SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 310, 31 December 1914, Page 6

SPORTING.

FIVE FURLONGS IN 60. fl ' ■ t* . ' ' ; [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] '|_ . ■ (Received 8.50 a.m.) Adelaide, December 31. First Shol| established an Australian five-furlong record in the Wobdville Handicap, which was run in one minute. (Received 1Q..10 a.raf)- . .Perth, December 31. All-aged Stakes.—Tom Castro 1, Lilcky Beggar £, Ireland 3. Eight starters. W° n by a length. Time, 2mih 26 2-ssec. Railway Shakes.—Wefenda 1, Golden''Mead 2, Snapcap 3. Ten starters. Won by half a length. Time, 2mih 7 3-3sbC.

Writes the Mail: A pleasing item to record ill connection with the recent Now Plymouth races is the success of Mc* £. Kilight’s mare, Belle Paul, which', captured the Fitzroy Stakes Frorfifa good field. Mr Knight is a sportsman who races for the love of the game), and as he bred the mare himself, tho'tiHn is all the hibre gratifying. The' daily wants of the little chestnut ajrjif’ attendee!) to by Miss Marion Knight, who has also ridden the mare in fier work, and the condition, in whicK the equine was landed at the post, ' reflected much credit on tho young