CHRISTCHURCH RACES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7921, 13 April 1887, Page 5

CHRISTCHURCH RACES.

Chrlstchuch, Tuesday. The weather for the second day of the C.J.O. autumn meeting was wet and cold, and the attendance consequently was scanty. Keighan, who was hurt in the Hurdles on the first day, is progressing favourably. The following are the results : — Hprdlk Rack Handicap of lOOsove, over six flights of hurdlee. Once round and a distance. Mr. A. Gordon'e Garibaldi, lOit 71b (Cotton) I ... 1 Mr. H. Vjwiauoe's Mao, 9st 51bs (Wa11)... 2 Messrs. M. and C. Hobbs's Bordermau, llst(Lyford) 3 Secretary (lOst 4lb), Maiuboom (9st), Mammock (Ba6 3!b), also ran. Won by three lengths, Borderman ton lengths away. Time, 2min 57ieec. Dividend?, £4 Is 6d and £3 13a 6d. Autumn Norskry Handicap of 200sov8, five furlongs. Mr. O'Brien's Gipsy King, 9st (Derritt) 1 Mr. Butler's Repose, Sat lib (Stratford) 2 Mr. T. Rhodee , Kimberley, 7st 101b (Sharp) , 3 Won comfortably by three lengths. Time, lmin ssec Dividends, £2 7s 6d and £2 15s 6d. Challenge Stakes. Mr. O'Brien's Sextant (Mooro) ... ~. 1 Mr. G. G. Stead's Maxim (Jaokaou) ... 2 Mr. Reeves' Fair Nell (Cochrane) ... 3 Won by two lengths. Time, lmin 17£ sec. Dividends, £3 16a 6d and £4 15s. Selling Race. Six furlongs. Mr. T. Murtagh's Bard, £50, Sat (Chapman) 1 Mr. Stead's Credulity, £100, 6*t 121b (Jackson) 2 Mr. Lemon's Oliver Cromwell, £50, B*fc (Dodd) 3 Time, lmin 19fsec. Dividend, £2, £2 13s 6d. Bard was submitted to auction, and was sold for £121 to Mr. E. Cutte. Easter Handicap, 150sovs. One mile. Hon. W. Reeves' Fair Nell, 7sfc lib (Cochrane) 1 Mr. J. Stephenson'e Laßoae, 7«t 111b (Sharp) ... 2 Mr. J. F. Leseure' Hermitage Sat (Chapman) 3 Won cleverly by a length. Hermitage, four lengths away, third. Time, lmin 46sec8. Dividends, £36 and £56 12s. Consolation Handicap, oi lOOsovs; one mile. Moana, 7st (Huxtable) , - 1 Mirella, Bsfc (Derritt) ~ 2 Jack, 8»t 31b (Sharp) ... .„ ... 3 Dividends, £7 13a and £7 16s Col, '