SPORTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11638, 16 August 1905, Page 7

SPORTING.

EG MONT- WANGANUI HUNT CLUB.

The weights for the above meeting, to be held on Thursday, 24th inst., have been declared as follow: —

Hunt Club Cup, 2£ miles. — Playfair 13.3, Cairo 12.10, Rapanui 12.7, Old Gun 11.32, Haerlyn 11.7, Jonquil 11.4, Sammy 11.0.

Licensed Victuallers' Steeplechase, 2 miles and a distance. — Playiair 12.13, Cairo 12.4, Rapanui 12.1, Haerlyn 11.1, Jackar.oo 10.10, Seuorita 10.10, Tattoo 10.10, Haerekawa 10.7, Blanco 10.7, Janella 10.7, Bushy Park 10.7.

Hunters' Flat Race, a mile and a distance. — Dynamite, Man-iu-the-Moon, Showman, Betty, John Pell, Jackaroo, Quartz. Mawhite. Dick, Janella, Pikopiko, Se--norita, Tattoo, and Bushy Park, all 11.0.

Hunters' Hurdles, li miles. — Katoa 11.7, Flanagan 11.5, Stampede 11.3, First Lesson 11.3, Tattoo 10.9, Senorita- 10.9, Morphina 10.7, Man-in-theMoon 10.7, Beety 10.7, John Peel 10.7, Mawhite 10~7, Pikopiko 10.7, Busy Bee 10.7, Dick 10.7, Putahi 10.7.

Ladies' Bracelet Steeplechase, 2 milon. — Katoa 12.0, Tarn li.lo, Jonquil 11.7, Senorita 11.3, Haerekania, Blanco, Janella, Pikopiko, Sammy, Busy Bee, and Putahi 11.0.

Open Hack Race, 4 furlongs. — Sedgemoor 10.10, Valkyrie and Wangaehu 10.1, Pawahi 9.12, Land o' Cakes 9.8, Tiratu 9.6, Meresleaf 9.2, Clairmont, The Stripper, Case Mab, Tautorn, and Cloudy Morn 9.0.

Open Hack Race, 6 furlongs. — Kuroki 10.4, Wangaehu 9.13, Land o' Cakes 0.5, Tiratu and Wild Duck 9.4, Mereshot 9.1, The Stripper, Queen of the West, Snip, 'Clairmont, and Clifton 9.0.

Acceptances close at 9 p.m. on Monday, August 21.

Nominations for the Marton Jockey Club's annual meeting, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday, 6th and 7th September, close with Mr G. F. Bishop, secretary, on Saturday evening next, .at 8 o'clock.

The C.J.C. Grand National Meeting will be continued to-morrow.

A local sport is said to be standing on velvet at present, as he took ,£IOOO to 5s about Kremlin, Inniskillen, and Cavalry. Another one who commenced with the two former has to rely on Inniskillen to land him a good stake by winning the Hurdles to-morrow.