SPORTING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6237, 9 June 1890, Page 2

SPORTING.

AUSTRALIAN HORSES AT HOME. (Per Electric Telegraph—Copyriobt ) (Per Press Association.) (Received 12 30 a.m., June 9th.) London, Juno 7. Mr Dawson, White’s trainer in England, thinks highly of Nephean, Wentworth, and Mens Meg, the colls which will represent Sydney sportsmen in the next Derby, and considers that they will have a better chance of winning than Kirkham and Narellan had. THE AUCKLAND WINTER MEETING. (By Telegraph, l AUCKLAND, June 8, The Auckland Winter Meeting was held to-day. There was fine weather, and about 2000 people were present. The going was heavy, the result of the recent rain. The following are details of the raqing : Hurdle Race ; 2 iniles. Donald, lOst 111 b (Rao) 1 Jenny. lOat 81b ... 2 Parnell, 9st 81b ... ... ... ... 3 Two others started. Won easily by two lengths. Time—4min. Dividends—£2 9s fid and £2 ss, Maiden Steeplechase ; about 2J- miles. Hune, lOat 12lb (Oroll) 1 Neck or Nothing, list 131 b... (Hadford) 2 Eight horses started. Dick Turpin, who led for a long distance, baulked during the last round, leaving Hune to win easily. Neck or Nothing was the only other horse to finish. Time —4min 2lscc. Dividends —£214 s and £2 fis. Winter Handicap. Te Kooti, lOat 2lb (McHugh) 1 Nigger, 10st 91b ...' ... (Hodson) 2 Torment (Lindsay) 3 Bt. Michael, Riot, and Prudence also started. To Kooti took the lead in the cutting, and held it to the finish, winning by half a length. Time—2min 9aec. Dividends—£l4 14s and £ll 16s fid. Great Northern Steeplechase ; about 3£ miles. Mr W. Barnard’s Jenny, 10it 31b (Johnston) 1 Mr O. McEl wain’s Auckland, lOat 31b (Cameron) 2 Mr G. Wright’s Orlando, lOst 121 b (Trewin) 3 The other starters were Orangeman, Kangaroo, and Parnell. Auckland and Orangeman were (ho favourites. Parnell led for half a mile, when Jenny toot the lead going up hill and was never afterwards headed. She had two lengths advantage of Parnell at the water jump opposite the stand ; Orangeman fifteen lengths away third, and Orlando, Auckland, and Kangaroo next in the order named. These were the positions until at the stone wall at the bottom of the hill the second time round Parnell fell leaving Jenny with a fifteen lengths lead of Orangeman. Passing the stand Auckland began to improve his position and was second as they filed round the hack of the course, but Jenny could not be caught, and coming down hill and into the straight with a thirty lengths’ lead she won by that distance. Time—Bmin 55sec. Dividends—£lo 3s and £lO 6s. Selling Steeplechase. Jim, 9st 31b 1 Beating five others._ Dividends—£B 16s fid and £ll. Ladies’ Bracelet ; 1 mile. Fiesolo, lOst 101bj 1 Leorina, 12st ... 2 Stonehall, list 131 b 3 Five others started. Won by two lengths. Time—2min ssec. Dividends—£2 and £ll7s. CHRISTCHURCH NOMINATIONS. CHRISTOHUROH, June 8.

The following are the nominations for the Grand National Steeplechase, 400 bovs., about four miles : Oddfellow Auckland Daddy Longlegs Squib Ahua Enterprise Gladius Trooper Sir Garnet Darnley Roll Call Little Arthur The Drover Landsborough Kangaroo Mangahone The Donkey Jenny (late RoseSnapshot bud) Pastime The following are the nominations for the Grand National Hurdle Race, 300 eovs., two miles: — Oddfellow Alum Ixion Harkaway Modeste Erin-Goßragh The Spy Sir Garnet Jacob Snapshot The Dream Darnley Leonardo Blue Mountain Little Arthur The Drover Trimolite Montrose II Mangahone Romilius Clifcon Jenny (late RoseIriquois bud) Kahu