SPORTING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 1235, 4 September 1878, Page 2

SPORTING.

[BX Caß!B.] RAND WICK SPRING MEETING. Sydney, Sept. 8. At the Australian Jockoy Club's meeting on the second day, the weather was wet, but there was a fair nttonduuce. The Shoet3— Three-quarters of a mile. Ivory was declared I o win, with Chieftain second, and Jack and Sir Andrew a dead heat for third. Thirteen horses ran. Time — lenin oneserenth second. Spbins Maiden Stakes — One mile and a half. Rhodee ... '. 1 Prosperity ... ... ,„ 2 Duke ot Lenne ... ... ... 3 Three horses raa. The raoe was won easily. Time — 2min 45secs: Selling- Plate — One mile and a quarter. Cardinal 1 Cissy ... ... „, „, 2 Rhodee ... ... ... ... 3 Won by two lengths. Timo — 2ruin 14f;ec. Tbe winner was sold for £110. Squattebs' Handicap, one mile. Soothsayer ... ... ... 1 Fat ima ... ... „, ... 2 Abbess ... ... ... ... 3 Won by three lengths. Time — ltnin 49 and four-tenths seconds. Nine horses started. Gbsat Metropolitan Stakes — Two miles. Democrat ... ... ... 1 The Dean... 2 Oolima 3 The winner was m the rear almost throughout, but won gallantly at the finish. Betting— 2 to 1 a^ninst Drum Major, 5 to 2 nguinst Auckland, 5 to 1 against Woodlands and Strathearn, 7 to 1 against the Dean, 8 to 1 against the Vulcan, 10 to 1 against Woodstock. , The course was greasy. Ten horses ran, and the race was won by a next. Time— 3mm 3Jsec3.