SPORTING NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 427, 16 September 1897, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

A STARTLING ACCIDENT. TWO HORSES KILLED. INCLUDING A CUP CANDIDATE. BOTH JOCKEYS INJURED. [By Telegraph.] (Per Press Association.) Auckland, This day. Early this morning the New Zealand Cup candidate Lady Anna and the pony Sweet Lavender were killed on Lake Takapuna Beach. They were being galloped on the beach the opposite way, each having horses associated with them, and the heads of Lady Anna and Sweet Lavender came together. The force of the collision caused both to rear and fall dead. Jockey Waldron, who was riding Lady Anna, had his left leg broken, while McEwin, the rider of Sweet Lavender, got a severe scalp wound, which had to be stitched. No bones were broken. He was subsequently removed to the Auckland Hospital.

H.B. SPRING MEETING. The following handicaps have been declared :—- First Hurdles, about l ; j mile.

Tire ... 7 8 "Wakelyn ... 6 9 TIM ARC RACES. At the Tiniaru races this afternoon Victor II won the Hunters Hurdles and Double Event the Cup.

Tally-ho .. 11 12 Rhino 9 10 Melinite 11 7 Prairie Grass 9 3 Golden Plover 10 10 Drury Lane 9 0 Prince CharlielO 10 Te Ngaehe 9 0 Missfire 10 4 Mairua 9 0 The Plug .. 10 0 Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs. The Shrew 8 12 Tire 7 8 Searchlight 8 9 Strowau 7 8 Sedgebrook 8 8 Vedette 7 8 Barshot tt 8 Miss Emmy 7 8 The Artist .. 8 3 Daunt 7 6 Boreas 8 1 Woodstock 7 3 Target 8 0 Petroline ... 7 2 New Forest 7 12 Tauliei 7 0 Moomaker .7 11 Maid Marion 6 12 Sir Lancelot 7 10 First Blood 6 9 Douglas «. 7 9 O&tti 0 7 Spring Handicap, H mile. The Shrew 8 10 Defiant 7 6 Acone 8 9 Sir Lancelot 7 5 The Artist ... 8 5 St Conon ... 7 5 Defiance 7 ir. Missfire ... 7 3 Pom Pom .. 7 13 Man-o'-War • 7 2 Haria 7 9 Yidette 7 2 Daredevil .. 7 9 Daunt 7 2 Douglas 7 9 Miss Emmy 7 2 Primula 7 9 Cceur de Lion 6 9