SPORTING

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9296, 11 March 1899, Page 3

SPORTING

V.R 0. AUTUMN JJJBETINjG. Pro » At&wM'ioi:--Blectrio 'I'uleyrapli--CopWrifiC Melbourne, M urcli/10. The attendance yestordav it considered satisfhctoiy. r The second arid'third-money in thfe Champiou Stakes has been reduced by one half. ' . | According to the official timpeoper the first mile iu .the (J)iniapiou Stakes ! was run in 2uiin th 3 hull utile in 57flecs, and the next iu 57secs likewise, then 51£sqcs, while the last only occupied 48£secs, aijd the last six furlongs lmin I3|sec9. This is a marvellous performance if correct, as Bobadil was fully four lengths behind Avalon six furlongs from home. There is '.much counnet.t upon the feet of Namoo's hurdle lime beating Bobadil's by four seconds. ' .Reaper has been sold at a substan-tial-figure to Mr J. Gore, tho Indiau buyer, though remaining at Fleming-toii-under Lynch's euro. _ ' ■ Strathroy covered a mile 011 the tari track yesterday in lmin ,4'lf sees. ;