SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2118, 12 October 1885, Page 2

SPORTING.

Reuter's Telegrams, Melbourne, October 10, _ There is not much change in the betting market, The following are the latesl quotations Caulfield Cup,—Lord Exeter and Velocipede head the betting at 100 to 1C and 100 to 8 respectively. Melbourne Cup.-Nordenfeldt and Trenton, 100 to 7; Honeydew, Lord Exeter, Prince Imperial, and Stornoway, 100 to 5; Commotion and Corona, JOC to 3,

flie first clay's racing of the Victoria Amateur T«rf Olub's "Caulfield Cup Meeting" took place to-day. The weather was miserably wet, and there was only moderate attendance of the pqblic, His Bxoellenoy Sir Henry Loch was present during the afternoon,

The Oavifiem Guineas ; distance, one mile,

Ringmaster l Dunlop 2 Eagle Grange 3 Eight horses started for this event. Ringmaster, who held a good position throughout, was landed an easy winner. Time—lmin 49sec. Monte Christo was fourth.

This day, ( Nordenfeldt nwmfcaing the men)iet position in the betting for the V.R.C. Derby at 3 to 1, Ringinaster 8 to 1,

WAIRARAPA JOCKEY CLUB SPRING MEETING, NOY. 9, 1885, Spring Handicap.

The following Handicap weights have heen declared i-' *

st- lh. St. lb. Administrator 9 7 Gentle Annie 7 4 Consul ,„ 9 3 Revoke 7 o Pasha ... 811 Cribbago 612 Life-buoy ... 8 8 Ti Whiti ... 610 Pilgrimage,,, 8 5 Gipsy ... 610 Slave „, 7 8 Nikau ... 6 4 Rata 7 6 Capucine ... 6 0 Hurdles, 50 sovs ljsovs. sfc. lb. et, lb. Locli LomondlO 0 Seagull ... 9 7 Cribbage ... 10 0 Little Scrub 9 0 Dan O'Con- Havelock ... 9 0 nell ... 9 7

Nominations for Spring Handicap, general entries and acceptances close on Saturday, 31st October, at 9 p.m.

THE QUEEN OF RARQTQNGA IN ' AUCKLAND, ' ' United Press Association, Auckland, October 10, This morning the Islands mail steamer Janet IfipplJ (jaijie into port, bringing among her passengers Makea Arjkj, one of the three Queens of Rarotonga, with her consort, Makea Tanea, King of Atiu. Their suite embraces six other ladies and gentlemen, and two "maids of honour," Lutini and Mokora, who are fair specimens of beautiful damsels of the Island Kingdom, The gentlemen of the party areTapou O Te Rangi, Keeper of the Great Seal; Taraare Mahiapo, Speaker of the House of Nobles; Vakapora Matiapo, Minister for Public Works: and Euoka, Usher of the Red Rod and Keeper of the Royal Mats, No intimation 'of their intention to visit New Zealand at this particular time having reached the Government, no arrangements were made to give the royal party a fitting reception, The Mayor, however, to the rescue, and, having engaged carriages, drove the visitors to the Auckland Hotel, where they are now the guests of Mr Albert Glover, a former resident of Rarotonga, and a personal friend of members of the party, His Worship is understood to have placed vehicles at the disposal of the visitors should they feel inclined to look about the city. In the meantime, Mr Biss, Chief Postmaster, as well as his Worship, telegraphed to Wellington, inquiring what the Governmentintend doing for the entertainment of the illustrious visitors, and Mr Biss received a prompt reply, stating that Government had instructed Mr Brown, of the Native Office here, to attend to the Queen and suite. The Queen has been reoeiving a few visitors already at the Auckland Hotel. She is elegantly attired in a Royal robe of black silk velvet. The male members of the party all wear European clothing and Topou speaks English. The Government have agreed to give the visitors free passes over the railways. They will avail themselves of this privilege to visit King Tawhiao's settlement at Whatiwhatihoe, Should the Government steamer Hinemoa come up with the Colonial Secretary, Makea and her followers may respond to the Government's invitation to visit Wellington and go down by tho steamer, It .is not unlikely that, on account of the close commercial relations between Auckland and Rarotonga, local merchants and others will give a public dinner in honor of the visitors. During to-day the Royal standard of Queen Makea was flying from the masthead of the Janet Nicoll. It is a red flag with a white horizontal stripe in the centre, with three blue stars arranged in line upon it,