SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5519, 20 March 1896, Page 1

SPORTING.

• • ♦ MAELBC-EOTTGH EACING CLUB. [Per Press Association.! BLENHEIM, March 19. ; The weather, though threatening, -was i fine for the second day of the Maryborough. '. Eacing Club's hack meeting, and the attendance, though not so large as on the first day, was good. The total of .£3151. went through the totalisator for the two days. Eesults : — HANDICAP HUBBLE EACE, of 25 soys ; one mile and a halfr-Tippler Hub 101 b, 1 ; Scrap Iron lOsfc 61b, 2 ; The Ace list, 3. Won by a length. • Time — 2min 55sec. Dividend — £3 4s. FAEMEES' PLATE HANDICAP, of 20 soys; six furlongs— Singsong lOst 131 b, 1; Cripple 9st 121 b, 2; Golden Plume lOst lib, 3. Lucretia, Merrie King, Annie Kooney, Moidore, Akuranija and Charlie also started. .Won by a dear length. Time— lmin 22$ sec. A; prp.test, entered by the owner of Moidore on the ground that the full •distance w.i b not run, some of the horses starting in front of thd.post, und that Moidore was left at the post, was upheld, and the race was ordered to be run again. The result wbb the same in both races; the tim°> of the second was lmin 22sec. The money invested on horses Scratched for the second attempt was refnnded. Dividends — £1 17s, and on the second race £1 13s. PEESIDENT'S HANDICAP, of 40 soys; one . mile and a quarter— Sea Serpent 9st 61b, 1 ; Keview Bst3lb, 2; King's Own Bst 111 b, 3. Princess also started. Won by a nose, amid cries of "dead heat." Time-2min 16soc. Dividend— £3 7.55. SCUBRY HANDICAP, of 20 soys; five furlongs —Vaseline Bst 21b, 1; Alpha 7st, 2; Listener Bst 51b, 3. Crescent, Kaloola 11., fccrap Iron, Hardcase, Sovereign, Bight Metal and Silver E. also started. Time — lmin 41} sec. Dividend— £6 7b. HANDICAP TBOT, of 20 soys; two miles— Kate 11. 37 sec, 3 ; Eosa 60sec, 2. Dividend— £2 6s. TELEGBAPH HANDICAP, of 25 soys ; seven furlongs— King's Own 9st, 1 ; Hillstone Bst 61b, 2 ; Seabreeze Bst 6ib, 3. Voltaire and Springtime also started. Won easily by a length and a half. Time —lmin 33isec. Dividend— £B 19s. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of 20 boys; about one mile and a distance — Tippler 1, Alpha 2, Princess 3. Crescent, Vaseline and Para also started. Won easily by a length. Time— 2min 2sec. Dividend— £2 2s.