SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 4232, 19 September 1876, Page 4

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(From our Australian Exchanges.) The following are full acoounts of two important races at the A.J.O. Spring Race meeting:— Vm Obbit MeTROPOL'TATr Ptakes, ft mnrticap sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, with 330 sova added. Two miles. . Ttx John Evass's b m Nemesis, 5 yrs, by Knight of the Garter—Nnnoia, 6st 21b 1 Vr J. Bales's ca BataplaM, 4 yrs, by Barbinan,

m ioib ••• z It* J. J. Miller's b g Irish Stew, 4 years, by liadytirk,7stßlb 3 Melbourne, Bst, Sib; Speculation, Bst; ttiam, 7st 101b ; A.T., 7st 81b ; Beadsman, istalb ; Wrangler, 6st 121b; Miss Kingston, Ist 111b { West Australian, Cat 61b ; Duke, ftt 41b ; Nightshade, 6st 21b ; Ginger, Bst ; Ohevaliet, 6«t 121b; The King, fet 71b, also BettUg: 4 to 1 e »ch agst Nemesis and Wrangler, 6 to 1 Irish Stew, 7 to 1 Cheva- '!«,• | to 1 Beadsman, 10 t* 15 to 1 any efbe>. The lot having beea got well tojgpthe* the signal was given, and Duke took &• lead to a good start, having A. T. as his Setmediate eompanien; but at the end of jfea straight ran Chevalier went te the front, jfellowed by Nightshade. Rataplan at this Haxe was running well in the centre of the took, four lengths from Irish Stew and Main, both el whom were well forward. passing the stand Speculation held a slight advantage with Chevalier, Rataplan, and Irish Stew; but en reaehing Cutt's turn Vemesis began to show out at the back of efce course. Chevalier was again to the fore, with Nemesis second, and Irish Stew clo?e *p. Speculation and Chevalier at this time sad run themselves out, and were both beaten At the home turn, Rataplan, Nemesis, Irish Stew, Priam, and Nightshade were together, but Nemesis entered the straight run in front of Rataplan, Irish Stew a close third, and struggling gamely. There was a great race home, which resulted in Nemesis winning by a bare halflength from Rataplan, Irish Stew third, then Nightshade, A. T., Beadsman, Miss Kingston, and Priam in the order named. Time, 3min. 33secs. 8-10ths. ■utdwick of 200 sovs., with a sweepstake ef 5 sovs eaoh. For three-ycar-olds ana upwards. Weight for ags. Three miles. 9. De Mestre's b « Marybyrnong—Luna, 3yrs, 6st 81b 1 Sir H. Eobinson's br hj Valentin, 4yrs, Bst fllb ... 2 J. Paters»n's br f Gas, sst 121b 3

Beadsman, Pomme de Torre, FernhilL and Jtamgatlra also started. Betting t Even on Valentia, 4 to 1 any •fefcer. Rangatira, Fernhill, and Valentia were first away. Fernhill led round the Vend, when Gas went to the front and led feast the stand, then Beadsman and Pomme ie Terre. At the back Gas was leading by Ifteen length*, Beadsman second, Pomme de serre third. Passing the stand Gas and Beadsman were together, Valentia half a length away, then Rangatira and Pomme de Tetre. At Outts't Beadsman took the lead, *Ha Gas seoend, Valentia third. At the tauners' stand they were all together except Pomme de Terre, Valentia and Luna fcere eoming up. Valentia led into the straight, eat Luna eolt caught him, and won by a length and a-half; Gas a bad &ird. Time, smin. 4S 4-10seo. In reference to the destruction of Mr Usher's and othe? valuable racehorses on froard the s.s. City of Melbourne, the ' Age' #f the 9th Inst, has the following, which Shows that It was merely owing to a sudden ttiought that they were shipped in that YMBel:—" Telegrams wero received yesterday morning privately that Mr Fisher's JiorseaAeuld be acratohed for the rest of ttieir j(r**i°k engagements, and later in ttie day a telegram was reoeivod, which was made publio through Tatteraall's Rooms, Ohat the horses were scratched. The question asked was ' Why ?' It is understood that Mr Fisher did not wish to leave his torses longer in Sydney than he could help, and wishing to ship them over to Melbourne fa good time to prepare for the V.R.O Meeting he resolved to withdraw them from Saturday's races, and save them from the ferial of having to ran perhaps severe races a few hoHrs before they would have to go on board the steamer, which was to sail at five o'clock in the afternoon." In the betting market Ncwminster, who has recovered sufficiently to take short canters, is at the head of the list for the V.R.O. Derby at 100 to 33, the Chrysolite colt coming next. The following is the latest betting for the MBIBOtJItHE CtTP. iOO to 14 against Irish Stew (off) 100 to 12 „ Valentia (off) 100 to 7 „ Dilke(off) . 100 to 0 ~ I'eu d'Artifice (<-ff) 100 to sto S against any other (off).

A great pedestrian match for LI,OOO has been arranged between Applitt and Watson, both of New South Wales. The last time these pedestrians met was on the 30th ult., at Forbes, and the ' Sydney Echo' gives the following account of the match:—"The distance was 200 yards, and the ground was to fine condition. At the time appointed both men stripped well, and appeared in excellent form. Former bets were not disturbed, and 6 to 4 was freely offered in ' favor of ! Applitt. From the start Applitt had the race in his own hands. He literally played with his opponent, and won easily. Time, 20£ seconds.