SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 65, 25 March 1913, Page 6

SPORTING.

CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Per Pregp Association.) Christchurch, March 25. The weather is cold, with strong southerly wind for the second day of the autumn meeting. » The attendance is fair. Results ; Peerswick Hurdles.—Cardiff 1, Daylight Rill 2, Gold Pin 3. Won by ten lengths. Time, 3min 20sec. All started.

Nursery.—Agier 1, Bertrade 2, Veritas 3. Scratched: Salzburg. Won by a neck. Time, Imin 15 l-ssec. Yaldhurst Welter.—Special Form 1, Oxenhope 2, Ladrone 3. Scratched: Query. Won by a length. Time, 1 min 28 4-ssec. FEILDING RACES. Feilding, March 25. Awahuri Hack Welter. —Leonta 1, Top Note 2, Huia 3. All started. Won by two lengths easily. Time, Imin 58 4-ssec.

Denbigh Stakes.—Patronalo 1, Lady Volga 2, Gladiolo 3. Scratched : Blue Lake. Won by a neck. Time, Imin 15 2-sseq. Kimbolton Hurdles.—Leolantcr 1, Whimper 2, Marton 3. Scratched: Allure. Wop by a length. Time, 3min 9sec.

Oroua Hack Hurdles.—Coromandel 1, Serenity 2, Clemency 3. Scratched: Allure. Won by a length and a half after loading all the way. Time, 3min 48 3-ssec. A VISITOR’S OPINION. Sydney, March 25. Among the visitors at Randwick ■yesterday was Sir Edgar Vincent, who has had a lengthy association with racing in England. He went to the six-furlong post to witness, the start, and subsequently expressed his appreciation of the manner in which the sport was conducted. Ho was keenly interested in the working of the starting gate, and stated that had it not been for the pertinacity wherewith Australians struck to the machine starting by barrier would bo a thing of the past in England before now.