SPORTING.
WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB. [P.ER Press Association.] WANGANUI, April 33. The following nominations have boen roSTEEPLECHASE, of 400 sovs: three miles—Janella, Capitoa, Bullworth, Kavterc, Pawa, Playmate, Mocassin, Balknce, Eur us, Northern Star, whimper, Kaipetipeti, Leonardo, Pi! son, Oryx, Jack Pot, Aro'na. Lull. Lebeau, Norn, Audax, Waimotu, Maidi, Clarabclle and Lingerer.
CHRISTCHURCH RACING CLUB. The following handicaps have been declared for tho Christchurch Racing Club's meeting:— HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, of 60 sovs; one mile-Contender lOst 131 b, Orsino lOst 121 b Tessera 9st 01b. Northern Star 9s 31b, Pallada 9st 21b, Blytheboy pat. TJI . T ._ T CHRISTCHURCH AUTUMN HANDICAP, of 115 sovs; one mile and a priori gLady Disdain 9st 3lb, AH Guns fet 13 b, Miss Mischief Sat 121 b, Gwendoline Set Sib, Sunglow Bst 71b, Tremulous 7st 3<b, Somaroft" 6st 101 b, Euclid 6st 101 b. HACK HANDICAP, of 40 sovs; six tolonss—British Peer 9st, Bulhtpn Bst 81b, Seal Bst 71b, Merry Lass flat, Blytheboy Sst, Salaam 7st 101 b, English Rose 7«t 91b, Bra«eno°e 7st 9lb, Rouge-et-Noir /St 91b, Cl»vm"re 7st 9lb, Lady Lochiel fat 31b Equivocate St 131 b. Nightlight est 121 b Kmgsway M 121 b, !tteU« "Ife- Whitest fet IMb, The CingaleeGst 9lb, All White 6st Sib Bangor 6st 91b, Everyman 6st 91b. TTCIAL HANDICAP. o£ 30 sovs; seven fur-lonis-Bulletin 0.1. Merry Lass Set 6b, v, a ZZ sol 11b Ladv Lochiel 7st 9lb, pSek Tat 51b, Nightlight 7at 61b, 7st 21b, Bangor 7* 21b, All White 7st W>, Miss Doris 7st 2lb, Sewlands -at 21 b. ', vri-p ciivniCAf of 75 sovs; nve *™«sy SJSB. s 101 b .Tessera Sat Blb, Chiarinian fet 7lb, Honliess), of 60 sots; one milo—The sor, Agesemos 7s'ec, Le Rosier 7s»°, Bessta B. : fsec, Lady Mab Saeo, The Hobo Oseo, Have- ! lock 9sec. Mainbrino Akabah 9seo.
ORARI SPORTS CLUB. The following nominations have been w ■a <„,. +v,„ Or-jri Snorts Ciub s meeting. HANMCAP of, 10 sovs; four r ' r tt, Dawn. Benzoline, IvanoS, & S ndT E R a o y al Role, N an cy Lee, Bxitt»J£ Kitard Swift Helianthea, Tarpa, Lady Raland Merrvmaker, Brasenose, Ranyon, Kaof 8 sovs; cue mile-Chandelier, Alemone, Emd St Omer, Blazer, Queen Marnbrmo, Ann U., Lord Ashton Triumph and Ruapuna. ORARI HANDICAP, of 20 sovs; one mile -Formena Story, Ivanofi, Spraybird, Gleafleld Botanic, Antony, Tessera Bouncing Bob Ladv Dirk, Salaam, Diana, brown geldn» Vnlmenl Mangrove and Cracrolt. In &EI?ALDINE'TROI HANDICAP, of 13 sovs; two miles-Starboro St Orrter Prince Gift General Agnes, The Quack, Submarine, Gladsome M.K.D. and Pom Pom. FLYING HANDICAP, ot 12 eovs; siz furlongs— Benzoline, Formena, Ivanoff, Spraybird, Glonfield, Lady Eto Swift, Tessera, Tarpa Bouncing Bob, Lady Dirk, Salaam, Mangrove. Newlands and Brasenose. • WINCHESTER TROT HANDICAP, of 17 sovs; one milo and a half—Bonnie Boon, Tornado, Starboro, M.K.D., Prince Gift, Ann G Sir-Tatton, Princess Minnie, ImperyU Girl Oueen Mambrino, Fluctess, General Agues, The Quack, Triumph, Noreen, Gladsome and Pom Pom. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of 10 sova; five furlongs—Crossina. Benzoline, Pearly Dawn, Ivanoff Nancy Lee, Brittanio, Kitard, Lady Eto Swift, Helianthea, Tarpa, Story, Lady Finiand, Salaam, Ranzor and Boisterous.
Nominations tor the Ashbttrton County Racing Club's meeting will close to-night, at 9 o'clock. „ , , The fourth volume of the New Zealand Stud Book is cow in tho printer's hands, and will be issued in June. Tha ihiee-yoar-old filly, Artillene, who competed unsuccessfully at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting at Randwick, returned to Wellington from Sydney on Wednesday. A. OliTer, who had been absent in Sydney for several weeks, returned to Wellington on Wednesday. He immediately proceeded to Trentham, and on arrival was offered the mount on Aborigine, on whom ho won the Thompson Handicap. The Soult gelding, Waipuna, is among the acceptors for the Adelaide Cup, which will be decided on May o. He is weighted at Bst. 101 b, True Scot being top weight with 9st 7lb. The autumn meeting of the Wellington Racing Club will be concluded at Trentham to-day? Tho principal event on tho programme is the New Zealand St Leger, for which the field will bo made up of Husbandman, Master Soult and Whistleoraft. Mr 0. G. Dalgety has sold to Mr St John Buckley, of Oamaru, tha six-year-old gelding, Orsino, 'by Sant Ilario—Gipsy Maid. The horEe has gone into D. Moraghan's stable to be prepared for hurdle racing. He was given liis fiTst schooling task over the small hurdles at Riccarton on Thursday, when he shaped satisfactorily for 4 uovic*.
Tho well-known •thoroughbred, Nelson, by King Cole—My Idea, died on Thursday (it the 3table of his owner, Mr E. Cutis, Chokebore Lodje, Upper Riccarton. Nelson ws>-a foaled in 1880, so that he was twenty-eight years old. Ho was a high-class performer on the turf, his victories' including the Great Northern Derby, Auckland Cup (fhrefc times), Auckland Racing Club Handicap, Dunedis Cup and "Wellington Cup, ss well as several food races in Australia. His sticcessos at the stud were not so numerous, but in Seahorso he left at least one first-class horse. COURSING. The first coursing meeting of the recentlyformed North Canterbury Coursing Club is to be held at Springbank to-day. Thirty dogs were nominated, but the number was reduced by ballot to twenty, in order that the round's might, be completed in one day.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14977, 24 April 1909, Page 11
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