SPORTING.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 21 January 1899, Page 4

SPORTING.

Mr S. Gollan's horso The Possible was well backed for the Kempton Paris flocember Hurdle Handicap, 3 miles, run on November 30th-. ftoran prominently for the gre&tfefc part of the trip, but died aw&y at the end, finishing fourth, there being 14 starters. His weight was lOat 41b, 4lb above the minimum, BO he waa Well off on that soore, while the time fras nothing wonderful, the two to\B& being out out in 3min 5t Z-Sth itec, which would ( be cottsf&Bife'd slow, if anything, at either Fle'mington or Randwick. On the same afternoon Ebor, who is now owned by Captain W. H. Lambton, oarried 12st 71b into third place in a two-mile steeple- ! chase. He was not fanciedi gbitfg Wit at 10 to 1, Qalway bad not bben doing any racing, Wfe Vran engaged in the Metropolitan Steeplechase, 3 miles, to be run at Gatwick on December 15th. He was ■weighted at lOst 131 b, the minimum being lOafc, and the top-weight (Cathal) 12st 7lb. As the cable has been silent on the subject, presumably he did not distinguish himself. The Posisible> with lOst Olb, ran second in a Iwo-mite hurdle race at Nottingham on Deeßmbßt Bth, the winner being Notth Sea, who started at sto 4. There were nine tunnersj and The Possible's price was 10 to 1. The time for the race was 4mih Vo l-sth sec. t ■. The result of the dr-awing fof "W. A. Tattersall's cpiisullation bh the Perth Cu^ was as foU^WB i— Mural, W. Howard, workshops, Midland Junction, i>1850; Blackwood, "W. Kingswood, Paddington, Lucky Dog, M, Touhy, Broad Arrow, I