Dimediii Spring Meeting.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 21, 3 December 1874, Page 5

Dimediii Spring Meeting.

The Dunedin Jocky Club spring meeting 1 took place on St Andrews day {Monday) with the following results 1 :— Selmn'g RX.ce, of 25 sovs. Entrance, SOs. One mile and a quarter. Weight for 'age. Horses 'entered to be Isold for LSO, to carry LlO over weight for age ; for L4O, to carry weight for age ; ; for L3O, allowed 14lb ; L2O, !L2Blb; LlO, -42 1 b. The winner to be sold by auction and any surplus to go to tbe funds. ' Mr C. Water's b m Miss iilfred, k^re, 8& tilbsL4° •- ... .. .. (Batty) 1 Mr D. J. J. Doyle's b m Miss Eing, ; s vrs.Sff 21b £30 . .-.- (T. Cotton) 2 Mr T. Brb&a* ay's b g Gataester, aged, 6st Sib— 1-10 --. v. (H. Gborlay.) 3 •Betting— 3 to -2 against Gamester ; Sto 1 CongreVe, Miss Alfred, May Queen, und Magenta; 4 to 1 Miss King and Waiweri. Wee Lad waß scratched. May 'Queen carried 2311bs overweight, and Waleri slbs. Alfred won easily by half a length* ' Time, 2min. 26sec. The winner was bought in by her owner for L42. .y. y-X ■■ S*i&Na Handicap, of &b etfvs., • "wifh a sweep of 2 sovs. The amount accruing from the s weep to go to the Becond horse. One mile and * distance. . Nomination, 1 wy. -Accep^nc©, I sov.

- The winner of the St. Andrew's M . Handicap to carry 7lb extra. " " ■■ 'H ■ Captata fiutctisdn's ch ia Mabel, 6 yrs Bst olb . ;|| , Mr H. Goodman's b ita Verbena'/* yrs,7Bt3fi > Mr G. Cooiiibe'a br h Right Bower,'s yrs,"Bs™imß * '%. '•* •'• ••• •'• ••» . . (Harrison) 3 A'§ ' Bettings-Even against Mabel ; 3t02 ?| Envy and Verbena; 2 to 1 Right Bower; 'X i 4to 1 Lydia ; sto 1 Nelly Kingi A level S start was got, all getting off well together. 7 ? Verbena held the lead past the -stand, Envy 'M i second, Right Bower third, Mabel heading | . the rest. In another quarter of a mile the ( last named was let out, and passing all her; ?■ s horses, shook off Verbena, and came in as ; V ; she liked, winning by half a length, amidst "y^ s yells and hooting. Right Bower Was 'XaX: poor third, the o'taers, straggling in. Time, 5 2min. lOsec. yy 1 Handicap Trotting Race, of 26 govs, y Three miles. Entrance, 2 sovs. No ' weight under lost. Optional, saddle 1 or harness. „\ -! MrCr. Dodson's br in tdlly 'Green, aged, 175 yds' * — •■•• < ... D Peters) T Mr John .Brown's br m Maggie, 'aged,' 200 yds ■u- "A, Ti* . •'• •■ •'•• v. (H. Jones) i r Mr G. Dodson's g g Magio, .aged, scratch ; , •• •• ••• ••• v. .. (PergusHon) 8 '■': Betting— Even on Polly Green; 2to I > agakr-ft; Magic ; 4to l Maggie ; sto 1 Lady Glasgow. Polly won by a good thirty _ yards, Magic about the saute distance be-,; hind Maggie. Time, 9min. 35sec. Consolation Handicap, of 20 bovs. Post entry, 1 sov. One mile. Mr H, 'Goodman's b m Verbena, I* yrs Vs't (J Allan) 1 Mr R. Nelme's b h Faugh-a-Ballagh; est 101b MrTlCott6n^braEd*7,aS:ea,Bst (Cottoni 3 . Mr (x. Coombes* br h Right Bower, 5 yrs, 7at 81b 0 Mr J. li^kie's br g Congrefre, 5 yrs, 6st 71b 0' Mr J. J, Doyle's b m Miss King,. 5 yrs, '6Bt 01b 0 Betting— 2 to 1 against Verbena and Envy-; -8 to I Right Bower and Faugh-a---ballagh; 4 to 1 Miss •King and Congreve. Faugh-a-ballagh carried 151b extra. Verbena won by a length, Faush-a-ballagh second, and Envy third. Time, lmin, •fissec. « Hack Racb, of 15 bovs. Entrance, 1 sov. One mile. No weight under Bst. The winner to be sold for L2O- any amount accruing above that sum to go to the fun,ds of the Club. Mr J.'fiastie'sbmLydia, 5 yrs, (Has'tie) •.•; 1 This was a good race, Mr Hastie's mare and the same owner's horse, Premier, running first and second, beating six others. Time, lmin. 594sec. The winner was bought in for LS6.