SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 49, 19 June 1914, Page 7

SPORTING.

AUSTRALIAN RACING. [By Elkoteio Tjslbgbaph — UopyKicmr. [UNITED PftESS A«BOCIaTJON„ > Melbourne; June 18. Weights for the Grand National Hurdles: .Obi top weight 11.12; Con the Shraughran, 10.2; Mere, 9.10. National Steeples: Vanguard, top weight, 12.5; I Pay Master, 11.9; Whakarewarewa, 10.0. HAWKES BAY MEETING. [PBK PuESS .ASSOCIATION.] \ Hastings, June 18. For the concluding day of the' Hajivke's Bay Jockey Club winter meeting the totalisator investments were £16,615, compared with £12,225 on the second day of last winter meeting, the total for the, two days, being £30,780. against £27,211 for the winter meeting of 1913. ' It: was Wilson, rider of Sir Donald, in the Whakatu Hurdles yesterday,' who was seriously injured, and not Marchant, rider of Parawanui, as telegraphed last night. .Pritchard; rider of Mount Victoria in the Final Handicap, was suspended for three months for crossing Ngarua. Additional Results:—

June Steeplechase Handicap, 300 sovs; about,2J ffittiles.—l Exotic, 11,2' (F. Meagher), 1; 4 Kauroa, 10.5 (W. Young),'2; 8 Sir Lethe, 10.10 (J.' Deeley), 3. Also started: 5 Eldorado, 7 Morihiko, 6 The Chief, 2 Cousin Jack. Sir Lethe led to the entrance to the straight, where Exotic joined issue, and in the run home won by half a length, a length between second and third. The Chief was fourth. Morihiko ran off, and Cousin Jack fell. Time, smin 11 l-ssec. Raukawa Hack Handicap (on the flat), 100 sovs.—l Portraiture, 9.13 (W. Bell), 1; 3 Pursefiller, 10.9, 2; 13 The Summit, 9.2, 3. Also started:'. 7'Sir Alba, 4 Hinemanu, 2 Amity, 10 Microbe, 5 Player, 8 Matawerewere, 12 Andrea, 6 Perhaps, 16 Roster, 14 Amical, 9 Mysterium, 11 Bodenham, 15 Chatmoss. Portraitirro came with a rush in the last few strides, and won by a neck, half a length between second and third. Time, lmin 30sec. Final Handicap (on the flat), 150 sovs, six furlongs.—6 Day Fly, 9.6 (W. Nyman), 1; 9 Amber and White, 9.0, 2; 2 Ngarua, 9.2, 3. Also started : 1 Red Book, 11 Mummer, 3 Mount Victoria, 10 Sir Daniel, 5 Black Lupin, 8 Eocene, 7 Epworth, 12 Negative, 4 Alces. Amber and White led for four furlongs. Day Fly then took up the running, and won by half a length, a length between second and third. Time, lmin 16 3-ssec.