SPORTING.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2054, 13 April 1887, Page 2

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON iUCIN’G CLUB'S AU. TUMN MEETING. The Autumn Meeting of the Lacing Club was commenced on Saturday at the Hurt Uaik. The visitors included a large propot* non ol \ airaiapa and other con-try eettleri. I‘etotu Stakes Handicap of 40 sots ; The Shah, 4y, s, 9st, 1 ; Kangaroo, aged, 8»t 31b, 2 ; Buuic , 4yts, Bst 121b, 3. Friaoeet Boyal (list lu.t, ford Black Urgent (6it 71b) aJik) .tinted. Time, 1 min 18i-ieoa. DifWenf.il* 2s. I’rinc* ,s Uoyal oarueu 81b* overweight, and beg. in lbs. Hurd). H„: tioap ol 40 ao»a; The Jilt, aged, ds( ICk. 1; Forward, fiyra, 10»t, 3; Orient, aged, list 131b, 9. Won by two lengths, Orient a bad third. Dividend, £9 15a. . . Eater Handicap. 70 sova; Charmer, ojftsj i.t, 1; batauella, oyta, fist, 3 ; Humor. 4yn, set bib, 3. Also started- Little Scrub end The Shah. Kangaroo and fcuiooth were soraichnd. Won by a length. Time, 3miii 1 3(aec. Xotaliaator—Total. fiifi—fiO on tin wiuner; dividend. L'.i 7a. Belling Plats, of 30 »cv«, Pi metis BoyaJ,

Syr», B*t, 1 Sylph, 3yrs, 7et 41b, 2; Discord' •fled, 7sl 71b, 3. Charmer, Fabrication' Hatsnelia, Deceiver, Gitiri, Forward aud Te Whiti, were scratched, Nikau. Mati, and Kimberley also ran. Won easily by 6 lengths. Time, 2min l««c. Totalisatot—44B—96 on the winner , dividend, L 4 4s, Waiwetu Handicap, 40 sovs; Strenuous, 4yra, Sat 51b. 1; The Shah, 4yre, 9st 121b, 2 ; Smooth. 3yra, 6at 121b, 3, Bnmor, Little Berab, Eevoke, Kangaroo, and Voltigenr also ran. Won by a neck. Time, Imin 184 sec. Totaliaator—s22, 73 on the winner ; dividend, L 6 Ba. On the second day The Shah won the Amateur Handicap ; Mariner the Maiden Hack Base (die, £l4 9a) ; Giriri the Tradestnen’a Handicap ; and Deeaiver the Ladies’ Bracelet. C.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING. The weather was lovely (or the first day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting. The attendance was good, there being about 5000 people on the ground. An accident, however, somewhat marred the day's pleasure. Kingask (ell in the Hurdle Bace, and Kingham, who was riding him, was rendered unconscious. Quibble won the Great Autumn Handicap very easily, Hermitage 2, Fair Nell 3. The largest dividend was on Quibble in the big race, when backers received L6O 16s hj r lbeirL2 tickets. On the second day Garibaldi won the H R. Handicap, Gipay King the Antonin Nursery Handicap, Sextant the Challenge Stakes and Fair Neil the Easter Handicap. AUCKLAND RACES. About 4000 people were present on Monday. The Champagne Stakes of 200 sovs resulted in a dead beat between Bangle and Formo. In the run off Bangle won easily. Eaatar Handicap of 300 aovs. Spado Guinea 1. Silence, 2; Waipiti, 3. St Leger Stakes of 800 sova. Lady Norah, 1; Teddy Yoile, 2: Rivulet, 3. On the second day Spade Guinea won the Autumn Handicap; Bangle the Ellerslie Plate and Cinderella the Shorts Handicap. A.J.O. AUTUMN MEETING. The Sydney Gold Cup.—Frisco, 1; Kilawa, 2 ; Tom Brown, 3. The following horses also •tarted : —Nelson, The Jewel, Honeydew, Fraud, Mozart, Ringmaster, Sloth, Stanley Willeroo, Polly, Phaon. Sorella, The Wreck. Myall King, Emerald, and Abase. A good •tart waa effected. It was raining heavily. Honeydew and The Wreck were the first to afaow in front, and the latter led to the straight, where he gave way to Mozart, who, with Myall King, passed the stand together, attends by Fraud, The Wreck, and Frisco, while Abuse, Ringmaster, and Tom Brown were absolutely last. As they passed the mile poet, Nelson slipped and fell, while ron» nmg well. At the back of the course Bingmaster was in front, followed by Myall King. Friioo, ifid Stanley. In thia order they need to the torn, where Tom Brown began U> move np. When between the rails Frisco and Kaitawa came to the front, when a good Dniah ensued, the former winning by half a length, Tom Brown being third, three lengths away, followed by Ringmaster, Emerald, and Honeydew. Time, 3min 39|sec. Betting—6 to 1 Jewel, Honeydew and Myall King ; 10 to 1 Tom Brown, Kaitowa, Stanley, and Frisco; 12 to 1 Nelson and Abuse ; 20 to 1 others.