SPORTING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3426, 21 September 1885, Page 3

SPORTING.

a australian jockey club spring ;; meeting. " (By Cable — Rkuteb's Agency.) t [.Received 9 p.m., Sept. 19th. | s SrDKBY, Sept. 19. The first day's racing of the Australian s Jockey Club's Spring Meeting took place at 9 Randwiek to-day. The following are results j of the principal avents : — 5 A.J.C. Dbbby ; a sweepstake of 30 sots each, 5 ft., with 500 sore added. For three- > year-olds— colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, l Bst 61b ; geUHngs at time of starting ali lowed 51b. The owner of the second > horse to receive 100 sots from the prize, 1 and the owner of the third to saTe his , stake. Oug inilo and a half. Closed 5 with 03 subscribers, s Novdenfclt 1 I Urnlla 2 • First Chester 3 7 Only Jito horees started. Nordenfelt, ,- assumed the lead at tho fall of the flag, and - retained command all the way round. The ; finish was a grand one, Cvalla being only ,■ beaten by a bare length. Double that dis- , tance separated the second aud third horses. f Time— 2min47isec. t The Erdoit Handicap. — A handicap sweepr ttakes of 5 sots each, 1 ft., with 200 sots s added. For three-year-olds and upp wards. Second horso 50 sots from the I prize. One mile. > Folly 1 1 Wing , 8 r LordEictor... ... ... ... ... 3 ; Sixteen horses etaitcd. A grand race en- ) sued, resulting m Folly winning on tho post 2 by a head, Wiug second, und Lord Exoter 1 third. Time — lniin -13|seo.