SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9189, 19 October 1888, Page 5

SPORTING.

THE VICTORIAN MEETINGS. V". [PRESS association.] . - •:.. '! : r,- -.■■:■,-: ':■'.• Melbourne, October 18. ;At ,; Flemington this >: morning ; Honeydew and Cardigan each did a mile and a quarter independently in 2ra" 20s. ;Chetwynd accomplished a mile in lm 545. The two-year-olds, Rudolph, Sinecure, and Pippo, got over half-a-mile in 53Js. At Caulfield this morning, Malua and Carbine were associated together "in a mile and !' a-half > spin. r ; The son *of St. -Albans galloped with ; ; all his old ; brilliancy, com- 1 pletely running over the-'three-year-old. bpade Guinea covered the Cup -distance in excellent style, ; while - Stanley, Crown Brand, and Newmaster also did good work. ? ?; For the / Caulfield; Cup, 1400 £to 200 has been taken about /■ Bravo, ? and 100 to :15 offered, while 10 to 1 is on offer about either. Spade ; Guinea, Plutarch, or;; The Charmer.'? 5000 to 300 has ; been taken about Stanley, \ 3000 ito 120 ; about ■ Locksley, ; 1000 to 100 about The Charmer, and 2000 to ! 100 about Pakeha. ~;.-. .-..-.. ']~ Pearl Shell.Necklet, and The Poet arrivedi at Flemington to-day. ;; ',:.■'• .'■••. POVERTY BAY SPRING MEETING. J At this meeting on Wednesday there was fine weather, and; an average attendance. A' sum of £1270 was put through the totalisators. ' ' I Maiden Plate of 40sovs. One mile and a-quarter. — Captain Winter's j Ariel, Mr. E. /C.! Smith's The Moor, 2 ; Mr. A.. Parson's Dai*nley, 3. Impostor,' Ikatere, Cairngorm, Myth, Pain, and Cynical also rah. Tbtalisator, 157; dividend, £17 13s. / Spring Handicap of 15050v3.; One mile and a-half.—Mr. Goo3eman'B/ Deceiver, / 1 •';/ Mr. Hepburn's Audacity, 2;' Mr. Martin's Silence, 3. Nora was the only other starter. Time, 2min 4sec. Totalisator, 136; dividend, £3 9s. *" Handicap Hurdles of 70?ovs. Two miles. Heron's Erebus, 1; Mr. Martin's Kangaroo, 2; Mr:,Greeve's Bit of Blue, 3. 1 / Mr. ; '] larnley's Dividend and Ariel were the others. Dividend, £2 12s. -.J - Hack Hurdles.—Zulu, 1; Turura, 2 ; Witch, 3. ■';■ Flying Handicap.—Dancing Master, 1; Balista, 2 Deceiver, 3. Dividend, £8 lis. Audacity fell when leading at the turn in { the straight. " J ■ ; Forced Handicap.—Deceiver, 1; Audacity, 2; Impostor, 3.' ; Somneil was yesterday withdrawn ■, from all engagements at the A.R.C. meetings.,,: :; Considerable concisions in favour of the public |will'this season be made' by the Auckland Racing Club. '-.The club have succeeded in inducing the railway authorities to reduce the return fare/to Ellerslie; to one shilling, and ladies and children will be admitted to the racecourse free of charge at the spring meeting, opening on the! Prince of Wales' Birthday, and also at the summer meeting. The club will also: in future pay from the totalisatbr/. down to sixpence instead of shillings as heretofore.