SPORTING.
CANTERBURY TROTTING MEETING. (By Tblegbapu.) OHEIBTOHUBOH, August 11. The spring meeting of the Canterbury Trotting Club was held to-day. The weather was showery, but there was s large attendance. £3269 passed through the totalisator. The I following are results : 1 Maiden Tsoi (saddle), of 26 iovi ; 2 miles. Black Eagle, lOseo I Tolanthe, scr ; 2 Thirteen others started. Won by five lengths. Time— 6min 4»eo. Dividend—£l2 7a fid. Maiden Tbot (harness), of 26 sovs 5 2 miles. Three Cheers, Baec (Owner) 1 Black Duchess ... ... '(Owner) 2 Nine others started. Won by sixty yards. Time—6 min 3seo. Dividend—£6 17s fid. Addington Stakes (saddle), of 70 sots j 8 miles. Sandgate, SSseo 1 Emmerson, 93sec .. ... ... ... 2 Twenty others started. Won by three lengths. Time—6min 55«e0Dividend—£7 9s, Sibss Cup (harness), of 46 tovs j 2 miles. Emmerson, 38seo ... ... ... ... 1 General Tracey, ssee ... 8 Kentucky, sseo ... 5 Time—6min. 62sec« Dividend—£4 19s. Selling Tbot (harness), of 30 sovs ; 2 miles. Maid of Cotherstone, Isseo 1 The Speaker, ISiee 2 Six others started. Won by thirty yards. Time—6 min 25sec. Dividend - £6. Stkwabds’ Stakes (harness), of 30 sovs j 8 miles. Telephone, SOsec 1 Sonny, 34seo 2 Bight others started. Won by SO yards. Time- Bmin 17*eo. Dividend—£3 ss. Electbio Handicap (saddle), of 45 sovs j I mile. lolanthe, 18seo 1 Marsh Mallow, 18eeo 2 Twenty two others started. Won by two lengths. Time—2min 49seo. Dividend—£9 10s. Final Handicap (harness), of 85 son; 1 mile. Kentucky, 2seos ... ... 1 Specification, tor ... 2 Time— 2roin 44seo. Dividend —18s. RAGING CONFERENCE. A general meeting of delegates of country racing clubs of the South Island was held to* night. The Ashburton, Fairlie Greek, South Canterbury, Geraldine, Ellesmere, Albury, Beefton, and Wyndham Racing Clubs, and the North Canterbury Steeplechase Club were represented. Che rules as drafted by a subcommittee were passed, and a motion was carried requesting the metropolitan clubs in the Mouth Island to forthwith give effect to the resolution passed at the last racing conference with reference to giving country clubs representation on the conference.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7285, 12 August 1893, Page 1
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337SPORTING. South Canterbury Times, Issue 7285, 12 August 1893, Page 1
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