LATEST SPORTING NEWS.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1124, 20 October 1904, Page 3

LATEST SPORTING NEWS.

FLEMINGTON TRAINING NOTES Press Association,—Copyright. Fibmimiton, this day Cantekn went half a mile in Slsec. Wuiriki did even time work, finishing all right Tartan and Cato ran ten fmlongs in 2.15!,. Emir gulloped eloven furlongs in 2.33. St, Ainbroso covered elevo:i furlongs in 2,30.}, Sylvan King ran eloven furlongs in 2,34.1

MELBOURNE CUP. AwofliMum. -('ouyriffhi Mkluouhnk, this day. Canteen and Sylvan King are ruling favourites for the Cup at 8 to 1. 10 to 1 Murmur. Wairiki is being backed at 14 to J.

RICCAMON GALLOPS. Hy Tolnurauh.--I'rem Awni'iaMon. Chiustcuokch, this day. It was a perfect moming, Inr. there was very littlo interesting work done. Cannio Chiel and To-morrow did a sound gallop over six furlongs in 1.18. Quarryman went over sovon furiongs in 133 4/5, Cnrysis returning the lust fivo with him. King's Guest, on tho grass, loft five furlongs boliind in 15, Court Gorton and Obligation did a half mile in SU. Huku, Stepdancer, Mohican andGuessor, in company, went over Bovon furlongs in 1,871/3, finishing together. King Stork left six furlongs behind in I.BIJ. Kalakoff, with the assistance of Tax* payer ana Tupara, covered a rnilo and a quarter in 2.17 4/5, tho first six furlongs being done mi 1,22.1. Tho following did from half to threequarter pace:—Lady Wayward, Catherine Gordon, lioso Shield, Magnificent, Stronghold, Signalman, Tcssora, Ability, Slow Tom, Canticle, and Oblivion,

WELLINGTON BACING CLUB FIRST DAY, !>v IVlt'crMih. i'!••*» Ar-i.i.iiiiiMP WkmilHQlon, tli.s day. Thoro is magnificent spring weaihor for to-day's races. Tko course, dried quickly lifter the n «e»t heavy rains, and i* in cnpit.nl order. Tim aticndauco is not up lo the umnge, chiefly owing to the fiv:t that tlicro is no direct railway couiiuuiiication to the course, iho branch lino having been badly daiunpiul by Inst week's gale. The attendance includes tlio Governor nnd and parly, and a goodly number of legislators. Results HURDLES, Killarney I Defoe 2 ■Jeanue D'Albett i> Only starters Won voiy oasily by night leugths. Time, 8.21 2/5. I)iv, i'l lis, bllOltTb HANDICAP. Solution 1 Bounce 2 Gold Dredgo 3 Soratched: Bnllnral, Maluka, Gold Crown, nnd The Stake, Solution hopped off with tho load which ho held all the way, winning by lialf a length, a leni'th betwcori second and third, Time 1.3 ."/5, Divs, 12 4s and i,219a.j WELLINGTON HANDICAP, 'lercelet 1 Mahutonga ... ' ... 2 Convoy i> Scrfttclied: Submarino. Torcclet was in the lead passing the stand nnd was never displaced, winning by a length and a-half, Mahutonga and Convoy made a forward move rounding the bend imo tho straight, but could not got on terms with the leador, tho former gaining second placo by half a length,