SPORTING NEWS. EXHIBITION MEETING. Dunedin, Dec. 2.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 426, 7 December 1889, Page 5

SPORTING NEWS. EXHIBITION MEETING. Dvn edin, Dec. 2.

Jur,UA:h Pi.vnc (six furlongs), of 300sovs, with a sweepstake of ssovs each. Second horse to receive 50sovs ; third, 30sovs from the stakes. Weight for age. MrG. G. Stoad's gr h Scots Giey, by Musket— Maid of Athol, 9st (Derritt) 1 Mr Kennedy's Recluse, 9st (Huxtable) 2 Mr Webbs Ruby, Bst 12lb 3 Won by a short length, after the best race ot the day. Time, lmin. 17sec. Dividend, a 13s 6d. G handstand Handiovv, of 150sovs. Seven furlongs. Mr Webbs Ruby, by Albany, Bst (Derritt) 1 Mr Goodman's Blizzard, 6st 51b (W. Buddicombe) 2 Mr Cliffoid's Golden Crest, 7st 21b (Wisby) 3 Forester, Tornado, La Rose, Rosebud, Dispute, Sir Julius, Don C.usar, Forget-me-Not, and Miss Ann also ran. Won by a short head after a fine race. Time, lmin. 32 [sec. Dividend, £17 2s 6d. MaiDISN" TWO YEAR-OLD HANDICAP of 120 soys ; second horse, 20sovs ; third, lOso vs. Four furlongs. Hon. G. McLeans EmtnasonjTst 71b (W. Buddicombe) ... ... „. „. 1 Mr Butler's Lady Mab, 6st 101b (Peters) 2 Mr Stead's Corolla, 7st 51b (Boyle) .. 3 Five others also started. "Won by a bare length, Time, sHsec. Dividend, £4 15s. The Scurry Stakes of 30sovs, was won by Shifbnell, paying £4 4s dividend. Consolation Handicap (one mile), of lOOsovs. The second horse to receive 20sovs from the stakes. Mr Oudaille's Mon Loup, 7sfc 31b (Gardener)- I Mr Redwood's Masthead, 7st (Peters) ... 2 Mr Tancred's Forostor, Bst 101b (Huxtable) 3 St. Jamec, Briti&h Lion, La Rose, Windsor, Apres Moi, Pursestring, Cypriote, and Cinnibar also ran. Won by a length. Time, lmin 45AS6C. Dividend, £4 3s. The sum of £11,572 went through the totalise tor, making £35,643 for three days.

It is asserted that Solomon never laughed. That's not remarkable. A man who had 700 wives and a few hundred mothers-in-law waa mt likoly to be in a \ory merry humour*