SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 63, 14 November 1913, Page 2

SPORTING.

■: ■* r-:,i ... j. .■ V o-jiielr TROTTING MEETING. , J ill 111 Vll - * 11114 ill*..- 1 CPer Press Association.] Christchurch, November 13

The weather was a trifle cold anti iiill, hut otherwise , the condition)? ere favorable for the second day of he New Zealand Metropolitan Treeing Club’s Spring Meeting at Addingon. The track had,-apparently,/<ppte from the, soaking it/, got hi" Tuesday. evening, anti,<ilievp,,w-as a apitai attendance. The; RUm s o| : '.(18 ids was passed through the total- | "sator, against £28,372 last year, Re- ' Aults:— ■ | .’OCRTNEY HANDICAP (harness), | of dOOsovs. Two miles.,... \ —Albert H., 4sec ... .... 1 i—Red Mac, 7sec ... 2 . —Muricata, KJsec . ~f f 3 Also started: 9 King Cole scr.,. 2 lenver Huon scr., 12 Bright 4sec., 3 Quincey osec., 4 Adonis Msec, 1 ■c. Swithin 7sec, 5 Country Belle sec, 11 Schoolgirl Bsec, 10 Persuader Osec, 13 Piecework Bsec, 7 Blackness Osec, 14 Dr, Chutney lOsec. Won, f.ter a good race, by a neck. , Muriata was four lengths away third, and hen came St. Swithin, King Cole, and '.choolgirl, with the driverless Denver Huon. Bright and Persuade)' broke j ■arly and took practically no part j n the race. Tiihe, 4min 33sec. The other races reultod:— Whitley Handicap.—Mok.ui 1, Maich Hare 2, Bushranger 3. . , Lyttelton Handicap.—Winsoon 1, Don Caesar 2, General Elmo 3. November Handicap.—Submarine 1, | it. Kevin 2, Frandocia 3. Sock burn Handicap.—Betel Nut 1, j velso 2, Lady Edna 31 . .... . Metropolitan Handicap.—Gianellu 1; ’ersuader 2, Bell Metal 3. Railway Handicap.—Country Belle , Franzie 2, Stop It 3. Royal Handicap.—Little Arthur 1, loseberv 2, Princess Louise .3

The Sportsman states that Frank '.ml Stanley Wootton will not ride igain. They will visit Australia shortly. “THREE BLIND MICE.” (Ut Electric Telegraph—'''opyrtght i [United Press Association.] (Received 10.0 a.m.) Sydney, November 14. The Press Association receishrdlu The Daily Telegraph/ commenting on the Loch Mabin case, said that now that the Victorian stipendiary stewards have shown that loaded shoes are part of the outfit of some racing men, ’h will lie interesting to learn whether limited but influential opposition to the paid system of control will be continued. It is well-known that while the recent carnival was in progress, when the stewards permitted running t-o go unchallenged, they were styled “three blind mice.” But when they took action, an agitation arose for their removal from office or for a cnrailment of their powers.