SPORTING.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2049, 17 September 1880, Page 3

SPORTING.

THE ST. LEGER STAKES. [bbutbb's texhgbam.] LONDON, September 15. Bt. Legsb Stakes, of 25 sovs each, for then three-year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bat 51b j the owner of the second horse to receive 200 sovs, and tho third 100 sovs out of the stakes ; new St. Leger course ; about one mile six furlongs and 132 yards ; 265 subscribers. Mr V. Brewer's Bobert the Devil 1 Lord Boseberry'sCipolata ... 2 Mr Naylor's The Abbot 3 HAWKE'S BAY RACES. [PKB PBEBB ASSOCIATION SPECIAL WIBB.] NAPIER, September 16. The following are the weights for tho HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. st. lb. st. lb. Crey Momus... 12 9 Fclipse ... 10 5 Ada 11 12 Wainui ... 10 0 Venture ... 11 3 TCangatika ... 10 0 Harkaway ... 10 9 Pukerak ... 10 0 Hard Times ... 10 7 MARLBOROUGH RACES. BLENHEIM, September 16. At a meeting of the Marlborough Racing Club it was resolved—" That the code of weights used by the principal clubs in the Australian colonies should be used." The programme for the meeting on February 16th and 17th, 1881, was agreed to as follows : First day—Handicap Hurdle Race of £3O, Maiden Plato of £25,-Sslling Haok Race of £lO, Marlborough Cup of £IOO, with a sweep of £5 j Shearers' Purse of £lO, Flying Handicap of £4O. Second day—Handicap Hurdle Race of £SO, Sapling Stakes of £25, Racing Club Handicap of £75, Hack Race of £lO, Consolation Stakes of £3O, Licensed "Victuallers' Plate of £lO, with a sweep of £3. The usual forest handicip will be held.