EASTER REACE MEETINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7677, 9 April 1903, Page 3

EASTER REACE MEETINGS.

THE INTERCOLONIAL TKOTTIXG :.lATCIi.

Lovers cf racing do not luck smu« merit at this season of the year, as meetings will be taking place an all parts of Ac LooaKy there will bo tie three days' meSrmg of theNew Zeaiand Metropolitan Trolling Ciub and the two day*' nuewug of 'Uin Can trr bury Jockey Club, 'Jl2 forirur atuxun-j en Satmday and tho lt.ccai\on g-.-.thcr.'ng en M ■..ndsy. OUifr meetings which begin on Jr-nuuday arc the so of th? Auckland Hating .Club, Wsira-rap-a line. ing G:ub and Australian Jockey Club. Tho A T ew Zealand Metropolitan ! Trotting Club's meeting promises to be the iucxm, nctablo trotting ga,: he-ring ever ix&.d hi ilie •colony. The gr tat a;trac : ion en Saurdny will bo th-fe match between Fritz a.i:d li bbsKwcod, tho respective champions of Nc-t S<ju;!i Wales and New Zealand, fcr £500 a fide. The conditions axe lai'iß luiUs, best Clire? in fire, flying start. Bo;ii horses have tiec-n- registering good v/crk during idle last week- or two, and on Tuesday they were ■ responsible Ict soniQ exceptionally iasf Eipins. Fritz was aent a fast mile, whack ho covejed in 2min 12sec, tho first half-mile taking libin'escc, ami he gave the irapreasion that he cou'cl have improved oik this. Ribbonwocd was Bleo on Hho ground, and .put dn some fast work, geiting over a mile in 2min JO l-53cc. The track was not at ifc3 best .for fa«t "limf-s, so it ia reasonable to ."ruppore that, vri'ii favouraWe conditions, the existing record will bi conß'dcrably reduced by one, or both the ohiunpions on_ Saturday. Ab to their jespecidve cbflnces opinions ere somewhat divHed. Fxir. some time .past Ribbonwocd, has been a. strong favourite, but the displays of Fritz during the last few days liave gamed -him maray friends. Both horses can call up <a. Jot of pace, but, with five 'heats io run in one afternoon, B:inettiing more i'hart speed will be required to win. Staying •albiiity and condition ti'Te likely io play no inconsiderable vwi in the Tesult. . and these factors Bhcuid . enable RThbOinTrood to win. In tlh© otlielr events on the programme, t'lifi fallowing licT-'es i«houltl run- prom-Mvently :. — M ; ddlritoa Handoap, SmiatoraßdyM'Ki'niley; Juvanile' Stakes, Coral Hue'; Christcinurch Handicap, Franz and Sir Hr-otor: St iJiUb'na Handicap, Harold 0 and Nellie Moore. The, times of «t«rtin» > ihe dittrrmb ewnt? on Satujdny aro a« fellow: —^M'ddleton Handica.p, 12.45 p.m.; ftist heat of Matoh, 1J.5 pirn.; Juvenile Stale**, l.fiO pm. v «eeond heat of Match. 2.18 p.m. ; ■Ohristchurch Hsn'dioa^p, 2.«6 p.m.; third -heat cf Matclh, 8.16 p.m.; Sfc Alfeans H«ndioap, 8.55 p.m.; fourth (h*at of Match, 4.15 p.m. ; fifth heat of Miatch, 5.15 p.m. The Auckland Sacing Clvb'* meeHncr will be commenced oa Saturday. T3ie following horses ahou'd run promiinently in their.jrasprctiv? engagements: — Trade'men'a Plate, O.ueen J 3 Gu^rd and Ro^ella ; Edr«n Handicap, GTeen w^nd Gold <md Formu'a; Hurdle Hondioap, T"'ngnrd «nd Bffllrnivn; ' Ob*.mT>agiie Siakfia, K'smo ct Rote iShisld and M«liodoen; lEaater Handioar*. Wairiki atid Gulden; B^ae; Onsl^w Stakes, Delani* and Tihundprer: Pony Hnnd ; 6ap, G : rton Gitl and Sen,tin«l;' Hailway Handicap, West.Gu'STd and Camille. The Atista-alian Jockey Olti'b's Auitunn Meet-

ing is one of -the inos-fc iriiporifldi t hftld in Australia. Th> principal race on the first day io iihe Doncaater Handicap, in -which I&o Idler, Auatra.ia and Acraei-a, may prove the bos*. X good ra-2e is looked for in the bt Leger, in which Great Scot, judged en recent running, should win. The Ohanipf.gne Stakes should altracj the best two-ye-ar-olds, and Emir will probably rrjieat his Victorian, cuccesa, though Duke of Graf ton may be troublesome, if, as is reported, ho has recovered Ins foruiv The Sydney Cup will be run-on 34onday.Lnd Great Scot, Abundance Xnd Acraara be' prominent »'t the finish.

The Tucthoraos Advance, Waitatere, Go.d Crown and Sea- Lion arrived from ihe nc-nli by the llotonwhana to-day.