SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9113, 19 December 1907, Page 3

SPORTING.

— * ELI/'EBSLIB TRAINING MOTES. < [Pbe P*sßß Association.} AUCKLAND. December 19. Tha wea,ther was "fine for training operations at ElleraHe this morning*. On the course proper 'th*© outside hurdle-** wexe open, bwt very little work was registered there, most af the tasks being 1 dona on ihe sand and tan. Waipun^ assisted by Baiiparah^ over the |ast mile, ran ' round the ' s**nd in S™ l^ 8 2-ssec. " Eiinhpiv*. wai better than Carl Eoga over *he same journey in lmin 59 2-5 sec. " Downfall, .assisted' by Clanchette over the last seven furlongs," covered a mile, and a hp. oh tha course proper in 2min 47 2-5 sec' The 66§t finished stiqngly, and the gallpp w§s a! Sterling performance. "Üblandf 1 " b?st Luorece over six furlongs on tho tan in ipiuii 2if_ec. ' Plpetfooit was a length to the better of Guidwife at the end pi five furlongs, doflft in lmin 3sec. Paritutu heat Star Bose by five lengths over * milo on the (x>urse proper, in lmin 58 3-sseo. Bobrikptf, going easier than Chanteuse, finished five fnrloiiga oathe ~t'*n. in lmin § SrSa^o. Master Delftval, and First Gun finished in that dicdfir at tliie end pTa rouid on the tee iii' lmin 52 2-saeo. Dawn, St. Aidan and Diamond Star were cpmp anions for five furlongs oi. the tan,' run tn Imiii 9 _J-B*jec, "Brushing in* '|h'e~ order named. Pohutu beat Pflrt Light by a doz§n lengths in a> round on tb;e tan in lmin 52 ££sec. The former is im- * proving. Garmania and Le B^u were almost oh terms, with Bed Ifoin thr^e: lengths away, at the end of shf furlongs on the course pro- ! per, run in lmin 21 1-s'seq, Finely putting!; lip sQ 'l-fisoc over *£wp ftirlpngfl less On th* same track. Gxeusqt covered once rfttind the tan in 2inin 8 kSfiefii Si* '■JMs'|ira,jn kg*. pver a wmilar jo^ney in lniin j_3seo. After brea^aprt' t^chTica, Lstdy ' _3un*?> CJliremont 'wd'G&od F*jith jumped fieyen iilirtjl^s,! finishing in tho prifer hiuned. Waimangu, Santa Kosa. and Byxalis -were ibreast at'the end "of £ve lmrlongs'qn fhe sand, done in lmin 6 2-ssec. Mynota beat -"Sfenoral Soult over lour furlongs on the. sarid in 51seo. Bonny* Glen, alone, under a light* weif-ht, •rah a mile and a quarter 'on the the las* round in lmin 66seo. " The tinie. -was yery good, but "the polt did hot finish too well, awl appeared to be sqre on pulling* up. Artillerie covered five furlongs ' on the sand in lmin 4sep. A large number of others* worSea. Moriaarty, King Billy, M-askercy., Separate**, Al^rigins 'and Apa arrived by ihe B»i»w*a this'morain*f."