SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10122, 1 November 1917, Page 5

SPORTING.

(I'bh Prkrh Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 1. At Riccarton the outside course proper was open, hut, tbo going was dead after the rain. Mcneliius and Johnny Walker ran a mile and a half in 2.46 3-5," finishing together; Seaclown ran half a mile easily in 54 2-5: Impediment, a mile comfortably in 1.48 2-5: Desert Gold, a utile and a quarter in 2.13: Wrestler, six- furlongs in 1.18 1-5; Lady Black heat Nystad over six furlongs in 1.20 2-5; Adjutant was better than Gamecock for a mile and a quarter run in 2.16: Multifual and Cleft easily beat Sir Solo, Sleight-of-Hand and Blackall over a mile and a quarter run in 2.16 3-5, and Snub was much too good for Rorke's Drift and King Star, distance one mile_ and a half, run' in 2.42 2-5: Gang Awn' beat Arrowfield, one mile, in 1.47 3-5: Client ran one mile and a half in 2.46, going easy the early part and finishing well: Silver Tongue heat Estland over a mile and a quarter in 2.14 3-5; Kilree ran seven furlongs in 1.35 2-5: Disdainful sprinted, hut . afterwards walked lame; T'eka"easily heat Paraoa and John Barleycorn, mile and a half, run in 2.44; Rude, six furlongs, 1.17 3-5: Fiery Gross, one mile and a quarter, the last nine in 1.59 1-5; Hendra and Multiply, one mile and a quarter. 2.17 4-5: Moutoa Queen, live furlongs, 1.4 4-5; Form-up finished in front of 'Elocution and Egypt at the end of six furlongs, run in 1.18 3-5: Namia ran a mile in 1.46 1-5, Kilrush taking 1.47 4-5: Kilkee, six furlongs in 1.18 2-5-; Joannof and Master Hamilton were schooled over five hurdles and Don Francisco two. A number of two-year-olds sprinted a straight half-mile from the barrier. Cotillion and Bopeep finished together, Demagogue and Pontoon same, also Long Range and Sir Fanciful, while Finmark heat Court Geld and Cherry Mart.