SPORTING.
MASTEBTON RACES; FIRST DAT. Special to the New Zealand Times. Mastekton, December 10. Tho firr.t day’s racing in connection with the Manturton KacingClub was hold on the Upaki course to-day. Tho weather was delightfully fine, and there wa* a record attendance. Everything passed off without a )nt*'b.. Hack Hubdll’s. Tricky Jack, 10ot Mb (Raynorl 1 Nuts, 9stl2lb (Secoombe) 2 Vision, 9st slb ... ... ... (KussolJ) 3 Tricky Jack won easily. Sa Lib was well backed, but his jockey was thrown., Time, 2uaiii hbsec. Totalisat-or—lnside (£1 tickets), £2 14s; outside (lOs tickets), 3s. Maiden Hack Race. Mr j. V. Koid’s Derringcotte, 7st 13lb (McKay) 1 Mr J. Pilbrow’a Come Again, Bst Ulb ( hito) 2 Mr H. Noca’ Winnie, Olb ... (Hayes) 3 Time, Itnin 47 4-ssoo. Totallsator —Outside, X 7 lOs ; iilside, jCl(j 4d. Masterton Ccjp. Mr W. Davies’ Loda, 9sfc lib (Mathews) 1 Mr A. W. Cave’s Sea Serpent, 7sfc 101 b (Ayres) 2 Mr K, McKenzie's Poropo, 7st 91b (Kingan) 3 Tho Miser, Kingaman, Senator and Warnote also ran. A splendid race. Loda won by a bead. Time, 2min 12 4-sscc. Dividend, insido £Z Is. Hx'tNoicAi* Hack Race. Hillatono, Oat 81b ... 1 Nero, 7st 21b .: ... ■ • 2 Ifoseleaf; 7st 81b 3 T/rro, 2miii ir>r 5 «o. Ditidends—Jnudoj £3 ids; outside, £i Ihs. Open Flying Handicap. King’s Bowman, Bst 13lb ... (White) 1 Foropo, 7st 111 b 2 Seabreeze, 7sb 111 b 3 Time, Imin lßsoc. Totalisator £1 IGs; outside, Flying Hack Handicap. * On Dit, Bst 12lb (Ayres) 1 rfing t>ong, Bst 13lb 2 Kia Ora, 7st »3lb ' 3 Dividend—lnside, £'l la. Hack Sgubby. DorringcoHe, 'ht -Ub 1 Coin, 7st 9lb ... ,a ... 2 Napoleon, Bst 21b ... ... 3 Dividends—lnside, £1 Os; outside, £5 -is.
SWIMMING- CHAMPIONSHIP.
By Telegraph.~~pTei* Association.—Copyrighti Received December 10, 10.5 p.ra. Sydney, December 10.
Tho Quartor-mlle Amateur Swimming Championship was won by Percy Cavill, beating J. Huttings by 3yds, after a splendid finish. Time, Omir. 3 3-ssec, which is an Australian record.
Mr Q-. Q. Stead will not be represented in the Wellington Cup* having scratched his horses.
An Auckland wire says that Day Star nas come into sonio’favour for tho Auckland Cup, being supported at 100 to 15. Yesterday mornihg ho did go’od work over a mile and a half in donipany with Woodstock. ArraillA pulled lip apparently aoro after. tyaverslqg once round on tho tan. St. Paul, who looks very well, was given slow work. Mantle traversed tho Cup distance. Pegasus was' sweated. Mahaki did not work before breakfast.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3000, 11 December 1896, Page 3
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