AUCKLAND SUMMER MEETING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1730, 3 January 1888, Page 2

AUCKLAND SUMMER MEETING.

The weather was fine and the attendance good. The following are the results: New Year's Hcrdle Race, of 100 aovs, With aweep of 2 aovs each to Becond horse. Two miloa, Mr W. H. Nathan's Uranus, by D y D»wd, aged, list. ... (Frewln) ] Mr J B. Williamson's Shillelagh, aged, 9»t9b (J.Lang) 2 Mr W. R. Carter's Coral, 6yrs 9 it £Ub j (Collins) 3 Peter Oabeok, Isaac, Shotover, Dan, and Sirloin alao ran. Won by two lengths. Time— 3min 57i»eo. Totaliß&tor dividends— lnßlde, £6 "l6a; L outaide, £6 6s. Selmnc. Starrs, of 60 aova, added to a aw.epstake of 2 aovs eaoh. Mr W. R. Carter's blk h Rowl, aged, 9_t7lb * tt | i Five others started. Ao-rKLANn Cup. of 750 aova added to a sweepstake o. 10 bovb each ; aeoond horeo to rooaive 150 aova, and third 50 aova. Two miles end a quarter, Mai or F. N. George's eh h Nelson, by K'nj Cole— My idea, aged, Oat 12lb ' (Brown) 1 Mr O. Lennard'a b m Cloga, 6 yrs, 7atßlb (raylor) 2 Mr G. G. Stead'B br o Sextant, 3yrs, 7»t121b (Oliffjro) 3 Victoria (7st 101 b), Friendship (7at 91b), Cannon f6it), and Laorina (Oat), also ran. Betting 2tol on Nelson. Won by a length. Time— 4nln 6£bbo. Dividends— lnside, £1 '2:; outside, £1 lOi. Ta.S c was a Beetle of grett excitement a<_ Noloon returned to aoale, tbe borpe &Qd bis fid^r b<jlr>g loud'y chee^d, 7 " J

Midsommbr Stakes, of 150 bovi, with a swoepstßko i f 5 soys e-.eh to sooond horse; third borsa to savi. h's staked For two-year-olds Five furlongs. Mr J Marshall's br f Pearl Shell by Musket— Poarl Aah,B_t 12tb (Including 3!b ptnalty (King) 1 M. J. Ghana's Forest King, 8n 71b.!. 2 Hon E. Mitohelson's eh f by Leollnus —Lovebird, 8 :t10!b... 3 Vatap^an also started. Pearl Shell led throughout, and won by <\ length, Foreßt King, running nnder the whip.boatlog Lovebird colt for seooud place. Time, lmin 7£aao. Dividendsloeide, £1 4j ; out<ido, £1 3». Newmarket Handicap, of 100 aovs, wlt_i ' a sweepstika of 2 eovs each for neoonJ horse. Six furlongs. Mr D. Twohili's br m Cinderella, by Javelin -Renga, Gyrs, 7at Gib (Hope) 1 Mr E, Fraset'a Tennyson, 3yrs, Bst „ 81b „ (M'Hroy) 2 Hon E. Mitohelson's Formo, 3yrs, ? ak 2 , 1 b (Wright) 3 Antelope, Balista, Bangle, Paddy. C^eßby, Gapella. Lady Alice, and Brown Ray also started. A great race. Won by a nose. Time, lmin 17seo. Dividends— Inside, £L 0 153 ; outside, £7 19j" _ Selling Hurdle Race, ot 60 BovoTTJoe mile and a half, Mr O'Grady's br g Blaok Joo ,„ 1 Two other 1 started. Criterion Stakes, of 90,#sov», with a sweepstake of 2 boys eaoh to Becond horse. Seven furlongs, Mr E. Fraser'a Ten uy son, by Anteroi —Fancy, 3yrs, 7*t 61 b (O'Meara) X Mr W. SomervUlo's br f Baliata, Byrs, 7** Ulb ... (Taylor) 2 Mr J, Carnegie's Lioness, 3yrs, 6st 101 b (Katterni) 3 Wapiti, Bangle, Formo, and Flintlock also ran. Won rather easily by a length and a half. Time, lmin 30aeo, Dividends—lnside, £4 12. . outside, £3 16i,