SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8567, 15 May 1891, Page 5

SPORTING.

. .-..»►_-.... : THE NEWMARKET STAKES. j Press Association —Electric Telegraph.—Copyright London, May 13. At the Newmarket Second Spring Meeting to-day, the following was the result of the race, for r. 1 -'' The Newmarket Stakes, a sweepstakes of SOsovaeach. (118 subscribers, value of the stakes, 4500sovs). The owner of the second ' horse to receive 10 percent., and the third ;• 5 per cent, of the whole stake. For. threeI ? year-olds : Coits, Oat; fillies, Bst 91b. A.F. | (one mile arid two furlongs straight). | Mr. Noel Fen wick's bf Mimi, by Baroal- [ dine, dam by Lord Lyon— 8s 191b 1 I Mr. D. CooperV. bf Melody, by Tynedale - —Glee, ... : ... ... ... 2 :';' [Mimi, the winner of the above important event, won the One Thousand Guineas Stakes last month, in which race the Australianowned filly Melody, who finished second in the Newmarket Stakes, also acted as runner up. As a"two-year-old Mimi started on six occasions, winning four of her engagements, which represented a sum of £1887. Mimi is ►engaged :in the Oaks Slakes, to be run at Epsom on the 29th ins'iaut, but Melody's name is missing from the list.]

THE DERBY. ■ London, May 13. Lord Alington's colt Common is atill favourite for the Derby at 6to 4; but the Duke of Westminster's representative, Orion, who is in the same stable as the favourite, has hardened in price, and is now quoted at sto 2. j, Lord Durham's Peter Flower, who finished third to Common and Orvieto in the Two Thousand Guineas, figures in the quotations at 10 to 1; while Colonel North's Simoiiian is at 25 to 1.'...'". THAMES JOCKEY" CLUB. [BY TELEGRAPH.— OOKRKSI'ONDKNT.] Thames, Thursday. The following weights were to-night declared for the principal events of the Thames Jockey Club's Winter Meeting to be held on the 25th instant:—

Hurdle Rack.—Uraku!, 11.0; Yum Yum, 30.7; Plati-h, 9.7; liluo Peter, 0.6; Pretender,■■•; 9.5; Charlie, 9.0 ; Royal Mint. 9.0 ;>ea Kin«, 9.0. Maukaki Handicap.—Try Fluke,. 9.3; Snake, S. 10; lima, 8.8; Preteiidor, 7.12; yafatnella, 0.10? Macaroni, 0.7, Handicap .Strkhlkchase.—Onikei. 11.0; Yum Yum, 10.10; Justice, 10.0; -Jflua Peter, a.l-2; Platen, 9.10 ; Itova.l Mint, 9.7 ; Sen King; 9.7. « BIRTHDAY Handicap.—Try Fluke, 9.0; Snake, 8.7; lima. 8.4 ; Pretender, 3.2; Oiukei, 8.0; SatanelUi, 7.0 ; Charlie, 0.7 ; Macaroni, 0.7. ■ , Acceptances and entries are due on Thursday next. ■

.G. Wright left for Sydney last evening with the racehorse Satyr.

Acceptances and entries in connection with the Takapuna Jockey Club's Meeting are due to-night. : : * .; The privileges of the Takapuna Jockey Club's Meeting, ami also those of the Auckland Trotting Club, are to be submitted to auction to-day at noon, at Messrs. Tonka and Co.'a mart. "Acceptances and; nominations in connection with the ..Auckland Trotting Club's meeting are due to-night.