CANTERBURY TROTTING CLUB. First Day—December 27.

Otago Witness, Issue 2288, 6 January 1898, Page 34

CANTERBURY TROTTING CLUB. First Day— December 27.

Maiden Handicap (in harness), of 50sovs ; second lOsovs and third 4sovs. Two miles. 28— Mr Walker's Ga>-ry Owen, by Young Irviugton, lCsec (Owner) 1 Joß— Mr Milne's Manton, fcr ... (Owner) 2 70J — Mr Lukey's Bonnie M'Gregor, 16sec (Owner) 3 Also started : 49 J Rickety lOsec, 1£ Dentist 12sec, and 4- Selma 12sec. Won by 30yds. Time, smin 50sec. Divi-iend, £S 4s. Pony Handicap, of 50sovs ; second lOsovs, third 5-sovs. Two miles. 219J— Mr Clark's Gwynne, by Lincoln Yet, 17sec (Angus) 1 74 — Mr Edwards's Mary, 17sec ... (Ovvaer) 2 Also started : 17 Nil a scr, 1 Thomas 7sec, H Black Flo s lO^ec, 41 Come A»aiu ll&ec, 6 Nipper lfeec, 79 Queen Bee 16sec, 3 Jessamine 17s--C, 54JBulda 17sec, 0 Meny Prince 17sec, lj Sunset 18sec, 6£ Skipper 18sec, and 17i Goldsmith 20sec. Won easily by nearly the distance. Time, smin 44sec. Dividend, £2 2s. Boxing Day Handicap, of 120eovs ; second 24sovs, third 128ovj. Two miles. 10J— Mr Wright's Mallow, 20^ec (Owner) 1 28J— Mr Holmes's Stonewall Ja3kson, scr (Milne) 2 127J— Mr Standish's General Luck, 17=jec (C. Harold) 3 Also started : 24 Three Cheers 43ec, lot Maggie M. 7iec, 5 Lidy May 7sec, 108J Alleiton 12s-c, 39 Shamrock 16sec, 28J Larry iiO^ec, 275J Sterling Lad 20a«c, and 5 Billy Buttons 20-sec. Won by a head, Time, smin 28isec. Dividend, •£57 4s. Hanfurvt Stakes (in harness), of 60dovs ; second ISjovs, third 6sovs. For three-year-olds. One mile. 67a~ Mr Mace's Candidate, by Elec'ioneer, scr. (F. Frost) 1 27 — Mr Mulholland's Sciutineer, ssec (Owner) 2 . 114J— Mr Holmes's Design, 20sec (N. Price) 3 Won by three length?. Time, 2inin 37ssec. Dividend, £214-;. Progressive Handicap, of 50sovs ; second lOsovs, third ssova. Two miles. 215— Mr M'Kendry's Murmur, by Blackwood Abdallah, 20se-, (C. Harrold) 1 . $66— Mr Jjrdin's Hoyana, 25sec ... (J. Wright) 2 47h— Mr Binnie's Miss Aunie, IS-see (Owner) 3 Al«o started : 13 Spec 6sec, 17 Belfast Girl 10>ec, SJ Jennie 111 18sec, 9 Miss Alanton ISsec, 41 Kai Iwi 18oec, 6 Napoleon 20sec, 29 Come Again 24sec, . and 11J Garry Owen 25^ec. Won by 40yds. Time, smin 34sec. Dividend, . £2 14s. Addington Handicap (in harness), of 120sovs ; second 2450v3, third 12sovs. lOjec limit. Two miles. €sJ— Brake and Marr's Monte Carlo, by Lincoln Yfet, 3^ec (Stace) 1 131— Mr Rae's Sam Slick, Ssec ... (Owner) 2 Also started : 107 i Li'tle Willie scr, 211.} Itita Esec, 84£ iloaewood S^ec, and 4i\ Ascot 10~.ee. Won by a head. Time, smm 2-sec. Dividend, £8 16s. Electric Handicap, of 75?0v3 ; second 15sovs, third 7sovs. One mile. 69h — Mr Wood's Stirling Lad, by Dexter, 15sec (Pringle) 1 Also started : 16 Stonewall Jackson 2sec, 35 Jessie 6sec, 22 Kentucky Wilkes 9,ec, 285 F B. 12sec, 57 General Luck 13* ec, 47^ August 13? Ec, 22J Kentucky Maud Msec, 14 Milluw 12sec, and - 41 Rauriki 15sec. August finished considerably over the distance behind Stirling Lid. Time, 2mia 3Sa-sec. Pending a decision of the South Island Trotting Association on an appeal the totalisator money is impounded. Pash Handicap (in harnes«), of 7530v5 ; second 15sovs, third 7sovs. ISsec limit. One mile. 33-Mr Walker's Berlin Maid, by Berlin, 15s*ec (J. Milne) 1 16> — Mr Mulholland's Scrutineer, 12sec (Owner) 2 148^— Mr Harris's Baron, 13sec ... (Albaugh) 3 Also started : 255 Vainglorious lisec, 161 Topsy Irvington 15spc, and 21J Sapphire 153ec. Won by half a dozen lengths. Time, 2min 43sec. Dividend, £17 Bi. .Second Day, January 1. The second day's racing of the Canterbury Trotting Club's Summer meeting took place at Lancaster Park on Saturday. The weather i was perfect, and 4000 people attended. '

£4494 was passed through the totalisator. The racing was excellent, several fine finishes resulting. The following are details :— MAIDEN HANDICAP (IN SADDLE), Of 50sovs. Two miles. Mr M. Edwards'B Regent, 9sec .». 1 Regent distanced the field. Time, smin 4-isec, Dividend, £1 Bs. PONY HANDICAP (HARNESS). Of 50-iovs. Two miles. Mr R. G. Morrison's Worthington, 6sec >.. 1 Taravale, lOsec .» «.. 2 Won by a length. Time, scnin 37eec." Dividend, £6 143. HEW YEAR HANDICAP (HARNESS), Of 13030V5. Three miles. Mr T. Honeybone's Ipswich, 30sec «-, w. 1 Hazeldean, 27sec M ... ... 2 Eighteen starters. Ipswich took the lead at the end of a mile, and trotting in grand style easily left the field and won as she liked. Time, Bmin 2£sec. Dividend, £8 12s. SELLING HANDICAP (HARNESS), Of 50dovs. O.:emile. Grenadier, lsec ... ... ... ... 1 The winner distanced the field. Time, 2min 46sec. Dividend, £5 14s. FROGRESSIVE HANDICAP (HARNESS), Of GOsovs. Two miles. Mr J. Wilson's Manton, Bsco _ ... 1 Imogene, 19sec — - ..» 2 Thirteen starters. A spl&ndid race between the pltefrd horses. Manton won b? half a length. Titne, s mm 26sec. Dividend, £12 Bs. A protest entered againsb Manton for inconsistency was dismissed. LINCOLN HANDICAP (SADDLE), Of 32030 V*-. Two miles. Mv 0. Keru's Maggie M, 14sec ... ... ... 1 August, 17se3 „ ... _ 2 El-,veu tst.'t.rters. August led until the last haif mile, when Maggie M wore her down and won by three lengths. Time, saain s|sec. Dividend, £4. TELEGRAPH HANDICAP (HARNESS), Of 75sovs. One mile. Sir J. M'Kewan's Colonel, 6sec „. 1 Black Belle, ldsec ... «. 2 L.-ttie, 13see 3 Tim-, 2tnin 39^-aec. Dividend, £7 4s. FINAL HANDICAP (SADDLE), Of 75sovs. One mile. Mr F. Holmes's Stonewall Jackson, 2sec «. 1 Mr F. Mulholland's Scrutineer, 7sec _. ... 2 Gazelle, lsec ... .- „. ... 3 Time, 2aiin 31-see. Dividend, £26 6^. A protest entered by Mulholla^d agaiu..t the stakes bair-g awarded to Stonewall Jackson, 011 the ground that he got away before the starter gave the word to go, was upheld by the stewards The owner of Stun* wall Jackson gave notice of appeal to the South Island Trotting Association, and the totalisator money and stakes have accordingly been impounded in the meantime.