SPORTING.
FOEBUEY PARK RACES,
'By Tolegrapn—Press Association.] Dunedin, last night,
Tho Forbury Park Racing Club held its second meeting at Forbury yesterday, when there was a fair attendance. There was no totalisator, but tho bookmakers plied their calling. The results were : Handicap Hurdles. —Dartmoor (Wattie) 1, Snider 2, Southerly Buster 3. Also started : Call Boy. Betting : sto 4 Dartmoor. Won oasily by 11 lengths, two lengths between second and third. Time, 3 min.
Final Handicap: Sophistic (Eickerby) 1, Lady Babbie 2, Flower o’ Clutha 3, Soven others ran. Betting: 4 to 1 Sophistic. Won easily. Time, 1.18. Forbury Handicap.—Lady Lillian (J, Pino) I, Calibre 2, Canteen 3. Betting : 5 to 4 Lady Lillian. Won oasily by six lengths, a head botween second and third. Time, 1.58 1-5.
Hack Handicap.—Sophistic (J. Pino) 1, St. Blonica 2, Rockleigh 3. Betting : 2 to 1 Sophistic. Eight others ran. Won by a head, three lengths between second and third. Time, 1.5.
Flying Handicap.—Wolbeck (J. Pine) 1, Bluseovito 2, Tsaritza o. Also started : Lady Dundas. Botting : 3to 1 Wolbeck.
Won by a length and a quarter, two lengths botween socond and third. Timo, 1.17 4-5.
Trot Handicap.—Aggio and Ilohuri
(dead-boat) 1, Landerbill 3. Eight others ran. Betting : 2to 1 Kohuri and 8 to 1 Aggie. A good race between placed horses, Lauderhill finished six lengths behind the dead-heaters. Times, Kohuri 4.5, and Aggie 4.12. Welter Handicap.—Scottish Minstrel (Pine) 1, First Shot 2, Tugela 3. Betting : Evens Scottish Minstrel. Three othors ran. Time, 1.32 2-5.
RACING IN VICTORIA.
By Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright
Received 4.35 p.m., Feb. 22. Melbourne, Feb. 22. Futurity Stakes. Sir Leonard 1 Chantress ‘-2 Wakeful 3
Nino started. Rotting : 10 to 9 on Wakeful, 9 to 2 against Leonard, 12 to 1 Chantress. Emir and Chantress made the paco to the homo turn, where Emir went to the front and led to tho straight. At the distanco Emir was jammed on tho rails and lost his rider. Sir Leonard, on the outside, finished well, and won by a neck from Chantress, Wakeful three lengths away third. Time, 1.25. J. A protest against Sir Leonard for interfering with Chantress was dismissed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 823, 23 February 1903, Page 3
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