SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6115, 23 March 1898, Page 3

SPORTING.

■ fPuR Press Association.! NAPIER PARK RACING CLUB. NAPIER, March 23. The weather is fine, and the course is perfect. Results :— Second Trial Hurdle Bace, of SO soys ; one mile and a half-Opal (Hall), 12st i_lb, 1 ; Blackberry (Redmond), 95 1 71 b, 2 ; Gorse (Atkins), 9st 101 b, 3. All Ptarted. Barbarossa fell _t the fourth hurdle. Won .as ly by two lengths. Time — 2inin Sijseo. Dividend— £2. HUBEV-SCUBRV HANDICAP, of 30 sbvsNansen (Davis), 8»t 61b, I— Dottrell (Whittaker), ._-f_„-.2; Katoomba (Sbhle), Bst*--b, 3. ' Oold Cup, Miss Faulkner and Uh> were scratched. Won without.the whip by. two lengths. Time— >lmin ldjsec.. DiVldefid~£_ 16s, . .>.':•; '■:•'• ' : " a DU_^blN^ £oCK^Y^M_&^ P j .The. weather is" Superb', and -he attend'ahce goo_. Results: — : HANDICAP HURDLE BACE, of 100 soys '; two miles— llex, 12st 31b (Bobertson), 1 ; Belmont, 9st 131 b, 2 ; Stanley, 9st 121 b, 3. lime— .mm 2sec. A fine race. Won by a length on the flat. All started bnt Bebel. MAIDEN PLATE, of 50 soys ; seven furlongs — Seabrook, 1; Fulmen, 2; Argon, 3. A good race, though won easily at the finish. Time— lmin 29fsec, Dividends— £9 6s and £13 15s. CHAMPAGNE STAKES, of 2_0 i ßoyß* {0r...5W--•year-oldß ; six furlongs— Dundns, B,st 71_Vi i^Gtohqueror, 9st Olb, 2; Altair, Bstlolb, &.;■ W«_!_a#]y. ■Time— lmin 17sec. Dividends— £4 6s„__£3;lo&^iiDUNEDIN CUP?,; STABSHOT ... ... 1