SPORTING NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 295, 12 April 1897, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS.

A resilient at the Spit has drawn Charge (Carbine Forest Queeni in Tattersall s sweep 011 the Sydney Cup. \\ illiam Slnirpe. a well-known jockey, who re ■•curly rode in Nelson, died rather suddenly yesterday at Nelson, it is s ipposed from heart disersr. Writes •' Asmodeus " in the Laader:— When 1 >readnouglit swept the. board of the 2-yr-old race.- of IBBH some speculative ringmen. conceiving tliat it would be good business to back hiiu heavily for th next Derby and (.'up in order to dole the liio.iey out !e the public at a profit, booked allelic money they could get about the son of Chester and Trafalgar for the double. The colt's owner, the late James White, however having satisfied himself as to who the peope were who had taken the money, put them in a hole, and saved the public from the purpose for which it had been taken, anxiety and imposition, by not entering Dreadnought for the Melbourne Cup. When the entries came out there was lamentation, and curses loud and deep fell from the lips of the batHed speculators. With such a prospective clinker as Majestic (to say nothing of Norseman and others) to fall back 011 Mr Wilson might similarly deal with the people who are suspected of playing the same game with Aurum, in connection with whose double event chance for Derby and Cup soma thing of the same sort lias aheadv been done."

WAIITKIRAE J.C. EASTER MEETING. The following acceptances came to hand too late for Saturday's isr-r.e : h.vniucai' unsDi.Ks, 1} miles.

st lb st lb Kliino 10 l:: Velocity 9 i:-5 r.iih 10 10 Mystical ... 9 l:; Flirt 10 7 (iorse 9 12 Toriki 9 l;» Speedwell ... 9 0 KASTKlt handicap, 7 furlongs. Priiry Lane 8 4 Watevstone 7 7 l'etroline ... K 4 Target 7 7 TI1I.VL MANUKA! •, once rounil IV»/zIe 8 1'2 Forfarshire 8 2 Tamakuitai 8 White llose 8 0 Forecast ... IS •2 Trouil' Loup 8 0 Orpheus 8 2 Nor'-west 8 0 I>aphtie 8 •2 WAIITKlliAl' iiA.soii Ar, 11 mikv. The Shrew 8 12 Martyrdom 7 0 Ci olden l'lover i 1-2 Waterstone 6 9 HANMl A] !• H. ICK flat, 1J miles. T« N<r;u-hc... 8 1-2 Marchioness 6 1-2 ]'■ p.'': n 8 r> (irt-enstone G 12 Flirt 7 8 Forfarshire ti 10 Goi'-e 7 •2 Nina 0 7 ! 1 >- i.. iiam-I' w\ mile. Tht 1 Shrew... 9 Martyrdom 7 7 lVtrulun' ... 7 11 Target ti 12 l'rary Lane 7 9 LAI'U > • ' m:a< klkt. 1 ' milt-. Leomini 12 7 T"-~. .-k ... U 0 'IV' Ni;a< K ... u 11 (iiTse 10 It! l\ \U vd I i U Tauvakaitai in •.1 t, | V 1 11 lo tl'U'l- • . in 0 JUIlv n N I'lO_H-- .. 10 9 MvsiUMI ... 11 8 I'apr.Uf 10 4 1 alvil Uullge u 4 >p<.td\M 1 .. 10 4 Flirt u ;s FINAL HAi K. 1 T«? N;:u lit'... 8 l:i Prop-ess ... u 10 lulfonl ... 8 l;{ l'oreeast 6 10 8 ti Forfarshire 6 10 8* m 1 .rd ... 7 11 Trou d' Loup 6 9 I>t ,k 7 9 1 1 :l>r. lie 6 9 l<Uv 7 ti White Ko>e B 7 \M i"iri ... 7 6 (."rocker 6 7 MUV':.•»6 1-2 Nina 6 7 tuv<. ti 12