SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 6727, 8 October 1885, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Ike has broken down, and will not be a starter for the New Zealand Gup. The demonstration made against Newsfcead last Week was not without cause, as the Maribytriong Plate winner was yesterday scratched both for the Derby and Melbourne Cup. Manchester and Umbrahavebeen scratched for the Melbourne Cup. ' There are thirty-one acceptances for the Maribyrnong Plate. The Canterbury Cricket Association are not in a position to promise to send a representative team to Tasmania or Auckland this season j but they will endeavor to get together a team to visit Wellington. Renter cables this afternoon that Winchester and Liverpool were last night backed for a considerable sum at 1,000 to 5 to win the Derby and Melbourne Cop. HAWKE'S BAY RACES. The second day's results, to hand are as follow: Hubmb Back. Macaroni .. .. .. iLyford) 1 Loch Lomond .. (Palmer) Z Also started Druid, Director, Faugb-a-Ballagh, Denbigh, Assegai, Mangahone, Gipsy, Mountaineer, Dhndheen, and Kimu. Loch Lomond led to the first hurdle, the other in a cluster; at the third hurdle Mangahone fell, and soon afterwards all the other horses went off the course, leaving only Macaroni and Loch Lomond in the race. Director and Denbigh endeavored to make up their lost ground, but were quite out of it. Loch Lomond won easily. Time, 4min 15sec. Dividends: Inside, L2 4s; outside, L2 3s. . ' Spring Handicap, of 150 sots. One mile and a-balf. Pasha •-.. .. .. .. .. 1 Administrator .. - .. .. .. 2 Pearl ... • .. S Christina, Speculation, Ugly Buck, Herculaneum, and Revoke also ran. After an indifferent a ta.it Administrator got away with the lead, with Christina and Pasha abreast. At the back of the course Pasha took the lead and kept it to the finish. Pearl a bad third. Time, 2min 40 3 sth sec. Dividend, L 5 19s.