SPORTING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1508, 17 July 1905, Page 3

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACES.

Press Association.) Wellington, last night. Favorable conditions prevailed for the second day’s raoes, the weather being all that ooold bo desired, and the a'tahdance larger than usual. The double event tote on the July Steeplechase and Winter Oats Handicap paid a dividend of £2B 10s. The totalisator receipts for the meeting totalled £21,727, as against £15,670 last year. The results were : Onslow Handicap—Wot Reef 1, Tondorfihie 2. Matuku S. Also started : Good Intent, Coxswain, Tessera, Waitoti, Hinurewa. Won easily by half a length. Time 1.21 2-5. Divs. £2 Is and 19s. h Trial Plato—Nobility 1, Blythe Maid :2, Sir Poroival 3. Also started: Xavier, Martin O’Brien, Error, Captain Shannon, Matariki, Perchance, Operetta, Petticoat. Won oomfortably by two and a half lengths. Time, 1.22. Dive., £2 16s and 18s. ]

July Steeplechase—Norwest 1, Dafoe 2, Bongo a 3. Also started: Jaok o’Luotcrn, The Dauber. Won comfortably by throe lengths. Time, 5.23. Div., .£3"33. Winter Oats—Shrapnel Shell 1, Hamua 2, The Leador S. Alao started : Oannie Ohiel, Asteroid, Sardonyx, Lyrist, Delarey, Ngatarua, Spoil, Hinurewa, St. Lyra, Amaryllis, Cure, Seagull. Galahad. Won by a head after a great finish, a length and ■ a half between second and third. Time 1.51 Diva., £7 10s and £5 13s. Pinal Hurdles—Pushful 1, Kohuui 2, Tupara 3. Also started : Handsome Bose, Trumpery, Levant, Waiwera, Valima, Magnificent. Won easily by four lengths. Time, 3.23 2-5. Divs., £2 19s and Is. Second Hack Hurdles—Jewel Quo 1, Outer 2, Tilson 8. Also started : Swop, -Patuna, -Grand Jury, Southern Cross. Won by two lengths. Divs., £3 10s’and 14 8

Thorndon Hack Handicap—Jolly Friar 1, Takanui 2, Gawain 3. Also started : Hukaakn, Paderewski, Onyx, Claremont, Tiwha, .Land o’ Oakes, St. Louis. Won by three lengths. JDivs., £2 6s and £3 15s.

C.J.O. HANDICAPS,

.(Par Press Aasooiattcn.) Wellington, last night. The following handicaps have been declared by Mr J. E. Honrys for Canterbury Jockey Club’s Grand National meeting:— Winter Onp—Exmoor 110, Convoy, Pallas, Bogulation 10.13, Ghoorka, Shrapnel ShelJ, Kremlin 10.12, Bed Gauntlet 10.11, Golden Vein, Silkworm, Savoury, Golden Knight 10.8, Tirole 10 6, Calibre, Oannie Ohiel 10.5, Bose Madder 10.4, Master Alex, Shrapnel, Wet Beef 10.3, Veneer 10.2, Beau Seaton 9.13, Datable 9.12, Full Cry 9.11, Lady Wayward 9.8, Heroism, Bagpipes 9.5, MSpitenoy 9.4, Boyal Crown 9.3, Admiral gf!s(rveras, Ability, Delarey, The Stake 9.2, 'Sardonyx, Brighton, Lyrist, Ngatarna, Sonaroff, St, Lyra, Manawaru, Optionist, Perdita, Hinurawa, Coxswain, Cavatina 0.0.

New Zealand Grand National Steeploohase—Kaitere 12.5, Slow Tom, Haydn 11.8, Comfort 10.13, Phaetonitis 11,0, Greusot 10.9, Nada'dor, Norwest, Waiters, 10.8, Inniskillen 9.13, Pipi 9.12, Tupara 9.11, Defoe, Catherine Gordon 9.9, Earns 9.8, Lurcher, Victory, Te Kohao, Manazona, Kohatn, Local Option, Narcissus, Rongoa, Grand Jury, Pat up aireke,. Morehu

New Zealand Grand National Hurdles. —Romeo, Convoy 11, The Mohican, Creuaot 10.13, Handsome Rose 10.12, Trumpery, Regulation, Exmoor 10.8, Comfort 10.7, Cavalry 10.3, Waiwera, Durable 9.13, Tupara, Catherine Gordon, Newtown, Waitere 9 12, Huka, Wonderful 9.11, Levant, Wind 9.10, Lady Huns 9.9, Heroism 9.8, Rungarawa 9.7, Secret Sooiety 9.6, laniskillon 9.4, Repulse, Hydceat 9,3, Magaifioeat, Bagpipes, Faro 9.2, Sleepwell, Daredevil, Baltic, Valima, Outer Commonwealth, Wot Blanket, Taxpayer, Narcisans, Minerve, Local Option, Taura, Lady’s Link, Woo McGregor, Golden Comb, Morehu, Waimata 9,0.