SPORTING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 13 July 1917, Page 5

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACE&-£EK!QKD

DAYj

BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ABSOCE&.TSCOT. WELLINGTON,. July 12.. There was .glorious weather or the

second day's races, andua big, attendance. The totalisatox. handled £34,235 i 10s, ac compared witk. £36 i 31S>. last year. . Results :-rrCorunna Hurdles—6 . Saa.. Seba stiaia, (J. R. Kaan) 1, Miss Ssiion. 2, 4 fSwtnu ton 3. Also started: ;7 , Compnalsion, 3, Dionysius, 1 Kohinahina,.B Biiown. Loch, 5 Mt. Victoria, 11 Glenialougjij U0 Kukri, 12 Marvelitej_9 Zarilla.. W,cn t.y t\so. lengths,, the .third" horsevolose-.up.;. Time, Liverpool Han&icaprr-l! Tip TJp |L. Hagerty) 1, 8 Bairnsdale 2, 7 Hr-Uus 3. Also started: 3 Croesus^, 2. Kaiomaijawhiri,: 6 Potentiality, 4 George, 9 Gold Painting,. 5 .Rockfield. A good finish. Won by, half a length, the third, horss a head , away.. Time-,'.. L3&t Jumpers' Flat—B' Iceberg (R E. Brown) 1, 2 Thrace 2,. & Master Tirai:3. Also starfad: 1 Prinoe Dela-ware,, 4, Moulu, 3 Want, 10 Comb.ustion, 5 tanus, 9 First Coneuly, 7 Black Haart. Won by four lengths, the third horse close up.;. Time, 2.2^.;3~5.. ! Selling Race—3 Petruchio (FL E. Jones) 1, 1 Humorislfc 2 y 6 Rowauania) 3. Also- ■:, started: 4 4 Undecided, 7, Try : Again, 2 Hygia, 5 Beraope. Won bjrfour i lengths, three lengjjhs separating the t next two. rlime, 1,,G 3-5. Ihe pinner j was : sold. £<>r ll&i guineas to.. Mr A. I GrQves. / 1 Brooklyn Sttepfeenaac—7 Master Strowan (R. ThQ>rujJSO.i) 1, 2 >uwitea 2,. 6 Fagot 3. Also started: S Wiro-i kino, 3 Czaronusj, 1 Kirkby, 4': Collecttor, STauira, QT'The Brewer.. Won bj.half a length. CSaronus fell ask/the pos'a; and rails >and ha<S to be destro*;^. Tim«i 6.4. Pesiinsula Hiiaadican. —4 Sr Agu*s(Sid Reid) 1, % Nobleman 2. 3 BladSj Hill"'3. Also started: 1 Charlie, 8 Mejrrie Poto, 5 Don Paciftea. 7 S«s»shade, 9 Hastre, 13 St. Head. 12 Pa^areas, 14' Royal Battery, 10'Eron Boj{.& Kimbblton, 291 Crescent Moon. Won? By , a>length, a^poor third. Time. 1.20 %5. Fleet Handicap.—l Kanri King (H. l&obinson) I, ll" Orleans 2. 2 Tofcf 3. Also started: 4Heeltat)t, S"Ladv Ltmisa, 3 Goldstream, 10 Seddel Bahr 6 Marc Anthony,. 9 Sir Hamilton, 7 Centre, 8 Detroit. Won by twcs lengths. Time, 1.60 2-51 Petone Handicap.—3" Commost (R. Hatch) 1, 2 Rajput 2; 9 Bloom ihe 3. Also started: 1 Kilkee, 7 Madam Ristori, & Perrier, 4 Rblyhpad, 5 Whakatina. 10 Minesweeper. 12 Pao, 11 Eron Boy. 13 Mystic Light, 8 Eurnos, 14 Sfv Wiir&tm, ig- Barter. Won by a the third horse a neck away. Time, 1.6 X i AUSTRALIAN ITEMS. BT CASLE—PEE9S ASSOCIATION- "OF»BI©B;li. (Australian Cable Association.) MELBOURNE, July 12. The final acceptors for the Grand National are. —Kuda, Caibye, Artillery Bill. Coradul, Waimai, Flash Jack. Tinto. Icon' Old Mungindi, Edinol, Glenquinn, Cobram, Ruralist, Hisch View, Pinon, Renong, Raheny, Dice Box, Adherent. SYDNEY, July 12. The Daily Telegraph draws attention to the fact that during the current season seven clubs operating in Sydney distributed £127,7^6 in prize money. The paper comments that these arc big figures for the period of the war