SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9117, 24 December 1907, Page 3

SPORTING.

ELLEESLIE TRAINING XOTES. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, December 2i. ' The weather was dull, but rain kept oft for training operations at Ellerslie ihis morning. With one exception, nil the work done was on the outside of. the course proper, which wn 3 a trifle holding. Guidwife and Fleetfoot ran five furlongs in lmin 6. l-ssec, the latter appearing to most advantage, bonny ulen ran ft mile and a, quarter in Smin 20 l-ssec Boniform was going easier than Paritutu at the end of seven furlongs, run in lmin 34sec. Le Beau and Bed Rain together ran six furlongs in lmin 22 2-ssec. Cambrian ran four furlongs in 54sec. Pohutu badly beat Carl Rosa- over a mile and a quarter in 2min 22sec Downfall finished half a length in aont ot Master Delaval, - with Zimmerman three lengths away, over the same joiirney m 2mm 20 2-ssec. Muskerry and King Billy together .finished six furlongs in lmin 21 3-ssec. Apa made a hack of Uhlander over a mile and a. quarter in 2min 23sec. Uranium alone ran the same journey in 2min 21 2-osec. St Aidan and Diamond. Star were on terms at the end of six furlongs in lmin 21 3-ssec. Aborigine beat Separator over the same journey , in lmin 22 l-ssec. Bobrikoff, assisted at intervals by Clochetts and Chartreuse, ran six furlongs in lmin 21 l-osec. Dawn, Sir Tristram and First Gun were in that order at the end of a similar task, run in lrnin 21 2-sseo. Mahuta ran a round of the tan in lmin 57sec. Miss Winnie and Wharekura, with Duarfc as a companion over the last four furlongs, ran five furlongs in lmin 8 4-ssec. Wharekura finished last. Moriarty Tan six fnrlonsrs in lmin 2(1 2-ssec. Afier breakfast Santa Ro3a, Waimanga and Pyralis were in that order at the end of foiir furlongs, run in 53 2-Ssec. General Soult ran five furlongs in lmin 8 4-sseo.