SPORTING. Cambridge Jockey Club Spring Meeting.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2086, 19 November 1885, Page 2

SPORTING. Cambridge Jockey Club Spring Meeting.

Tits Spiing meeting <«f tins club takes place to-moi row 011 tlie eonrie at (Jwynncl.uuli .md hhould the weathei continue hue thate is no loason to doubt that tJie meeting will bo in e\ery le-peet a thoiough Mitce-i". The races have been looked fi»r\\;ud to foi Mime time, and ah th<" fields .tre fanly repiesentatne, the attendance Hhould bo w ell up to tin* a\ erage. The follow mg.ire the acceptance- : —

H\Ni»i<\r Hi iiiuks. «t. lb. St. 11). Bob Sawyer 10 W | Rowdy •> 0 Alunc and Hnc a Hrao did not accept, j otherwise thw event would have: remitted in an exciting content. Anyhow, it will be a Rood match, and should atfoid ft most exciting race between the two rein iinuu? hoi-u-. Rowdy, however, with only 0«t, promise* to got the best of it.

Sphivi. H \mh( vr. Kewi . . « V_> | Kalo 8 '> Victoii.i 7 !• | Alpha 7 '2 Yictoiiii has been let in pretty light, and should theiefort' make tho race warm for Re\w and Kalo. Rewi, however, though not in tip top condition i^ lately fancied, and unless Victoria coiiips out in her old form, he hhouM have no dilticulty in -coruiß » win. Tho content will bo a close one, and hhould affoid a most exciting fllllali.

SrKWAnns 1 H\Nnic\r. St. lb. St. lb. Rewi » VI Sn.iko H 7 Kalo « 10 Viotoiia 7 10 Here again V^icton i has the advantage of an easy penalty, and i-> likely to come homo in the le.ul. Snake, by hw past peiform ance-!, ha- pioved himself ftino-t unreliable hornt,, «iitd the same m.iy be Mid »i Kalo. Should !{eui, however, be m anything like his old form, theie is nothing in the race to touch him. Tht following aic the general entiie-* foi the Maiden j'late and Selling Steeple cliaae :—

>f\H)KV ri.\ir. tt. lb MrT. rjoodfellow't Hypjiolite !> 0 Mi ]•:. O'Ciadys Wild Irishman . ?• 0 Mr.l. U.rowns Uangi • • '•> 0 \h W. M. Doncrla-s F.umy . Kl2 Mr K. Jihode^'- Mi,t»ko . . « 12 Mr K. Jonen'sOiphan . . 8 li Mr P. h. .Jones's Norm.i . » 12 Mr T. Hannon's Apology 7 0 This will be one of tho best events of tho meeting. Hyppolito is said to be a faht hor-te, but he n not very generally known on tlio diituct turf. Mi-take n m excellent trim, and with a good lider up, she nhould h.nu httlo difficulty in scoring n win. K.'.ngi is carrying !Nt, and is said to be the only thing clue "m it."

Siri.iNfi Sri Ki'ii cha^k. St. lb. Mi XV. T. Can's Rowdy, for hO-ov. II 0 Mi H. Uullock-Wcbster's Waveilcy, f«r 40sovs. 10 7 Mi McUiegoi's J)ick Swiveller, for ■JOsots. . 10 7 Mi T. Jackion's Misfortune, for ■lOsovs. . 10 7 Mr M. Mnnro's Bob Sawyer, fur lOsovs. 10 7 This will be the erpnt of tho day, allowing a good hold of well-know u steejile ch.aner<-. Rowdy is. of courrfe, the farourite Jtinong the Cambridge spoitt, and being both a -me jumper and possessed of some foot, hia chance is aupioine. M|sfoitunois

coining up from Auckland expressly to cirry off this event, but though he lately ilistfnpiiivhed hinnelf on the Auckland coupm*, he hm hi* work cut out for him on this occasion. Wmerley in in hemy condition, as ik .il«o J >ick Swiveller, but as they ha\o both been in hard training for some time and being "»r p jumper*, thoy nro not hkely to be far out of it. Rob Sswrer \t-\-i alwuys proved hinmelf a Rood little horne, .md properly ridden he looki pretty dangerous.