SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 11 September 1913, Page 2

SPORTING.

DAXNEVIRKE RACING CLUB. [Per Press Association.] Dannevhke, September 10. The Dannevirke Racing Club’s Steeplechase meeting passed off successfully. T.he attendance was large and the/ fields were big. The weather was changeable, showers falling at intervals, while' there was a deluge after the last race. The totalisator investments amounted to £11,590, against £8728 for the corresponding meeting last year'. . The Eaneuvirke steeplechase was a fine race, Master Webb 'winning by a neck, Windage, Gondolier, Donzel and Rangitane finishing a head behind each other. In the hack and J hunters’ ■steeple’ Levcnt fell at the sod wall and broke his neck. A. Gordon, his rider, had 'his collar-bone broken. When the horses 1 were finishing a spectator named Ken Harris, son of J. A. Harris, .hock agent, Hastings, put his head out between the wires of the fence, •! and one of the competitors collided with him, and Harris was badly injured on the head. He was taken in an ambulance to thd hospital.* 1 Additional results:— f Trial Stakes, of 65 sovs (weight 1 ‘ 9.0) Six furlongs.-—High Pressure 1, Lubrilino 2, WaMomar 3. Won by two lengths. Time, Imin losec. Hack and Hunters*’ Steeples, of 75 sovs. Two miles.—Fond Memory 1, The Ranter* 2, Silver Monarch 3. Won by throe lengths. Time, 4min 19scc. Otanga Handicap, of 85 sovs. One mile.—Smilax 1, D’avolo 2, Lnmer 3. Won easily by three lengths, with Irnmor half a length away. Time, Imin 44sec. Hack Welter, of 75 sovs. Seven furlongs.—Merrie Jack 1, Frieze 2, Styrax 3. Won by a length. Time, Imin 33.Jsecs.