LAKE COUNTY JOCKEY CLUB.

Lake County Press, Volume V, Issue 277, 19 January 1888, Page 2

LAKE COUNTY JOCKEY CLUB.

Stewards—-Dr Douglas (president), Dr Donaldson (vice-president), \V. Miller, J. O'Kaue, J. O'Meara, H. M. Adair, J. F. Smith, E. Monson, J. L. Jopp. J Black, W. Scoles S. Fischer, VV. G Donne and M. O'Meara. Judge : Dr Douglas. Starter: W.MPler. Clerk of Course: .). Black. Clerk of the Scales: E. Clerk of Totalisator: J. O'Meara. Treasurer : S. Fischer. Official Timekeeper : J. Bodkin; Hamjlcatpkr : Mr (i. Dowse.

The annua! race meeting of this j dub opened on Thursday last, and i was favored with splendid weather The first day the sun was ohscured , ret the weather v.ts (hie and clear ! At night there was a heavy fall of I rain, which did much towards laying j the dust on the roads which had I been considet ably cut up by the trrtfiic Ito the course. The attendance on both dava wis comparatively very large, the number including a goodly

proportion of ladies and numerous •i'iitors from Dnnedin ana elsewhere. The racing track was in first-class o»-der : and, although one. or two races gave rise to expressions of great rli'ss.-itisfnction, there was also some first-class racing. The hurdles I wn* a pretty race, won with somoI rbin* in hand by Trapper. The i Hack ftace too was well contested, | while the struggle for the big money was a gallant one, the winner turning nn in Vi 'torv, whose owner was oheered on his success. The second Trot was also worth seeing. AT«bo] ) ridden bv h«r owner (Mr Ti. CMs), showing at her best in this. Her trotting in the mntch with Fossieker wa« a'oo an exhibition of good ! going. As to the Perbv, there was | " nothing in it " but the winner, j Phifnal, and in most of the other i events there were tolerably easy | wins. This was not so much owing | to the superiority ot the winner as to the fact, "Johnny Armstrong " had n mount in some of the events, j "We hear of p->oole onenly avowing ' that they would " not run their horses for the public." But it is I just possible that the public will get ia little tired of running after nn- ! scrupulous horse owners. The least I that stewards of race meetings can | do is to reprimand those guilty of ; foul riding and to discountenance that which is suspicious. Tt is, of course, rather difficult to disqualify unless very conclusive evidense is forthcoming. We were glad to see that the stewards did call in one mnn for questionable riding. "We think the same indvidual (Evans in the Maiden Plate) richly merited disqualification, and. had it not been i for the evidence of Messrs Dowse, | Driver, nnd Pagan, he certainly j would have been. A proposal j favored by many at the present time j is to hold an enquiry into the origin I of every fire by which insured proI pertv is destroyed. "What we think would be much more reasonable is ! an enquiry into the running of every horse race, judging by the frequency with whfch we hear the query " Is he on the job ! " We hear of several hordes that were not on the j iob at this meeting, but they were too skilfully piloted for us to detect I that in their racing. However, reiving on our evesight, we should think that Captain Cook could not have, been on the job, or he would have extended Cheap Jack at the finish for the Publicans' Handicap. The stewards' management on the whole wns very successful. To Mr Thomas Gilmcur especial credit is due for the energy he displayed. On his suggestion, numbered saddlecloths were used for the first time, as well as a telegraph board. This no doubt led to the remark of a racing man —" We are in civilised country." It would be well to make horses engaged in hack raced carry a number corresponding to the totalisation These little improvemets were much appreciated by the public. Mr Miller allowed the fullest deter-

rnination to give fair starts, and in this he certainly succeeded. It is sufficient to say "that Dr .Dbugl as was judge. On both days tbe Queeiistown Band played at intervals. Their playing was highly appreciated, for there is no doubt that they play well, and that they are a credit, to their town. There were never so many money-extractors on the course before. Several spielers were not able to arrange with the Club to carry on their thieving, for which we congratulate the Club. To license these men is similiar to turning loose amongst the crowd a lot of the inr.st expert pickpockets to do their be*t and their worst. Still there were a few " games of skill " carried on. Gentlemen taking, half crown bets were übiquitous, and must have cxtrac*-ed a good deal of commission. There was a show ot three prodigies—(General Aiite, a Circassian youth, (regarding whom t*>e showman said : " His hair is white, and measures sft in circumference. His eyesare pink, and continually oscillating'"), a Gipsy forcune-teiler—not much of a. wonder she, but the best money extractor of the lot. Again, anyone who could take a fall out ot Hill Hudson would get a pound, the public being admitted to the tent at Is a head. Someone did upset him, but Hudson must have been giving him a little encouragement. In the same tent anyone could have a set-to with Ileidy with boxing gloves. We saw two or three individual emerge from this lent with rutiied expressions.

watery optics, or flattened noses. Mr James O'Kaue had the publican's aid lmicheon booths, and appeared to do good business. Mrs O'Kaue prepared an excellent spread. Mr B-egbie did fair business at his f. uit stall. Messrs Mason and rtoberts worked the totulisator in a highly satisfactory manuer. They received money and ittued tickets vvitn great rapidity. The sum of £2,100 was put through. The results are detailed below. Tue figures in the left margin show how each horse was backed in the totalisator, at the total investors,, chose on the winner, and the dividend : Handicap Hurdlb Race, of 40 eovs. Distance, 2 miles ; over 6ix flights of liurdies. 98 J. Pooie'a c g Trapper, aged, list 105t... ... •• (Poole) 1 2J T. M'Kay's blk g Blackboy, aged, g"-stlolb,camedsslbover (M'Kay) 223 M. Gibson's Wardrobe, oyrs, 9st 51b ... ... (Hegarty) 3 1 H. M'lutyre's br g Skipper, Bst 121u ... ... ... - 0 7 G. H. itoinans-'s b g \Va.huit, 6yrs, bst 101b, carried - 23 ib over ... 0 107—98-£ l Ss. From a good start the horses all took, the u.noer well, until the t;nrd hurdle, wiie.e Walnut threw up the sponge by

miuihij on. Trapper and iiiackuoy then lea bun riehL and .>cj>t cluse couipjuy to me last uurdle which they cleaieu almost tuguuilur. Trapper, vyiLii someuiiiu;.' la hand, th".n eume a<»a> ami won, ia 4.5&. QujiiiN'dToWN i)tn.iii\ A sweepstake of 5 aovs. taeu, with 50 sovs addel by the Club. For '6 year olds bred in VLiee.it, Mamoiulo, Lake, and Southland Counties. Colls, Sst lOlb ; tidies and gelding, iet 71b. Winner 01 Ci'Oiii.veil Demy to carry 711* pcnaUy it a scatter. Closed *vuh 20suosoribev*. Distance, one and a half mile. 107 b. jiorcer'seh g Shk'nal, 3-yrs, 8»t Tib ... ... I 22 J. R. Richards's ch 1 ktieaittiet, djra, bst7lb ... (M-De-auk.) 2. 2 J . It. Stewart's b 1 Kja, 3yrs, Ssi. 71u ... ... ... lilwers) f 3 Al. Giu.son's b i J»idy Jane, 3yr<s, 6»t 71b ... ... ... + 1 E. Alousou's ch f Berbma, 3yr.i, Cist 7d> ... .. ._ O lo7—lo7—£l 6s. Suiinal led noia start to finish, nothing Hi u oeinjf able to trouble him. Kea ana Lady Jane made a dead heat tor child puee, young liavers oaviug oeeu eaugat uappiug. tie was coining ia unconcernedly when.Lady Jane's jock rusned him. Time, 3.0|. Miss Bond decorated die winner wan the " blue rioaud" a.nidsc cneeriug. IrKANDSTAND HaNDICAT, of SO SOVS. Distance, one mile and a-halt. 42 Hazlett and Stepheuson'd br in La Rose, tyrs, Ust sio .. 1 7R.H. «j anil's c g Victory, aged, Bst 916 ... ... (Evans) 2

49-42—SI Is. La Rose led aH the way. Time, 2.535. Hack Racis, of 10 sovs. W"inner to b* sold by auction fjr 10 sovs, surplus. (if any) to go to the Rac» Fund. .Distance % mile. No weight under lOst. 40 H. M'latyre's br g Skipper (MLaughlin) 1 67 Romans's e m Juno (Richardson) 2 4 Henderson's bg Luslinnu (Rivers) 3> 31 T. Broadway's b g Matipo ... 05 Mousou'a b g Sieper ... .- 0> 14 O'Connor's oik g Hunger ... O 7 Ricnards's b g Joiiuny .., ... 0> 9 Evans's Lamplighter ... ... 0 18b—49—£3 Ba. Skipper managed to show half a length in front of Juno on the post, atter a hot run. Time, 1,24. Publicans' Handicap, of 35 sovs. Obe mile. 160 J. Rivera's b hj Cheap Jack, syrs, Bst 101b,carried 4ibover (Rivers) 1 7S Hazletc and .>tepheii9ou'a b g Captam Cook, syre,Bst 121b, earned Olbover ... ... (Slurp) 2 16 R. 11. Gault'a b f Forget-uie uoc, 4yrs, 6st 121b ... (ATDonald) 3 3 W. J. Norman's br g i'lougaboy, aged, 7st, eairied 4ib over ... 0 257-150-4153. Cheap Jack got well away, followed by Forget-me-uot, Captain Cook taking" things easily iu third place, Ploughboy last. This order w s continued until the straight was reached, where Captain Cook came right ou Cheap Jack, and, according to our idea, it took Sharp all his time to preveut the Cook from putting Ins nose in where it was perhaps not wanted. Time, 1.47. Unofficial tira* was given as 3iec3 longer. Handicap Time Tkot, of 20 sovsi. N» weight under list. Distance, three mile.-. 15 W. G. Mouatt's b g Fossicker, syrs, &0 seea. ... (\V. Barry) l 47 C.G.Moimtney 's bg Present Times, ageU, 10 sees. ... (J. Davidson) * 7 R. Olds'a b in Mabel, aged, scr. (Sam Mercer) * 48 J. F Smith's rg Jack, aged,2sw><* ° 2 E. Thomson's g g Dandy, a^ed, 25 sees. ... ... ••' 1 J. Bcgbie'sg g Hop Beer, atf*' ft 90 s-eea. ... ••• ''" ft 1 Ah Paug's c m Nelly, 6yrs, 85#<*ID. Sutherland's iieauty, «T a » ft 55 sees. 122—15~£T 6«,

Fossieker maintained his handicap from start to finish, and some of the others gave up the chase as hopeless.

The racing on the second day was very much more interesting. We before referred to the difficulty of bringing horses together with weight who have never before competed together and whose performances ht-p not known to the handicappcr. This difficulty is increased by the 'ctileness of those horse owners who run their animals " <.t'ff " for a time to deceive the handicappcr. Under the circumstances Mr George Howie's adjustments cannot hut ha considered very successful. At the late meeting the differences of class wrre apparent amongyt the competing horses. The si.r-ccss of the racing- was thus to an extent interfered with. This i-, however, a matter that will right itself. If the Club continue to give such liberal money, tli y will induce more of the better class to visit their meetings, and so nutters will lie equalised.

Maiden Plate, of "Osova. One mile and 8-half. Weight for age. Open to all horses that have nev;r won a prize of the advertised vahie of more than 10 sovs. (hurdles Winner of the Derby to carry 51b penalty. 70 J. R. Richards'* ch f Ktreamlr-t, 3yrs, 7st nib ... (M'Donald) 1 63 R. Ganlt'a b f Forget-me Nor. 4yrs, Sstlllb ... ... (Evans) 2 55 R. Stewart's b f Kea, Syrs, 7st 111b (Rivera) 3 9 T. Goodison's b g Beetroot, 4yrs, Sst 111b 0 19C— 7ff—£2 4s. Afte 1 * numerous oreo.ks-awr.y, the lot ■were bent off. Streamlet, leading, Kea second and behavior; badly by running all over the course, Forg't-me-not third. Beetroot, last. After rounding the turn. Streamlet made her lead four lengths, which she maintained all aloi g the. back stretch. Appror.ehing the turn Kea went up to the leader, and got on her quarters, and ronnding the home turn Forr<?t-mo-not. who was lying some lengths away, went «p to th» pair full of running and apparently had them beaten. Hut, instead of passing them as all onlookers expected she would do, she almost at once dropped into third place again, taking matters very indifferently. Evidently Kea wis going tomake a race of it with Streamlet, ■for, as the two came into the straight, the whip was on her and she to draw •on Streamlet. Here Forget-me-not again came with a rush, passed Kea. and got np to Streamlet's srirths, from which she fell hack again. Yet again she went up, only to once more fall back disappointingly. She finished at Streamlet's tail, "KeVan indifferent third, Beetroot several lcneths p.wav. Time, 2.fin?-. The stewards called Evans in to explain his suspicious riding. E\ars said that, he had " held the other horses too cheap," and that he thoucrht he could have won in the Rtraifiht, but the mare swerved in on lirn. No doubt Ev.ins would have been hut for the evidence of Messrs Dowse, Driver, and Fa<rnn. who •were standinc at. the bottom of the straight and who paid that when Evans attempted to draw the whip the mare swerved in behind Streamlet. They were of opinion that the race was inju ■diibmsly ridden, but that he could not hava won in the gtraieht. Evans was cautioned as to his future riding.

Lakf Copnty Oct Handicap, nf £IOO. Second horse to receive 15 sovs. and the thin! 5 snvs. from "be stake. 'Distance, 2 miles. 25 TJ. H. Gau't's c g Victory, aeed, 7?tßlb ... ... (Wells) 1 193 >lti».lett and Stephenson's V. <r Cnp*ain Cook. 59 J. Poole's c g Trapper, »ced, 7st 101b ... ... (M'Donald) 3 ■277 25—£9 19s. From an pveti start. Victory assume! the lend, Trapper second, Captain Cook third, all holding passinsthes'and. This ■order wrta centinncd at i hot pace alon£ the back of the course, Captain Ccok not on even terms •with Trat>per. Victory, alighttv holding, led round fie hom<- turn." All t. er<> under the whip coming do-xn the straight, and despite Sharp's most rtesperat* ridinj: C\nt>in Cook failed to get past Victory'** irirths on the post, the winner having a little in hand, and Trapper being- a fair third. Time, 3.42*.

3Novel Race, of 30 sovs. Onr> mile on<l a-half. Winner he to sold by miction and the whole of the proceeds to go to the Race Fund. 14 H. M 'Tntyre'a br g Skipper. afTed, Bst4!b (Sharp) 1 59 P. O'Connor's hlk g Phinsrer. s«rs, 7st. 121b ... ... (M'Donald) 2 24 W. Holt's b g Gregory, syn». Bst

121b ... ... (Rivers) 3 21 J. Henderson's b g Paddy, aged, 9st. carried 4!b over .. ... 0 14 G. H. Ramans"* br.g If-I-Can,aged, 7st 71b ... ... ... 0

132—14—£8 9s. The lot went away veil together. Plnnsrer took the lead, and showed eonsiderabls dayliffht between himself and ■the others. At the turn into the straight ■Skipper went up, and the pair meed together down the straight, but Skipper ran away from his cnmpinion on the post; Gregory third. Time. 2.. Tlytho Havdtoap, of 30 so vs. Distance, J of a mile. Winner of Cup to carry 71b penalty. 170 Hazlett and Stephenson's br m La Rose. 4yrs. 9st 1211) ... (Sharp) 1 32 J. Rivera's b hj Cheap Jack. svrs, Bst7lb ... ... (Rivers) 2 52 R. H. Ganlt'a c f Forget-me not. 4vrs, 6«t .. ... (M'Kay) 3 19 J. Mason's g m Sweetbriar, syrs, 6st7lb 0

■273—170—£1 Rs. La Rose held this safe from the start. Sharp simply kept her in reserve till the straight, where he nnher'evpn with Cheap Jack, and •* (' w ynrds from home he let hor out, and showed half a length to the {rood •on the post. A neat V.St of horsemanship. Forget-me-not half a length hehind Jack, Bweethriar a had fourth. Time, 1.21 J. Handicap Time Trot, of 10 aovs. Distance. 3 miles 51 R. Olds'" hj m Mabel, srr. (Owner) 1 22 W. G. Mouatt's b g Fossie.ker, 12 sees. ... ... ... 2 22 J. F. Smith's r<r Jack, 35 sees. ... 3 13 C. Smith's b m Maggie, 65 sees. ... 0 N)B_M-£1 Bb. After the first round, Mabel, who trotted splendidly '.mder lier owner, had the race pretty well in hand ; she cased _ o ; n g round the hack, but finally won •with something in band. Hospital Rack. Rider of Winner to receive a whip. !4 Paddy (M'Donald) 1 30 Skipper 2 19 Plunsrer ... ... ... 3 0 No-Name -» ••• ~ 0 jja-14—** lK

Paddy won this after a good race. Consolation Handicap, of 20aovs. For all beaten horses (hacks excepted). °G G H. Fwomans's b g Walnut, Gyrs, 7st2lb ... ••■ (Cotter) 1 61 T. M-Kay'a blk g Blackboy, aged, Bstslb (Slurp) 2 15 M. Gibson's I) g Wardrobe, syrs, 7*t lOlb, carried Gib over (Hazlelt) 3 lOC—'2s—£3 10s. Walnut led from start to finish. Match TkjT, fur £2O aside. Distance, ?, mile*, between Mabel aad Flicker. Owners up. 13 R. Obis' Mabel, scr. ... (R. Olds) 1 rt \V. (J. AJou.at's Ifossioker, 30 sees. _ (Mouatt) 2 : ;i IT. —JLi 9s. Mahal held Fossickftv safe after the first round.