SPORTING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2551, 25 May 1881, Page 2

SPORTING.

ASHBURTON STEEPLECHASES. [By Telegraph.] The following are the handicaps for the ASHBURTON UANDICAPBt. lb Bt. lb. Agent .. 13 0 Shark .. 10 0 Clarence ~ 12 2 Lone Hand 10 0 Quamby ..-11 8 Kosciusko.. 10 0 Fakir .. 11 4 Stella .. 10 0 DISTRICT HANDICAP. Bt. lb. St. lb. Raven .. 11 7 Lone hand.. 11 0 Whynot .. 11 7 DUNEDIN BIRTHDAY RACES. Dunedin, May 24. There was another splendid Bummer’s day for the Queen’s Birthday meeting, and a large attendance. Two totalisatorn, worked by the Jockey Club, were on tl\e ground, and did a large trade. The Birthday Handicap, the principal race, was a great boil over, Lady Emma having been made a very warm favorite The following are details of the various events. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE , of 40 SOVS ; two miles and a distance, Mr Smith’s Issac, Bst 71b (G. McCoy) 1 Mr Mackay’s Robin Hood, lOst 51b (Owner) 2 Mr McMasters’s Romance (Mayne) 3 maiden plate, of 30 sovs ; one mile and a quarter, Mr McLean’s Legerdemain, 2yrs (M. Allen) 1 Mr Georges’s Boughleen Dhoun aged (Waddell) 2 Mr Kirby’s Mameluke 2yrs (Brown) 3 birthday handicap, of 100 sovs ; distance, one mile and a half. Mr Bates’ The Poet, 3yrs, Gst 91bs (Ward) 1 Sir H. Robinson’s Lady Emma,3yrs 7st 131bs (Allan) 2 Mr Bates’ Hilda, 3yrs, 6st slbs (Webster) 3 Time —2min 50sec. HANDICAP TROT RACE. Native Cat won this comfortably in a field of ten. novel race, of 60 bovs ; distance, one mile and a half. Dolly Barwon, syrs, Gst 131 b ... 1 Swede, 6yrs, Gst 101 b ... ... 2 Swagsman, aged, Gst ... ... 3 tradesmen’s handicap, of 59 sovs one mile and a distance. Mr Lunn’s Coldstream, 4yrs, 7st 31 b (Blanch) 1 Mr George's Atlantic, syrs, 7st 121 b (Thompson) 2 Mr Bates’ Hilda, 3vrs, Gst 101 b (Ward) 3 consolation race, of 30 sovs. Mr Bates’ Hilda 1