AUCKLAND RACES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume X, Issue 681, 6 January 1854, Page 3

AUCKLAND RACES.

It was our intention to have furnished a detailed report of the performances at the Auckland Race Meeting of 1854; assuming that they would be found deserving of the time and trouble. AA c regret to say this has scarcely proved to be the case. According to the generally received opinion, a more " inglorious three days" never yet blurred the records of the Auckland Racing Calendar. It is, no doubt, quite true, that one or two Taces were well contested, and that Mr. Cooper displayed much skill as a gentleman rider:—still the competitors were few j and there was such a painful want of interest and vitality in the entire details, that, without the remotest desire to detract from desert, we must be permitted to remark that there appears to be ample margin for much future improvement in this truly English sport. Perhaps the best that caii be said of the recent meeting is that to those bent upon holiday recreation the trip to and from the course was at once healthful and cheerful, and afforded strangers a very pleasant prospect of a fine and fertile

country. Secoxd Day. Maiden Produce Stakes, Twenty Sovereigns. There were three horses started. ' Matena's Hi Ha; Mr Collinson's Harbinger; and Mr. Hardington's Yelox. Harbinger bolted, at the outset of the iirst heat, and the race was won easily by the Maori horse. Metropolitan Plate, of Forty Sovereigns. But two horses,—Mr. Smale's Jack, and Mr. Cooper's Corsair started. The race was a close one. Jack carried 71bs, extra, and was defeated by his opponent. Selling Handicap. There was none. The Garrison Plate, of Twcntij-five Sovereigns, Was won by Mr. Hargreaves Vanity, beating Mr. Smale's Jack, and Matena's Hi Ha.

Third Day. Hurdle liace, Thirty Sovereigns. Mr Smale's Jack, having been very unexpectedly withdrawn from this race, Mr. Cooper's Corsair had it Si his own way, Mr. Haxdington's Lord Lovat merely making play. llach Race, Fifteen Sovereigns. This was won by Mr. GiUingham's Young Moses. The Consolation Stakes, of Twenty-Jive Sovereigns. Were won by Mr. Smale's Jack, which was ridden "by Mr. Cooper. And thus ended the Meetmg of ISoi.

INQUESTS. — On Wednesday last, an inquest "was held at the ' Prince of Wales' Inn, Hobsonstreet, before Dr. Davis, on the body of a woman named Jane Smith. From the evidence of the medical witness, it appeared her death had been caused by an apoplectic fit.— Verdict accordingly. Another inquest was held on the fame day, at -the ' Crown & Anchor,' West Qu&en-strcet, before Dr. Davies, on the body of a man named John Drinkwater. The deceased, it appeared, was a sawyer, and had only come to Auckland on Monday. On Wednesday morning he was taken with cramp in the stomach, and before medical attendance arrived was dead.— Verdict, Died of English Cholera.