SPORTING.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11861, 15 February 1907, Page 4

SPORTING.

f N.Z. METROPOLITAN TROTTING CLUBS' MEETING. t (Per United Press Association). i Christchurch, Feb 14. , ' The weather was dull for the open- , ing of the Now Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's February Meeting, and the attendance was only moderi ate. The totalisator investment? . amounted to £7.291 10s. The results were : — | Spreydon Handicap: Lady Linton, i 18seca, l;Lord Spec, losecs, 2; Nel- , lie D, 13secs, 3. Won easily bj r fifty yards. Dividends, £1 16s and I £12s. t Ladies' Bracelet Handicap: • Thic- \ ket, 20secs, 1; Thistle, 8 sees, 2: i Rockf ; lioW, 17secs, 3. Won com- , fortably ; dividends £2 10s and £1 14*s. I Parliamentary Handicap : Terra t Nova, 7secs, and Withington, Bsces>, a dead heat; Vincent, 9secs, 3. Terra Nova put in a strong run in the last lap, and got up in time to make a dead heat. Dividends, Terra Nova £13 16s and Withington £2 12s ■ Queen's Handicap: Storm, 22secs, 1; Tempest. 15 sees, , Viceroy, 18 . sees, 3. Won by a neck: divds. £1 ;' 12s and £21 6s. '.■'-: February Handicap: Redcbild, 18 ; secs,l ; Cinders, 6secs, 2: Tea Tree, i l°Becs, 3. Won easily ; divs, £2 and I £3 12b. . " " Members' Handicap: Aberfeldy, 27secs, 1; Prince Warbeck, 25socs, 2; 1 Havelock, 23secs, 3. Won by half a head; divs, £5 18s and £2-16s. 1 Speedwell Handicap : Archangel, 12secs, 1; Miss Burlington . lOsces, 2; Eulogy, Usees, 3. Won by three lengths: div, £4 ,65. Pressmen's Handicap; Bellevue, 1036C8, 1 ; Withington, 3secs, 2 ;' Eulogy, 1350c5,3 . Won by six lengths; divs £1 14s and £4 Bs.