SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 71, 7 November 1885, Page 2

SPORTING.

V.R.C. SPRING MEETING. (own correspondent.) Melbourne, Nov. 4. The third days racing of the above meeting took place yesterday. I’he weather was fine, and the attendance large. J he following are the results - Maiden Plate. Winchester * 1 Cyclops 2 Panvun .. ... ... ... 3 Won by four lengths. Flying Stakes. Blairgowrie 1 Maduelina ... 2 (Jheshaui 3 U on easily by a length and a-half. Spring Handicap. Cerise and Blue .. 1 Velocipede 2 Langton .. ~ ... 3 Won by a length. Royal Park Stakes. Trenton ~ 1 Bemus 2 Dunlop 3 Won by two lengths. Steeplechase. Backer 1 Denmark ~ .. .... 2 Tricaett 0 Trickett was first past the post, but he was disqualified for going round the wrong course. < inly the three started and all fell, Denmark twice. Oak Stakes. U i alia i Parody ... ~, ~, ~ Lady Claudia ~, fi Won by two lengths. Veteran Stakes. Britisher ~, ~, J Cerise and Blue ~, ~ 2 Metal ... ~ 3 Twenty four started. Grace Darling and Doncaster fell, the latter was killed on the spot, but the rider was not ininjured. Williams, tha rider of Grace Darling severely shaken. INCIDENTS OF THE CUP. With respect to the race. O’Brien, the rider of Sheet Anchor, attributes his victory to his getting a good position at the turn by the river. Lord Exeter broke down when passing the abbattoirs, and at the same place the jockey on Brown and Rose broke a stirrup leather Nordenfeldt was run into by thunderbolt, and they scraped sides as they galloped along, and immediately afterwards they both ran on to Liverpool and completely blocked him. at the home turn. Ellis, the rider of Nordenleldt, is confident that he could have won the race had it been a furlong further, as the colt was going very strong at the finish. I he terrific pace completely smothered Despot and Stonaway. Williams, who rode Grace Darling, is confident he would have won by a length but for being interfered with by Blink Bonny. The owner of heet Anchor wins /To.ooo. I he new judge (Wakely) proved very incompetent for the post, making numerous mistakes during the meeting. Sheet Anchor has started on 28 occasions. He has been first five times, second, eight times-; and third, four times ; while on eleven occasions he has run unplaced. He is owned by Mr M Loughlin, and is by St. Alban’s —Queen Mary. TOLOGA BAY RACES. A Public meeting was held at the Tologa Bay Hotel on Saturday evening last, Mr W. F. Hale in the chair, when it was resolved to hold the annual Tologa Bay race meeting on the Ist of January, on the town course. On the motion of Mr S. R. Stewart Messrs McGuire, Swainson and Hale were elected stewards for the race meeting. It was further resolved that not more than two flat races be open to all comers, the remaining events upon the programme to be restricted to district ho. ses, a clear definition of which will be set forth, but should one of the events of the programme be a hurdle race, the same to be open to all coiners. It was decided to run the races under the code of rules compiled

by the P.B. Turf Club, but which are not now in use.

The whole of the arrangements in detail were left to the stewards and officers elected.

A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the business.