Sporting News

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 83, 12 January 1892, Page 2

Sporting News

(per press association.) Foxton, January 11. The following are the acceptances for the open handicaps at the Foxton Summer Meeting, to be held on the 22nd instant : — Flying Handicap— Pyramus, Musket, Wanderer, Tuhitarata, Fortune, Empress, Paraimi, Koromiko. Hurdle Handicap — Empire, Pyramus, Eere, Gladstone, Hiamoe. Stewards' Handicap — Tuhitarata, Cordelia, Musket. Foxton Racing Club Handicap— Foxton, Lochnagar, Cordelia, Tuhitarata. The following eutries were received for the Hack events : — Hack Flat; one mile — Ngatakonra, Eve, Sunday School, Ishmael, Freewill, Phorininin Tenax, Huia, Strophon, Slave Girl, Cameo, Waiwiri, Lillian, Dingo, Balmaceda, May Queen, Waikawa, Daybreak. Flying Hack ; six furlongs—Ngatakonra, Baldhead, Priscilla, Freewill, Lady Isabel, Phonnium Tenax, Huia, Strephon, Slave Girl, Cameo, Waiwiri, Dingo, May Queen, May, and Daybreak. Hack Hurdles ; one mile — Baldhead, Ishmael, Freewill, Songster, Konini, Whitefoot, Mac, Mataiwhetu, Omaha, Waibrant, Raven, Glenelg, Elaine. Dunf.din, January 11. The following weights were declared for the principal event last night :— Cvp — Freedom, 9-6 ; Merrie England and Crackshot, 8-11 ; Cynisca, 8-5 ; Prime Warden, 8-2 ; British Lion and Blizzard, 7-12; Occident and Whisper, 7-10 ; Kulnine, Morpheus, and Fraternite, 7-8 ; Retina, Cajolery and The Workman, 7-6 ; Rosefeldt, Cruchfield and Galtee, 7-4 ; Thane and Prestige, 7-2 ; Freelance, Mariner and Queen of Trumps, 7-0; Don Pedro and Coinage, 6-10; Tassy, Kapn Dilemna, 6-9 ; Eros, Bulrush and Apology 11, 6-7.

A racing swindle is under investigation in Brisbane. At the termination of the Steeplechase at the late Queensland Turf Club meeting a jockey named Davis, who was riding The Loafer, was accused, not only of pulling his horse, but also of running Caledonian off the course. The accusation was fully sustained, and the jockey was disqualified for life and warned oft all racecourse? in the Colony registered under the Q.T.C. rules. Three days after the race tho jockey made most serious charges against certain bookmakers and others interested in the race. It is rumoured that the boy has made an affidavit to the effect that he was promised £150 to carry ont certain tricks ; that he did all he covenanted to do, and that on making a demand for his money he received only £35. So serious were the charges that the stewards of the Q.T.C. immediately decided to hold an enquiry and they summoned all who were either interested or implicated in the accusations.

The following are the records for the N.Z. amateurs athletic sports : — Three mile walking, 23min 37 2-ssec ; 250 yards flat, 24 3-osecs; (this is the record for the world) ; high jump, 5 feet 6in ; half mile flat, 2min ; 120 yards hurdles, 16 1-5 sees; long jump, 20 feet lO^in. ; one mile flat, 4min 30 2-ssecs ; 100 yards flat, 9 4-ssecs ; one mile walk, 7min 2 2-ssecs ; 440 yards flat, 50 2-ssecs; pole jump, 9 feet 10 inches ; 440 yards hurdles, 10 flights, Bft 6in., lmin 1 2-ssecs.