SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 193, 19 August 1904, Page 2

SPORTING.

VICTORIAN TOTALISATOR BILL. (Per Press Assoqiation.) (Deceived August IS). I.!i a.m.) MELBOURNE, August 18. In tho Slate House of Assembly a motion for the second reading of the Totalisator Bill wus iifgwtived by 27 votes to 20. i grand national meeting. SECOND DAY. CHRISTCIII'RCII, August m. Tho weather was mu» i'or iliv *>e».oiiii day oi tInjC.J.C. Grand National mooting, but tho course was very heavy alter the night's ruin. The auondunee was goo«i. The uu> the results ; iiuni Club Cup, about two miles unci a hall'.—Te Kohau 1, Kowlock 2, Crai&n.o o tt. Eurus und Mokowhiti wtM-t; .. rfttched, Won by six length**. Tii..*, r>n»dn 89 3-sßec, Dividend, £5 <i».

bummer Handicap, one mile and a hud.—The Aioliicun i, liuyonut i, SLvUlire Si. All started. Vvtin by two longtha. Time, 2min Msec. Dividends, £5 0s and Ai'i ss. August Haudicap, six furlongs.— Brighton 1, Flower o' Cluthu It, Ability y. All ktuiLod, Won by threcMiuarters of a length. lime, lmin 23»ec. Dividends, £6 10s (id atKl £1 lUs (id. Grand National Hurdle Race, 700 m>is, about two miles— Mydullius, 9.5 1 llippowai, U. 13 2 ScoLtish Minsirel, 9.9 ... ;j All '-Uu u«l. ilautupu showed tilt way for halt the distance, Slow Tom, \ ictor ti., Scottish Alins'ii-ul, una uippowui being lhe nearest attendants. Six na longrt nom home V icloi Ji. led from /.ealous, Tupura and tluku, with Uissu, fecottish Minstrel, ami .Merry Boy next. Tupura got to the front at the hali-mtie post, with Tahae, ituku, und Scottish Minstrel nearest. tjuilo halt' the ne.d hail a good chance wiirn the) rcuched the last hurdle, when Tahae fell, and a desperate llnish resulted in iledail'ius winning by a head, with Scottish Minativl a neau aw«y, tlriixl. Next in older—still t.cpuruMd by heads only—uuae I'upara, liuKu, iierry Boy, and Catherine Goixlon. Time, 4min l l-3soc. Dividends, X. 14 Bs and £4 ss, Beuuloit Steeplechase Handicap, about two rniKs and a half.— l haeloiutis 1, Haydn 2, Sultana a, t j ipi aud Civspin were 9cratch£<d. Won by two longths. 'lime, smin lfisec. Dividends £2 lis and 17s od.

Js.iiiiyton Handicap, cue mile.—CanniKiChieli, Secret Society 2, Wattarere .'t. Meku \\«s scratched, non by a length. Time, lmin ol S-.isec. HiMdindb, Jul 10s and £i din (kl. fciecond Kuntccs' Hurdlos, one mile and thteiMjuartcrs.—H'awera 1, Early van 2. WonUerful, Andy Rogan, Uttilock, and Nikola were scratclied. tVon easily by a length from Eurus, who was disnjuaiilied for failing to nraw his weight. Time, 3min 'l4sec. Divi'deiws, £ti lis and Li 8s tid. Woolston Plate, Bix furlongs.—En Ltautk 1, Muscovite 2, Sophistic ii. Bonhour, Warwick, and Kelpy were scratched. Won by a head. Time, lmin 22 2-ssec. Dividends, £2 0s Ou and -£1 2&. The winner was solu to Mr H. Cassidy for £l4l. No tic Vets were taken on tho winning double in the Granid National Steeplechase. Two investors on tin winning double in the August Handicap ujid National Hurdles received £~LU 12s each, WEIGHTS FOR TO-MORROW. Third Hunters' Hurdles, once round and a distance.— Wonderful lil.o, Hawcra 12.0, Reliance 12.5, Narcissus kurly Van 11.11, Rattlesnake 11 0 l'o lvohau, Eurus 11.7, Single Event 11 -J, Andy Regan 11.4, Anadeja, Mokowhjh 11.0, Lady Faulkner lO.lti, Oyster, Jolly lioger 10.12, BrooksWe, Force, Dasher, Monte Gone Away, White Foam, Barlock, Baden, Conanda, St. Reef, Plantagenet 10.7.

Sydenham Hurdle Handicap, one mile and throo-quarUfPS.— Waiwora 11.5, Spalpeen 11.2, Tupara 10.10 Kremlin 10.9, Slow Tom 10.7, powui 10.(5, Creusot 10.5, Med'adlius Scottish Minstrel 10.0, Huku, Cavalry 9. 12, Hautapu 0.10, Lissa 9.7, Cutlwine Gordon, Fivaotonitis, TJkGuesser 9.0, Zealous, Victor 11. liunami, Merry Hoy, Magnificent, Xuliinc, Moeruki, Ilostugw 9.0. Hoathcote Handicap, savon fur-longs.-Cannio Clrid ,11.9, Kremlin 11.-, Slower o' Clulha 10.12, l'et„Ht,lral)l,el Sll «» 10-10, Flefca 10 9, Mahutongu 10.7, Loch Erne Oclarey 10.3, Brighton 10.0, Secret Society 9.33, Hlackstoiie 9.11, Waitnraxj 9(J, Juniper 9.5, Repulse landmaster, Ilinekoa, Tukapa, i Grown, Itese Shield, Speculate, Coxswain, Wet Blanket, Merry-su-' round 9.0,

Lincoln Steeplechase Handicap ' l !;° r ut miles and „ half.-Haydn m "ietoiiitis U.B, I'ipi i o .i 2 Mocassin 10.1], Modallion 10 lo mir'n - 10 ' 2 ' Comfort 9 -li o' veilln ß. Nadador 9.9 Sr 9.7 aturn ' Aßitator -

«j»sr Sg-i&yx; 11 1, etrovna, Oblivion 11. 1013 its., % »Z">' Sophistic 9.7, Repulse'd .> Soult. Ability 9.2, L t> Gold liamrl. m 1- '^""'omid, £JS$£Si •£? f J, Ilippowai 11.0, Creusot in i-V ■Uedallius, Scottish Minstrel 'n ' II- 10.0, Ranana 9.8, Fairy R oso Magmhcent My Lord, Talune, * ukl - , '-"'filiated Tax, Narcissi A*, Oysfer, Cremona, MiZp

an""?^',, 1 ' one mile KL m 12 ' i3 - Saturn, , ' I lal " 'I 1 ')111, Earlv Van I-.rf, Joiiy Rogw 11.13, llrookside 11-', loacher 11.a, Forqe, White f oam, llarlock, St. Reef, Baden 1 lmitugunet 11.0,

liuiiudiately 011 tho decision beinc SJ™. 111 ti «' l! a«inpcs-Petrovnu case. ? ' ™|unded <g the Oanter--0 I , u" tho stokes for the Criterion Handicap.