SPORTING.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11610, 12 August 1892, Page 2

SPORTING.

. C.J.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETINGi

• (Per Pbess Association.) ' Cheistchubch, August 10. Tho above meeting was favoured with beautiful weather to day. The attea--dance was the largest ever seen at the (fraud National meet. Messrs Hobbs and Goodwin passed .£6562 through the totalisator. Tho following are tbq results: — '.• ? Hy .\ Tufts' Hubdle Bace; once round and a distance, ,'•■•'; • 1 ' . Black Hawk (Owner) „. „. '"'..1 1 Mr Knotfc ... . ... ■ .'.v ''''... '2 Silver Grpy „ „.- i ' 3, Bangior.i, fjauncelofc 11, Scarap.LnuiJoe'lot, and Quivive also. Btartod!'- VVon';by 12 lengths. "1 inie, 3:nin iitsee.-'Pivideuds, £6 Cs and £§ Us >,; ■• ■ *-~ "'•' • • ' 'Maiden Flordle^ 1$ mileß?v' .Gajoltry r(Clar)i)\,r. :c«.i.i,> «},?:•<«»£;• x. ■^Kilmarnoch.ClttcConoi'hie.)!' >::.' mth \i ; 2' ■ Mra Mullaney (Higgins) ... - ll%lr ;)!, ! 3 Smuggler and Spurned also ran,. ,Woa. by half a length. Time, 3nim' 41sec. Gividends, £1 9s6d and 15s; N:Z. Grand National STEEpiiBca'ASE ; ■ ■ ' about 3 miles. Alma (Clark) ' 1 Noit-in (Hope) ,■ ..,■ 2 Magpie (F. Holmes) ... ... „;_ 3 "Wjjalebone, Couinnto, CoramotiQn, Sir Qarnet, Flinstone, Kaim^naiva, Chance, Waitangi, ' Morok, and Worth also started. From an even start Wha^bone, Waitangi, and Sir G/arnet Qjoupied a prominent p?sition to the half distance, but at the double opposite tho Stand SirGarnet fell. One mile from home Whalobone retired, Ahua was first into the straight, with Morok next. Ahua jumped, the last fence first, and was never headed. He won' by four lengths. Norton Beat Magpie by a nook for second place. Whalebone fourth, Morok fifth, Waitangi sixth, and Sir Garnet last. Time, 7sec <t2sec. dividends, £3 lGs and £2 Bs. Tadlt-ho Steeples. Marangai (Owner) , 1 Just : ce. (Todhunter) , ... 2 Mount (Clarence) 3 Torch and Ijauncelot also started Won by- a-longth. Time, 4mim 18sec. . Divi. lionda, .£2 Gs and £2 2s. Ladies' Bbacelet. Captain Webb (Edwards) 1 Gillie (Standiah). ■ '. ... 2 Catamount (Murray-Anysley) ' ..;■ 3 Oatfield, 'Calm, and HYairahi also started. Captain Webb won easily by six lengths. Time, 3min 46gsec. Dividends, .£1 9s and 7s. Maiden Steeplechase; about 2 ■ ' mile 3. Norton (Clark) 1 Kepraha (Murphy) 2 Icoquois (Gouvley) 3 Won l>y three lengths. Tim.3, 4min 42sec. Dividends, 7s and £1 103. The Winter Handicap was won by Bay King, Erin-go-Brash second, and The Idior third. Dividends, £15 16s and £12 9s 6d.

The French regard their colonies with favour, chiefly on account of the glory which they are supposed to bring to the parent State. This is the reason tvhj the dispute as to the suzerainty of the Aldabra Islands, near Zanzibar, has created so much excitement in Paris. The British public were surprised to hear that these islands, which, by the way, are uninhabited — belong to England, a fact which is vouched for by W. Hit ot himself. Tho Deputy for Eounion thought that they should be French, and when he put a question respecting them in tho Chamber to the Minister, the whole French press rushed to. the conclusion that ho must be right, and that perfidious Albion was once more caught in a guilty act of greedy aggression. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs knows better, as ho is aware that England not long ago made a presimt to France of the Glori.osa Islands, in- the same region, a»J that Franco never had any pratenfions to tho Aldabras. Theso islands, or rocks, produce nothing of commercial value except turtleand' tortoise, which are taken by an Englishman holding a license from the Governor of the Seychelles. There is absolutely no dispute between England and France on the matter. The Aldabra Islands are British, and so they must romain. So women are going to have the franchise. That's something at any rate. They will be allowed to vote once in three years Oi-"so, and they call it " Women's Eigl)t. Now then, ladies, as a rula, have tea two or threo times a day. Why not assert your rights by haviug none other than Campion's Piiro Ceylon Teas, for they are both tho best and cheapest. — Advt. IS TEA. DRINKING HABMFDL ?— Most people believo so. And the doctors say so. Then why drink so much ? Uho Cbease's-A.I. Coffee. It aids digestion and clears tho brain. Sold everywhere in lib and 21b tins.