SPORTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2754, 8 March 1890, Page 2

SPORTING.

ife AroKa^Races. Thk following weights have been declared for the Te .Ariilia, Race Meeting, which wilUbo hold ori'Friilay March 21 :■—s '"'' 1 ! '' HORnLKS. ■** '' *' '■ ■

Cambridge Races. The following are the hantlicnps as declared by Messrs Kirk wood and Percival for the races oti 17tli March at Cambridge :— TIUHDr.KS.

[: j ■ Tlaa V.R-O. Meeting- ; MELOS BEATS DREADNOUGHT IN 1 CHAMPION STAKES. : SCOTS GREY WINS AUTUMN 1 .... HANDICAP. ! (by electric telegraph— copyright), j Melboukne, March 8. i Threatening weather militated ngaiust the attendance atjthe third day's racine of I the V.R.Ci Autumn meeting. His Excellency the Governor and suite were, however, ; present. After the firat race had been run, • a terrific thunderstorm, which lastod fully t half-an-liour, took place, }the ,heavy.; rain (,• th(iroughly;sf»t&/atjngilje..(;round. l ,3 Autcjin Handicap, a sweepstake of 5 - sovs each, Ift, with 400sovs. added ; >- 3 ' second horse SOsovs ; and third 40sovs. , out of the stake. One mile and five fur- > longs. 1 ".Mr oa. (*. Ste3cs tfcr-Scots Grey, 3vw, Ab.V 111b > (Cusden) ... 1 i Mr J. Tnrnbull'a br h Tantallon, oyrs, I.; 7st'4lli (PiirKfer) > 2 > :Mr S. G.cCooK's-.br'h Jebusite, Oyrs, Bst i (51b (Power) * ... 3 There were nine starters. Betting: 3to 1 against Singapore, 5 to 1 Sir William and itnnnie Spec, 10 to 1 the others. Stints Grey waited on his field until in tho l ist furlonsr fnmvho'nie, when lie came with a'great rush, and cutting; his opponeutn down liki* clutf. won cleverly bv three-quarters of a length. Tim'o, lmin SB'[.s.: ' • ' / ■ The Champion a sweepstake of 2'isovs. each, 4ft., with 1500s<>vs. added. i Kur three years old and upwards. ; -Weight for age,—sThe?. second, horse to i receive SOOsoi's and tiie4bird'lso-iovt;, out of the'stakes." Three miles. "'(s'4 subs). ; Mr W. Gannon's br h Melos, 4yrs, by i Goldsborongh—Melody, 9st. (Harris) 1 i Hon. J. White's ch o Dreadnought, Syrs., by Chester—Trafalgar, Sat. (Hales) . ... 2 ;; Hqn. jD; S. AV&llace's & 4vrs, i: . by | MusketMers6y, «9at. 4&I. ... k/?,. -V*. . 3' i Hon. J. White's br a Rudolph, 3yrs., by Martini-Henry—Rusk, 7st. Dibs. ... 0 Bettine : 5 to 4on Dreadnought, 6 to 4 I against Carbine, 8 't0,1 :, ,Me108. ; Rudolph, who was sent to cut out the pace in the interest of his, stable companion, was the ; first to moVei' Melos running _ alongside Carbine, and the favourite loitering in the rear. In the first half-mile Rudolph had a. lead of twenty lenerths, with MgJob "lying second* whilst , fo.ur lengths off'-'"Was ■ Carbiiie,' and bbhihd him Dreadnought, two lengths away. Going along by the river the latter raced up to Carbine, but it was not till the abattoirs were reached that any great difference wa« i made in Rudolph's advantage. At the scraping sheds the trio closed on the leader, , and here, the real issue beginning, Rudolph died «away-' rapidly, : and Dreadnought was • first to land in the straight, followed by Melos and Carbine. Half-way up the straight, Carbine made his effort, but O'Brien endeavoured to get up on the insido, and his horse was blocked ; and Dreadnought finally yielditiß in the last hundred yards. Melos scored a splendid victory by a lencth and a-half. Carbine being third, half a-longtii behind Dreadnought. Time, sm. 51k. The last mile and a-tulf of the race was run in 2m. 44is.

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