SPORTING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9092, 1 May 1890, Page 5

SPORTING.

i THE HA/ STINGS PLATE, j SIEKJ JAM’S DEBUT, j inx xlbctujc mil/(g haph. copmiGHT,] i [Special. •> to ITiebs Association.] i L | f3.QM )ived April CO, at noon,] LONDON, App.ii, 29. j The Memmarket First Spring Meeting - commenced io-day. The following is the ; result of the j HASTXnG-s PXiATE. of 10 sovs eeoh, with £OO ) i.wvs added. Amount accruing froin owetip to ifo j to the second horto, Fop threc-ycor-olds. { Colts Sat 101 b, fiiiea Bs® 7ibj penalties and | _ allowances. One inile. ■i Baron do lb itbsohild’s ch c Heamue.by Hermit 1 —Bella, 9ut 11b 1 j Mr Abingbon’a b c Hachler, by Petrarch—j Eackni sa, BsV. 101 b 2 Hon J. Wh ita’s cb c Kirkham, by Chester —Ba Princoj ae, Sat Sib 3 Twelve b orsea ran. | Eickaky, the English jockey, rode the i Hon J. White's candidate.

O i tine Hon J. White’s horses only Kirfchaim will be started in the Two Thoues ,nd Guineas to be run to-morrow, but h(i is not much fancied. flieocived April 30, at 8 p.m.T

In, the Hastings Plate, Kirkham, who ran hhird, was many lengths behind the j wmn.er. He started at 33 to 1 agsfc. It ia i Karelian, and not Kirkham, who runs in | the Two Thousand Guineas to-morrow. | [Eeceivad May 1, at 1.20 a.m.j

I Ai'iiit, 30. I Hermit, the well-known thoroughbred f stallion, is dead. [Heaume, the winner of the Hastings I Plate, was recognised as one of the best two-year-olds in England last season. He made his dibut in the Bedford Plate at the Newmarket Second Spring Meeting, when he beat Bel Demouio, Llewellyn, and twelve others. His next appearance was in the Great Surrey Breeders' Foal Stakes at Epsom, in which he carried a penalty, and won comfortably from Marchesi, Hayraddia, and five others. Ho was beaten a length by Surefoot in the New Stakes at Ascot, but finished in front of Hidden Treasure, Far Niente, and six others ; and at the Newmarket duly Meeting won the j Chesterfield Stakes from Loup, Eiviera, and two others. At the Leicester Summer Meeting ho was second to Eiviera, beaten only a neck in the rich Portland Stakes, the speedy Semolina failing to get a place, and he wound up his two-year-old career I by winning the Challenge Stakes at the Newmarket October Meeting. His total winnings for the year amounted to £2393, Hacker, who finished second, started four times last season, his only victory being in the Maiden Stakes at Croydon, a race worth J6127.J

[Pee Peess Association.] AUCKLAND, April 30. The brood mare Tatteriaa,dam of Libeller and Matchlock, died to-day. Yatterina was the property of Mr W. Walters. SOUTHLAND RACING CLUB. INVERCARGILL, April 30. The Southland Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting did not a ttract a large attendance. Only district horses were engaged, northern owners not having accepted. The Novel Race, a mile and a quarter, was won by Mr Crockett’s Black Jack, Dividend, JJG 15s. The Autumn Handicap, a mile and a quarter, was won by Mr Pina’s Vaultress, Parvula 2, Jealousy 3. Dividend, £2 4s. Steeplechase, about two miles— Ranger 1, Kiwi 2, Wardrobe 3. Aparima also ran, but ran round a hurdle. Dividend, £1 Is. Plying Handicap, Three-quarter mile—Mr White’s Heartburn 1, Mr Finn’s Token 2, Mr M'Lean’s Matamata 3. Dividend, £7 sa. Handicap Trot, threo miles —Mr O’Brien’s Envy, ssecs, 1; Many, 15secs, 2; Banshee, scratch, 3. Won all the way. Dividend, J 54 14s. Half-holiday Handicap —Parvuia 1, Jealousy 3, Vaultress 3. Dividend, .£4 12s, Consolation —Mr Crockett’s Victory 1, Barbwire 2, Modiste 3. Dividend, £2 4s.