SPORTING NEWS

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7304, 28 October 1885, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS

lr ♦ 7 TIMARU R.C. SPRING MEETING. n [bt teleoeaph."! 7 ' Timabu, Tuesday. The Timaru Racing Olub'e spring t ! "* meeting to-day waa well attended. A ? special excursion train came from t Oamarn. The following are the results f of the racing-: — 7- HANDIOAP HURDLES, 7 Of 20 soys ; 2 miles. 7 Messrs M. and C. H»bbs' Moody, aged, ilst 71b (C. Hobbs) 1 • Mr Gordon Wood's Labra, aged, Bst 71b (J. Haleß) 2 * —Mr Agnew's ;b g Unit (9st 101 b), 7 and Mr J. Melton's b g Myrtle (83t71b) . ~ were scratched. ]§.■ Won easily by four lengths. DiviX" dend,£l6s. &■'/.• NOVEL BACE, ir-'- Of 25 soys ; 1 mil* 4 ; "o weight under £-.' Bst7lb. IV?' Mr H. Ciulter'RF- "d (Mason) .. 1 ifeMessrs M. and C. Hobbs' Miss Fcn- !§£&*''■• wiok iGodden) 2 Is^Mr Hunt's Jackal (Orr) 3 Hy? --Bagshot, Rose, Kin.edown, am t^' 7 'Warrior also started. Mistake aid |l|.^M__lie_ were scratched. !»%•. 'Bagaliot and Fraud went away wUh lyil'l'tlw lead and maintained it to the finish,

At the rails Bagshot got his head in front of Fraud, and won easily. After the race the owner of Fraud entered a protest against Bagshot taking the stakes oo the ground that he had not been in the district the prescribed time, that is four months. The owner of Bagshot admitted that such wns the cose, and the stewards declared Fraud the winner. Time, lmin 50Jsec. Dividend, £2 6s. squatters' stakes handicap, Of 00 soys ; li mile. Messrs M. and C. Hobbs' Jack, syrs, 7st 12lb (Butterworth) 1 Mr M. Sherwin's Mokarakara, agod, Bst 12lb (White) 2 Mr O. Wederill's Scaltheon, Oyrs, 7st 01b (H. Kerr) 3 J — Camcrine and Opera also started. Vanity Fair was scratched. Coming into the straight Mokarakara and Scaltheen were neck and neck, when Jack, who was lying third, rushed through and won by a length. Time, 2min46sec. Dividend, £2 lis. HUNTERS' HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE, Of 30 soys ; about 2i miles. Mr W. S. Armitage's Bona, aged, lOst 101 b (Dunn) 1 Mr Jones' Coryphee, Oyrs, list (Owner) ... ... ... •■• 2 — Donald and Myrtle also ran. i Myrtle and Donald baulked at the timber jump. Bona and Coryphee | then cantered round till the last jump, when Coryphee left Bona to win as she liked. Dividend, £6 2s. AGHICULTURAL PLATE, Of 35 soys ; 1{- milo. Mr M. Studholme's Viking, 4yrs, 7st 121 b (White) 1 Mr Hobbs' Jack, syrs, 83t (Mazengart) 2 Mr C. Wederill's Scaltheen, Oyrs, Bst(Kerr) 3 Won by a length. Dividend, £1 Bs. Time, 2 min 18_seo. OCTOBER HURDLE RACE HANDICAP, Of 20 soys; 1-J- mile. Mr Hobbs' Moody (Nicholls) ... 1 Mr.Agnew's Unit (Dunn) 2 Mr Jones' Coryphee (Owner) ... 3 Won easily. Dividend £2 2s. Time, 3min 15sec. Mr Melton's Myrtle hurt her back at the last jump, and it is feared she will have to be destroyed.