SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 192, 27 August 1900, Page 2

SPORTING.

AMBEKLEY WEIGHTS. Weights for meeting to be held on 1 August 30th : Hurdles, li miles.—Long Tom, 12.5; Rex 11., 11.12 ; Crash, Proverb, 11.10; Mountebank, 11,8 ; Rebel, 11.5; Izkl, 1 10.11; Pomellion, 10.0. Tally-ho Handicap. Orosus, Huntingdon, 12.3; Jack, 11.7 ; Fleetwood, 10.10; Victor, 10.7. Hunters' Flat Race, l.{ miles.—Rex 11., 13 12; Mountebank, 13,9; Proverb, 13.8 ; Long Tom, 13.2 ; Crash, 13.0; Cadet, 12.7; Rebel, 12 3 ; Epsom Lad, Izal, 12.2 ; Crusader, 12.0; Glenogie, Pomellion, Little Bobs, Saxon, Hobart, 11.10. Brackenfield Plate, 2| miles.—Crocus, Huntingdon, 12.7; Jack, 11.13; Phyllis, 11.12; Glenogie, 11.7; Fleetwood, 11.3; Rawai, 11.2; Wahoo, Saxon, 11.0. SOUTH CANTERBURY NOMINATIONS. Good nominations have been received for the Spring Mneting to be held on September sth and Gth. Appended are the nominations for the two principal events: — Timaru Cup, 1] miles.—Suzannah, Nihilist, Conqueror, Dundits, Spider, Proposal, Fulmen, Abercrombie, Vandyke, Straithnairn, Seabrook. Rhodes Memorial, 1 mile. Suzannah, Nihilist, Conquaror, Dundas, Phryne, Spider, First Blood, Proposal, Spinner, Fulmen, Eidelweiss, Aliercombie, Jupiter, Vandyke, Ben Farley, Strathnairn. The Taranaki Jockey Club's Committee adopted the programmes for the current season on Friday night. The dates of the Summer Meeting were fixed for December 26 and 27. The ' amount of added money that will be 1 [given in stakes is .£B9OI being ,£ls ' more than last year. The Autumn Meeting dates are February 13 and 14, the amount of stakes being £1355, being £ls less than last year. The total prize money for the two meetings amounts to .£2245. Several detail alterations were made in the progamme, which the Committee considered would be an improvement. Mr. M. Fleet- 1 woo 3, the Secretary, expects to issue S Ike A £«w henwi , 1