SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10570, 17 January 1896, Page 3

SPORTING.

'. D.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING.' The. following acceptances were received by the Dnnedin Jockey Clnb last evening for the , Autumn meeting on 19th, 20th, and 22nd February;— dunedin cup. Of 500sovs. One mile ahd three-quarters; stlb at lb St. Hippo... ,_, 9 7 Hippomenes ... 8 0 PrimeAVarden :.. 811 Marino .... .*, 7.11 Skirmisher ... 8 6 Aldershot ... 7 4 Gipsy Grand ... 8 4 Dilemma... „ 7 j Saracen ... . ... 8 2 PUBLICANS' HANDICAP, i' 'OflEJOsovs; Seven furlongs. Saracen ....... 9 2 Golden Fleece „, 7 4 Hippomenes ... 9 0 Ambush ... ... 7 2 Marino ..; ;., 8 5 Speculator ... 7 2 Silver Spec _i 7 12 Kmmeline ... 7 0 Maremma ... 7 8 Victim .„ ;.; 7 0 Warrington ; .:. 7 (i Bisley ._, ... 612 fitepfeldt ._,: ... 7 8 Lady Lear .... 6 7 The following nominations were received :— FIIIST nURDI.B HANDICAP, 1 Of SOsovs. One mile and a-half. Meltoil Ellesmere Comcaway Ulster- Rebel Liberator Revolt JackHarkaway Couranto Osman-, Invader Lupus Erin Clarence Hamilton. stewards' puhse welter handicap; .. OflQOsovs. Six furlongs. Loveshot Black-and-Red Orphan Ulster f , ■', Ambush; Victim Speculator Maxlmus Cactus AA rarrington Lady Spencer Silver Spec Salvo Marino Paramu Jane Eyre Aldershot Tangi Maid Pique v Vanquisher Rangiatea Bisley Culverin Arline Cannonshot Quiltiri Medicus Twilight Lobo Hamilton Remorse II Toxa Vandyke. SECOND HURDLE HANWPAP, Of 76sovs. Two miles. Melton Ulster Jack Harkaway Osman Brin Liberator Lupus ' Rebel Revolt fnvade'r ' . Clarence Ellesmere Couranto .Smuggler. THljtD HURDLE HANDICAP; Of.Bosovs[r Two miles and a-quarter. • , Melton's ">.'■ Ulster ; JackHarkaway Osman''"' Brin .Ellesmere Couranto ■ , Rebel Revolt Invader Clarence Comeaway Liberator Smuggler. The following is a comparison of tbe entries »nd acceptances received this year with those fit last year :— 1895. 1896. First Hurdlea „. 7- 15 Dunedin Cup... ~,„'" 13 9 Publicans' Handicap ... 18 14 Stewards' AVelter ... ._ 24 33 ' Second Hurdles ... ... C 14 Third Hurdles ... ..; 1 14 72 99 GORE RACSS. 'Feom Ora Own Cokbespondent.) Gobe, January 16. ihe Gore Racing Club concluded their Summer meeting to-day in very- boisterous weather. The attendance was good considering the weather, and Messrs Mason and Robertß passed £1007 Ihrough the machine. Tho racing was also good, but was almost spoilt by the bad starting of Mr Philp. Tha , following are the results : — HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, Of 30sovs. One mile and a-half. 37—Mr James Kelly's b g Comeaway, by Hillsborough, aged, 10.7 (Duncan) 1 27—Messrs JJllis Bros.' br g Jack Harkaway, 10.12 ... ... ... ... ...(MrWard) 2 Jack Harkaway led for the first half mile, »ien GciaißWH Jwk w»b»b& t,ui w»b never

afterwards troubled, winning easily by six lengths. Time, 3mm 13<ea. .Dividend, £1 lis.

FAJI3IEHS' PLATE HANDICAP, Of lEjjovs. One mile. £6—Mr James Kelly's br g Cornea way,' by Hills-. borough, aged, 10.10 ...... (Duncan) 1 33—Mr Brennan's William, 9.7 .... ;(M'llroy) 2 62—Mr Jones's Songster, aged, 10.7 (Vouns) 3 Also started: 9 Roderick 9.7 (Burns), and 10 Roseleaf 8.10 (Emmerson).

From a poor start William led for a furlong, when Comeaway took the lead, and was never afterwards troubled, winning e&fily by six lengths. Timo, Imin 59Jsec." Dividend, £5.

GORK RACING CLtlll HANDICAP, Of 4osovs. One mile and a furlong.

85-Mr J. Cotton's b h' Dilemma, by Rubezahl—Lady Kmma, aged, 9.3

„. ,» m . . (J- Cotton, jun.) 1 So-MrT. Laing's Lady Somnus, 6.1) (Murray) 2 25-7-MeSßrs Ellis Bros.' Emmeline, 8.0 (Burns) 3

Also started: 35 Lobo 8.5 (Emmerson) and 38 Remembrance 7.9 (Pine).

Lady Sommis and Emmeline led past, the stand, closely followed by Dilemma, with Remembrance last. Going along the back Lobo and Dilemma moved up, and at the turn into the straight all were together but Remembrance. Once iv the straight Dilemma had them all beafeu, and won by three leuglhs; Emmeline a good third. Time, 2mia 4 4-ssec. Dividend, £2 6s. HANDICAP TIME TROT, Of 25sovs. Two miles. 14—Mr 3,' i. Boult's bin Welcome Lass, aged, 234 ec ... (M'Ewen) 1 21—Mr Hanley's Gaiety, 16scc ... (Allan) 2 6—Mr Shaw's Jack, ESjcc ... , ... (Grant) 3 Also started: 3 Oolsc Bsec, 59 Duchessi J6sm, S Elizabeth ISsv. -.. Maggie L 18sec, 1 Bonnie .lea* 28sec, 0 Mokoreta 33iec, 52 iMiss Kay 'SS«s«. '•. Tricky 42' ec, Goldsmith Msec. Miss Kay led' till 'half a mile from jome, when Welcome Lass passed her, foil.—-"d at some distance by Gaiety. Welcome Lass had, however, too much lead, and won by about four lengths; Jack a poor third. Time, smin 40sec. Dividend, £9 ss. A protest for inconsistent running was dismissed. ' welter handicap, Of 2530V5. Seven furlongs. 49—Mr J. Fleming's blk hi Lady Spencer, by First Lord-Quickstep, 4yrs, 81l -(Hunt) 1 40—Mr J. M'Kewen's Mount Royal; 10 5 (M'Kewen) 2 11—Mt Hankins's Starling, 8.12. (Knuu^rson) 3 From a bad start Lady Spenoer jumped off with the lead, and, stalling oil Mount Royal's challenge, won by three lengths; Starling a poor third. Time, Imin 36scc. Dividend, £1 16s. SHORTS HANDICAP, Of3osovs. Four furlongs. . 81-Mr J. R. Longfellow's b g Toxa, by The Dauphin—Duchess, 6yrs, 5.13 (Evans). 1 59-Mr Hacoh's Tommy Atkins, 6.12 (A. King) 2 34—Mr .Fleming's Lady Spencer, 610 ' (Hunt) 3 Also started : 57 Ohtremont 7 6 (Marks). From a wretched start, of which toxa got all the worst and Tommy Atkins got all the be^t, Tommy Atkins and Claremont made the pace till half the distanpo, when Claremont fell, and Toxa, making up the ground very quickly, caught his field inside the distance post and won by half a length; a good third. Divided, £2 lis. HANDICAP TIME TROT, Qf SOsovs. One mile.. , . , This'race was run once, when the horses finished :-15 ; J.H., scr, 1; 8 Felix, 6seo, 2; and 12 Goldsmith 3. At a meeting of stewards held afterwards, it was decided to ruu the race again.,' as JH. had started before his time. This was done, but only the bare resultGaiety 1, J.H. 2, and Goldsmith 3—was to hand when the telegraph office closed, CROYDON HANDICAP, .. Of SOsovs. (me mile. .54—MrS. Cinder's b li Lobo, by .Le Loup—. . Winifred, 6yrs, 9 IS (Young) . 1 23-Mr Bridge's Salute, 7.8 ... .... (Pine) 2 59-Mr Tenaant's Modeste, 7.5 ...(A,, King) 3 Also started: 12 Black Pearl 85 (Emmerson), 7 Last Trick 7.2 (Hunt), and 1 Fretta ti.l2 (Keligher). Froth another indifferent starv, Salulq and Fretta led till the baok of the course, when Lobo put in his claim, aud eime away and won easily by three lengths ; a fair tbird. Dividend, £2 9s. ; . .; I

POVERTY BAY RACES.

-. (Per United Press Association.)" ■. Gishornk, January 16.. The following are ta-da>'a results:—, Stewards' IIANniCAp.-Ztllah 1, Strow'an 2,, Perkin 8. Dividend, £21 18s. Second Hurdles—Tally-ho 1, Ddriald M'Kinnon 2S Dividend, £1 14s. Hack Huuules.—Craigard 1. Dividend, £1 165.: Sunderlano S'fAKES Handicap.—Retribution 1, Perkin 2. King Cannibal finished first, but was disqualified for crossing hey the finish. ' Time, 2min 15Jsec. Dividend, £i 19s. Handicap Flat RACE.-Htiha 1, AVool Queen 2, BulldogS. Tiie, lmiu 33sec. Dividbhd, £_ lis. Publicans" Purse—Foi-ella 1," Magoozlar 2, Boofjy 3. Time, Imin 6sec. Dividend. £. 155..' , Novel Race—Creeper 1, Nightingale 2. Time, ■lmii 22mc. Dividend, £1 14s. Forced Handicap. — Aphony 1, Cocheco 2, Fordlla 3. ■: AVbii -easily. -Time, limn 4r.3w>. Dividend, ( £2. .... ■ ,

CYCLING.

A committee hieeMng of the Otago Cycling Club, held last evening, was attsndedby Messrs j. M'Donald (in. the chair), Jay, Mubro.Mrii'r, Gibson, Mason, M'Kinlay, Moller^ Watt*. Begg, and. Hart. ThiS date of the annual^ road race t<> AVoibola was fixed for Saturday/ 25th'inst... It Was resolved to'hold a general meeting of the clnb on the sth February to appoint a treasurer and to consider the advisability of gettihg a billiard table for the club room. , Daring the evening "a presentation was. made to Mr G. Watts on the occasion of'his marriage. The presentation took' the form of an enlarged photograph, handsomely framed, of the office-bearers and committee bf the cub. Mr J. M'Ddhaldi vice-president of the clnb, in making, the presentation, alluded'to the high esteem in which Mr AVatts is' held by the members. 'Mr AVatts had basil a member of the olub ever since bis arrival in Dunedin. He had been returned oh the committee at ih. last general meeting, and was now treisuret pto tern, of the club. - At the foot of the frame the following words were inscribed :—" To B. W. G. H., AVatts, from brother cyclists of the O.C.C;, oh tho occasion of his marriage. 16/1/98." ; Mr AVatts feelingly replied, after which three ringing cheers ■ were given for Mr and Mrs AVatts.

Mr E. Vuille; of AVellington, has issued a writ against ths Manawatu Racing Club claiming £500 damages for illegally removing him Worn their course.

. The hori. treasurer bf the University Clrib writes to ub as follows:—" The match last Saturday with the Ddnedih No. 1 was it-ranged for the Caledonian grouud. This ground being engaged by 'lite cycling sports, the Diloediu rolled up on tho Exhibition ground, without sending word to tho University team of the change. The-University No. 1 therefore feel that the strictures passed on them lh tha oricket report .of Monday's issue were quite uncalled for." -

At a meeting of thd Carlton Club, held, lost evening, C. Reid wss elected captain and AY. Restieaux deputy-captain, vies A. Robsoh, resigned, .■;•"-. At AVoodville yesterday, in a competition among volunteers; Joseph Chicken.piit on the possible at 300 yards in the Pahiatua matchj despite a high wind that was blowing. Tbis is said to be tho fitst time the possible has been scored at 300 yards; Atkinson, Haweta, in the same match {rat on the possible at 500 yards.