SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7783, 29 January 1887, Page 3

SPORTING.

-- ; » TOKOMAIRIRO RACES. Milton, January 28. The second day of the Tokomairiro races was but poorly attended, not more than 500 being present. The weather was grand, and the racing .was an. improvement on the previous day. The only sensational dividend was in the Trot, when a rank outsider, won by Ja quarter of a mile. | Molly Bawn won the Flying Handicap, but a protest was lodged for running inside a post. After one hour's discussion, the stewards decided in favour of Molly. For the Hack Selling, Jack Spratt and Mayflower ran a dead heat. It was after 7 o'clock before it was decided. Only £800 was put through totalisator. The following are the results :— HURDLE RACE, Of2ssovs. About one mile and a-half, Mr Greener's eh g Trapper, aged, 135t... ... 1 Mr Draper's b g Hector, syrs, 9st 51b ... ... 2 Dividend, £114s. HANDICAP SELLING HAOB, Ot 20sovs. One mile. Mr T Kett'a b g Land Leaguer, aged, 7st 111b ... Mr T George's br g Shamrock, 6yrs, Sst 101b ... Whalebone Dick was scratched. Dividend, £115s. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, Oi 60sovs. One mile and a-quarter. Mr. H Goodman's b h Puck, sjrs, Bst 9lb ... 1 Mr 3 Ktvers' b h Cheap Jack, 4yrs, Bst 51b ... 2 Mr T Kett's g m Ironsides, syrs, Bst 51b ... 3 Mr 0 A Turnbuli's St. Ives, 3yrs, Bbt 31b ... 0 This was a good race, and was won by Puck by two lengths There was £200 in the totalisator ; dividend, £2 10s. HANDICAP TIME TROT, Of SOsovs. Three miles. Mr W Gregg's bm Antrim, aged, 85seo ... 1 Mr J Poole'a b: m Kvange'ine, aged, 50sec ... 2 Mr VV H Morton's b g Maniac, aged, 75sec ... 3 Seven others started. Antrim, who had a start of 85sec, maintained her ground almost t» the finish, paying a dividend of £7 18s. FLYING HANDICAP, Of 30sovs. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr R Brown's b m Molly Bawn, aged, Bst 121b ... 1 Mr J Kivers' b h Cheap. Jack, 4yrs, Bst 31b ... 2 Mr T Kett's g m Ironsides, syrs, festilb ... 3 jealousy (7st 21b), Mokoia (7st), and Hector (6st 51b) also rah. "Molly Bawn won by three lengths. A protest was entered against her on the ground that she ran inside a post, but the stewards awarded her the stakes. In the Hack Selling Race there were only two entries, and Mr M'Donald's Mayflower and Mr Kett's Jack Spratt ran a dead heat. Mayflower won easily in the run off. CONSOLATION HANDICAP, of UOsovs. One mils. Mr J Rivers' Don Jose, Sst 7Jb ... ... 1 Mr U Bro-.vn's Kiccarton, 7st 131b ... . ... 2 Mr T Kett's g m Ironsides, 7st 51b ... ... 3 Only the three started. Don Jose won by lengths. Dividend, £1 13s, The racehorse Lochiel was shipped yesterday on board the Rotomana for Melbourne. He is in charge of C. Rudings. WAIRARAPA RACES. The first day's races of the Wairarapa meeting came off at Greytown yesterday. The results were : —Telegraph Stakes : Rocket, 1 ; Erincess Royal, 2; Smooth, 3. Juvenile Stakes: Mascotte, 1; Minnie Palmer, 2. Ladies' Bracelet : Peter Osbeck, 1; Te Whiti, 2. Wairarapa Cup: Master Agnes, 1; Charmer, 2; Sylph, 3. Maligner and Tetford have been scratched for all engagements at the Wellington R.C. Summer meeting. THE GEELONG GOLD CUP, A Reuters telegram states that the Geelbng Gold Cup, a handicap of 200sovs, with a gold cup of the value of lOOsovs tdded, was won . yesterday by Camerine, carrying 7st 61b. ]$q medical roan has ever been made a peer in England. They do not fulfil the conditi< ns iidispeiisable to ennoblement. A peer must be wholly disconnected with trade or the active practice of a profession, and ocly ssch persons as have ceased to be engaged in the exercise of a remunerative vocation can be rehjid to t*"> peerage.