SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2707, 22 September 1887, Page 2

SPORTING.

THE METROPOLITAN.

• Sydney, September 20, : The weather eoiitiuueciovercast and threatening during afternoon, but M rain fell. : The attendance on the course is estimated at 17,000, which' is larger than that of last year, and • the lawn was a more brilliant spectacle. •than over. His Excellency the Go/, ernor and suite were present. The attendance of visitors from the noigh/T boring colonies is larger than usual, ? especially from New Zealand. The arrangements by rail wore perfect, and no accidents occurred;

After Beperal breaks away the field was dispatched on fairly .equal terras, 1 with the exception of Kitawa, who. " was left at the post. At the startyL colors. of First Chostor, Diviipff, . Frisco, Pasha, and Pliaon were most' ' conspicuous, but at. the sheds the first time round, Acolyte had command of the field, closely attended : by Mr Drake';) pair, Soon after this Pasha's, colors were in front, but not for long, as, on sweeping past the stand 'for the first time, Frisco had passed him, and Upper Out ran into third place, Spade' Guinea, Div- , idend, and Phaon bringing up the rear. At the mile post Cardigan was at the head of affairs followed by Pasha and Frisco, who were a clear length ahead of First Chester, who in turn was half .. a, length away from Acolyte; then fol- . lowed Morok and The Jewel, who were JF on even terms and only a ijiiarter of, a - length in rear of AcolytoV At the back of the course, Cardigan had increased his lead to a length and a half from Pasha and Frisco, upon whom the remainder of tho field were closing up,. As tlio. 1 leaders approached the . hill; Derretfc' moved on Pasha and took .the ligfL but had shortly after ward'to ; givefflf to Frisco, Cardigan and- Dunlop. Brushing past the sheds,for the second time Pasha again, made his Effort, and looked all over a winner, but'2o yards further ho collapsed and felFjiway, At v . the three-furlong post Cardigan had again assumed prepa&' po|iiion, followed by Acolyte, ; Jlorojj., Pasha, Upper Cut, and Spade Guinea, and after reaching the distance 7 .post the face was all over, for. Fielder had Cardigan well in hand, ais it was evident nothing couj ■ reach him, notwithstanding that Cox was riding Acolyte. Both .the New.:.Zealand ■ horses had shot their bolt a quarter of a mile from home. At tho" carriage ' paddock Cardigan had a clear; lead of ' two lengths, but Acolyte mada'anothcr desperate effort to reach the Hawkes- ' bury Handicap winner,, which proved hopeless, as the • chestnut-'son of a baro half length ; in . advance of •Acolyte (tho winner of tan Stakes of two years past). •, Uppew/ Out was third, Two lengths .off ; 'the® ' came Morok, Dunlop, Frisco, Spade ■ f Guinea, Phaon, audtheJeweljEitawa >.• and Dividend last.'. .Time, • 3min; 88J- ? sec. Cardigan's, performance's coft- • !• sidered a very good one, and 'Fielder, the jockey, who rode a. splendid race •throughout, was heartily congratulated. Derrett, on Pasha; on Spade Guinea, rode well.' Cardigan's victory is a good one'for the •- bookmakers.,:. : ;;v ,: "