Sporting News.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 70, 20 September 1897, Page 2

Sporting News.

RACING FIXTURES. 1897. October 4 and s— Hawke's Bay J.C. Spring. October 12 and 13— Napier Park R.C. Spring. October 21 and 22— North Otago J.C. Spring. October 21 and 22— Wanganui J.C. Spring. November 2— Waitara J.C. Hack. November 9 — Waverlej-Waitotara R.C. Annual. No»e/nber 9, 11 and 13— Canterbury J.C. Metropolitan. November 24, 26 and 27— Dunedin J.C. Spring. Nov. 30 and Dec. I— Feilding Spring Meeting. The Opunake Times sajs : — Mr Charles Hickey received by the last mail from his son photographs of Mr Gollan's horses, Ebor and Norton, now in England. Mr Hickey's son is seated on Ebor, and a very good likeness is produced of him. Mr P. Hickey has made a name for himself in England as v cross-country rider, all the sporting authorities speaking very highly on his skill and merit. His winnings at Home include — On Ebor : Salt Hill Handicap Hurdle Race, Great Staffordshire Steeplechase (410 soys), Shropshire County Steeplechase (250 ' soys), Cheveley Handicap Hurdle Race (85 soys), Great Midland Handicap Steeplechase (405 soys), Trafford Park Handicap Steeplechase (150 soys), The Castle Handicap Steeplechase (283 soys) ; on Norton be won the Park Steeplechase (40 soys), and the Egham Steeplechase (40 soys) ; on Tribune he won the Chepstow Hurdle Race ; on Gaillardia, the Railway Handicap ; and the Western Hurdle Race on Grudon.

At the first day of the Avondale Jockey Club's Spring Meeting held at Auckland on Saturday, Atlantic won the Handicap Hurdle Race, paying a dividend of JE3B 7s.