SPORTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13976, 8 May 1913, Page 7

SPORTING.

' THE CHESTER CUP. Press AssociationTeiegraph.—Cop yrigl)t P.oceivcd May 8, 10,20 a.m. LONDON, May 7. Tlio Chester Cup resulted;— Culler 1, Lorenzo 2, Lindsay Cordon 3. I VOLSLOAXE SOLD LOR THE EAST. I Received JVlav B, 9.15 a.in. j MELBOURNE, A!ay 8. 1 Tin racehorse Votsloauo hq.s been sold | for the East. j T“" ; THE KINO WINS A RACE. 1 FRANK WOOTTON’K re-aitearance i (Svdlicv Sun O’jltdps.) : ‘ LONDON, May 2. 1 The Newmarket First Spring meeting : was continued to-day, when the Hastings | Plato, valued at about 41500, one and a j quarter miles, for thrcc-ycar-olds, was : Avon by King George’s colt Aider, who | started at an outside price, and caused a j surprise. Pilliwiukio was second, and j Jameson third. i Frank AVcotton made his rc-appearanec I after his recent illness, and rode his I father’s' horse Gallcot to victory in the | last race of the day. ! ASHBURTON MEETING. ! {Per Dnited R'vw *»u.w”ati«nA | ASHBURTON, May 8. I The Ashburton meeting opened tin’s i afternoon in lino weather, though the | course was fairly heavy. Results: i Langbcacb Handicap.—Safety Pin 1, ; Gold Cup 2, Vanquish ti. Scratched—War- : light and Naughty Nancy. Won by half a head. Fairfield Welter.—lhunangn 1, Ladionc : 2, Olenowl .'i. ScnW-hcd—Britain Crown. ; Won by half a. length | Lonvois and Craganour will probably meet in the Derby, which conics up lor I decision at. Epsom on Juno 4th. j TattcrsalJ's Club will hold a race nicclI ing at Randwick on Saturday. Amongst I the horses entered are the New Zealandj owned Merrio Lad, Mauakau, and Elf bolt.

C. Boyle has definitely decided to leave by flic AYillochrn for Sydney bn Friday next, lie is ruly taking the National wiujicr, Captain Jingle, with him, ns the two-year-old, Golden Sky, is not sound enough yet to make the trip.

Louvois, winner of the Two Thousand Guinean, is owned by his breeder, Mr AVI Raphael, who also owned and bred Tngalie, winner of the 1912 Derby. St. I.olivable, dam of two good horses, I.ouvola and Louviors, once ran in the jacket of Mr It. Sicvicr,--and wpsmid .at auction to her present owner for 1209 guineas ii 1901. ■ ’

J3l Dorado has again b r ou put into work at Hastings by A If. Kllingham. It will be remembered that the Gold Reef gelding met with an accident whiie contesting the Napier Steeplechase, and at that time it was thought ho - would bnv , to bo destroyed. It is doubtful if he will stand, as his forelegs are not of the best. ' All going well in the meantime, and provided the weights are suitable, \Y. Mobherlcv will come down from Auckland to the Wanganui meeting with Blue Garment and 'Phosphorus. In the event of the pair making the trip 11. 11. Brown will accompany them: and ride both in their engagements at the meeting. A now stylo of steeplechase fence , has been erected at Satidown I’ark, -Victoria. The fence is built up to a height of 2ft 9in with still' railing, on top of .which is paced a quantity pi strong brush, bringing the height up to a close oa 4ft. •Mr J. H. ■ Davis, one of the Stipendiary Stewards, who inspected the fence, slated that in his opinion the jump was a great improvement on the ordinary femes, and was not likely to tarn a horse, over. If Shell. fences were used more frequently, there would be less risk of injuring jockeys and .horse in a steeplechase.! The Finland gelding Nylaud is to ho given an opportunity to distinguish himself as a hurdler. Nviand is credited with wtting through his first lessons across the battens in a promising 'manner, and (remarks a. Palmerston North writer) in the event of his keeping sound will probably develop into something quite out of the ordinary.; Nylaud is remarkably quick in his jumping, while his pace on the tint is common knowledge. He has liecn ridden in his schooling work by A. Oliver. Nyland has been nominated for jumping events at Wanganui, hut at present it is not cottain that ho will fulfil them.