SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7176, 29 May 1891, Page 4

SPORTING.

THE DERBY. [Special to Pbbss Association.] LONDON, Mat 27. The Derby was run in pouring rain. After going a mile Gouverneur was in command, and kept the lead till a quarter of a mile from home, when Common went up and won in a canter by two lengths, Martenhurst a bad third. Time — 2min 56Jsec. Yesterday the racehorse Eetina and a yearling colt, full brother to Union Flag, were shipped by Mr Hill, in the Takapuna, to Wellington. The Waihora took Mr G. G. Stead'B horses— Scots Grey, Pallißer and Moraine — for Sydney, and Eros for Wellington. Mr Hungerford sent three yearlings by the same boat, and his horses British Lion aud Mayboy were also on board, having been taken in at Dunedin. (Pxb Pbbbb Association.! THE MYSTERIOUS HOESE. NAPIEE, May 28. At the Town and Suburban races on Monday a dark horse, entered in the name of Carino, won two events. The horse came from somewhere in the south, the nominal owner being named Ferris. After the second race had been won, and before the totalisator paid out, a protest was entered on the ground that Carino was the horse Problem or Warepa, disqualified for ever in Dunedin in 1886. The Stewards impounded the stakes and totalisator money pending inquiry. They now announce that the protest has heen sustained, and that Carino and Ferris have been dis- . qualified. They will take further evidence as to participation in the swindle by others.