma 10.3, 8 Moddite 9.11, 9 Xita 9.10, 12 DiavoJo 5.7. Master Strowan was a prime favorite. The jumphi l .; was perfect throughout, and when the field successfully negotiated the double in front of the stand the ciowd cheered liu-tily. Diavofo set the pace for a round, while Sleight of Hand was pullinn; hard in second place. When the last mile was entered Diavolo and Collector came down. Racing to the la.-t fence the favorite took charge, and v.on comfortably by -several lcngtlis. Time, 7iain 13? sec. PARLIAMENTARY HANDICAP, 400sovs. 11m. 7—H. M. Campbell's Bagdad by Hymetti'.s—Asiatic, 9.0 (F. Ellis) 1 2—L. G. MTJonakl's Detroit, 9.2 (H. Yo-tmg) 2 11_W. Oorletfs Sir Ayn.es, 9.0 (L. Hewitt) 3 Also started': 13 Form Up 10.6, 3 Orleans 10.4, 9 l'olvdumon 10.3, 4 lechers; 10 '. 10 Gold Soult'lO.o, 5 Tressida 9.11, 1 White Blaze 9.9, 6 Hvdrua 9.9. 7 Prime .be la-v-are 9.2, 15 Rumania 9.0, 14 Has tie 9.0, .12 Persian Prince 9.0. Won by a length and a-half, with thethird horse half a length away. Time, 2min 21sec. WINTER HURDLES, 600sovs. 2m. 3—W. R. kern ball's Oladful bv Birkenhead—Gladipla, 11.0 (Stan Reid) 1 I—J. Hwkiv's Sir Fisher, 11.8 (A. Ward) 2 2--E. \V. Alison's, jun., Thrace, 9.2 (T. Chaplin) 3 Also started : 4 Pursefiller 11.6, 8 Wishful 10.7, 5 Naupata 10.11, 7 Crown Pearl 9.12. 6 Seadowu 9.3.

Wishful was fk.-t into'the straight, but ■Gladf ul and Sir Fisher ran the former winining by two lengths. Time, 4min o|bcc. Te A i*o Handicap, loQsovs. 7f. —~> Roval Park (9.5, H. Robinson) 1, 2Primato (9.9) 2, 4 Ghteian (9.12) 3. Sixteen otr.o.io. Won by two lengths, Time, Imin 38soc. OLD-TIME RKM IN ISCENCES. In tho old days of racing in Lugiaml ;likl Ireland -many tcenes v.eiv witnessed. The best of \\w- early spnrtini; adveatures of Lord O'Brwu, says ' The Times' in tho conrsw of a review of ' Eominisceucea of Lord O'Brien.,' was his firstvisit to Pimehestown. lie and two future Lord Chaired lor« of Ireland, rCaish and Walker, suddoivly decidod to go to the races but all tho trains had gone, and all the jarvey ears had either stated or were bespoken. Bo they went to a livery stable. " Everything on wheels seemed to be en route for I'unehestown. The only vehielo on tho premise;; was a hearse, but wo vvero not to he beaten, and hired it. We were joined by another friend, whom I did not meet again until he hud become a field-marshal, many, many years afterwards. Drawn by two long-tailed funereal, doleful animals, wo drove on to the course, where wo were applauded by tho crowd. Perhaps those eorry-lookin-4 steeds would have presented a more i-paa-kiry appearance had they known that, of the four occupants of tho hoarse, two would become Lord Chancellors, another would 0:10 day bo a field-marshal, and tho other a chief justice."