SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 445, 10 July 1922, Page 6

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACES,

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON. July 8,

At the Wellington Racing Hub’s winter meeting the totalisator handled £53,0w, a» compared with £63.976 10s on the corresponding day last year. Additional i osults - Charity Cup.—Arch Salute (A. J. McElvnn) 1, Gold Kip 2, Demos 3. Also started: Tame Fox, Dainty Step, irmtemps, Chimera, Heather Sprig, Roy a Box, Forest Gold, Some Kid, Tenterheld, Kilrush, Haurangi, Strategy Sunny I oilier, Some Fashion, Poanui, Bagdad, * tor*, Mori Avis, Kilkee, Dutch Courage I rmco Hal, Callaghan, Mantua Miss and. Aon by three lengths. Time, Imm 47soc. Trent ham Hurdles.-Genera Retain (McMillan) 1, Penury Rose 2,1; a stall 3. Also started: Fisher, Volo, Gladfu . No Bother, Alteration. Spook, Royal Gift Ivareno, Kyoto, Dick. Won by five lengths. lime, 3min 2'isec. To Arc Handicap.—A rangle (I* . to le t) 1. Liqueur 2, Big Push 3. Also started. Bitholia, Buttle Knight, Sir Burnett U - pairu, Birkenella, Yankee Dan, . Eoonom st, Te Kuri, Rippling, Loyal Maid, In the Pink, Bonibrook, Moonstruck, Zero Horn, Rosot, Punishment, Misrule, Sponte Bancgue. A T on by a nose, lime, l niin

The Dominion thus describes the contest for the Wellington Steeplechase: - The sixteen acceptors went to the post, in the birdcage the condition ot Coalition was much admired. Ngata looked hard y ready, while Khartoum and Old. Gold pleased No fault could be found with the condition of the others. Goahton was an early favourite, and lie held this position till the fall of the flag, Waikaretu, Sea Ite’il ami Kohu being best backed of the others, t the first fence Ngata and Red Cent jumped dear of Sea Deil and Oakleigh, with Calma well in the rear. >»aiknvetu had run to the front when the second fence was reached; this obstacle was a fatal one for Ngata. .At the third fence, the post and rails, Aaiknretn bumped his rider out of the saddle, but A artier made a wonderful recovery. The fence brought down the favourite, Coalition, First Lino and Old Gold. Two miles from home Aatkareßi and Glen Ida were, clear ot Keel Cent, Kohu, Oakleigh and Lea Deil Chlma and Muster Slrowan being at the head ot ihe others. The new post and rails next proved fatal to Sea De’il, and though Rowe remounted he pulled np soon aftei. Passing the stand the bust time Waikaretu was still the pilot, with Master Strowan .second, Glenisln, Kohu, Oaklcijrh untl Keil Cent in a bunch, Calma and Khartoum being next. A’lth a mile to go, Master Strowan header! Waikaretu, and Kohu ran up third. Oakleigh and Glenisla being handy. Red Cent, Calma and Khartoum led the others. Master Strowan and Waikareltt jumped the logs together. Kohu being three lengths away. Five furlongs 1 cor] home Oakleigh moved up last, and with Master Strowan led to the haystack, while Kohu was coming on well. Oakleigh gained two lengths at tin* new jump, which claimed another victim in Kohu. The race now was between Master Strowan and Oakleigh, They rose at the last fence together, and in a ding-dong finish Master Strowan won by ball a lengthy Aaikaretu was third, 150 yards away. Calma was fourth, and the others finished as follows : Glenisla, Red Cent, Khartoum, Lawsuit and Likelihood. ENGLISH RACING. LONDON. July 9. In tho Selling Plate at Linglield Park, the riders of the placed horses were respectively Carslako (an Australian), Archibald (an American), and Gray (the New Zealander).—A. and N.Z. cable. y.R.C. STEEPLECHASE, MELBOURNE, July 9. National Steeplechase.—Mountain Gold 12/7 (Reid) 1, Resembla 2. Monrose 3. All acceptors started. Time, 6.3 BL—Press Association. A Melbourne cable states that Rod Dome has been purchased by Air Percey .Miller, in New Soutli A ales, for 1000 guineas, and Queen Comedy has been purchased by Air Norman Falkiner for 750 guineas.