SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 17696, 24 June 1921, Page 3

SPORTING

HAWKE'S BAY RACES. The totalisator yesterday put through £24,912, as compared with £29,978 on the second day of last year’s meeting—a decrease of £5,066. Concluding results; Market Street Handicap, 250sovs. Ljm. —Molyneux (11.5) 1, Heather Sprig (11.4) 2, Bagdad (9.6) 3. Six others. Molyneux led for about three-quarters of a mile, and was then displaced by Heather Sprig. On entering the straight Molyneux again assumed command, with Bagdad and Forest Gold well up. A great race resulted in Molyneux winning by a neck, three quarters of a length between second and third. Forest Gold was fourth. Time. 2min 12sec. Ladies’ Bracelet, lOOsovs. l^m.—Prodigal (12.2) 1, Multifual (12.9) 2, Eistodfodd (11.7) 3. Two lengths. Time, 2min 46scc. Moananui Handicap, 150sovs. Mort Avis (10.9) 1, Lord Astolat (10.9) 2, Biack Art (9.12) 3. Time, Imin 25sec. NEW ZEALAND TOURING BOWLERS. Ayr beat the Now Zealand bowlers by 153 points to 84.—A. and N.Z. Cable. POLO: AMERICA v. ENGLAND. In the second polo test America beat England—lo goals to 6. England again missed chances through bad shooting.—A. and N.Z. Cable. LAWN TENNIS.. Wet weather was experienced at Wimbledon for the third round of the. tennis championship. Kingscoto beat F. G. Lowe, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.—London cable. TROTTING AT CHRISTCHURCH. The report to ho presented to the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s annual meeting states that the past season has been the most successful in the history of the club. The receipts from all sources easily eclipsed those of any other season, the financial result being the best yet achieved, despite the fact that the sum of £34,000, representing an increase of £II,OOO over the previous season, was distributed in stakes.—Christchurch correspondent.