Tapanui Jockey Club ANNUAL RACES.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 79, 13 January 1876, Page 6

Tapanui Jockey Club ANNUAL RACES.

THURSDAY and FRIDAY, 6th and 7th Ins.. ! (By our Special Reporter.) The weather was all that could be! desired, but the attendance was not so j . goqd as : in , ' former years, there being 1 ij only some 300 persons present. : The! betting or taming ring was fully re- :| presented, together with the. usual ac-! companiments, such as the red, white! aud blue; "dbbdle^em-bUok, 1 the shooting; target by- the inimitable Briggs, Lome! Pool, Aunt* Sally, &c, &c. There were' two. .licensed- booths on the ground,! owned by Mr Simmonds of the Com-] mercial Hotel, Tapanui, and a tem-i perance booth by Mr Braudigam. Both! seemed to do a good trade. Anexpressj figured as a fruit stall, arid supplied; some most excellent cherries and straw-, hemes ; thus the inner man was Well; cared for , by the Tapanuites. .During; both days all passed off without the; slightest bitch' or accident. The stewards, starter* and Clerk, of : the Course,, (among whom .John Mackellar. •"" Esq., 1 was included), executed their allotted task well, and to whom we beg* to.,ac-! nowledge the attention and assistance rendered to our representative,.. The following are the' results of the various 'eVerits : — MAip^ P_at_ of 30 soys. For all horses that ' 'have "never won an adverti_ed prize of £15: _ -— ranee." £l 10s ; distance, one mile and a half j "freight forage. A. Kelly's Day- Dream .. ... 1 T. P.llock. Telemaados .. ... 2 John Knox's Master Ko we ... „. 3 Telemadus led away at. the mill ; Day-dream went to the front and was landed an easy winner, hands down. Time, 3 mm. 1 sec. - Tapanoi Handicap of 50 soys., with a sweep of • two soys. -added. Nomination, one boy. ; acceptance, two soys.; distance, one knUe andahalf. James Lawson 'g Taffrail, 7st lOlhi ... 1 James Larson's Kuriwao, 7at 61bs .. 2 This was. an easy victory for Taffrail. Time, ;2 mm. 50 sees, DisTMCT Hahmoap, of 20 soya. For horses the • BONA .fide property of persons residing within a radius of fifteen miles of Tapanui, and owned by them for three . months . prior to races. "Nomination, one soy. ; acceptance one sqv. ; . distance, one mile and a half. John Knox's Jenny. land, Bst2lbs. ... 1 John Mackellar .Dido, 9st 41bs ... • 2 John Cameron _ Brutus, 7st lOlbs. ... 3 jJenny Lind led away and kept lead. Dido fell away; his rider could not get him to answer to his call in time ; in the last half-mile he pulled over a distance, but was too late in putting oh a spurt. :It was, however, evident that had Dido's, rider understood him, that Tape would have, been his. Time, 8 mm.. 14 sees. „ A protest was entered by Mr Cameron against Jenny Lind, and which was sustained, by the stewards, the stakes were therefore. allotted to Mr Mackellar's Dido, but after considerable , discussion, . it was . arranged by the stewards to re-consider their former decision. Hack H_c_-f 10 sovs.. Mile Heats. Noweight under 63k The-winner.to be sold for £15 ; tbe surplus, if any, to go to the race fund. H. Mackay _ Fluke ... ... ... l John Knox . Magenta ... ... 2 Fluke was bought in by his owner for £17 IDs.