SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2439, 2 March 1909, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

THE TURF. . WANGANUI CUP. (Press Association.] WANGANUI, March 1. All acceptors have made final payment for tho Wanganui Cup. V.R.C. MEETING. United Press Association. Copyright i (Received March- 1, 7.15 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 1. Tho second day of the Victorian Racing Club’s meeting was favored with better weather, but the attendance was poor. The following are the results of the racing:— Hopeful Stakes, of 200«ovs, 5 furlongs.—Brasseur 1, Glasgow 2, Lord Derby 3. Won by two lengths. Time, hum ,31 sec. . All-aged Stakes, 1000sovs,-1 mile. — Parsec 1, Soultline 2, Virtue 3. AVon bp two lengths. Time, lmin 414 sec. Autumn (Handicap,oOOsovs, 1 mile 5 furlongs.—Nushka 1, Clieny Lass 2, Somnambulist 3. Won by . two lengths, Time, 2min 50|sec. . Nursery Handicap, SOOsovs, 6 fur-longs.—-Lucre, 8.7, 1; Shnmcrette, 8.0, 2; Patronatus, 7.0, 3. Six others started. Won by three lengths. Time, lmin 15|sec. Loch Plate, oOOsovs, 2 miles.— Trafalgar (71b allowance) 1, EJayel (71b allowance) 2, Five Crown 3. Also started: Leith, Demolition, Trent Moor, Monobel, and Golden Gate. Trent Moor led past the stand and out of course from Monobel, Five Crown, Leith, Trafalgar, and . Flavel. Leith next took command, and Five Crown raced into second position from Golden Gate,. who made a forward move at the half-mile post and displaced Five Crown. -Leith led into the, straight from Golden Gate, who was displaced by Trafalgar at the distance. Trafalgar then forged ahead, and won by two lengths, one and a-quarter lengths between second and third. Trent Moor was fourth and Monobel last. Time, 3min BBlsec. - River Handicap,’ 200sovs, 1:\ miles. —True Scot 1, Doughty 2, Boastful 3. Eleven starters. Won by threequarters of a. length. A length between second and third. Time, 2mm 9sec.