SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1302, 31 March 1883, Page 2

SPORTING.

OUR LOCAL PEDESTOIAjr. j Ol’R local pedestrianj Aggers, was somewhat unfortunate in Napieh In the first feterit of the Handicap he disqualified for jostling, althoiigh He affirms it was through no fault of his. Had he won, his backers would have come off well, 4 to I being freely offered against his chance. His match with Delaney resulted in a complete fiasco. He stumbled at the start, but succeeded in gaining on and running his competitor close at the finish. The other two races were not run, and the stakes were withdrawn. Moral : “ Never back anything that speaks,” The “Hawke’s Bay Herald,” speaking of the final heat of the big Handicap, says:—• Aggers jostled Norris, either intentionally or by accident, the men having very little room to run iu, owing to the spectators pressing forward too much. Norris fell, and Aggers got home firsts HoweVeiy Ncrria appealed, and after taking evidence the Committee decided to disqualify Aggers, and to give the prize to Murphy, and the second to Howe. The same paper also says:—lt had been announced that there would be a race between Delaney and Aggers for £25 a side, to be run in three heats. Only one heat was run, however, the competitors deciding to run the other two on the Napier recreation ground. This caused disappointment to many, but the Committee were in iio way responsible for the non-completion of the matchj which was a purely private affair, and ■ was not in the advertised programme. BAREBIN’S VICTORY.

[By Cable.—Reuter’s Telegrams]. SYDNEY, March 29. The victory of Darebin in the Sydney Gold Cup was a hard knock to the sporting public,