SPORTING.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2050, 4 January 1887, Page 3

SPORTING.

THE AUCKLAND RACES. ( ' (Per P.ess Association.) Auckland, Jan* 3. Pol owing are rho results of toe remain ing even s (f to-day’s races at EUershe. Auckland Piat l ,2so sovs. 2 miles. , Nelson ... .. .... 1 ) Kii'gfish .. ... .. 2 Derringer ... ... - ... 3 Ne son led from the start, Kiocfish : ti>- tin j Derringer by a length. Tune I 3mi.i 521 eos Dividend 23*. I I Auckhnd Steep'eihase Ha dicap, 300 s >vj j 3i miles Falton ... ... ... 1 Tiger .. ... .. ..2 Gu vP t ' k°s .. .. '3 Jin, Coral, Pair .“ L• I i mi, Omata and Silvio also ran. At the start Silvio went to the front and held the command until conn ig i to the straight when he cam l down at the s'one wail. Falcon was here Drought to the front, an 1 r n home an easy winer, by ten lengths '•l'irne Bmiu 47-shjs. U vidend £t 4*. Silvio in the fall was btoly cut mi the hindlegs. f'lis rider of Oma'n ,1, l.aing was filled £lO and di-qua ifie 1 during the picture of the Stewards for mi'Conduct. Si lling Slakes, 'OOsovs, o- e mile Greenmount .. ... ..1 Barney ... ... ... 2 Lionel ._ .. .. ... 3 Rewi, Cannon, An'elopc, Th ■ Cat, l’ipi, L ‘ Dka'o, Sir Bedevere, Miss Alma and Reckltsj also ran Blarney.cut '"it tlie J running, followed by Greenmount. In ! tlie straight the latter Cam ? away, winning ’ by two 1 ngths. Time, lmin 15<oc, 1 Divide d, L 5 9s. The winner was bought ? in by the owner for L4O. ! Sylvia Park Stakes, 200.t0 vs ; six furlongs. ! Niagara 1 1 Lady Florin .. 2 ' Bangle ... 3 ' Niagara was the favorite. Lady B'loAn got the best of the sta-t, followed by Niagara. In the straight the litter made the running, winning ea-ily bv a length, Bingle five lengths behind. Time, lnnn ISsec. Dividend, 275. Victoria Handicap, lOOsovs ; one mile. Waitiri ... .. .. 1 Mitrailleuse 2 Turqoniae 3 Cinderella, Clogs, Catesby, Tamora, Howitzer, L onsss aud Rewi also run. Mitrai Fuse went to the front. Kl'owed by Waitiri and there was a game finish between them, but the latter won by a length. Turquoise was third, but so close was Clogs that it was almost a dead heat for third place. Time, imin 43lsec. Dividend, 31s. After the Steeplechase, the Governor left for Oiiehunga to embark in tbe Hinemoa for Wellington. SYDNEY RACES. Reuter’s Telegrams. R ccived January 3rd, 10.5 p. m . Sydney’, Monday. The second day’s racing of the Tatter' sill’s Club Mee ing took place to-day. The weather was fine, and the attendance good. The first race on the programme was the New Year's Gift, and was won by Spoilt Chill, Faugh-a-Ballagh 2nd, Halcyon 3rd. Twenty-three horses started. Won by a length. Time, limn 15;£sec. Carrington Stakes—Kitawa 1, Keith 2, Tom Brown 3. The nee resulted in a splendid finish between Kitawa and Keith, the former winning by a length. Time, 2min 24i-sec. The betting wis 10 to I against Kitawa. Steeplechase Hatter 1, Blackall 2, Kangaroo 3. Six horses started. Won by two lengths. Time 7min Ssec. Free Haudicap—Goldhake 1, Yel'ow Jacket 2, Resolved. Twenty two started. Won by half a length- Time, 2inin lljeecs. CALEDONIAN SPORTS. Per Press Asso"iation Wellington, Jan. 2 The weather was gloriously fine for the Caledonian Sports. The attendance according to the returns was about 7000. Barker won tho Caledonian Handicap of four distances with ten points, Scott of Christchurch second with nine, Mon nook third with four points. The Bicycle Handicap, 2 miles was won by NewtoD, 300yds ; time 9min 20sees. Tjlmaru Jan 3. The South Canterbury Oa'edonian games commenced to-day The meeting was Highly successful, the weather being excellent, and 5000 persons were present All the games were vre’l contes’ed. Dunedin Jan 2. At the Caledonian Sports yesterday the prize for C irnish wrestling was won by 11. Dunn (Champion Border style.) January 3 - To-day was almost generally observed as a holiday and the weather being fine the town was almost deserted. The Caledonian Sports were largely attended. Julian made the record for vaulting with the pole clearing 10ft lOin.-J. Grant being only one inch behind. Julian also took first prigs for putting the 221 b ball 33Get 1 inch, and for the hop, step and leap 43 feet 7 inches. J. Dunn, brother of the Champion won the Middle Weight Wrestling match. The Caledonian Handicap four dlstauces was won by J. Irving, Huston 2,