LATE SPORTING
WINTON RACES, FIRST DAY. The Winton races were opened in fine weather. The course was holding. Results: — ••/Trial Stakes, lOosovs. 6f.—B Gipsy Maid (8.8) 1, 3 Mudlark (S.S) 2, 1 Battle Colors (8.8) 3. All started. Three-quarters of a length. Time, Imin 19 4-ssec. Hokonui Trot, 154sovs. 2m.—3 Revolt (scr) 1, 6 Wee Spark (scr) 2. 8 Chiincr (84yds) 3. Twelve lengths. Time, smin 13 1-bsec. Queen Betty, Homelight, Young Tom, Greystone, King Pointer, and Lingfield were scratched. WINTON CUP HANDICAP, 320sovs. l|m. I—L. C. Hazlett’s Overdrawn (Paper Money—Droski), 4yrs (8.5) , 1 4—Full Swing (8.1) L 3—Apache (7.10) 0 Scratched: Baldowa, Warhaven, and Doleful Ditty. Two lengths. Time, 2min 15 2-ssec. PLUNKET SHIELD UMPIRES. OTAGO SUGGESTION APPROVED. [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, November 17. At tho meeting of the Canterbury Cricket Association the Otago Cricket Association wrote suggesting to other associations that for the Plunket Shield matches the home association submit to the visiting association the names of not fewer than four umpires, the visiting team to make a selection; the names to be submitted at least ten clays before the match, and replies from the visiting association to he in at least four days before the match. The resolution met with approval. DEATH OF A STALLION, [Psn United Press Association.] HAWERA, November 17. The well-known thoroughbred stallion Bisognc, owned by the Gray, Preston, and Goodwin Estate, dropped dead this morning. The animal was uninsured.
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Evening Star, Issue 19408, 17 November 1926, Page 8
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237LATE SPORTING Evening Star, Issue 19408, 17 November 1926, Page 8
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