Sporting

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 53, 22 October 1889, Page 2

Sporting

j YJLT.C. SPRING MEETING. (Pfiß UNITETr TRESB ASSOCIATION.} 3 ; M-EfcßoufiXE. October 19. j For the concluding" day's racing of the . V.A.T.C Spring meeting beautiful weaf ther was experienced, the attendance , being estimated as the largest ever seen 3 on the Caoifield course-- The win of Boz ■ in the- principal event was not an unalloyed ; blessing to the ring; and his owner lands. 1 a bij? stake. Following are the results: — Maidkk Plate, 1 ruile. — Sequel, 1 ; ' i G'naroo, 2 ; Glare, B. Won with ridicu- . lous ease by three lengths. Nursery Handicap,. 4J furlongs. — 3 8 Magic Circle, 1 ; Uttar, 2; Clare. Magic } Circle jumped away -with the lead and. maintained it to the finish. 1 Caulfield Cup, a handicap of 2000 soys ; f 1500 for first horse, 350 for second* J 150 for third ; 1£ miles. Mr J. Cripps' b h Boz, by Boswortn — Hypratia, syrs r 7st 71b (Ramage) 1. - Mr S. Gr. Cook's eh m The Charmer, - j 3yrs, 7st7lb 2 Mr W. T. Jone's b h Bravo^ 6yrs, Bst i 121 b » > Also started — Manton, Pakeha, Lons- ; dale, Stanley, Wycombe, Chaldean, Don ■ Giovan, Teuton, Bothwell, Silverton, Sin- , ecure, Moorebank, Menoiti, Gasburner,.- - < I Meteor, Dunkeld,, Tartar, Green Isle, i and Slander. Boa started at 100 to 5 r - The Charmer 16 to l r Bravo sto 1. The flat; fell to a good start, Sinecure taking: the lead when half a mile had been tra- ' ' 'versed, but was collared by The Charmer who led into the straight. At the distance ' post Boz came ont of the ruck, and gradually wore dawn the leader, winning by tliree-quarters of a length, Bravo being & length behind the second horse. Time,. ftmmi 4036 C. Steeplechase, 2^-. miles. — Curiosity, 1; Peter Osbeck, 2 ; ; Sir John Moore, 3> | Moondyne and Game fell, and were so> seriously injured that they had to ba destroyed. WKLBOTTHiritv October 21 Although Boz -was well supported, he was not & bad hoi-se for the ring. ' MrCripps r - his trainer and owner, won .£4OOO. Bravo Is backed for the Melbourne Cup at 100 to 8, Dutikeid has receded to 100 • to 10- for the Derby. 2 to 1 is laid oii Drednought for the same race. Melos is ' ' doing good work at Flemingtob. The Evening Standard has, a scathing; » article to-night on the fictitious betting; about Moorebank for the Caulfield Cup. The Yeoman is considered to have more than' an outside show for the Melbourne; Cup. •- - Dunemk, October 19.' The following nominations have been. ' received for the Dunedin Cup, of 600 : ' soys ; two piles and a distance. — Cynisca, ' Alsace, British Lion, Corunna, Tirailleur, Jet d*Eau, Leopold; Fabulous, Princes*' Helen, Don Caesar, St. Malo, St.'James h Don Pedro, Wolverine, Springston, Peerswick, Enchantress, Ixion, Scois Grey» Rose Argent, W ft katipa,> Lisbon, Vandal^ Lorraine, Occident, Stonehenge, Peas-, blossom, Tamqra, Phantom, Gipsy Prince/ Merrie England, Chainshot, Wilddrake. I'hbtbtchprch. October 19 . ' Further payments for the New Zealand Cup. — Dudu, Sultan, Recluse, Springstbn, Whisper, British Lion, Masthead, Merrie. England, Occident, Jet d*Eau, Tirailleur, . Scots Grey, Alsace, Wakatipn. Derby Stakes. — Scots Grey, Peerswick, Benata, Merrie England^ Cypriote, Cy- . nisca, Alsace. ' • , Canterbury Cup. — Dudu,. Chainshot,, Masthead, Scots Grey, Tiraillear, Merrie England^ Cypriote, Cynisca, Alsace*- . - This Day., After a gallop this morning Merrj» ' England pulled up. very lame. Springston broke down this morning-," and haa 1 been scratched for all engagements at the Metropolitan meeting. At the Momahaki races on Saturday, Nap won the Hurdles, beating Mif-'R Roake's Zag Zig by a head i Weka a»ap> v priated the Flying and Forced- Handicaps, and the Cup ; Minnie the Railwa^fH^' dicap., paying i-9 llg dividend " -; s '* "-Li*> j %.