THE MILITARY RACES. THIRD DAY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2239, 23 September 1864, Page 5

THE MILITARY RACES. THIRD DAY.

The third and closing day of these laces took place yesterday. Being quite an infpiomptu affiir, got up as it were on the spin of the moment, it could haully be expected that thoie would be anything like the large attendance that visited the couise on the pietious days, so that tlieio was no feeling of disappointment expressed by the piomoteis at the compainti\oly speaking small number of spectatois who assembled on the course. In fact, so ceitain appealed the ownois of booths, the itineiaut "Aunt S.illy, " and othei impoitant peisonagos tint the attend nice would be but .v small one that thoj did not seem to considei it worth their while to put in an appeaiance at all Of those who did assemble ou the couise, yosteulay, the tnajonty of them by fu weio those tiue lovcis of the spoit whom it would be haul indeed to keep away whilst theio is .my racing on the t.ipis, nordo we think they had the slightest le.ison to logiet then deteimination, as with the execution of the 1 icts th it theio was a smaller assemblage of peisons than on the pievious days, and also that the fields of hoisos had in a measuie diminished, we feel quite sine th it those who did attend with the object of seeing good tpoit had no leason to be dissatisfied The day's piogiamme comprised the events, the enhances ioi winch weia made aocoidingto advertisement on the pievious e\ening to the secretaiy at the club To these tlieio wax anothei iaee added on the couise, the conditions* and tunning of which willbe found below. The l.ices, winch com nienced at two o'clock, consisted of the following events :—: — Swefpst ucfi, ofj 2 soys each, with £10 and a best hunting; saddle (the gift of Mi. Wiseman, saddlei). 10 stone each. Tlnee-qiuutcis of mile. Capt Ruck s jCTC) C\ clop*, mint e jacket, black cap iMr Yomv 1 Capt Bikers The i'un, straw jacket, bluck op (T'.irmci) 2 Mr AmleisonS (R A 1 Little Ch ulic, ill blick tlSiown) 3 Betting — liven between Little Chaiheand the Nun, the forraei for choice, 2 to 1 against Cyclops. Atthewoid being given, Little Chailie who hid the inside tunning, and had all the best of the stair, went off with a commanding lead, lollow ed by the Nun, Cyclops very contentedly bunging up the iear, being held well in hand, his ndei bung evidently unpicked with the idea that the leadeis would be unable to lne the pace for any gieat distince, and would necessinly have to come back to him at last. This oidoi was. pmsued past the stand and lound the last turn, when on using the ascent the Nun tooksomewli.it closei oidei, Little Charlie still maintaining his ptide of place, and Cyclops giadually diawing on to the leidei. In this oidei they bowled along lound the back ct the course and into the stiaight, when the Nun and o> clops weio simultaneously let go and gtadually closed with the leadei, it being appaiently any one's lace of the thtee as they ueaied the stand. 'Iho Hogging lilic commenced in earnest, and Little Chuhe ri, f mtly show e 1 signs of colapse, leaving tlie Nun in liont foi a few strides, when U} clops, who was excellent!} udden, and who answered tmely toe\eiy stroke of the whip, came up with a rush, and managed to lecene the money aftei a splendid iiuish, by about thiee quaiteis of a length. HvNDicvr Swi rr-.i VKrs, of ."> so\s each, 2 ft., with 15 so'v s added About two milc^. Mr Appleton's (M T ) Garottei, 4 \eais, (M , black jacket, \\ lute cap iMnilie 1 Col Himiltons (12th I 'Wine Merchant 0 \rs, 7^^ 101!> , blue boih, jellow sleoes, blue cap i L'rumpctci I lullips 2 Lieut St Hill's 'A 1) C . lUintj Ahll *eed, 12->t 71b , blick and white stripo Owner 3 Capt Creiqli 1 ! (Wth 1 Niger, ngcrt, 7st l«lb , blue j ickct whito slee\es, bluecip i Di Titterton) 0 Capt liucks XC K C Tt ) k ithleen, 1 7->t , niuuo jicket, blick cap ( omit;) 0 C»pt ltee\es (M T ' Kohetoa, ijeau, 7»t , blue j ickct, blick cap ill Betting — Even between Dainty Anel and Gaiottei, the founer for choice. There was a consideiable amount of speculation on this event, caused through the gieat disciepmcy m weight between tlie two f ivoiuites, main still avowing that, notwithstanding the two stone and a half moie that Ariel had to cair), lie would still be able to defeat Garotter. At the stait 0 nottei at once took up the running, foicmgit at a sbong pice past the stand, follow edbj Wine Merchant, X ithleen, Nigel, and Daiuty Awel b( ing m a elu^tei some lengths m the reai. In this oidei thej ian lound tlie fust turn, and up the Use, Gaiottei alwa\s leading, though closely piessed by Wine Merch mt, who evidently stirted with the full intention of sticking to the leadei , in fact it was quite appuent that the boy was perfectly me ip il le of holding him back sho'ild he lie c\er so desirous of doing so. Dunn the back of the couise the same older was putsued, D unty Auel sevenl times essaying to get up, but appaiently without effect, although he had but little dilhculty in gt\ mg the go by to Nigel and Kathleen. On coming louud the tur.i in to tlie «ti iiglit miming tbo two leadeis still held their position, tunning almost neck and neck, Dainty Ariel at the samo tnno making a list cftoit, but without success, as eli3 ws unable to get w lthm a length or two of the le ulei^, wao is they came along begin pushing in earnest, whip a 'd sj,ui doing then duty to i gaat exte it On Mi •St Hill perceiving tint ho could not win with Djwty And, lie veiy wisely pulled him offnisteul of punishing htm unnecessaiil>,and .aftei a splendid finish, winch caused no little excitement, Gaiottei was landi d thewmnei by little moip tlian a length , Wme Meichant finish ing second, ai.d Diinty Anel thud The fict of Dainty Anel beiui; deftxted foi llu-, e\ent cannoi m the slightest i«ti detiact fiom hi-, merits ns a fiisbcliss hoise, oi fiom the excellence of ln-> piewoits liinni'ig Had he won he would h i\e done nme tlian we feel sure any othei hoioe m Xow Z^al mil could do With such a crushing weight upon him we considei his pel forinance to hue been a leally commendable one, uul most heaitily congratulite Air St Hill on posse-.sm^ an an.inal of Milch fiistclis-> meiit We belie 1 c Damtv Antl ian at this meeting m as good condition as a hoise well could be, a fact that lefl^ct equal eiedit on his owner and ti nner We shall, m company with a large majority of the public, look foiwaid with tni'ch expectatioi. to se'i Dainty Anel again btought out at the ensuing anmml mettmg, wh'Kt we cannot but think should he only come as lit to the po->t as he appealed during the pieient meeting lie will aiiain show himself the eh impion at least of the Northern Island. In remaiUmg on this iaee we must not forget to mention that Wine Jleichint in taking his preliminary cantei suddenly bolted with the boy, threw linn at the wall at the end of the couise, and, jumping it, bolted away down the load towauU One huiifj.a foi some cons'deiablo distance hefoie he could be lecoveied. '1 his accident, it is almost unnccei«aiy to sa}, in no way assisted Ins chxnces of the l ice, wh'ch had it not occulted might piobably hive t,i ther astonished some of the knowing one*, by toi tniiuituig in his favoui instead of Gaiottei's. Handicvp Srrrpux'TiAsF, [of 5 soys [each, 2 ft, with 15 added Two miles and a half. Col Hamilton s (12thi Chailie, 12>t 71b , blue body, follow sleeves, blue cip fC'apt L Uonorj 0 Mr Aml-rson's [II A 1 Kiwi, 12st , till black f\\ Brown) 0 Mr ltobinsons (10th ]ialsim, 10-.t 41b, black jacket, blue slec\oiiul tap Pnvito Brool es) 0 Betting — Even on Kiwi against tho iield, with numerous takers. Thisc\ ent, winch was looked foiwaid to w ith much interest, cided, or rathei did not cid at all, in the most unsatisfactoiy manner. Kiwi was the fust to get away, .and the fiiot to charge the huidles, which he took many lengths in advance of the others in excellent style. At the wall Kiwi, who, before he staited, appealed ai y thing but in sorts, and very stale, paitly tlnoiigh the fault of his ndei, who nevei ought to have been placed on his back, did not jump with Ins usual clevemes-., and landed In? bind feet upon it, tumbling ovei the other side and. unseating his ridei, the horse instantly getting up aud making oft" necessitating a smart run of some minutes' dm ition befote he could be recoveicd. In the meantime Balsam managed to f«ll ovci tbo wall somewhat in the same manner also, unseating his ndei, who came on the ground, shll, however, letaiiung possession of the bndle ]le was, therofoie, quickly seated agnn, and in full chase of Chailie, who, veiy pluckily and cleverly ridden by Captain Gowei , had takon the first wall in splendid stylo, and led away towaids the next jump which he also managed to get o vci , in companywithmisam, aftei sevei al attempts. On teaching the post and rails both hoises at once lof used to take them, and notwithstanding the repeated cffoits of their riders for half-an-hour oi so, it was of no avail, for the lace nevei pioaeeded any fuithei ; Kiwi, who had been caught and mounted, again joining in company with them in lefusing the fence, the consequence being that the stewards at length very wisely thought fit to lecall the hoises, and allow the race to fall through. The Lewisson Cup, value £15 (tlie gift of Mi. Lcwisson, jeweller), added to a sweepstake of 1 soy. each 10 stone each. Two miles Cnpt. Trench's Tho Hermit, itraw jacket, black cap iC.apt Baker) 1 C'apt Reeves (JIT) Kohcron, blue jacket, U.ack cap (Mr 1! Ihorpo) 2 Betting— Even ,Kohei oa, ho wevcr.m most instances being taken foi choice. For this event the Ilcimit at once cut out the running at a strong pace, Koheioa being haul held some distance behind him Tins ordei was exactly preserved until coming down the hill at the back of the eoui'se, when itoheioa took closer order, at once raising sanguine expectations in the minds of his backcis, which weie, however, very eliortly doomed to disappointment, for on

coining lound the turn into Iho straight lumning, lie bolted acioss thu comse, theieby allowing tho Ilounit to come home and win at his leisuic. Match, 10 ,so\"). each, p.p. Throe-quartets of a mile. Catch weights. Mr. Toogood's (EA] Bill Downy, wolet body, jellow slee\ 01, violet cnp (Captain Tiavcis) 1 Mi Andeiion'i (X A ) Little Chiulie, all bliuk (Lander) 2 Bolting — Even ; Bill Downey for choice. Tins was a thoionghly honestly contested laco between these two hoiscs Little Ohailio at ilist leading somewhat for a shoit distance, when the limmiifr was cut shoit by his antagonist, who camo home in splendid style, eventually -winning quite easily by seveiallcngthi. SwtrrsTVKi'S of 3 soys each, with £5 added, for hoi sos that have not inn fust or second dm ing tho Hi st two days, or have won on tins d.iy. lOat each. Tluoe ijiiailcis of a mile. Mi Robin-ion's (iOtW B.iUam (R Thoipo) i Mi Rogci's Sun Shi,k C> Tukn) 2 Mi Muks'slrxket (\V Uogois) 3 Sir J-'oluj's Mi^(-iu//lu (Pollock) 0 Mr Toojood s JUston' (Funioi) 0 Mi Wij 1 ! (I) X \ J>'n»t Ohs, i»i lloopti) fell Betting — In favoiu of Sam Slick and Locket , 4 to I .iqiinst BaKuii Mysteiy, Fn-.t C'Liss, .md Locket made the lunninc; at a good pace past tho stand, lust opposite to \\lnch Fust Class slipped, and fell — vciy luckily, howevci, without caii&mo eithoi liifiuy to hoi'se oi ndci. On using the hill feam Slick \\ out to the fiont, winch position lie maintamid almost to the end, .ilthou£;h hotly pio^sod on all bides About half way up the lunmng Balsam came with a lush, and after a so'ncic set to with Sam Slick wis o\entiiiilly landed a winnei by little moic than a neck, both hoiscs being indulged with a laige sbaie of whip cold The miming of Hip thoiough old chppoi bam Slick was highly extolled, consuleiing that he had bi'on lidden on to the couiso and only entoied nt the last moment, not h ivmg lecoived the bliglitest p.nliclo of tiaimng Tims ended the unhtaiy laces loi ISGi, in the most satisfactoiymannei possible to tho public, in itselfj the best guaiantee of the success of tho meeting. In conclusion wo aie happy to bo able to stxtc that Mi. CalvoiL, to whose accident whilst litling Maon Chief wo had occasion to lefoi in yesteulay'h issue, is piogiessmg asf uouiably as Ins most earnest well wi<-heis could desno, he being alieady able to get about almost ashcaitily as evei.