LATEST SPORTING.
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Curistchcrcii, Friday. Thf.rf. was not a large attendance tenia? and the hi_;h wind was very unplaismt. ' Tub Ciiristciicrcii Plate, a sweepstake of osovs. each, with loOsovs. added. Seeoail horse to save his stake, Nomination, osovs., to go the fund. Grip, 9st. Tibs. (Derritt) ... 1 Louis d'Or, 7st. 41bs. (t-lingesli) ... ... J Xiie betting was any odds on Grip. The Metropolitan" Handicap, a sweep, stakes of usovs. cach, with 150->ovs. atliled, Second horse to save his stake. Nomination, Ssovs., to go to the fund. Chancellor, Sst. 91bs. (Thompson) ... 1 Tasinan, 6st. 121bs. (Butler) ... ... ; Volunteer, Sst. lOlbs. (Willie) 3 Sir George, The Dauphin, Poet, and Joker also ran. Time, 2mids. 4'2.\sees. The betting was 2to 1 against Sir George, to 1 against Tasnuui, G to 4 against The Dauphin, •1 and 5 to 7 against anything else. The Spf-inc. Ncrsk.ry Handicap, of 10 sovs. for the winner. The sweepstakes o sso vs. to go to the second horse. For two-year-olds. Nomination, with Csovs., on general entry day. Nonsense (YVattie) ... ... 1 Amazon (Hoskings) ... 2 Trinket (Butler) ... 3 Siesta, Taiaroa, Welcome Jack, Te Ata, anil Leonard also ran. Time, 50.\se:s. Th« betting was 4 to 1 against Siesta, 3 to 1 against Nonsense and Trinket, 4 to 1 against Taiaroa and Welcome Jack. Vanguard and Rebecca were scratched. Mr, Horsford declared to win with Siesta. Shlling Race (Handicap), 6 furlongs. Oil Dit, Sst. 41bs. (Bishop) 1 Coldstream, 7st. 91bs. (Wurstan) ... 2 Talent, Sst. lOlbs. (Banehe) 3 Time, lmin. 9secs. Aurora (6st. Olbs.J, Fleur de Lys (7st. Slbs.), and Gold Dust (6st. 71bs.) also ran. The Joker (7st. "lbs.) was scratched. The Flying Handicap, of lOOsovs. for the winner, the sweepstake of 3sovs. each to go to the second horse. For three-year-olds and upwards. 2sovs. on nomination to go to the fund. Hilda, 7st. ... ... ... ... ... I Nautilus, 7st. 51bs 2 Sir George, 9st. 31bs. 3 The betting was even against Sir George, i to 1 against Nautilus. Nonpareil and Farewell also started.
Consolation- Handicap. 1 mile. Nautilus, 6st. 71bs ... 1 Talent, Sst. 21bs 2 Joker, 7st. ... 3 Randwick, Rawdon, Coldstream, and Poet also ran. It was won by a head. Time, lmin. 43Jsec. There was more money in the totalisator to-day than either of the other days, though the attendance was much smaller. The inside one had £2332, and the outsider £1640. The highest dividend was on tha Metropolitan, in the one case £22 14s, in the other £11 7s. The total for the thre« day! was within a few pounds of £11,000.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6237, 12 November 1881, Page 4
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