TEOTTING MATCH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XVIII, Issue 4220, 18 June 1897, Page 2

TEOTTING MATCH.

GENKRAt IRAOY vSAM SUCK.

The match between the above horses, for a wager of £100 a side, over a distance of three miles, took place on the Addington Show Grounds on Thursday afternoon. There were upwards of 500 persons present, including a few ladies. General Tracy showed best in the preliminary, and though there was little or no betting on the tesult, he was the one the body of the spectators expected to prevail. Inside pace was drawn for Sam Slick, and ha led frnmd the first bead and into the back atreteh. The stallion, however, was upon him before a j hundred yards of the straight run had been completed, and as he forged ahead Sam Slick left his feet, and before he could be balanced again General Tracy had drawn away some forty or fifty yarda. The result was thus placed beyond doubt in the first half mile, but Sam Slick not only did not make up any of his lost ground, but, completely fail* ing to run up to hia recent public efforts, br.ke several times, kepfc dropping astern, and General Tracy eventually crossed the line some 150 yards to the good. MATCH for2oosovs. Three miles.

Mr W. J. Starr's ns b h General Tracy, by Berlin—Jenny Tiacy ... (Starr) 1 Mr \V. J. Rae'a b g Sam Slick (Owner) 0 Time, 7mm 40sec.

The separate i imes for the winner were as follows—Half-mile, lmin i9|sec j mile, 2mm 351; sec; mile and a half, 3min 53sec; two miles, smin 19sec; two miles and a half, 6min 25iaec j full distance, 7min 40seo.