SPORTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10384, 13 August 1895, Page 2

SPORTING.

GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.— Second, Day. (Continued from Town Edition yesterday) August Handicap.- Beadonwell, 1 ; Marino, 2 ; Lord of Misrule, 3. Time, lmin 21£ sec. Dividends, £15 18s and £14 9s 6d. Grand National Hurdles. --Donald McKinuon, 1 ; Barnardo, 2 ; Couranto, 3. Time, 4min sisoc. Dividends, £6 5s and £5 13s. Beaufort Steeplechase. — Roscius, 1 ; Marechal Noil, 2 ; Chrystal 3. Time, smin 22isec. Dividends, £3 6s 6d and £3 3s. Hunters' Hurdles.— Gillie, 1 ; Repo, 2 : Armstrong, 3. Time, 3min 12|sec. Dividends, £3 10s and £1 18s 6d. Final Hurdles.— Brin, 1 ; War Dance. 2 ; King John, 3. Time, 3min' 12$ sec. Dividends, £G 6a and £5 18s 6d. Ladies Bracelet.— Rotoma,l ; TaviHtock, 2 ; Pilgrim, 3. Time, 3min ssec. Dividends, £2 lGs 6d and ',£2 sa. We direct the attention of our readers to an announcement of lectures to bo given in the Alexandra Hall on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evening in next week. These 1 lectures are illustrated by firstclass pictures thrown on tho screen by a powerful limelight apparatus, and havo proved very attractive wherever dolrrered. A writ has been issued by Mr CM. Whittington against Mr H. P. Cohen as a member of tlu> Napier Hoßpital Board, for a breach of " Tho Local Bodieß Contractors' Act, 1885." Tho action is taken under tho third e'auae of the Act, which providos that any member of a local body who knowingly supplies anything to tbat body, shall not be entitled to any payment for tho samo, and any sum pnicfrin connection with mich dealings, together with £]0 in addition for each item, with full costs of Court, may bo recovered by finy poison Kuiiif,rin a Court of computunt jnrmiicdfin. Tim amount i:i\olvod in Ihe pi i>m-iir notion isi about £yl)0, tho defiling.-! oxUiudiiiy over a period ranying from 188(3 to 1805. The case will comu on for hoaring at the noxt sittings of the Supremo Court.