TATTERSALL'S ANNUAL MEETING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5108, 3 January 1888, Page 2

TATTERSALL'S ANNUAL MEETING.

[I'KK PIIESS ASSOCIATION,—COI>YIMO|tx..]

Sydney, December 31. Tattersall's annual meeting Vr,vk commenced to-day. The weather w.a3 fine aud a large number of people v;ero pveesnt.

TIIK CAKtUSOTOX STAKES', , A handicap of 1000 soys, 7CM) to the tii-.it horse;, l>oo to the Second, anl 100 to tho tbii-d ; one mile aud ono furlong. Acme, 7st 121b .. .. 1 My Lord, Sat ilb .. .. 1. Tile Queen, O'st 101b .. '.'. S

Twenty four horses started. The raw was won by three lengths. Time, lmin •JOjSCU.

csiuKWtri-oif's rmm, Of 10 soys, wifch 50l> added, for two-year-olds ; live f urlong'tj. Lady Betty .. .. .. I Conspqxiuiico ~ .. .. 2 Miss ;j Niuu horses started. This was an oxct'llenl race. Tiim. , , litiin -l.sec. The i-t'cond day's racing of the Tattersnli's Club's ftumial inwting"wns held to-day. The weather wiw iino aivd there was a large attendance. TAITEHSALI/S CLUB CUP HANDICAP, Of i>oo ciovs. and a sweepstake of 10 soys., with a gold cup value 100 soys.; second horso to receive r>o soys., and tho third horse 20 soys. from tho prizo ; distance 2 miles. Acme .. .. ~ .. 1 I3o\vinout .. .. ..2 The Quo«v .... .. 3 E'evon horses started, Silverniino being ilio favorite. Approachinjr the homo turn Vespasiu struck the rail and fell; Invadei, , and Silverniino galloped iuto her, and tk) hittei-'s bauk was broken. Robertson, tho jockey, had his skull fractuied so severely as to render his recovery improbable. Tho other horses and jockeys wero merely bruisal. Tlie result of the race was probably aJlected hy tho aciiidcnt,' Auine only winuing by a hwid. Time, Smiiis. oli.'.HUOiS.