SPORTING.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1515, 24 December 1878, Page 3

SPORTING.

■» HEAD OF BAY EAOE3. The following acceptances and entries were received on Saturday evening, for the Head of the Bay races, on 26th and 27th inst: — DISTRICT HURDLE RACE. Kaiapoi I Charlie Isis l WAINUI PLATE, Merry Monarch I Isis Lone Hand 1 TROTTING MATCH. Rowdy Jack I Bones Mistletoe I Ladybird Entries. MAIDEN PLATE. Mr J. Staple’s Moss Rose Mr B. Shadbolt’s Lone Hand Mr August Lcleivre’s Lurlinc Mr Ashton’s Pompey Mr E. Maliuanchc’s Titokowara Mr G. McKay’s Charlie Mr Harris’s Dick SAPLING STAKES, Mr ,J. Johnson’s Flirt Mr A. Lolcivro’s Dick Mr Q. McKay’s Unknown It was arranged that the weights for the Tradesmen's Handicap should appear on the evening of the 26th inst. The following sums were fixed as the stakes for the respective events :—District Hurdles, £ls ; Maiden Plato, £10; Wainui Plate, £2O; Tradesmen’s Handicap, £10; Trotting Match, £7 10s ; Sapling Stakes, £7 I.os ; Hack Race, £5 ; Consolation Race, £5. AUCKLAND RACES. [By Telegraph.] [prom the correspondent op the press.] Auckland, December 23. A good deal of interest is taken in the races. At Ellerslie course this morning twenty-four horses were brought out, all but two of whom wore put to more or less vigorous work. There were a good number of ardent sportsmen on tho ground, paying special attention to four new arrivals from the South—viz., Vallancc’s Pin (ire and Eversley, and Butler’s Agent and his black colt Fiction. These horses landed in excellent form, and their appearance does justice to their trainers. Yallanco has his own stock in hand, while Hankins has charge of the representatives of Butler’s stables. Fiction had a slightly stiff way of going this morning, which many attributed to tho effects of his recent voyage.