SPORTING. The A.J.C. Spring Meeting.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1433, 8 September 1881, Page 2

SPORTING. The A.J.C. Spring Meeting.

The following are the results of Tuesday'i racing :—: — The Grkat Metropolitan Stakes. A handicap sweepstakes of 20sovs. each, with 500sov8, added. Second hone lOOsovs. and third horse SOsovs. from the prize. A winner of any handicap race after the declaration of the weights (A.J.C. Epsom and Short Handicaps excepfed) of the Talue of lOOsovs. to carry 31bs. extra; of any such race of the value of 2uobovs., 51b». extra ; of any »uch race of the value of 500sovs., 71bs. extra. Two miles. Mr J. Mayo's eh h Hesperian, by Yatteadon—Silvci Hell, syrs., yt,t. 81bs i Mr R. Rouse's br h Waxy, by Gemma dc Vcrgy— Queen Hoe, 6yrs., 6st. slbs 2 Mr C. G. Raldork's. b h Wellington, by Panic— Frou Frou, 6yr^., Bst. I2lbs. .. ... 3 Twenty -one horses started. The Spuing Maiden Staket.— A sweepstakes of Ssovs. each, 1 ffc., with 100 soya. added. For maiden horses at time of entrance. Penalties for winning after entrance— once, 71bs. ; twice or more, lOlbs. Second horse 20sov«. from the pn>.e. , One mile and a half. Hon. J. White's br c Bathurst, by Maribyrnong — Alpaca,' 3yrs.' r Mr. E. De Mcstre's br r Guardz ... ... a Mr. E. De Mestre's br c Yoesmtte .. ' , '.','. 3

American Opinion upon O'Donovjjc Rossi. —A New York telegram says :—: — "The rapourings and utterances of O'Donovan Kossa are regarded here as simply idiotic, and no attention is paid to w hat he say a: He bas no following worth mentioning. Sensible Irishmen consider him a fool> and the Americans a knave, endeavouring to swindle nervant jriris out of their hard earnings. The Tribune Bays that the London papers 'are right in concluding that it would be useless to expect the United States Government to rappress the Irish American journals and send the editors to gaol for expressing sympathy with the revolutionary move> ments in Ireland. 'The English can, however, depend absolutely— now as in times past— upon the sincere and active enforcement by the Government 'of the laws prohibiting the fitting out upon onr soil of hostile expeditions against * country jwitb whiob yre are at peace. No Alabamas will nail from our ports to prey upon Britfeh; Comuiercein o««e, the Land League ripens onto open rebellion.' The World* tMkas itae'rame. Tiew-,:'ani both articles represent public opinion ;apdn tht question,.'