SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7922, 14 April 1887, Page 3

SPORTING.

« FEILDING JOCKEY CLUB'S ANNUAIj MEETING. The annual race meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club took place on Easter Monday and was a great euocesa, between 1300 and 1400 people attending, and the business dona on tbe totalisator by Messrs. Adams and Andrews, of Auckland, was very good, the respectable sum of £1810 being put through daring the day. Handicap Hurdle Race of 40aovs; two miles and a distance, over ten flights of hurdles.—Mr. D. Thurston's b g Reform, 9st, 1; Mr, L. Hulme's br m Mamingo, 9sfc slb, 2 ; Mr. J. G. Wilson's ch g Doctor, 9st, 3. The Druid (10st 61b) also ran. Won easily by three lengths. Dividend, £2 14s. Hack Hukdle Rack of lOsovs ; one mile and a distance ; five flights of hurdles. VV aitangi, 1; Kararoa, 2; Lucy Long, 3. After Dark also ran. The race lay between the two first, but Waitangi won easily. Dividend, £1 Ss. Maiden Flats of 25sovs; one and a-hal£ miles.Mr. G. Wilson's ch m Little Vixen, Set 21b, 1; Mr. D. Thurstone's oh g Larrikin, 9st, 2; Mr. L. Holme's br m Mamiga, 9st lib, 3. Semirams also ran. Won by a length. Dividend, £2 3*. Fbilding Handicap of lOOsovs ; two miles.—Mr.-D. Thurston's r m Stiletto, 6st 71b, 1; Mr. J. G. Belcher's b g Tongariro, 7st 101 b, 2; Mr. D, Scott's b g Goth, 656 111b, 3. This was a splendid raoe, the lead being taken by Tongariro. Goth soon caught him up, and for about three-quarters of a mile they ran ueck-and-neck, after which Goth fell back, the pace proving too hot for him. The other two were in close company to the finish, when Stiletto gamely won the prettiest race of the day by a length. Divl> dend. £8 2s. Hack Race of lOsovs; once round the course; 9st up.—Promotion, 1; Fern Flats, 2; Little John, 3. Several others started, and the race, which proved a very interesting one, was won by a length. Dividend, £5 14». Distance Rack Handicap of 25sovs. One mile :—Mr. D. Scott's ch g Parvenu, Sot 71b, 1; Mr, D. Thurston'* oh m My Dream, 6afc 41b, 2. Only two started, and they ran neofc and neck for half-a-mile, after which Parvenu came away, and won by threo lengths* Dividend, £1 12g. Winter Oat«j Handicap of 30bov8. One mile and a quarter :—Tongariro f ; Goth t ; Hagar, 3. This race, which proved a very exciting one, resulted in a dead heat between Tongariro and <>otb, and the dividends were £1 9s and £2 15s. Later in the day the tie was run off, and ToDgariro won, after a close contest, by a neck. Sklling Race of lOsovs, once round the course.Shadow, 1 ; Moonstone, 2 ; Black Tinker, 3. Won by a length. Dividend. £1 ss. Consolation Handicap of 15sovs, once round the oourse.—Larrikin, Bst, 1; Moonstone, 6st 121b, 2. These were the only starters, and Larrikin won easily by two. lengths. Dividend, £1 15s. This race concluded the meeting. Nominations for the Great Northern St. Leger Stakes of 300sovs, and the Northern Champagne Stakes of 300sovs, to be run at the Auckland Racing Club's Autumn Meet* ing of 1889, are due to-morrow (Friday). The Albert F.C. will hold their first practice match of the season on the Domain, on Saturday next, when all members are requested to turn up at the Hollow. Teams will be picked upon the ground. The Auckland Weekly News occupies the position of the premier weekly journal of New Zealand. Its popularity in the town and country districts of the North Island is attested by the large circulation which it enjoys, while in other parts of tho colony, in Australia, and the islands, and in America and England, it is widely known and read. As an advertising medium it thus possesses advantages which no similar newspaper in the colony can lay claim to. Its country news, supplied each week by a numerous staff of reliable correspondents, is complete and impartial. 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