DUNEDIN SPRING MEETING.

Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5680, 1 December 1883, Page 2

DUNEDIN SPRING MEETING.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] DUN fc DIN, November 30. First Day. The weather was sultry and duU, with one or two slight showers till this evening, when heavy rain set in. The attendance was good. The foUowing were the results .:. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 60 soys ; one mile and a-half. Mr WaUlea' Karearea,,. yrs, Bst 71b (J. Cotton) 1 Mr Smith's Little John, aged, 9stßlb, (Poole) 2 Mr Kenyon's WUd Boy, aged, lOst 41b (Boss) 3 Mr Sm th's Melbourne, aged, 10et 21b Mr Joyce's Encore, aged, Bst 71b iM. AUcn Oi tc 4 agst Karearea, 2 to 1 agst . Little John, 3 to 1 agst Melbourne, 5 to 1 agst the others. Encore feU pretty early in the race. : There was a likelihood of a close finish between Karearea, Little John, and Melbourne, who were aU together at the last hurdle _. but Melbourne feU, and Karearea won after a. hard race with Little John. .■ Time, Steam Beeo. Of .£523 in the totalisator : __14 was on the winner. Ma_d_n Plats, of 50 soys; one mUe and. a quarter. : Mr Stephenson's br g Don Jose, aged, 9st •,» _ . , , ~ (Rudings) 1 ; Mr Driver's eh g Hazard, 5 yrs, Oat (M. Allen) 2 Mr Bates'b glf So, 4 yn, Bst lUbs (Wattle) 3 Mr Kenyon's eh f Ne»ra,by Leolinus Naiad, 3 yrs, 7st 71fe ... (Sharp) 0 Betting—3 to 2 agst Don Jose, 2-tol Hazard, 3 to 1 the others. Don Jose won hands down by four lengths. Time,2_ain23sec. Of ___. inthe totalisator _2__i was on the winner. St. Andrew's Handicap, a sweepstake of 3sovß each for acceptors,.with i:OOsovs adoed. One mile and a half. Mr Stephenson, eh h Taiaroa, 4yr», Set 51b (M. O'Connor) 1 Mr McLean's b m Lady Emma, 6yra, Bst 81b (Wattle) 2 Mr Goodman's eh g Violin, syrs,6st 4lb (Sharp). 3 Mr Bulls--brh Emir Bey, syre,7Bt_b (Butler) 0 Mr Bat-, b m The Jilt, 4yra, fist 51b

(Taggart) 0 Mr Jones' b h Blue Jacket, syrs, Set 101b, -Ihover weight ... ... (Johns) 0 -Setting g-_n t-jnitl-rf. T__y Brntim. 2 to 1 Violin; 3 to 1 Emir Bey. 5 to 1 The JUt, 6 to I 10 to 1-Blue Jacket. Victf.n bolted before the start, and waa stopped after travelling half a; mile by the brandishing of an open: umbrella in his face; then Blue Jacke* Was left at the post

tiU the other horses had gone a hundred yards. Taiaroa forced the running from it_»_!__lL_ r -?- a th© •otual racingljemui. »X _3!_? olai ««de ■ determined effort to but tbe latter had pler*» ° ,c O--or keeping hi_s ;? o! ___an de d- him a winner by a clear ■ ei _S r __°-i 3 Emma, Violin was a capital third. Time, 2n_in. 43Bec. Of .81112 m tfte-totalisator, .8202 was on Taiaroa. Hammcap Time T____n_ Race of 20 bovb. .r -'-S^T 6 *.._ ; . no w eig ht nnder lOat. Mr Wallace's ShiUelagh, 30seo ... 1 _._ameron's RandaU, 12seo ... 2 Mr McClure's Wanaka, 12sec ... '" 3 There were twenty starters for "this event, which ShiUelagh won by between __. _"* 10 ° yards. Time, 9min 17sec. Of .£1241 in totalisator J6236 was on the winner. Selling Race of 40 soys. One mUe and a „ „ . quarter. Mr Cotton's Prospero 1 Sunlight was the only other starter, and Prospero won hands down. Spring Handicap, a sweep of 2 soys, with 70 added. One mile. Mr Stephenson's bo Captain Webster, .yrs, sst 101b (O'Connor) 1 Mr Butler's brh Emir Bey, syrß,7stlllb (Butler) 2 Mr Bate's eh g The Painter, s_yrs, 6st (Taggart) 3 Messrs Mason and VaUance'a b c Epicure, 3 yra, 7st (Wilson) • Captain Webster was a strong favorite. Epicure bolted round the course for a quarter of a mUe, and then when the flag feU was left standing at the post. There was a capital race between the two first, and both whipped hard up the straight, the colt winning by about a length. T_ie time was lmin 47sec. Of JE9SO on the totalirator £400 was on the winner. The following are the acceptances for to-morrow's races -.— huntebb' plats. st lb j st lb Wild Boy ... 10 10 | Karearea ... 9 7 Melbourne ... 10 4 Encore ... 8 7 Little John ... 9 12 | peebident's handicap. Hippodamia... 79 1 Violin ... 8 S Taiaroa ... 7 5 | Blue Jacket ... 5 7 GRAND STAND HANDICAP. Lady Emma... 9 0 1 Water Nymph 6 12 Hippodamia ... 7 131 Epicure ... 610 Jilt 6 12 I members' platb. Emir Bey ... 9 5 Epicure ... 8 0 Violin 8 7 Painter ... 7 0 Capt'n Webster 8 0