THE RACES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2103, 13 November 1896, Page 2

THE RACES.

! The dip Day on Monday was a record ono, both as to weather, <tt>odance ami ; rod ip. The Press says :It w»h expected ■ that wiih the attendance a record one, : ppecuia i'm would top that of anj' previous day flt Biocatton, and snch proved t> l>e the cane, no Ipea a en pa th»n. £18.692, i which i« £3173 in escess.of tie emomii I handled on the Brut day of tlio MffopoliI tun Meeting Ij»hi. season. Great »h the t«kingeat the t.tilientor were.,-there ie no doubt n great many pooDle wore di-<----eppri-Uerl in ge ting tnuir iovet-fc-aenm on in Bt least one of the r»cep. Tiio £6519 invented on the New Zealand Cup ia -the greatest amount ever put on in one race in the colony, nnd the £2018 that Euroclydoti canied is t l io most on one horsa., Mr Rutherford's Social Pest won the Spjiog Kurd leu, div. £2 18*; and Mr Ktesd's Uniform thf> Maidao Plats, dir. I£l 5s &4. Lidy Zetland won the Cup, a game struggle with liiuroc'ydon, Defiance being third : di*. £9 2". Mr i Fri?dlandei'tf Aehbmtin horse, Cmnon Shot, won the lUccerton Welter, with Mr Sffton'rt Arquebus second : div. £6 2s. The Welcome Stikes were a dead heat between Moltiformftnd the f«voniit?| Mr Orinftnd'ri Sir Lancelot: div. Multiform £1 lOs 6d, Sir Lancelot £1 Is. Tba L-idies' Purse was won by Tatpari : div, £7 ; and the Stewards' Handicap by Mr Curran's Vnnil'i; div. £12 2t). The Shot? respited in an unexpected win for Mr Dalgpty'a Venom : div. £18 3s 6<3. ' At the Lancaster Pnrk Trotting Meeting on Tuesday, speculation was particularly btisk, the sum of £6775 being invested ii the totalisators, whicli oooetifcutss a colonial record for one day's trot ing. Nicol'd patent ear jog machine was used for the fin?t time in Canterbury, and gave every satisfaction. The Maiden Handicap fell to Mr Sfifton'a Venus Vietrix : div. £4. Pony Harness, Dorothy: div £3 193. Spring Handicap, Redmire: div, £13 18i. Selling Handicap, Energy : div. £17 ; and we are glad to hear that that genial sport Mr Girn. Brown, had three on him. Lancaster P*rk Hindioep, Sam Stick: div, £4 2s. Progressive Handicap, Sina Souce ; div. £10 3*. Daeh Handicap, tStonewal! Jackson : div. £33 4h '■' Elact'ii Handicap, Kentocky Walks : div. £20 Is. It will tnue be seen the meeting wae a day out for outsiders, and consequent big dividends. On Wednesday, the Derby D»y, the weather was not co good, but the at'en- ,- dance and sport were excellent, and the totalisfltor pat through £800 more than last year. The Middelton Hurdles were won by Ilex, dividend £10 19*, and the Criterion Handicap by Skirmisher. Uniform was made a favonrito for the Derby, and Mr Stead's boree jo.t'fiad bis backers and paid a £2 12s 61 dividend ; Pointer was second and Epaulet third. The Juvenile Plate was annexed by the flame owners' Mul'iforoo who paid £8 11s. The Metropolitan was won by The Possible, Dauntlees being second ; dividend £3 15s 6d. Mr Ormonde Bold won tke Selling Two-year-Old, /dividtnd £3 14s, and Mr Curtis' Misfire placed the Epsom Handicap to hia credit, paying a dividend af £17 5e 6d. The nvent, (he • Aurtion Handicap, wee. won by, Belhger-1 ent who paid £4 11s.'