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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1743, 5 March 1874, Page 2

The stewards of the races met at Gilmer's Hotel, Ahaura, on Wednesday evening, to dispose of the protests made during the racing on Tuesday, and to settle up with the winners at the late meeting. North Star, the winner of the District Handicap Race, was protested against by Mr D. Carroll, on behalf of Mr John Seaton, the owner of Boy in Blue, the second horse in the race. The grounds of protest were— First, that the rider of North Star jostled Boy in Blue while racing past the judge's chair shortly after the start for the race. After hearing evidence, the 'stewards disallowed the protest. The second ground of objection was, that North Star wa3 not the property of Mr G. Flowers, the eoterer of the horse, on or previous to the Ist January, 1874. Mr" Carroll, by consent of the stewards, withdrew the ground of protest on re-l ceiving the assurance of Mr Flowers that the mare was his property within the conditions of the race. The third ground was, that North Star won a stake of the advertised value of L3O, at Leithfield, in Canterbury. The stewards postponed a decision on this point till the 25th of March, to enable Mr Carroll to produce evidence in support of the allegation that the mare took a stake of the value of L3O or upwards. Mr Timothy Egan protested against the stakes for the Hack Race being handed over to the owner of Butcher Boy, on the ground that that horse had previously won an advertised race. It. was proved that Butcher Boy won a race in the advertised programme at the Totara New Year meeting. The protest was allowed, and the stake was paid to Mr Egan. Mr D. Cameron, the owner of Septimus, protested against Boy in Blue being declared the winner of the Handicap Hurdle Race, on the ground that he did not go fairly over all the hurdles in the race. The protest was allowed by Mr Carroll on behalf of the owner of Boy in Blue, and the stake was paid to Mr Cameron. The winners were then settled with, subjecUo certain reservations respecting the entrance and acceptance money in some of the events. Messrs Carroll, Cameron, Cochrane, Marshall, Graham, Egan, and Young were the principal winners. Mt J. Graham intimated his intention o " putting the stewards through " for the Trial and Consolation Stakes, and the stewards seemed rather to like the pro spect of undergoing the operation. After passing all the accounts presented againsi the Race Committee, the meeting adjourned.