SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9836, 3 June 1895, Page 5

SPORTING.

EPSOM SUMMER MEETING. Press Association.— Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. London, May 30. At the Epsom Meeting to-day, the principal event resulted as follows :— The Epsom Grand Prix of 200030v5, by subscription of 23sovs each. For three-year-olds; colts, Bst l'ilbj fillies, Bst 71b (penalties and allowances). The owner of the second horse to receive 200sovs ; and the owner of the third lOOaovs out of the stakes. About one mile and a-quarter. Mr. Mussel's br o Whittier, by LaureateVirginia Shore ... ... 1 Mr. J. Best's b c Powlck, by SarabandElegance ... ... ... 2 No third horse was placed. May 31. The Oaks Stakes of 4500aovs, by subscription of 50sovs each. For three-year-old fillies, 9st each. The nominator of the winner to receive 400sors; the owner of the second 200sovs ; and the owner of the third lOOsovs out of the stakes. About one mile and a-half. Sir J. Miller's bf La Sagesse, by Wisdom —St. Mary ... 1 Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's b f Galeana, by Gafopin—Glade ... 2 Lord Bradford's b f Penkridge, by Zealot -Blue Ridge ... ... ... ... 3 [La Sagesse, the winner of the Oaks, did not fulfil any of her engagements as a two-year-old. In the One Thousand Guineas run last month she finished second to Mr. A. W. Cox's filly Galeottia.l NORTH NEW ZEALAND GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. Bombardier, who is reported to be going on extremely* well in his training, has been well supported by his party for the Great Northern Steeplechase, coupled with Liberator and Coala, for the Grand National Hurdle Race. "" ~j a By the Takapuna, which arrived yesterday morning in the Manttkau, tha racehorses Liberator, Pembroke, King John, and Esparto came up to take part >in the Grand National Meeting at E Hers lie. / Mr. S. H. Gollan, the owner of Ebor and Norton, is a passenger to Auckland by the Tarawera, due to arrive to-day.