Sporting

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 43, 24 September 1889, Page 3

Sporting

I PEB ,UNITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.! ■><■■ I . ' London, September 21 . At the Manchester meeting co-day the Lancashire Plate, of £12,000, added to ihe sweepstake, was won by the Duke of Donovan; Chitabob, 2; Alicante, 3. AXC. SPRING MEETING. i Sydney, September 21. Drizzling intermittent rain fell on the openirigday of the A.J.C. Meeting. A. J C. Deeby.;' one niile and a half. Mr J. ■ -White's b c Signapore, MartiniHenry— -Malacca . ;.. ' (Huxley) 1 Mr J. White's Jb : g Budolpb, MartiniHenry— Rusk ..V ... (Hales) 2 Mr T. Lamond's br .6 Sydney, Mariby- . rnong— Blue and White- (Harris) 3 Merriment and Knight Templar also started. - The betting at the post was 5 to -4 against 6 to 4 Rudolph, And sto l.Singapore. On the fall of the flag Knight Templar rushed to the front, but was soon collared by the favorite,: who lead past the .stand. Three furlongs from home the placed houses had passed Merriment, Singapore having the advantage by half a length from Sydney, who was between Mr White's two candidates. On .entering' the straight, ..Singapore.. still had the lead, and .here Hales oh Rudolph {stable companion to the leader), made desperate efforts to get oh terms, but although he easily; disposed of- Sydney, «onld never get up to Singapore, who won ty a length and :a Jialf. ; Merriment was last. Time, 2min;i44secV ;".' '""']' '.. Novice won the EpsdinHandicap, with Dreadnought 2nd, Sorella 3rd; Twentyseven horses started. Spbing Stakes ; one mile and a half. Abercorn, 9st 51b ... ~ ... ;1 Melos.Qst ..." ... ... 2 Sinecure, 7st 21b ... ... 3 Six horses started. The flag fell to &n even start, from which. Melos; made the running, and, even when well in th< straight,- appeared to have the. race in hand, but Hales brought' along the tbj weight, and inside of the , distance got or terms with the leader, gaining the verdici by half "a length. '•■ Mantoh, though he rar well, was at rib part of the race danger -t ©us, and he finished fourth, having behinc Australian Peer and Eeith in th« ""'order named. : ' :