SPORTING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 128, 14 November 1885, Page 8

SPORTING NEWS.

NOV. 5. j Th£ V.R.C. Spring Meeting Was continued j to day at Flemington. Toe leather .Was < fine,, and there was a good attendance of < the public. Results:— ] Maiden Plate, a sweepstake of lOsoys., 2ft., with 250 added. The second horse . to receive 50sovs. out of the stake. - Weigfhfc-for-age. One mile and a-half. Hon. W.Rob{ns6n'*l[> o Winchester, 3yra, by St. George— Mite Mat 1 Mr~F. Henty's b o Cyclops, 3yrs „. 2 Mr" J. Whittingham/a b c Parwan, 3yre 3 Won easily by four lengths, Time, 2mins, 54^eec. The Flying Stakes, a sweepstake of Ssovs. each, lft., with 200 added. The second horse to receive 50sovs. out of the stakes. For two-year-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr D Cooper's eh c Blairgowrie, 2yrs., by Vespasian— Atholirie 1 Mr L. Watson's eh f Maddelina, 2yrs. ... 2 Mr D. Cooper's eh c Chesham, 2yrs. ... 3 Seven horses started. Won easily by a length and a-half. Acme was fourth. Time, lmin. 20secs. Spring Handicap. — A sweepstakes of Ssovs. each, lft., with 200 added. The second horse to receive SOsovs. out of the stake. For three-year-oldß and upwards. One mile and a-quarter. Mr M. Thompson, ns. b m Cerise and Blue, 4yrB, by Wilbet force— Myrtle ... 1 Mr W. Condon's br h Velocipede, syrs... 2 Mr W. A. Filgate's brc Lavington, 4yrs 3 Sixteen horses started. Won easily by a length. Time, 2tnins. 10£secs. The Royal Pabk Stakes, a sweepstakes of ssovB. each, 2ft., with 200 added. The second horse to receive 50sovs. out of the stake. For three-year-olds and upwards. Weight forage. Two miles. Mr D. O'Brien's b h Trenton, 4yrs, by Musket— Frailty ... 1 Mr S. G. Cook's eh c Remus, 3yrs ... 2 Mr A. Robertsons br c Dunlop, 3yrs ... 3 Trenton won very easily by two lengths Five started. Time, 4mins. 19secs. (?) The Oak Stakes of 37550v5., with a sweep- * stake of 25sovs. each added, £3 15s ft. 300sovs. and all the sweepstake for first horse. Second horse to receive 50sovs., and third 25sovs. For three-year-old fillies, Bst 101b. 1 mile and a-half. Bon. J. White's b or br f Uralla, by Chester — Moonstone (imp.) ... ... 1 Hon. W. Pearson's b f Parody 2 Mr M. Jacobs's eh f Lady Claudia ... 3 Violet and Buttress also ran. Won easily by two lengths. Time, 2mins. 44£eecsThe Veteran Stakes— A handicap sweepstakes of 50sovs. each, lft., with 200 added. The second horse to receive SOsovs. out of the stakes. Mr M- Loughlins b q Britisher, aged, by John Bull Favourite 1 Air M. Thompson's eh m Cerise and Blue, 4yrs. 2 Mr M. Jacobs's b c Metal, 4y rs 3 Twenty-four horses started. This was a splendid race. Britisher won by half a length. Time, 2mins. 48£secs. Mr Reids Grace Darling and Mr Jones's Doncaster fell in the ruck. Williams, who was- riding Grace Darling, was severely shaken, while the horse Doncaster was killed on the spot, his rider escaping without injury.