SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2542, 7 March 1887, Page 2

SPORTING.

'' At 1 ameetiug of the Stewards, of the Musterton.-Opaki Jockey Club held on Saturday evening, the necessary av-i fangemehts for the Si. Patrick's Day > meeting were made, ■■; Inoiii' report on Saturday of the District Hack ;Baco at'the Timii meetwhich fe of L 42 6s wis paid out at; pii Jano, an error ■was Unlade in which Mr Hay was credjW with, the owner and recipient of half the* ticket on the totalisator, whereaa it. should havo read, Mr'""A. Rpy;-:an employee on Langdalo station',' Lithe Consolation Handicap Mirbwas firstj not Barbette. a 8 wo stated.

. Atthesaleof ihebloodstockat Spring Creek, Marlborough,. last woek, we notice that. Mr P. F., Taucred pur* chased a yearling filly by Kama Rama Agnes and foal for 50 guineas, ' Sir' Ittimcelot' in the Referee',':.; in speakiug of the sale, says:-. "The cheapest of the lot I should tako to be Fair Agnes," da.m of .Master. Agnes, and Magnesia, Mh'al'fsister.' to Sinking' Fund,' Ac. %e, however, isin her 19tb year, . 'iVjijilant'.in the Posti-thuß sumsup ,ptir .St.-Patrick's Bay;raeefcing-"The weights'',for "the, Mastorton • Opaki Autumn•Meoting,.to be held on.the 17th, havevboen published". '.-In the Hurilla'Hahdicap, Halicor'e' (9stlllb) oiigbt to win easily, i/'atail rfl:'hi« usual form.- In the-St. Patrick's Handicap, Clyde >:.(&*),. Bamo.ur(Bst ,1.01b), and 6iriri(Bit)are, to.my mind, best in; and -v in; the t Flying,- - Little Scrub, although he hag more than he likes in 8»t, Bhould. have the best show, with Clyde. (7st7lb) and Revoke (Bst -51b) next. •The Autumn Meeting of the Wangabui Jockey Club takes place touftrrowand Wednesday. The following! final payments, have been made for the Wanganni Cup «f 500 soys; two miles, which.will be riiri to morrow :- Waitiri Sat 121b, Ascot Bst 51b, Tigredia Bst, Silenco: 7st 71b, Cinderella 7st 61b. Friendship 7sfc 31b, British Liotr 7st 31b, Rumour. 7st, Armourer 7st, Lady Norah 6st 101b, Rumour is looked upon to havo a big say in this event, although the Hawkes Bay contingent, Waitiri, Tigredia," and Silence, are. among those most favored. ■ The Wanganui Derby of 200 sovs, added to a'sweepstake of £lO for starters, arid: which closed with thirty-' four nominations, is thought to be an easy thing 'for Mr Tancred's Forester.

The. Hawke's Buy racing carnival commences in Napier on Wednesday and Thursday ol this week, when the Napier Park Bacjpg Club's Autumn Meeting takes place. On -Friday the Waipawa County Racing Club's Autumn Meeting will be held, and on Tuesday, .Wednesday,' and Thursday of next week, jhe. first three day's meeting. held in the Hawkes Bay Province, will be inaugurated by the Hawkes Bay Jockey The amount of aUded money given by the two city Club's during the fivo days racing is ,£3865. In the Napier Park Club's programme the principal; event is- the Napier Cup of £BOO. There is also one event of -£lsoahd three, of £100..%-.The Jockey Club's programmo has the Napier Handicap of £6OO, the 'fiawkes Bay;-St' Leger, and Iradesmans' Handicap <of £3OO each, the Burke Memorial Stakes of £200,. a Hurdle Handicap of £l5O, threorac fi iif£|2i'ea()l},.i|P!ifili£of £ (Of) each,; with smaller-, jpqqts, making a total q\ £2flo. Among the final payments In th? | Napier Handicap ; of;£600, Umiies,] we notice that Pasha carries top weight, 9sfc 41b,' Spade Guinea, being. ne*t 'with 9st. In the Bourke Memorial Stakes, of £200,. six furlongs, Pasha heads the list with/9sf 61b, Forester next with 9b6 21b, the other •Wairarapa ' representatives being Rumour, 7st 81b, M Eovok'e; '6st 121b, For the St. Leger, £3OO, with, a aw«ep of .£lO for: aocepfcow, tho onlyfinal-'payers are Rivulet.Forester, and British Lion. Among Jho rominationa for the other events we notice. Freebooter,' Princess Royal and Administrator, so. ■', it will be seen' that.the Wairarapa will, be well represented daring the meet*' lngs.',. ,

' According to " Tim Whiffler," oMbe. Hastings Star, Pasha, Silence and Soudan did a big gallop togother on theinopriiiig of the Ist inst,' When the;iiQrsß> vera approsohing the finish, w !fjni 'Vlost Bigbt'ofthenTin thVfog; but i when he' last saw; them Pasha and Silence, were neck ...and neck and doing;their" beat, bad

fallen uwny. : He thinks the-ifiniah must have .been intMßß{,ing t addo that'he never-saw'RVshaigo so well in his woi-k before.. " ■■■''■ - Some little betting is being done on the Napier Handicap and the Burke Memorial Stakes, which Are to bo run at the Jockey 'ClubVsstingi" : Pasha is well supported Soth evehta, but ■the favorite. ; double .'iv ; l'asha' And Pfarl ; ;-^: vr ;;.'.;:•--,;'£:■;■■ ( > ; : ;& -: ( .:. We have received. a? ptogranimv" of thef I&cihg : Ci^> ? Mating,-which isto 'be.heldji||p>» April llthi:v.%e;^rltibi{^^p ; are -the •Autamn ; the first day, and thbtEaSterHpificap of L7Q on the second' total amount of added moiiey-fdr' :; {hi'' meet* ing \being L525i.. '■."■".'