SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1297, 15 March 1883, Page 2

SPORTING.

IUPiSE* RAcas. (FROM OTJR OWN CORR RSI’ON DENT.) NAPIER, March 14. To-morrow’s racing bids fair to be a great ■ success. The weather at present looks very promising, and up to the present time there are very few scratchings Napier “ Tips.” The following are the “ tips ” published in this evening's paper Maiden Plate—-Otnpapa and Frederica, the former for choice. Welter Handicap - - Canard should he start. Nafier Handicap—There are thirteen acceptors for this event, but only eight are ' expected to face the starter. Leonora is ■ named us the likely winner, with Luna and Libeller well up. i Plate— Robina is the most [ fancied. ' Railway Stakes—Luna or Minerva are i most fancied. Scratchings. 'j New Year, Neptune and Never Miss ' ! have been scratched for .all engagements. 1 Artist has been scratched for the Nursery j Plate. I It is reported that Buzzard is not likely to put in an appearance. Latest Betting. The following are the latest quotations in the betting market;— Napier Handicap.-—6O to 40 agst Luna (off, 2 to 1 wanted), 100 to 2-5 Mischief (off), 100 to 25 Leonora (tk and off), 100 to 15 Libeller (off), 100 to 14 Louie (oft*), 100 to 12 The Poet (off), 100 to 10 Rungipo (off), 100 to 10 Hippodamia (off), 100 to 10 Otupapa (tk and off), 100 to 5 Kingask (tk), 100 to 5 Teata (off), 100 to 1 Buzzard (off), 100 to 1 Constellation (off).

Doubles— Napier Handicap and Railway Stakes.—loo to 10 agst Luna and anything, 100 to 8 agst Mischief and anything, 100 to 8 agst Leonora and anything, 100 to 5 agst The Poet and anything, 100 to 5 agst Libeller and anything, 100 to 4 agst Louie and anything, 100 to 3 agst Otupapa and any--100 to 2 Kingask and anything, 100 to 2 Rangipo and anything, 100 to 1 Buzzard and anything, 100 to 1 Constellation and anything, 100 to 1 Teata and anything, 100 to 4 Hippodamia and anything. Handicap Hurdles—loo to 20 against Canard, (off) ; 100 to 12 Loch Lomond, (off) 100 to 6 Heretaunga, (off) ; 100 to 6 Wild Dayrell, (off).

The Dunedin Cup Ra.ccThe Christchurch “ Press ” says of the above race ; —lt is not ’infrequently the case in racing matters that favorites get bowled over by an outsider, but perhaps a more complete boil-over for such an important event as the Dunedin Cup the other day has never : occurred in the sporting annals of this colony. True, Louie’s victory in the Napier '

Handicap last year was quite, or even more, unexpected ; but then she was a maiden, and therefore hud no public form to guage her by. Adamant, on the other hand, has been leather-flapping all over the country for at least the last three years, under all sorts of weightfl, but has in no instance that we can remember, before done anything in firstrate company to entitle him to be viewed as a probable winner of one of the most important handicaps of the colony. The race was run in extremely fast time, the fastest Dunedin Cup, in fact, on record, and the feat is well worthy of a son of old Traducer.