SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1916, Page 8

SPORTING.

THE RANDWICK MEETING* CONCLUDING DAY< ( Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Received Oct. 11, 8.30 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 11-. The following are the results of toa.v's races:— c HIGH WEIGHT HANDICAP. Six a furlongs.—lnin 1, Petalster 2, St. Rosa- i line 3. There were seven starters. Won 'i by a length. Time, 1.10. n WAVIiRLY HANDICAP. One and 1 three-quarter miles. —Quinologist 1, c Batchelor's Persse 2, Gadabout 3. Eight f starters. Won by two lengths. Time, f 3.5 J. t DOWLING STEEPLECHASE. About r three miles.—Okaihau 1, Bibbenluke 2. t There were eight starters, but only r three finished. Won by two and a half s lengths. Time, G. 51. (The cable does not mention the name of the third ] horse). ] GRANTHAM STAKES. One mile,— £ Eastconrt 1, Mafioso 2, Irish Comedy 3. s Nine starters. Won one and a half ' lengths. Time, J .44J. , RANDWICK PLATE, ' Of 1500 sovs. For three-year-olds and upwards. Two miles. . Mr. T. C. Trautwein's b li Bursar ' (imp.) (Sir Geoffrey—Butterfly), ' Syrs., 9.3 1 1 Messrs. "P. Roger's" and -1-. Rivers'" 1 b m Carlita (Charlemagne 11. 1 Couronne) 2 ' Mrs. 0. C. Flemmich's br b Cagou ' (Ayr Laddie—Tartai), aged 9.7 .. 3 • Six starters. Carlita led to the; dis- , tanee, when Bursar, with a great run overhauled her and won by two lengths, Time, 3.33. SYDNEY HANDICAP. One and a half miles.—Agincourt 1, Garlin 2, Fantasie 3. There were seventeen starters. Won by one and a half lengths. Time, 2.1. The weather was showery, and the going was a trifle heavy. The attend- , ance was fair, but the scratching? of practically all the New Zealand horses detracted from the interest of the racing. A Press Association message states that in consequence of the parade of the ISth Reinforcements in Auckland on Saturday, the spring meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club has been postponed to next Wednesday and the following Saturday.