SPORTING NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 369, 10 July 1897, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

[By Gipsy Grand.] The Y.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase with 13 starters is run this afternoon. I look to Vigil or Timoni to supply the winner. The Auckland hurdler Aughadowey has been destroyed. Nineteen of the N.Z. Cup candidates are by Musket sires. Bombshell has been alloted 6st 71b for the Manchester Cup. Euroclydon is the only horse carrying over weight for age in the N.Z. Cup and Day Star the only one on the w.f.a. mark. Golden Fleece changed hands in Adelaide the other day at £4O. Alarkinch ran unplaced at Kensington on June 24th WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE MEETING. (By Telegraph.) (Per Press Association.) Hutt Racecourse, This day. The course is heavy and the attendance small. Following are the results : Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs. Kalmea (McTaggart) ... 1 Mauser ... ... ... 2 Sir Agnes ... ... ••• 3 Bowshot and Bloomsbury also started. Mauser and Sir Agnes led to the straight when Kalmea caught them and won comfortably by a length. Time, lrain 23secs. Div., ss. The Stewards are an enquiry into Kalmea s running on 'W ed nesdav. The race was awarded to Kalmea. Steeplechase Handicap, 3 miles. The Friar ( Johnston) ... 1 Violence ••• ••• 2 Dromedary ... ••• 3 All started but Claymore and Pyrites. Tally-ho and Flirt led for a round and aquarter, when Tally-ho fell, and The Friar, who had been lying third, went to the front and won easily by six lengths. Dromedary several lengths away third, Flirt fourth. Tiritea, Rangipai, and Kaitoa met with mishaps but none of the jockeys were injured. Time, 6min 56secs. Div.. £lO 3s. Hunters' Steeple, about 3J miles. Rambler (Mr Mcßae) ... 1 Coastguard and Fleetwood, the only other starrera, fell. The former was remounted and finished half-a-mile behind the winner. Time lGmins 2eece. Piv. ( £2,