SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11199, 20 October 1899, Page 6

SPORTING.

WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. I- r BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS association.] d WakgakUl, Thursday. i- Notwithstanding the threatening weather , 3 in the morning, the first day of the Wan- I , ,r ganui Jockey Club's meeting turned out , ( „ cnlendidly. The attendance was good, and ' : to racing excellent, The sum of £6061 5 was passed through the totalisator, as again >t t £5089 for the same day last year, an increase '■ of £972. Following are the results;— 1 Spring Handicap of 80sovs. One mile . >> and a distance. , f 131— J. George's b g Crusoe, aged, i by Cruiser—Satoria, Bst 61b (E. ; George) ... ' 1 1 94—Mr. T. Connop's b g Sirocco, syrs, i 6s 91b (Salman) ... ... ... 2 ' 219—Mr. L. FiUinaurice's b g Rubin, 6yrs, i • 7st lilb (G. Price) 3 ] 6 Also started: 174, Battleaxe, 9st 51b; 81, ■ I Pistol Grip. 7st 91b; 65, Return, 7st 51b. 1 From a very good start, Crusoe assumed ■ J the lend, followed by Sirocco and Battleaxe. ; This order was maintained past the stand, ; II and up to the turn near the three-quarter- 1 " mile post. At this stage Sirocco wont to ! 7 the front, while Battleaxe dropped back into ; d tlio second to last place. It looked as if 1 s the rest of the field would not catch the St. i- Clair gelding, but before the home turn was ' e reached Crusoe displaced the leader, and 0 never afterwards being troubled, won easily ; by two lengths from Sirocco, Rubin being 1 a fair third, and Return a tail last. Time, 1 n 2m. J. l-Es. Totalisator, £764. Dividend, 1 L £5 4s. 1 Trial Hack Handicap of 50sovs. One milo. , 145—Mr. P. E. Dover's b h Gowrio, syrs, '* by Blairgowrie—Lady Emmoline, Bst 71b (W. O'Connell) 1 11 60— T. S. Bristol's b g Whitney, i 3 syrs, 7st 31b (Price) 2 i 1 00—Mr. L. Fitzmaurice's blk h Forager, 4yrs, Bst (0. Cox) i Also started: Dr. Bill, 9st 51b; Dartmoor, 1 I 9st lib; Wilson, Bst lib; Redoubt, 7st 71b; . Misguard, 7st: St. Rene, 7st; Notoriety, j :1 7st; Pastime, 7st. ' e Although the start was delayed by Dartt moor being fractions at the post, tlio 11 com- 1 . petitors were sent away on fairly oven terms. 1 .. The event needs but very little description, 1 j for Gowrio was in front after the first furlong was traversed, and although challenged ' ' by Whitney in the straight, the son of Blair- • 5 gowrio won by two lengths, Whitney a length 1 8 in front of Forager. Time, lm. 495. Totalis- " ator, £827. Dividend, £5 2s. J Wanganui Guineas of 200sovs. One mile. i J. 218—.Mr. E. G. Watts' ch g St. Mark, by | St. Leger—Leorina, Bst 51b (F. , .J Davis) 1 195—Mr. T. H. Lowry's br f Lady Helen, | 1 by St. Leger—Ouida, Bst 51b ; 5 (Whit taker) 2 ; ' 195— G. Cleghorn's b g Roscplot, by i 1 Cateshy—Rosalind, Bst 51b (W. i 1 Raynor) 3 3 Mr. J. T. Moore's b f St. Lyra (Price) ... 0 i In a nutshell, this may bo described as 1 ) a one-horse race, for St. Mark led all tlio b way, and won by three lengths. Lady Helen I ono and a-half lengths in front of Roseplot, and St. Lyra a bad last. Time, lm. 47Js. ' Tctalisator, £669. Dividend, £2 15s. - Handicap Hurdle Race of 60sovs. Two ] r miles and a distance. , 89—Mr. J. N. Coleman's br Troubadour, agod, by Sou'-wester—Betty, lOst ' 71b (F. Lind) 1 . j 173— D. Scott's b g Ilangfiro, 6yrs, t lOst 61b (Cochrane) 2 ] i 75—Dr. J. Reed's blk g Deny, syrs, 1 lOst 51b 3 ! Also started: 85, Sabrour, list 101b; 51, 1 ! Marina, list 61b; 361, Torpina, lOst 61b; 1 37. Light, 9st 31b; 147, Watershot, 9st 61b. j ■ Passing the stand on the first circuit Dcrry and Marina led, followed by Torpinn, the ! others lying handy. No alteration took ' place on the second) round, but going down ' the back stretch for homo Watershot wont ' i to the front, and led for a furlong, whore ! Troubadour displaced him. and challenging ' II th 3 issuo with Derry and Hangfiro, ho came 1 3 [ on full of running and won by two lengths, ] j Hangfiro beating Derry by a-quartor of a , , length for sccond place, Watcrshot fourth. , Time, 4m. 4s. Totalisator, £1018. Divi- ! r dend, £10 ss. _ J » Handicap Hack Hurdle Race of 60sovs. t About ono milo and a-half. I - 181— T. Scott's b g Ilutana, syrs, by < i Voltigeur, 9st 121b (Cochrane) ... 1 [• 105—Mr. W. Best's hi g Frost, aged, 1 , lOst 2lb (Buekeridge) 2 ( 97— W. Tucker's c m Nayborn, aged, ' lOst 81b (Attwood) 3 ' Also started: 124, Wniwera, lOst; 293, f t Cannonade; 19, Waylay, 9st; 19, Lightning, ! t 1 9st. ' ; From a good start Waiwora went to the ' front, his nearest attendant being Waylay, ! who fell at. the jump entering the straight. • Passing the stand Cannonade camo to grief, > and Wain-era carried on the running till . about threo and a-half furlongs from homo, ~ where Frost took command, only to give way 1 . to Hutana, who had a length's advantage ! . over tho last hurdle, and eventually won by . about four lengths from Frost, Nayborn an indifferent third. Time, 2m. 50s. Totalisa- I , tor, £838. Dividend, £4 3s. i Handicap Hack Race of 50sovs. Ono milo s C and a distanco. t i 29—Mr. W. Best's It g Oracle, aged, by 1 s Cast Off—Pamola, 9st 51b ' (Buckeridgo) 1 1 , 207—Mrs. G. Laing's 1> g Southerly Buster, < ; 6yrs, Bst 21b (Raynor) 2 t , 241—Mr. P. I?. Dover's b h Gowrio, syrs, ' l Bst 51b (O'Connell) 3 < Also started: 46, Wilson, 7st 131b; 84, ! Hauriri, 7st 101b; 38, The Bugler, 7st 71b; 1 ' 69, Whitney, 7st 21b; 99, Bonos, 7st 21b; 24, 1 ; Myra, 7st; 7, Ballet. 7st. • 1 I Myra was responsible for tho running for ! tho first two furlongs, hut going down tho 1 J back Bugler ran up into first place. A- 1 : quarter of a milo from homo saw Oracle in ' ' tho van, and stalling off challenges by Southerly Buster and Gowrio, won by two longths. Time, 2m. 2 2-ss. Totalisa'.or, £844. Dividond, £26 3s. ' Flying Handicap of lOOsovs. Three-quarters t , of a mile. f j 230—Mr. P. Holmes' Tupuhi, 6yrs, by ' Rnngihou, Bst 111b (Jenkins) 1 65—Mr. J. P. Belcher's c h Sedgebrook, 1 aged, 7st 71b (Raynor) 2 1 81— V. H. Collelo's ch m The Hem- I pie, syrs, 7st 51b (Wilson) ... 3 1 Also started: 113, Chasseur, Bst 71b; 322, 1 Oltoari, Bst 51b; 143. Amoureux, Bst 31b • Co' Bonafide, Bst 31b; 27, Pistol Grip, 7st "lib; s 60. Faugh-a-ballagh, 7st 51b. i Bonafido was first off the mark, the rest , of tho field being clustered. Coming round I the home turn Chasseur, The Hempio, Sed-'e- ' ; brook, and Tupulii shot out, and the )s°t- 1 ; named coining with a fast run, snatched a half-length's win from Sedgebrook, who was a head in front of The Hempio. Time, lm. 17s. Totalisator, £1101. Dividend, £4 6s. 1 Tlio following acceptances liavo been re- i ceived for the second day's racing: ] Hurdles: Sabrour 11.12, Torpina, 119 Troubadour 11.7, Marina 11.6, Hangfire 1012 • Derry 10.8, Light 9.0, Watershot 9.0, Nipam! 3 9.0, Aquatic 9.0. Wanganui Stakes Bush Rose 9.0, Rubin 3 8.1. Toa 7.7, Sirocco 7.0. ' . Owen Stakes: Tupuhi 9.3, Chasseur 8.8, Okoari 8.0, Amoureux 8.0, Sedgebrook 7,12, The Hempio 7.12, The Miller 7.4, Faugh-a-ballagh 7.0. & Marangai Stakes: Battleaxe 9.3. Rubin 86 Bonafido 7.10 Pistol Grip 7.10, Tho Hempio 7.10 Sirocco 6, Sedgebrook 7.6, The Miller | Return 7.0, Hangfire 7.0, Lady Helen ! . Hack Flying: Oracle 10.2, Doctor Bill 9 4, , Gow ™ 9.1, Dartmoor 8.13, Forager 8.7, Wilson 8 0, Somnolent 7.7, Lasting 7.0, Pastime I 7.0, Matarawa 7.0, Royalty 7.0. Hack Hurdlos: Hutana 10.13, Navborn • w U JTr 910Tui " 8 ' Cannonade 9.2, Waylay 9.0, Lightning 9.0, ' Dartmo ° B ' lo Southerly Buster 8.9, Wilson 7.9, Hauriri 7.8, Whitn»y < , 7.6, Redoubt 7.0, Myra 7.0, Lasting 7.0. 1 > — ) POVERTY BAY TURF CLUB'S SPRING ' l MEETING. 1 [BY TELEGRAra,— PHKSS ASSOCIATION.] Gisborne, Thursday. . Tho Poverty Bay Turf Club's Spring Meeting opened to-day in glorious weather. There was a good attendance. The following were the results:— ! ) Trial Handicap; Argyll, 1; Dreyfus, 2; ' , Tapuhare, 3. Time, lm. 18 2-ss. Dividend, ! ( £2 lis. 1 { l Hurdle Pico: Evening Wonder, 1: En ' . Avant, 2. These were the only starters. ' , Time, 2m. 25 2-53 Dividend, £1 Bs. i Spring Handicap: Enhakhore, 1; Canopu's, , 1 2; Jadoo, 3. Daphne was scratched.* Time, i r 2m. 12is. Dividend, £3 17s. ( 5 Welter Handicap: Paria, 1; Evening Wonder, 2; Ngaka, 3. Craftsman and Haatipuri l were scratched. Time, lm. 34is. Dividend I £2 9s. ' I , Maiden Scurry: Lulu, 1; Nereid, 2: • i Strowan, 3. Time, 51 2-ss. ' Dividend £7 l i 7s. 1 i Flying Handicap: Enhakhore, 1; Jadoo, i , 2; Manutake, 3. All started. Won by a i length. Time, lm. 17 l-ss. Dividend, £2 ] : 18s. " ' > . , i Flat Handicap: Recruit, l: Sable Cloud, i I , 2; Retribution, 3, . Ngarika and Craftsman 1 , were scratohed. Dividend," £3 6s. The sum of £1464 was put through the to- 1 talisator during the afternoon.' - ; - - v ,

I VICTORIAN TRAINING AND ' BETTING NOTES. ! By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Melbourne, October 19. The woather was fine this morning, but very Utile work was done on tho tracks, owing to }*estordu.y's (racing at Caulfield. Voyou was sent a couple of miles, finishing in even time. La Carabine wound up a milo I and a-quarter in 2m. 255. Scorn was associated with Revenue in a similar task, being brought home by Delusive, tlio journey being accomplished in 2m. 17Js. Scorn finished up his task in groat style. Fleet Admiral, Flodden, and Goodwill were restricted to useful pacing. Cranberry was sent a milo and a-half, but he did not go particularly well. Contrast traversed a mile ond a-half in 2m. 50Js., and Burrabarri got over a like distance in 2m. 50s. Promontory ran a mile and threo furlongs in 2m. 335. War God (with neck sweaters on) went steadily. Cremona boat Parthian over a milo run in lm. 48s. Mora went one mile and a-quarter in 2m. 155., moving pleasingly. Merry Pilgrim, Cordite, and Roviver got through a like task in 2m. 17is., the last mile in lm. 495. Glenroy ran six furlongs in lm. 20s. Locii Fryno ran a similar distance in ljs. longer, end Alemene finished a like course in lm. 21s. Town Clock galloped tho distance in 2m. 35js. GaUlcon and Repeater ran a milo end a-quarter. Gauleon was a length or two in advance, but it was only a fair gallop, in 2m. 18js. Strathjoy beat Orla over a mile in lm. 48s. Blunderer ran 11 furlongs in 2m. 30s. For tho Caulfielc? Cup, tho Australasian names Scorn and Dewey for tho leading place, wit hLa Carabho and Dirk Hammerhand as next best. "Asmodeus," in the Leader, selects Mora, Egypt, and Scorn. April Fool won an eight and a-half furlongs race to-day in lm 535. Surgo has been backed' to win £5000 at 100's to 2. The latest betting on tho Caulfield Cup is as follows:—s to 1 against Dewey (who is a firm favourite), 7 to 1 Mora, 8 to 1 Scorn, 10 to 1 Egypt, 16 to 1 La Carabine, Gauleon, Cocos, and Kobold, 20 to 1 Dirk Hammerhand, 25 to 1 Ballistito. The V.R.C. Derby quotations are as follows:— to 1 against Scorn, 4 to 1 Cranberry, 5 to 1 Lancaster, 7 to 1 Tremarden. If backers of Cranberry aro judicious, they will wait for tho day of tho race, so as to ascertain tho intentions of the St. Albans stable. Tho following is tho latest betting on the Caulfield Gup:—lo to 2 against Dewoy, 7to 1 Mora, 8 to 1 Scorn, 12 to 1 Egypt and Gauleon. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB. Acceptances for the City Handicap -met Hurdlo Race, together with general ontries for the minor events of the A.R.O. Spring programme, close to-night at nine o'clock. The Auckland Racing Club invito applications for tho right to eater in the members' and public room, and at tho Derby stand, at mooting.! to be held at Ellerslie during the coming season. Monday next is the latest date upon which applications can be lodged. The privileges in connection with the meeting are to 1)0 offered by auction on Friday next at noon by Messrs" Churtcn and Co.