SPORTING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1399, 5 November 1886, Page 2

SPORTING.

TRAINING NOTES. Chbisxcuubch, November 5. The tracks at Iricoarton were again occupied at an early hour this m >ruing Disowned and Torrent moved strongly over a mile-and-quarter. Fair Neil and Chantilly did a useful gallop, tha fi ly going particularly well. Artillery did a slow 3 miles on the grass Tth-kstec went once round at a useful pace. Tepo and Alpine Bose went the Darby distance in company, and the Cup horse covered another mile ai-ne St Ives covered two-and-half miles in good form. Pasha and Oremorne did tha sensational ga'.iop of the morning the former beating the record round the tan, and Apropos had tie best of a gallop with First Lo-d. Buby wont the Cup istance In disappointing stylo. Nelson was only walked Lochiel did a useful gallop, moving better. M.a ta and Tasman wete not ont. There are now about a hundred horses at work a, Kicotrton.

V.R C. SPRING MEETING

THIRD DAY. Melbourne, November 4. The third day's racing of the Victorian Racing Club’s Spring Meeting took place at Flemingtoa to-day. The weather was fine and the attendance large * Results : Maidsn Plaxe. Wei'lit for ago. One mi e and a quarter. Sir W. J. Olhrice’s Menotti 1 Mr J Baines’s Duffcrin 2 Mr J. M'toliell’a Yule Cake ... ... 3 The Flying Stakes. Weight for age. Sev n furlongs. Mr 0. L McDonald’s Hortense ... I Mr S. Miller’s William Tell 2 Mr D. Cooper’s Huntiugtower ... t Mr W, Pearson's Bedouin ... ... + Svaisg Handio p. One mile and a quarter. Mr E. W. Ellis Lord Wilton 1 Mr S. G. Cook's Remus 2 Mr W. E. Hojd’a Bravo 3 Koval Park "rtakes. Weight for Bge. Two miles. Mr W. C, Cooper’s Trenti n ... ... 1 Mr M. Locke’s Isocomy 2 Mr M. Loughlin’s Sheet Anchor ... 3 Trenton, who won the race with ease, was loudly cheered by tha public, who appreciated his splendid running in the Melbourne Cup. The < *AKB SiAKftS Ooe mile and a half. Mr W. D Robertson’s T 1 e Nun ... 1 Fon J. Whit Vs Tamarisk 2 Mr W, A. Long’s Maddelina ... ~. t Mr D. F. Wallace’s Essie ... ... t Time, 2min 46iec. Won e*eily. The Special Juvenile Stakes. Five fur ongs, Mr L. L. Smith’s Epicurean 1 Mr £, Dorlot’s Eckersley ... ... 2 Thb Veteran Stakes. One mile and a half. Mr A. F. Smart’s Brcwa and Rose ... 1 Mr W. Strickland’s Ben Bolt ... 2 Mr W. E. Dakin’s The Pencil ... 3

Won by a neck. Time, 2mln 30J»eo. Eighteen started.