SPORTING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 928, 7 April 1879, Page 2

SPORTING.

CHRISTCHURCH AUTUMN MEETING. CmtisTCHUncH, April 6.

The following are the acceptances for the Champagne Stakes, of 150 sovs :■ — Lunn's Volunteer, D. O'Brien's Fenella, J. W. Mattock's On Dit, H. P. Lance's Marie Antoinette, R. Ray's Hornby, W. Reeves' Casta Diva, E. Griffiths' colt by Traducer Grip. The nominations received for the following events are : Epsom Stakes, of 150 sovs—Neilson's Fishhook, Mattock's Nemo, Ray's Maritana, Fraser's Mata, and Hon. W. Robinson's Natator. Flying Stakes, of 100 sovs—Shadbolt's Blue Ribbon, Neilson's Fishhook, Mallock's On Dit and Nemo, Ray's Templeton and Saunterer, Reeves' Casta Diva, Fraser's Mata and Naiad. Steeplechase, of 100 sovs—Prince's Eversley, Goodman's Ivanhoe, Butler's The Agent, Lunn's Fakir, Neilson's Te Whetu. Easter Handicap, of 100 sovs—Vallance's Camballo, Vampire, and Lara, Butler's Laertes, Goodman's Chancellor and York, Horsfall's Randwick, Neilson's Fishhook, Middleton, and Numa, Mattock's Nemo and Foul Play, Ray's Templeton, Titania, and Maritana, Reeves' Orange Lightning, Fraser's Mata and Longlands, Hon. W. Robinson's Natator. Selling Race, of 50 sovs—Vallance's Huntingdon and Camballo, Lunn's Robin Hood, Butler's Laertes, Horsfall's Ratcatcher, O'Brien's Fenella, Webb's Undine, Neilson's Moose, Mattock's Nemo, Ray's Saunterer, Murtagh's Black Prince. Rule 48 having been infringed by the nominator of Lara, a notice was posted by the Secretary of the Jockey Club on Saturday evening disqualifying Lara for the Autumn Handicap. The weights for the Free and Steeplechase Handicaps will be declared on Tuesday, and the acceptances and final payments for the Great Autumn Handicap are due on Thursday.