SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1181, 21 October 1882, Page 2

SPORTING.

“ Poor dear old Ted” the well-known metallician is accredited with having become an aesthetic. It is stated that in speaking about betting on the Roseland Handicap he somewhat startled an admiring crowd assembled at the Masonic by styling the second favorite as a “ too too one-bur one.” Why is a famous English jockey superior to an Austrian Prince ? Because the latter is an zlrcAduke, but the formox* is an A re A er. Mr E. W. Mills, of Patutahi, informs us that yesterday his mare Molly, by Day und Martin, dropped a very handsme filly foa.l to Muroro. The little stranger is described as being particularly handsome, and a most] promising addition to the young stock i iqw being bred iu the district. Cup Soratchlugß. (BY CABLE.—REUTER’S SFECIAL). MELBOURNE, Oct. 2 0. Mr M. Jacob’s b h Canary, 4 yrs. t by Epigram —Caprice, has boon scratched for the Melbourne Cup. North Oaatorbury Ruel. (FEU UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The following are the acceptances for tihe principal events for the North Canterb'ii ry meeting :— Open Hurdles. Canard Barbary Levant Waikari North Canterbury Cup. King Quail Holderness Turquoise Blue Jacket Trumpeter Problexn Mor Publican’s Purse. Turquoise Supplejack Statesman Aurora Pippin Trumpeter Levant Pvebecoa Auckland R 0. Sprin? M asting AUCKLAND, This D»y. Tho following entries for the A. K. C. Spring Meeting were received last nig ht :— Trial Stakes. Lady Billingsgate Halo Kutipo Fishgirl Axnazon Merlin Welcome Stakes. Mitrailleuse Musketeer Snider Fishgirl Nelson Wapiti Spring Handicap. Maori Kenilworth Kale Yuttupai Tim Whiffler Yuba Bill Angler Puramena Chiquita Fitzherculea Lara V euture Handicap Hurdles. Chanticleer Sir Woolsely Harkaway Angler Rawenata Wan?anul J. 0. Spring* Mooting*. WANGANUI, This Day. The Wanganui races took place yesterday the weather was fine, and the attendance large. The following are the results :— Handicap Hurdles, of 50 sova. Connolly’s Ngata ... ... ... 1 Wilson’s New Year 2 Euderby’s Mount 3 —Won easily. Wanganui Stakes Handicap, of 150 sova. Powdrull’s Tally-Ho ... ... 1 Pollock’s Fish woman ... ... 2 Higgles Gem ... ... ... 3 —A good race, won by two lengths. Time, 3inins. 44secs. Railway Plate. Pollock’s Hippodamia ... ... 1 Scott’s Camelia ... ... ... 2 Consolation Handicap. Powdrell’s Minerva ... ... 1 Huteley's Scotch Mist ... ... 2 Morse’s Sincerity ... ... 3