Sporting.

Opunake Times, Volume IV, Issue 167, 7 February 1896, Page 2

Sporting.

CHRISTCHURCH RACES. Christchurch, February 1, Selling Race, of 50 sovs ; six furlongs. Bizarre, Gst 121 b ... 1 Alcestis, Gst 121 b ... 2 Speculator, Bst 8 Dividends, £2 16s 6d and £2 13s. Craven Plate, of 120 sovs. Seven furlongs. Saracen, 9st 61b ... 1 Loveshot, 7st 91b ... 2 Golden Fleece, 7st 101 b 3 Dividend, £2 Is 6d. Interval Stakes, 30 sovs. Remorse 1 Miss Orwell 2 Fire King ... ... 3 Dividends, £3 5s 6d and £3 16s. Post Handicap, of 50 sovs. One mile. Culverin 1 Magazine 2 Artilleur 3 Dividends, £3 8s and £2 18s 6i. Totalisator investments for the meeting amounted to £3,116. WOODVILLE RACES. Woodville, February 5. Trial Hack Handicap, of 45 SOVS J one mile. Swordfish, Bst 31b ... 1 Rainbow, Bst 31b ... 2 Seabreeze, Bst 91b ... 8 Time, lmin 47 3-sth sec. Dividend, £6 12s. Meadow bolted, and ran twice round before being stopped, and did not start. Hack Hurdles, of 45 sovs ; 1£ miles. Pyrites, lOst 181 b ... 1 Bird, 9st 121 b 2 Nat, 10st41b 3 Won easily. Time, Smin 3 l-sfch sec. Dividend, £3 Is. Woodville Cup, of 150 sovs; one mile and a quarter. King's Bowman, Bst 31b 1 The Miser, 7st 81b ... 2 Tireuse, 7st 21b ... 3 Orion's Belt fell. Connop, rider of Lotion, fell off. Won by a neck. Time, 2min 14 8-sth sec. Dividend, £l9 7s. Hack Flying. , Undine 1 Dividend, £8 7s. Borough Handicap. The Miser 1 Dividend, £4. Grandstand Handicap. Flaneur 1 First Result 2 Bona Fide 8 Aphony, the favorite, never showed up. Dividend, £l2 Is.

WANGANUI J.C. NOMINATIONS.

The following nominations have been received: Stewards' Stakes, one mile.— Searchlight, Orion's Belt, Sedgebrook, Monte Carlo, Bowshot, Secrecy, Ben Varrey, Kent, Tuhiwai, Ngatuere, Umslopogaas, Swift, Roll Call, The Workman, Bloomsbury, Johnny Faa.

First Handicap Hurdles, two miles and a distance.—Kapua, Auroa, Strayshot, Dante, Lord Vivian, Waibuua, Eangipai, Narrate, Epsom, Nugget, Liberator, Kai Iwi Lady, Belle. Second Handicap Hurdles, two miles.— Same as First Handicap Hurdles.

First Hack Hurdles, one and a half miles.—Whiffler, Electro, Conscript, Annie, Tupato, Strike, Clayton, Rossall, Nat, Le Grand, Pyrites, Satellite, Bush Girl, Napoleon, Thunderbolt, Dead Bird. Second Hack Hurdles, one mile and a half.—Same as for First-Hack Hurdles.

Harrison Memorial Stakes, threequarters of a mile.—Stepfeldfc, Acone, Searchlight, Orion's Belt, Bavaria, Sedgebrook, Bowshot, Secrecy, Orion, Ben Varrey, Tuhiwai, King's Bowman, Kent, Ngatuere, Umslopogaas, St Laura, The Workman, Quadratic, Prioress, The Brook, Waiuku, Anita, Solitaire.

Nursery Handicap, four furlongs.— Miss Lily, Lorenzo, Bijou, Bavaria, b g by Flintlock-Armidilla, Decoration, Rubin, Doormouse, Hide and Seek, St Paul, Fearnought, Armilla, Daring. Autumn Handicap, one mile and a distance.—Panoply, Searchlight, Ben Varrey, Orion's Belt, Sedgebrook, Dreamland, Monte Carlo, Tuhiwai, King's Bowman, Hotspur, Kent, Ngatuere, Swift, Umslopogaas, St Laura, Roll Call, The Workman, Bloomsbury, Prioress, The Possible, The Brook, Acone.

Farewell Handicap, one mile. — Sedgebrook, Bowshot, Secrecy, Ben Varrey, Lord Vivian, Rangipuhi, King's Bowman, Leda, Ngatuere, Umslopogaas, Swift, Bloomsbury. Johnn? Faa. First Hack Race, one mile and a distance.—lolanthe, Novelty, Headford, Carrick, Voltiguer, Disraeli, Huka, Surrey, Le Grand, Dummy, The Friar, Acone, Corsican, Return, Kuaka, Nightingale, Splinter, Silver Sea, Franc, Emerald, Locarius.

Second Hack Flat, three-quarters of a mile.—Same as First Hack Race, with the exception of Le Grand and Corsican, and with the addition of Whiffler, Kokiri, Arawa, Capsule, Kapai, Staf, Black Jack, Taipari.