SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2863, 3 April 1888, Page 3

SPORTING.

Wellington Racing Club Autumn Meeting. Second Day.

Local Handicap of 40 sovs. Mr T. Marshall's Fabrication .... 1 Mr W. Lucas' The Flower ... 2 Mr W. Davies Giriri 3 Kangaroo Bst, was scratched. Dividend £l3 4s. Hurdle Handicap of 40 sovs. Mr J. Leopold's Kangaroo ... 1 Mr Hathaway's Orient 2 MrJ.Driscoll's Reputation ... 3 Dividend £4lßs. Hack Hurdle Race, of 15 sovs. Johnny 1 Dividend LI 15sEaster Handicap of 70sovs. One mile and a quarto, Mr W. H, Keith's Escapade ... 1 Mr Thompson's Little Scrub ... 2 Mr P. Byrne's The Gem 8 Time, 2min 15sec. Dividend L 4.

Selling Plate of 30 sovs. W. Y, Dennett's Sylph 1 P. F. Tancred's Firstwater ... 2 T. Ray's Kakapo 3 Dividend £ll9s. The winner was sold to Mr Frederick Martin, of Wellington, for £42, The Novel'Eace of £25 was won bv Te Wliiti, Waiwetu Handicap, of 40 sovs. W. H.Keith's Escapade...- ... 1 P. Byrne's The Gem 2 P.P. Tancred's Revoke 3 Dividend £ll6s.

Island Bay Weights.

v The following are the weights declared last night for events to be run at the Island Bay Autumn Meeting to be held on Saturday next, the 7th instant Island Bay Autumn Handicap : miles—Bcresfoi'd Bst Gib, Marlborough Bst -lib, Dudu Bst 31b, Little Scrub 7st 111b, Escapade 7at 111b, Rivulet 7sfc

81b, Orator 7sfc 71b, Tit Bit 7st4lb, Her Ladyship 7st 31b, Revota, St. Glair, Whisper, and Miss Dargon, 7st 21b each, Gerraaine 7sfc lib, Sweetie and Giriii 7st lib each, The Gem 6st 131b, Wakatipu 6stl2lb, Fabrication 6st 111b, Falconet 6st 101b, The Flower Gsfc 71b.

Plying Handicap, six furlongs,— Forester 9st 21b, Marlborough Bsfc 91b, Escapade Bst 31b, Little Scrub Bst lib, Miss Dargon Bst, Whisper 7st 131b, Gerraaine and Rivulet, 7st 101b, Tit Bit 7sfc 81b, Revoke 7sfc 71b, The Gem and Sweetie 7at 31b, Minnie Palmer 7st, Cupid 6st 121b, Pilgrimage and Ngarata 6sllolb.

Local Handicap, one mile and a quarter.—Giriri, Bst 31b; Fabrication and Kangaroo, 7st 121b; Smooth 7st 101b; The Mower and Cupid, Gst 121b; Fugitive Gsb 71b, Te Aro Handicap, one mile and a quarter. - Beresford Bst 81b; Marlborough Bst 61b ; Dudu, 8s 51b; Escapade 8s; Little Scrub 7st 14Ibs; Rivulet 7sfc 101b; Orator, 7sfc 81b j Tit Bit 7st 61b; Her Ladyship, 7st 51b; Miss Dargon, 7st 51b ; Revoke, 7st 31b; Smooth 7st 31b; Gevmaine 7st3lb; Sweetie, 7sfc 21b; Giriri, 7st 21b; The Gem 7st; Wakatipu, 7st, Flower, Cst 71b.

Hurdle Handicap, two miles and a distance.—Orient, list 121b, Kangaroo, list; Mangaohanc, lOst 91b; Reputation, lOst 51b; Waitangi, 9st •121b; Germaine, 9st 81b; Orlando, 9st 71b; Promotion, 9at 51b; The Jilt 9st; Ngatotia, Bst 91b.