SPORTING

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2856, 24 March 1888, Page 2

SPORTING

Napier Races,

Napier, March 28.

Free Handicap, of 50 sovs: Audacity 1, Whisper 2. Only the pah started, Dividends, £3 12s and £c 4s. Handicap Hurdle Eace, of 100 sov; Trea Sec 1, Mangaohane 2, Chemist 3. Divs. £1 14s and £llßs.

Napier Cup Handicap, of 250 sovs St. Clair 1, Tongariro 2, Silence 8 Divs., £4l7s and £3 6s.

High Weight Handicap, of 50 sovs: Premium 1, Clyde 2, Bronte 3. Divs., £4 9s and £Bl2s, Selling Eace, of 50 sovs; New York 1, Tamahine 2, Sylph 8, Divs,, £2l and £l9 lis. Flying Handicap, of 100 sovs,, Cinderella 1, Audacity 2, Miss Dargon 8. Divs., £4 18s and £6 12s. Wellington Racing' Club Autumn Meeting, The following weights have been declared for the above races Petone Stakes; six furlongs.—Forester, 9st 7lb; [Miss Dargon, Bst 101b; Giriri, Bst 91b; Escapade, Bst 21b; The Gem, Bst; Smooth, 7st 121b; Pilgrimage, 7st 91b; Cupid, 7st 51b, Hurdle Handicap; two miles.—Orient, 12st 21b; Kangaroo, list 71b; Freebooter, lOst 71b; Eeputation, lOst 51b; The Jilt, lOst; Ngatiton, 9st; Glen, Bst 71b. Autumn Handicap; one mile and a half. -Dudu, Bst 111b; Little Scrub, Bst 101b; Rivulet, Bst 51b; Miss Dargon, Bst; The Gem, 7st 81b; Revoke, 7st 81b; Smooth, 7st 71b;'Orator, 7st 61b; Pilgrimage, 7st. Tradesman's Handicap; one mile.— Forester, 9st 51b; Dudu, Bst 121b; Little Scrub, Bst 111b; Giriri, Bst 81b; Smooth, 7st 101b; Fabrication, 7st 51b; Pilgrimage, 7st 81b; Lancer, 7st; Sylph, 7st; Scraps, 7st; The Flower, 6st 71b. [Through some unexplained cause the handicapper has omitted to allot weights to Revoke, Escapade, and the Gem.] We are informed that the disputed horse question between Messrs H. Campbell and T. A. Lyons has been settled by arbitration. The three gentlemen mutually selected to decide the issue, have ruled that if Campbell desires to obtain possession of Ngarata at once, he must pay Lyons £10; otherwise the horse is to be retained by the latter for racing purposes until the 10th of April, or until after the Island Bay meeting, at which time he reverts to Campbell without payment, Mr Campbell, in using his option, has we understand, lecided not to take the horse from Mr Lyons until the period expires. The arrangement entered,into between the parties appears to have been a verbal one by which Lyons, who broke-in and trained Ngarata, was to have the use of him, and receive any stakes which he won, on condition that he paid all expenses. This much was admitted on both sides. The point in dispute was the time over which the arrangement was to extend. Mr Campbell held that it was on sufferance, and that he oould immediately regain his horse at any time upon giving notice, and Mr Lyons contended that it was intended to apply to the whole racing season. This, therefore, was what the referees had to give judgment upon, and they discharged their duty satisfactorily as above, and what was for a time a troublesome matter is now disposed of.