SPORTING NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 1, 2 January 1891, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

]:•■-■ NAPIER RACES. .. Napier, January 2. At the races yesterday the results were :— IJEW YE*R. HAIS'DJgAn. ]£otuku „ „ „ 1 Lenore . . .. ..2 Aroaoel .. .. ..3 Lullaby von the Flying Handicap ; Turaekaitai the Hurdle 3, and Thane the Two Year Handicap. AUCKLAND RACES. The following are the results of yesterday's races : — HURDLES.— Waterfall „ „ .. 1 Orlando .. .2 Jenny 3 Dividends £6 14s, and £5 lls 6cl; NEWMARKET HANDICAP— Refusal .. 1 The Baron .. .. ... 2 Pani ;;•- .. '- .. -■'... 3 Dividends £5 17s, and £7 17s. MIDSUMMER HANDICAP. Roseafeldt .. „ . « 1 Brown Bess „ „ ..2 Workman .. .. . . 3 Dividends £455, and £3 12s 6di" T DERDY. Medallion .. -•••■■' .. .. 1 Crackshbt .. "- .; ' • •... ; - ;. 2 Leolanti3 . . . . . . . . 3 These were the only starters. Won by a length and a half, Leolantis twenty lengths away. Dividend,. .£2 16s.Gd and £2 15s 6a.. RACING CLUB HANDICAP. Strephon .. .. .. „ 1 Hilda .. .. .. „ a Dudu „ . „ v „ „3, Cissy came m seoond, but when the jockey was weighed m it was found that he was six pounds short of the proper weight and was therefore disqualified. Dividends £6 Us and £8 3s 6d. WELTER HANDICAP. Leprina „,-,; „ .. „ V Priso. r lla .... „ ..2 St. Michael . . . . . . „ 3 Dividends £2 3s 6dand £2 4s 63. An enquiry was held re Cissy but nothing was elicited, and the owner and trainer were exonerated.