SPORTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1328, 4 January 1881, Page 2

SPORTING.

The Champion Race. v [By Cable.] ' /* * Melbourne, Saturday. .THJSjyictorii^-Kacing Ulub's Champion Meeting took place to-day at Flemington. The attendance of the public was the largest yet seen at any former Champion Meeting. The weather was splendid, and l His Excellency the Governor was present throughoutihe, day. v^he., following ,ar«the results of the two chief events :— Nokmanbv Stakes of 2bsdW 'eafch, sft.,* with 200sovs. added. Tor ' two-year- , old colts, Sat. 101b. ; fillies,.. Bst_7lbs,, Second horse to receive,, 50sovs., and the third 25aova., out of the stakes. The winner of the Maribyrnong Plate to carry 71bs. extra ; of any other race (not being a handicap) of the. value, oi lOOsovs. or upwards, 41bs. extra. Five furlongs. 108 Subscribers. Liberator . . . . „ 1 Monmouth „ .. ..2 Welcome Jack . . . . 3 The Champion Stakes, of, 25sovs. each, with £1000 added. For three-yeir-olds and upwards. Weight for age. The second horse to receive 200sovs., and the third lOOsovs., out of the stakes. Three miles. Forty-nine subscribers. Mr W.' A. Long's b c Grand Flaneur, 3 years, by Yattendon, dam First Lady (T. Hailes) 1 Mr W. Branch's b c Progress, 3 years, by Angler, dam Coquette (St. , Albans) • 2 Mr T. Ivory's b h Sweetmeat, 5 years, - by Yattendon, dam Sultana (Pigott) 3 Wellington and Trevallyan also ran. The race readlved itself into a match between Grand Flaneur and Progress, who kept together all the distance, but the former finally won by three lengths. Time, smin. 40sec.