SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3050, 10 November 1888, Page 2

SPORTING.

Auckland Spring Meeting.

Auckland' November 9.

The. Auckland itnciupr Club held their spring meeting to-day at Ellerslie, Bain fell in the morning and till one o'clock, and this affeoted the attendance, which it is odnpted numbered 8,500. The turf was heavy from the recent rains, hut iiohvithstanding the racing was good, The following are the results : President's Handicap, of 60 sovs. One mile. Mr J. Carnegie's Pretender ... 1

Mr J. Enko's Balista ! Mr D. McKiukoii's Brown Eose [ .Thno lmin Msec. DividendInside, £1319s Cd; outside £lB 2i Od. Welcomo Stakes, of 100 sovs, for 2 ■year-olds. Five furlongs. Mr Soinervillc's Cissoy 1 Major George'sFiesolo 2

Mr Marshall's Nosegay 3 Time lmin 7Asecs, DividendsInside £2 4s'; outside £1 10s Gd, Auckland Guineas, of 200 sovs, for three-year-olds. One milo, : Mr W. Sommevvillo's Hilda, by Musket ... . ... ~, 1 Major George's Raglan 2 Mr Paul's Foxton 8 Betting on the totalisotor was all in favor of' Hilda. The favorite never allowed the others to come within a length of her, and won easily,' Time Imjn 47|sec. Diviponds-Insido £1 13s;outside JBll2s,

Hurdle Ea.ce of 70 sovs. Two milos. Hayr Bros' Ma Petite Fille .;. 1 Mr J. Carnegie's Pretender ... 2 Mr }L Gallagher's Peter Osbcck 8 Won by half a length. Dividend Lisitle JEl2lßs; outside il2 Is. Tupaki won the Selling Bace, boating Dollan and Comet.

Princo of' Wales' Handicap, of 120

sovs, One mile and a half, Mr W.Sommerville's Hilda

Mr.!.. Page's Lioness Mr W. Robertson's Leorina

Won by two lengths. Timo 2min ■UJsecs. Dividends—lnside, £3 Gs Gd; outside, £3lßs.

Messenger won tho Selling Steeplechase, beating four others.

Wanganui J, C Meeting, --" "' ■■ Wanganui, November 9. The Wanganui Jockey "Club's Spring meeting was- held to-day. The weather was fine until 8 o'clock, when it became very cold, There was however a good attendance and somo £2,000 was put through the totalisalcr. The following are the results : Trial Stakes Handicap, of (JOsovs; three-quarters of a mile, Mr J. Kennedy's Beoluso... 1 Mr D. galley's Eufus . .. , : , 2 Mr Gainsford's Meta .... 8 Time, lmin 18sec. A protest lodgedhy Bufus' owner for Grossing in tho straight was disallowed. Handicap , Hurdlo Buco; 70sovs. .Two miles and a distance, Mr Martin's Kangaroo . . . 1 Mr F, Gay's Germaine , , ,2 ,'. In this raco fourteen horses turned up at post.and a good start was effected,: Oddfellow got to tho wining post first, half a lengjh ahead of Kangaypo. A. potest, was .entered by: Kangaroo's owner whioh was upheld hy:the stewards. Time -lmin. 18Jsec, Dividend £5 Bs. -■■'■•; Hack. Hiu'dlo Baco of 15 sovs; ; ono ..'. mile.;. ; ',■"" .'"""V'. .;, UJeuny'.;, ,' ,y',' v \'f: -,.•'. /Bawhiaho ~'■■-..■ v ; ' i -"-'.'■ " Revoke ~; - ,>,'S,i - ;fl-./:- ) Dividend $M' - \ > ';.,

'Wanganui Stakes Hn,ridicapl2s sow, .. oneinile and a half, -i- l ', •. '-,*'. .-'Sincerity ' v-.i-''. T ; " ~ ; % ,/Meta'■;'.•":. v.'2-. ~. ■; Alma, 'i '.. ~. 8' '•_'■;■; ?:Ou rounding, into Hie sfcvaiglit Sincerity forged ahead' and won by two lengths. This was the fastest race for the distance ever run on this course. The winner, an outsider, is by Cap-a-pie, Time 2miu 4lßec, Dividend £44 7s, Maiden State, 40 sovs, weight for age, one mile and a quarter. ■.. •;Eclat' .... 1- :,"■" Waiter''. . . . 2T. ■ .Peter. .." ...>, 8 : Won by about half a neck, Time 2min 19sc, Dividend £8 6s. .Hack Race, lfi sovs, one mile. Paradox .'. ~ . .' 1 Dividend *llßs. Consolation Handicap, 25 sovs, one mile. Martonian . . . 1 : .■'.:. 7Biimi .... 2 Fiineluihi4Bsec. Dividend £llßs.