SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1305, 5 April 1883, Page 3

SPORTING.

TtruaJci Jockey Club Itaoei. (rm ryrren pbbss association). NEW PLYMOUTH, March 4th. The first day’s races of the above meeting took place yesterday. A cold wind was blowing all day. The following are the result* of the principal events Maidzn Platz i Landseer, 1 ; Patience, B I Parer*, 3. Won easily by a length, the same distance separating th* second and third horse*. Ons-hundred-and-eighty subscribers were on the totalisator, 40 being on the winner. Handicap Stzzflzchasz : Christmas, 1 I Reform, 2 ; Lightening, 3. This was a good race Mr Pollock's Christmas winning by two lengths. Time 4 min. 31 secs J. C. Handicap : 300 sovs., 2 miles Leonora, 1; Normanby, 2; The Poet, 3. A very fair start wa* effected, Poet and Leonora being the first to show out of the eluater. On entering the (traight, Normanby earn* along with a rush and a splendid race ensued, Leonora winning by a length from Normanby, Poet a good third. Time, 3 min., 34 aec*. 276 subscribers in the totaliiater, a dividend being declared of £9 16*. Chamtaonz Stakzs : This event resulted ' In a walkover for Woodsman. Ladizs' Pvrsz : Dan, 11 Bayard, 21 Buzzard, 3 Won easily by a length. A dividend of £5 being declared in the totali ••tor. SECOND DAY. The weather is very threatening, with a cold wind blowing. There are very few people on the ground. The following are the result* ;— Taranaki Drazr : Landseer, 1 j Okato, 2 ; Maid of Eccleston, 3. This event was won easily. Avtcxn Handicap. Buzzud 1 Mystery ... 2 Normanby ... 3 —The Poet, Larry and Fishwoman also ran. Th* Poet was a warm favorite. The pace Was made a clinker for the first half mile, by Poet, Normanby and Larry, when Buzzard went up. On entering the straight the race was between Mystery, Normanby and Buzzard, the latter winning by a neck. 24S in the totalisator, 26 being on the winner. A dividend of £8 11* wa* declared. Time, 3 mlns. IBJth secs. A protest has been lodged by the rider of Normanby against the winner. Covntx Hanmcat. Normanby ... ... ... ... 1 Landseer 2 Okato .„ ... 3 —No other* itaated* Won by half a.length. Time t 2 min*. 56 j sees. Nvkszby Handicap. Lady Florence 1 Ina 2 Sir Julius 3 —Tam o’ Shanter ran off the course, thus losing all ehance of the race. Lady Florence won easily by half a-!ength. x Consolation Stakes. Larry 1 Bayard 2 Fishwoman 3 —Time 1 min, 50 secs. ** Beacon ” state* that King Quail ha* run In 53 nee*, of which he won 17, ran second in 5, third in 10, and unplaced in 20. His X winnings amount to about to £2635. Phaeton says :—Mr 8. T. Horsfall has, I understand, left Christchurch for Sydney, for the purpose of being present at the yearling sales which take place there shortly. Probably the full brother to King Quail, who is to he offered, is the one Mr Horsfall ba* hi* eye on, and if this young gentleman should turn out as good a* his brother the Investment should not, by any means, be • bad one. A Sydney telegram in the Melbourne Argus say* "The six-dan psdestrian contest at the Exhibition Builoings for £2OO a side, between O'Leary, the champion walker of America and Edwards, the chamEion long-distance walker of Australia, was rought to a termination in the presence of several thousand people, Edwards winning easily by 23 miles. The distances travelled were—Edwards, 373 miles ; O’Leary, 350 miles. O Leary was on the first day of the contest, attacked by illness, which he could not shake off during the match. He struggled gamely, but had to retire from the track so often that Edwards had ample time to take things easily and reserve all hi* strength Another match between the two will probably be arranged.”