LATE SPORTING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4540, 10 November 1887, Page 3

LATE SPORTING.

C.J.C. METROPOLITAN JMEETING. (By Telegraph. ) OHRISTOHORCH, Nov. 10. The O, J.O. meeting was continued today. The weather was fine, and there was a good attendance. The following are the results : Spring Nursery, 4 furlongs. Adulation, 7st 61b ... (Holmes) 1 Exchange, Bst 21b ... (Matthews) 2 Paroula, 6st 71b ... ... (Allan) 3 Vandal and Fleurette also ran. Won by a length. Dividends.—£3 8s and £2 17s 6d. Time—so secs. Oaks, miles. Enid ... (Huxtable) 1 Credulity (Williams) 2 Rose and Black ... (Derrit) 3 Red Ensign, Water Queen and Engagement also started. Won by three quarters of a length. Dividend—£s 7s 6d and £5 8s 6d. Canterbury Cup. Maxim 7st 61b (Huxtable) 1 Nelson, 9st6lb (Brown) 2 From a flying start Maxim made- the running and was never headed, though Nelson stuck gamely to him. He won by three quarters of a length. Time—4mins lisecs. Dividends—£l.7s and £lloi. Metropolitan Handicap ; 1| miles, Beresford 7st, ... ... (Huxtable) 1 Silvermark, 6at. 121 b., ... (Holmes) 2 Ruby, 7st. 21b., (Legge) 3 D. O’Brien, owner of Gipsy King, has lodged a protest against Lochiel’s win in the N. Z. Cup on the ground that the horses did not start from the right post. It has been found that the New Zealand Cup horses started at the wrong post on the course and the race was consequently 80 yards short.