SPORTING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1039, 2 January 1884, Page 2

SPORTING

! V.R.O. RACES. [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. —COPYRIGHT.] Melbourne, Yesterday. The following are the results of the principal events cf the .New Year’s Day meeting of the Victoria Racing Club held to-day:— Bagot Pi at"-; one mile and a quarter; i; ■ Archie... .... ... ... 1 < ; Fryingpan' .... ... ... 2;! . s 8001ka... ... ’ ... 3 i Time, 2min Fire hones started. Archie won easily. ! ■?.' 0 -r Nobmanby Stakes; five furlongs; ,• > *?o Broker;..*;' . ... ... -%>. Bohemia ... ... ... 2 M ; Gipsy 3 : Time, Imin ss:c. Five hor.es started. This was an easy victory for Broker. Btandish Plate; one mile. jChucbster ... X' ' Napier... *s. ... ... 2 Fryingpan Time, Imin 42sec. Sixteen hones started. The finish was close. Midsummer Handicap ; mile and a half. Magnet ... I Capri ... ... 2 Little Bister ... 3 Time, 2min 40seo. Magnet won by a neck.! Twelve started. ii r QREYMOUTH RACES. The following are the results of yes-, terday’s racis : HURDLE RACE. Liability 1 - Whalebone 2 Levant... ... ... ... 3 GREY VALLEY STAKES. Comet... ... ... ... 1 '■ Marie Stuart ... ... ... 2 Sinceiity ... 3 HACK RACE HANDICAP. Happy Jack 1 Fair Nell ... ... ... 2 A blo’e rac j. . BRUNNER STAKES HANDICAP. Marie Stuart ... 1 Shepherdess ... 2Sincerity ... 3 Talent ran fourth. forced handicap, L2O ; miles. Sir Tatton 1 Pippin ... 2 Satellite ... ... ... 3 - ■ A close race between the first two. There were no - entries for the NovelRace. :: ■ ot:;:

AUCKLAND RACES

[by telegraph. ] Auckland, ’ To-day?-' | i N ewmakket Hanbicap. One mile and A.f j three-quarters. *'•! • Tim: Whiffler... ... ... (Butler) 1 Envious ' ... ... ... Wapiti 1 ... ... ... (Vaile)3 Mitrailleuse (Jackson) and Fish woman (Absolam) also ran. Betting—Even on !' Tim; 5 to 4 against Wapiti; 2 to 1 against Envious Tim led from the start and won hands down by two lengths. Time, Imiu 17£$ec. The dividend was L2 la. > Auckland Plate, Welcome Jack, 9st ... (Derritt) 1 Nelson, 7st 111 b ... ... (Vaile) 2 Maori, 9it slb ... 3 Betting—Any odds on Welcome Jack. Jack w -neasily.;. The totalisator dividend/' / was L2 4s. Time—,4pain Baec. Steeplechase Chandler, lOst 12ib 1 Clarence, 12st 121 b ... ... ... 2„ Hercules, 12at ... ... ... ... 3 Woodpecker and Barbary also ran? 1 -Clarencefell twice. Nursery Handicap, 6 furlongs. Neckless, 7at ... ... (Sturgess) 1 ; / "Fusilier, Bit ... ... (Butler 2* > ■ Krupp, Bst 101 b ... ... (Wottie) 3 Ugly Bnck, Bst 510, (Derrett); Tedford, * (Sutherland), Revolver (Dobson) Gat- ; ‘ bineer (Williams), Wood Nymph also tanv;‘ !: Batting—s to 4 agst Krupp, 4 to 1 bac : one on the rest. This was a complete ’■ boll over. Necklace got the lead and kept' ! it .to the finish, winning pretty easily^ 7 ' l Time— Imin 16£seo. The totalisator ' dend was L4l, there being only twenty- ’ one on the winner. ' , 1 - !V;