SPORTING NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 14, 12 May 1896, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS.

N API El! PARK MEETING

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The Napier Park winter meeting is to I*. held to-morrow and Thursday. Everv preparation is being made for a vers- big gathering. The_ events are well iili( tl and everything points to a successful issue. The '1 rial Hurdles is almost sure to he a good rnc-e. and with ieveu starter the work of selecting :i iik: iy winner is no ea-y matter. Ere. horn has pride ol ptare. and with l,i - v.-!-.,.. i. t.<vi>- t ~ 11 uj-'U lii'ti i> sure I• » run well. His wdl. I f;ney.,ir: ;is an anchor. I ms]upoga;ts has not iieeii seen in publie over fences, hut he is just the sort of one to win in bis first assay. It is but a matter of sure jumping for the son oi Puritan to win. JJilly. on his Easter Mondav performance. mu-t have a right good chance. 'I en by is the most dangerous of the retiuunin.tr liovses. If R-ingipunelnt negotiates the lntrdles without bis habit of making a. ru--b lor the corner he will have to he reckoned with. To select a pair to furnish the winner 1 will write Cmsi.oi'ooaas and lui.i.y For the Electric, eight horses have accepted. Panoply has shown us nothing in New Zealand to justify his chance of success, Moonrakcr luis a handv weight and r l he Assyri;;n s son will be handy at the iiiii-h ; the suno applies lo Alia n-n -Ih-. I La-venl v >ho; ;it last il,i-;;!.gs in. > ung >!i«; will about win.

I) vr:i\<. is ii!v selection tor the voce. His great battle with Waiuku at ('hrislehurch (November Hireling m titles him to win the Kleetrie. The well-bred Popgun may stpset the potThe Steeplechase will furnish a good iro. but ! can -ee nothing in the race to down the Grand Nutimv.il winner, ill TINY. The Hunters' Steeplechase has not filled as well a« if might, and slit in ! d have little dilhculiy in defeating hi-' three <>|>p>Ulents. 'i he Stewards', with 1H acceptors, will be the l>est race of the day and the most difficult one on the programme t'.> select a winner. Searchlight, alter her recent victories, is sure to be well supported, but I am of opinion that the hurden will annihilate the chance of the daughter of Maxim and Iris. Acone and Lotion will find a strong opponent- in The Artist. Those who witnessed the son of Soiiinti.s win the Canterbury Metrop. will agree that he is well treated with an impost of 7lb. Panoply, Aio, Marino and New l-'orest have handy imposts and will he well supported. Westmere appears to be returning to form, and, with 7st Tib, it :s only a matter of regaining his two-year old brilliancy for the son of Fseuteheon to capture the prize. Martyrdom may upset calculations, but the three remaining horses will be found wailiir.g at the finish. My selection for places— Tiif. Autisi V\'r..-T:iKie Marino. The Hurdles should »e <>st !:>_> - IIoPEFl'! The Settiers* Handicap is sure to he be a good race and should be annexed by one of the following three : Kaimicov ' MystKlM ' s IiEI.Oi;: >

OTAKI MAORI RAIING CLIP'S WINTER MEETING. The following' nominations were received on Saturday evening for the above meeting, to be held on the 25th May Tuial llavdic K I> Furlongs. Gaspard t.nd;:,n Shot Wach -en-beet j i Kiori Tarartia W harangi P>lue Mountain Langdale Mrs Shannon Alpha. Roll Call The Goth Puawai < 'almarino Primus The Mairiss Beictb Skav'm Young Mati Bowshot Otakapau Annie Kahuvnik! Hesitation Totia Br i in s*wi c k M ae wa ran gi Light Matau Cakxda TI. I'tifsr Ilrnoi.Ks, If Miles. Steel King 1 lush Girl Tenby Barman Tell Tale AYaituna Daisv P„H Little John Rossali Runaway Scrap Iron Black Dust Otaki Platk, 1 \ Miles. Fir<t Result Bona Fide Etrand Boy Slaiden Opai Light Kinglakr Sword fish Prine.-s Cole Lbor 11. Crim-on Streak Tokatea Myst ieal Springtime Slumber < Kakapau Skcmvh Hrmu.Es, I.V Mde-.. Revenue Hat-man Ti-nbv Wait un.ii. Tell Tale Little John Mil ford Runaway Daisy Bell Vend la Primus Black Dust Rossali Whisper Scrap Iron Bush Girl Fi.yiv., Handicap, (i Furlongs. Gaspard Bona Fide First Result Slaiden Errand Bov Crescent Mil ford * Light Tararua Caloola 11. Persimmon H au S ' rfl Roll Call Acme Puawai I Israeli Princess Cole Sing Song Reality Calmarine Bow-hot Titoki Anni Heskarkm i'oti"

Stewards' Stakk.s, 1;{- ?• Files. First Result Slaiden Steel Kin.'_r Light Errand liny Caloola 11. .Mil ford Violet Optii - Acme Persimmon Swordfisli Kinglake Ebor 11. Princess Cole Tokatea Crimson Streak Springtime Mystical Stockade Slumber Otakapau Ron a Fide Whisper Nominations for the MastcrtonOpaki fares rinse to-night. Nominal 1 <«- for ihe Ihtwke's I>.i\ [»unlit* ;nn! Steepierhn-e rlosrto-night.