SPORTING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1051, 9 November 1877, Page 2

SPORTING.

WANGANUI SPRING MEETING. [By Telegraph.] Wanganui, November 8. The Spring Meeting held to-day was well attended, and the weather was fine. PRODUCE STAKES. Legacy 1 Chandler ... 2 Expectation 3 A splendid race, won by a head. HURDLE RACE. Bnlly-for-You ... I Te Whetumarama 2 Gazelle 3 A grand race, won by sheer hard riding by a short head. MELBOURNE MEETING. Third Day. [By Submarine Cable.] Melbourne, Thursday. There was splendid weather to-day, and a good attendance at the races. Hurdle Race, a handicap sweepstakes of 7 sovs each, h. ft., with 150 added; about three miles. Postman 1 Villiers 2 Lord Harry 3 A fine race ; won by a length. The Royal Park Stakes, a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 150 added. For three-year-olds and upwards ; weight for age. Two miles. Robinson Crusoe 1 Savanaka 2 Glenormiston 3 Six started. Won by three-quarters of a length. Time, 3min. 34eec. The Flying Stakes, a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added; weight-for-age ; three-quarters of a mile. Boswcrbh j ... 1 Warlock ... 2 Alean (? Lilian) 3 Won by half a length. Time—lmin. 16|sec. Spring Handicap, a sweepstakes of 7 sovs each, h. ft., with 150 added, for three-year-olds and upwards; one mile and a quarter. Stratnearn ... 1 Talk of the Yale 2 Won by a length. Time—2min. 12fsec. Sixteen started. Woolomai, who came in first, was disqualified for crossing. The Oaks Stakes, a sweepstakes of 25 sots each, sft., with 300 added, for three-year-old fillies, Bst 101 b; the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stake ; one mile and a half. Parser (? Pardon) I Device 2 Time—2min. 31£sec.