SPORTING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1361, 24 January 1905, Page 3

SPORTING.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night. Thero was glorious woathor for tho con- | cludiDg day of tho Summor meeting. Tho holiday, combined with beautiful weather, made tho Wellington Racing Club’s summer meeting tho most succoss fill in tho annals of tho club. Tho attendance was larger than at any previous gathering at tho Hutt, and speculation was brisk. Tho double machines paid a dividend of £35 9s on tho Rooing Club Handicap and Metropolitan Handicap. The I amount handled by tho maohioo (including £709 on tho doublo machine) to-day was £!7,<101, as against £9693 for tho seoond I day of last year. The total for tho meet- I iug was £32,602, ns against £23,294 last I

year, an increase of £9208. I January Handicap: Golden Vein 1, I Gold Crown 2, Good lutent 3. Scratched : I Valois. Good Intont lod for half the I journey, when Goliten Vein went to the I front and won, hard hold, by a length and I a quarter. Time, 1.42 15. Divs., £2 4s and 17s. Fitzhorbort Haudicap : Glcnowlot 1, I Marguerite 2, Aro Light 3. All started. I Glcnowlet jumped away with tho lead,and I making every post a winning post Hewitt I landed Glonowk t wiunor by half a length, Aro Light six lengths away. Time, 1.2. Divs., £3 lls and 13s. Racing Club’s Handicap : Jennno d’Aro I 1, Convoy 2, Quarryman 3. All started. I Rod Gauntlet and Joanne d’Aro lod for I six furlong?, when tho former fell away, I aiid Quarrymau ran into seoond plaoo. I Coming rouud tho turn Convoy mado an I effort, and though ho boat Quarrymau I could not roaoh tho mare, which won by I half a length. Quarryman four longths I away. Time, 27. Divs., £3 9s and £2 I 7s.

I Poneke Hack Handicap: Lebeau 1, I Waitoa 2, Eleotrio Gun 3. Scratched: I Talune. Waitoa and Lebeau were in I front all tho way, and the latter won by a I loDgth. Lyrist and Spoil unseated their I jockeys. Time, 1.31. Divs., £6 Is and I £1 16s. Metropolitan Handicap : Solution 1, I Petrovna 2, Red Gauntlet 3. Soratched : I Ballarat, Chivalry and Ailsa. Petrovna I led to the turn, when Solution eame and won easily. Time, 1.14 2-5. Div., £5. Disposal Stakes : Wind 1, Miretta 2 Repulse 3. Scratched : Wbito Heather. Wind raced with Miretta to tho distance, ] when he came away and won by a length. I Time, 1.17. Dive,, £2 4s and 3s, I Wellington Stakes: Solution 1, Tristram 2, Munjeet 3. Soratched : Glenow- I let and Marguerite. The placed horses j had a desperate raee down the straight, I Derrett landing Solution a winner by half a head, with MuDjeet half a length away. I Time, 1.1. Div?., £9 7s and £5 lls. Pencarrow Hack Haudicap : Master Alex 1, Coxswain 2, Rose Petal 3. All

started. Master Alex jumped away with the lead, and won very easily by a oouplo of lengths. Time, 1.15 3-sths. Divs., £2 10s and £1 14s.

FOXTON RACES. Per Press Association. Foxton, last night. For the Foxton races thero was glorious weather and a largo attendance. Tho results were : Flying Hack Handicap.—Kuda 1, Furneaux 2, Dalky 3. Time, 1.18. Divs., £1 14s and £3 Is. Maiden Hack Hurdles.—Canopea 1, Barman 2, Sammy 3. Time, 2 53. Divs. 123 12s and £1 16?.

Foxton Cup. Rapids ... 1 Sunfish ... 2 Tomairangi ... ... ... 3 Scratched : Rosoal. Won by six lorigths. Time 2.11. Div. £3 13s and £1 6s. Stewards’ Hack Handicap.—Variation 1, Bonheur 2, Bourresque 3. Dividend, £4 5?. Hurdlos.—Peruvian 1, Athol Maid 2, Laureo 3. Divs, £3 16s and £1 ss. Maiden Hack.—Fair Wind 1, Hinupia 2, Trephine 3. Divs, £5 6s and £2 2s. Summer Haudicap.—Black Reynard 1, Auratus 2, Turepo 3. Divs, £3 Is and 19s. Welter Hack.—The Romany 1, Kuroki 2, Dalky 3. Divs, £2Bs and 12s. The sum of £776B'|paßsed through the maohine, £503 more than last year.