SPORTING.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5344, 14 November 1885, Page 4

SPORTING.

i- — ~* — |£ [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] K CHRISTCHURCH RACES. Christchorch, November 13. I Beautiful weather and a large attendance of the public favored the concluding t: day oftheC.J.C. Metropolitan meeting. I The following are the results :— | ■ SPRING NURSERY HANDICAP. p-- A Bweepstake of 5 soys. each with 200 I soys added, for two year olds, four furlong*. . | | P. Butler's Artillery 1 f G. G. Stead's Vinagerette ... 2 f;_ „ H. Goodman's Apropos ... 3 ■•■'■■/ Aprement, Red Rose filly, Tarantalus, Mirella, St. Ives, and Ruby also ran. Time, 51isecs. Dividend £4 13s and £311 b. the ladies purse handicap. A sweepstake of 3 soys. with 100 soys, added, for horses that never won 100 soys. in one event on the flat since Augusts 1884, once round and a distance. MrH. Brodley's Puck ... 1 MrG.G. Stead's TresSee4yrs. 2 Mr P. Murphy's Marquis ... 3 Director, Sediment, and Mainboom, • also ran. Conundrum was scratched. THE CANTERBURY CUP. Bweepstakoof 20 soys. each with 500 ./ soys. added ; second horse 100 soys ; t tiWrd, 50 soys, from stake. Two miles i Mind a quarter. Hon. Mr Reeve's Stonayhurat by King ( of Clubs— Watersprite ... ... 1 MrD. O'Brien's Tasman 2 MrD. O'Brien's Hermitage 3 Turquoise and Fusillade also ran. Betting, 6to 4 against Stonyhurst ; 5 to 2 bar one Tasman. He mitage led at the start, and half a mile from home Mr O'Brien's horse was distinctly in the . lead. At the straight Stonyhurst chali, lenged Tasman and by the time the distance was reached had vanquished him and won by a length. Hermitage, who = ; *? had been in distress towards the close of '?■ the race, coming in 3rd, Turquoise and Fusi'lade last. Time, 4mins. ll^secs. Dividends, £2 tickets. £5 4s ; £1 tickets, £2 16s. THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, A sweepstake of f> soys. each with 300 soys. added. One mile and a half. P. Martin's Pearl 1 Hon. G. M'Lean's Lady Emma 2 Marshall's Necklace 3 Adraminißtrator, Maligner, Lochiel, Captain Webster, Talebearer, Waipiti, Patrician, Tasmania, Spade Guinea, and The Poet also ran. A splendid race at the finish ensued between Pearl and Lady Emma. The former led, but Lady Emma answering gamely to the whip gained on her at every stride, and was only beaten <j.: by a neck. Necklace a bad third. Time, r 2mins. 41$aecs. Dividends — £2 tickets, £11 8s 6d ; £1 tickets, £5 18s. , SELLING RACE, Of ioo.sovs., six furlongs. P. Butler's Tim Whiffler ... 1 H. Piper's Mirella ... ... 2 G. G. Stead's Ravenscraig ... 3 Six others ran. Time, lmin. 19 l-sth sees. ' FLYING HANDICAP, A sweepstake of 5 soys., with 200 soys. added, five furlongs. H. Goodman's 8i11y ... ... 1 H. Hammond's Rocket ... 2 J. Stevenson's Tai roa ... 3 Nelson, Soudan, Fusilier, Bonny Blink, Misadventure, Marion, Minerva, Tasmania, and Conundrum, also ran. There was a good race for first place . beetween Billy and Rocket. Time, lmin. 4 sees. Dividends, £19 7s and £12.