CANTERBURY RACES.

Press, Volume XXII, Issue 2704, 8 April 1874, Page 3

CANTERBURY RACES.

CANTERBUBy AUTUMN MEETING,

SECOND DAT—Tubsdat, Apeh. 7, 1874. Stewards—G. B. Parker, B. H. Campbell, H. P. I—nee, J. Brabazon, J. C. Watts Busaeil, J. Btndhol_e, F. W. Delamain. Judge— Watts BoaseU. Starter—P. Campbell. Clerk of the Course—E. W. Millett. Handicapper and Clerk of the Scales—-B; Hustler. A very disagreeable more ing as regards wind, heat, and dust, though fine enough overhead, ushered in the second day of onr Autumn Meeting; so much so that most _f those who preferred the road to the rail looked on ireaching the course as if they could. p% the part of The Dusty Miller without "any further rehearsal. Towards the 'close of the day the wind shifted to the iooth-west bringing with it sftch clouds of dust that tbe .various Jehus on their home-. w_rfj6_roey" had to "carry on their operations inj arjdarkness rwhich made itself most imc_afortably felt. The attendance was Bcarcely so large as oh ;the previous day, but this can easily be accounted for from the fact that Easter Tuesday is nptr ao, generally kept aaacloae holiday as the; Monday. The * bombers outside the stand were far larger than we had anticipated, but the body of the ■tend itself was not so largely patronised, a fact we regret the more as we are-compelled to fcrtgothe pleasure of dilating upon the quality and form of the millinery usually ao conspicuofis'at our Metropolitan race meetings. As on the preceding day, _ Herr B_ns and his satellites we believe it is fthe< thing- to call—a variety*— musical selections during the dayj tbe Jraajority of whifch,; wis ic__not refrairi ' from sayingv were 5 of that kind which, we imagine, Mr Artemus Ward would' have characterised! saston? moosich.The catering of Me_sft!_bri6d and Savage jrave equally as much"satisfaction aS 7 dn the previous day, white bur remarks of yesterday 'with regard ;

to the outside sports and to the efficiency of the police* force attendance, hold to-day. Before we come to the racing proper, ivrerhusfc not forget to-AottpUmerit Mr Jones, the manager,, upon the admirable manner ia? which the railway arrange* meats:ware carried; out during both-days. Mr Bedwbod as was anticipated carried off the;lion _ • *ta* of -. the spoil. The fact is that the Great Northern stable is far and away too strong for nnkr Without fdr a moment grudging Mr Redwood his numerous victdHegl it Would certainly have been more gratifying to us to be.able to chrdhiele a more even distribution of thestfdces, but our, Canterbury sp_rt_meri in allowing Lurline and other horses, go out of the province have only got themselves to blame if the honors are alienated. ;We; congratulate Mr 'that the next'tune he gomes down he day havelo galfop __rder { tpi ii thari he has.upori tbepresent *doca_oriv For the Hurdle Race Kate Kearney, was, we regret to say, an unavoidable absentee, and this event was consequently reduced to a match . between Scand-l and Alice Grey. Previous to the race the "mare had decidedly the- call in the betting, appearance of the.veteran Scandal scarcely tended to win hitri many admirers. His is cfertainly a green old age, but in spite of ,the recollection of his having 80 often carried the black apd gold jacket to • victory, the knowing oues .would not have him in if at* alt. * As it turned out, but for his. mistake at the last fence, he would, we believe, have reversed the judge's fiat. From his performance it was evident that he did not like Ming put at cross country work in his.old ,age»as ;ha,c_rtajnly,never took one junip7in*.|myth|rig = . like a, kindly., Higgott, h»s pilot, rftie him with., the ' most parent judjgmehta^^^it_fahd',^a.likely' to , "prove to the ranks of our, cross-country >, Aljoet.Gi-ay had of course "he Handled her » weJL; but though .she. sever* refused the grey' mare certainly did' not her usual form. <"t| vgaspissitpw j run |i hurdle ripe fsrwe'. l^v^^er|s^n^B'ere,;' t and we heard it stated that both were so disinclined to m_ke ? theß-nniog ? that thejockies thought seriously oi fia the back of thY course. For the Cavalry Purse ' four soldiers put in an appearance, and of these nothing would go down but Major, wha it will be recollected, beat Raualegh in, a private' match the season before last, after bei|»;defe«ted;byh'uiin fhfl.ijneenfs Birthday Cavanjjr _tace.~ —feran a l good* horse, but Doctor's condition brought him an easy win- „ aer. Black Doctor was qtiite outpaced and was very rightly not persevered with. Faugh- r a-Ballftgh, _ 'great'big chestnut, Who ran in blinkers, from the first appeared to have a ' -decided objection to the whole concern, and bolted- Q# the course shortly- after -th»~ start?! i Auffl&d}¥Bkffiwesiip v wat of course -the big thing of the day. For this; ;«entiinne horses figured on the card. Of these Castaway, Calumny, and De&pner were scratebed. Mr, Redwood dedared—to~win with 7Kakapo,~ but many doubted his c-to weight to the'perforrn'ances of bsth horses in {yesterday's I»eger. Gossip wither r nh_»OTt would/hjayfejlwid fnaijrj store admirers but for the belief that Lurline could, if required, gallop over the lot* of them. The Bevoke Colt did all that was asked of him ip the way of assisting his ■table companion, Gossip, arid Castanet was not in sufficiently good buckle to foot it in such company. We scarcely think the handicap was one 6f Mx Hustler's successes, • _I after the performances of Lurline and Templeton for the Dunedin cup we think tbe dolt might have been' let in a little lighter. Lurline made the runairig' 'from the Jump, Kakapo coming tiurough his horses at the last'turn, and having quite, enough to do to beat Gossip. The Curragh-Seflirig Handicap was a gift to the Bat, who was sold immediately after the race by Mr Bennett by auction, and purchased "by Dan &&rien for £26. The Allaged Stakes Drought Calucnny, Malice, and Slfin King to the post. It was the greatest certainty for Calumny, who easily, Malice, as usual -cutting up rough* For- the ConstdatioU & quartette decUvred theipselves wiflirig to be consoled on the terms proposed by Mr. Hustler. , Templeton .was at once spotted, and backed at level riaoney against - the field. He made the running almost from the start, And, though just below the distance port Paiawhenna looked dangerous, the Traduoer edit came again and won easily, old Scandal - and Malice being right out of it Ibis brought the day's proceedings to a conclusion, and we have how: only to express % hope that the Jockey Club Will be. able to Bee their way to continue t_e autumn meetings, which have been So successfully inaugurited. .V: 7.:- '-'):? .: ;

BUbdicap Hurdle Back, oi 75 soys, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soys each for acceptors', entrance 3 soys to go to the Distance, 2$ miles, over 10 flighteufhurdlw. ..: jy•: -.-... : 3. H. Lunn's eh m Alice Grey, by Golden 4 yrs :.-.-. (H. Lunn) 1 Matlock's b g ScahdaO, aged... (Higgott) 2: B. Dixoh's br m late I&te BLearney, 4 yrs ..; ... ..; v ... ...sc. Betting: 2tol on Alice Grey Scandal jumped off with the lead, but fell hack fltoost directly, arid Alice led over the first jump by about two lerigths, Alice held the command three lengths over the next few obstacles, Higgott evidently holding hack for the gray's lead. They ran thus to rae third hurdle from home, when Lmm began to mend the pace, which up to tbiß had b«a almost funereal. Alice, led to the *arthurdle,whieh she jumped immediately in fn»it of the old horse, who struck the mare M.he w« landing. Higgott here broke; his startup leather, and between the two accidents Unavoidably fell. Froth this to the finish the mare of course cantered in ah «»y winner. C_VAi,_r Pubse, of 25 soys, added to a ; sweepstakes of 1 soy each, to go to the' second horse. JJntrance, 1 soy. No -weight, under 1i5t.,... JSorses. to:.Jw the AFpSettf of members of the Corps-three _$^ ths P re Y i ° ,ns ' to fc be 6 th of April, to ridden on one parade, and the aye a member of the 26tb February. Df«» "taneejli-aiiles,'.- - .v. : -.-::-ip:^. 1 -:-.

H.JV. Anson's cbg^_>oti«dr.J?o 1 iP.jStroirriT) g Major, "aged (Mr E. Britta_7"2 < pP.j Marchant's b g Bla&t Dbctof?;aged *■ ' ■: " "* (Mrßarry) 3 T. R.O'Callaghan's chc Faugh-i-Ballagh, aged (Mr Owens) 0 After one false start, Mr Campbell dismissed the lot on very even terms. Major was the first to show in front with Doctor close up, Black Doctor third, Faugh-a-Bal-lagh last. The latter only ran with them for about 300 yards and bolted off the course. Doctor and Major .raced together to the last tarn, Black Doctor outpaced- Coming into tbe straight Doctor was leading by about a length, and at the dista.ee Mr Brittan was riding his horse. From this to the, finish Doctor had it all his own way, winning by two lengths. Time —3min 13secs. Gbeat Autumn Handicap—Of 200 soys, added to a sweepstakes of 10 soys each, b. ft for acceptors ; 6 soys on general entry day, and 5 soys by 1 p.m. oathe; day of the race ; entrance. 5 SQvstogq' to the fund. Winner of any Handicapafter the declaration of the .weights to carry 71bs extra, of two or more sjich lOlbe. ;■;Distance, 2 miles. 7 s J.Watt'sbrc£_kapo,4 yrs, byDiomedes— ; . Toitoi, 7st 91bs (Derret) 1 Mallocks eh m Gossip, 5 yrs, 6st 7lbs ; 81bs overweight ...;... (Griffin) 2 Delamain's b c Templeton, 3 yrs, 6st 101 ba (Osborne).. *, Webb's chc, by Malton—Bevoke," s .yrs, 7 7 6st ...'..j... ... ... (Bay,junr.) 0 B. Hw Campbell's br f Castanet, 3 yrs, 6et , [' 61b*, 6_lbs over ... (T. Co"ttonX 0 J. Watt's brm Lurline, 4 yrs,,6st lOlbs . (MaaqlhJ 0 B. H. Campbell's eh c Castaway 7 ««■' so J. Watt's cb. f Calumny ....7 7- r ,;sc, L. Walker's be Defamer ', ..'.;. -',«.•■«?'.

/:' airtight delay at the: post,, the lot .got well,, away, Lurline and Templeton at once going to the front and making the pace a docker. To these succeeded Gossip, Revoke and Castanet, Kakapo last. 7Tfiey\.j;a^thus J with very slight: alterationto* the' mile post, where Xturliije was still in charge of affairs ; with Templeton second,'the ruck about two behind, Castanet whipping inn the three-quarter-mile* post Templefon7felr back and the Bevoke colt dashed to the fjorit and led to the turn,: closeljj by j Lurline and Gossip. Coming up the straight, the -Bevoke- conceded his -lead-to- Kakapriwho came, full of running, to the front. Here Lurline fell back and Gossip made her effort. At thet distance. Kakapo led by two lengths, Gossip next, the Bevoke colt and Lurline well up. In the run in the Dioujedes colt had all the best of it, winning, by.-hall "a, length. ; : :';]":

- Time—3min 46.5e0. CXTBSAOH SKLUNO HANDICAP, qf4o() 6QVS; entrance, 3 soys ; the winner tp-lie sold, and the-proceeds to go -to the ] fund.; distance, 1 mile. ; , r ..- r , yA J. H. Lnqn's, br g The by Golden . . Gjfape, dam, Wing, 4 y/s, 7st lOlbs ■:ri '• - ■:• '-.-;' !-.■>?.■ -j ■■■'. : A, ■ (DeriettX I W. G. Webh'sohf Malton,dam Tantruiris,- ---) 3yrsi 6st;9lbs ... ; 7 ... (Bay,junr.) 2 Betting—-3 to 2on the Bat. . . The Bat made the running the whole way, and won easily. ,- AiL-AQ_p Sxiakes, of 100 soys, added to a ; sweep of 5 soys each, to go to the fund ; | mile weights for age. Winners of .100, soys in one; event, since November. Ist, 1873, to ciarry 71bs extra ; of 2QO soys, lOlbs ; ofiSOO soys, 14lbs extra. Maidens having started once, allowed 51bs ; twice, lOlbs ; r three times, 141bs. Distance,

1 ; 5 furlongs. - ' : J. Watt's Calumny,.by Traducer—Gitana, 4 yrs, 9st 7lbs .-.'.' .. (Mason) 1 R* H. Campbell's b m Malice, 6, yrs, Sst2lbs" ..; ..; .V. (O. Storey)'■' _£ Peliinairi'slj c Elfin Kirig, 2 yrs, sst 31bs * i.l j ?.;<-,iUy,vi.i--'. < : '-''7;: (Gioßbbrne)' :i 'l !: - wis ; qutckest oh her r leg., ri _lfiri Klnggefcting ! the worst, of the start. 'The Chestnut mare made : the running from' start?: tolfiriishj', and won easily \ Malice> who ran v in;her usual unkind manner,"second! !i ''Elfin; KinW rim off the cburse on this side bf the diStkricepost'. ! ''"'' ■ : , Time—lmini ssec. . ' 7 j •CONBOLATIOK HAHTHCAP, of 4Q BdVßi En« ! trance, 1 3 sovsi Distance,! mile. X * W. Belamain's be Templeton (Traducer—Belle of the Isles), 3 yrs, 7st 121bs • ; ! '...' (Richardson) 1 J.i "g Parawhehuaj- 4 yrs, 9st i •"•'■ /( ' ' ' - : (Mason) 2 Bi H.: Campbell's b m Malice, 6 yrs, Bst \ 51bs , ; ... (Cotton) 0 Mr Mallock's ,b g Scandal, aged,; 7st (Griffin) 0

Betting Even ; on : Templeton, ri &j to 2 against Parawhenua, 4 to 1 against Malice and.Scandal. >.-. ,'•/..•;'/.

After considerable delay at the post, in which: the colors of Parawhenua were conspicuous, the flag fell to a capital start. Parawhenua was the first to show in front, with Templeton next, Scandal and Malice in; close; company bringing UP the rear. Before two hundred yards had been covered Templeton took up the running, and led to _be three-quarter mile post, where Parawhenua was in . close attendance, Malice about three lengths* behind, and Scandal tailed off. Templeton went on with the lead way up the straight, when 'Parawbeixna challenged him, and Richardson had to call on - the favorite. In a few strides, however, the big horse died away, the. Traducer .colt going in a winner by three lengtbs. ■'•' Time—lmin 50secs. The following are theweights declared for the Hurunui Handicap):— Parawhenua ... ... Bst 81b Gossip, ... ... ... Bst 31b Malice J ... Bst i Templeton.... ... ... Sst