PETONI RACES.

New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume 22, Issue 187, 22 October 1842, Page 2

PETONI RACES.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 20. Sweepstakes for ten guineas each. Gentlemen riders. Heats of one mile and a half. The following horses started :—: — Mr. Watt's eh. h. Figaro, ridden by owner 11 Mr. Molesworth's bk. h. Calmuc Tartar, ridden by owner 2 2 Mr. Virtue's gr. g. Marksman, do. d 0... 3 0 Mr. G. Hunter's b. m. Temperance, Dorset 4 4 Mr. Bannister's eh. g. Sulky, do. Wade 5 3 Capt. Buckley's br. h. Daylight, do. Owner 6 dr. Mr. Revan's gr. h. Mazeppa, do. Tyser u dist. Figaro's superior blood enabled him to win both heats .with the greatest ease. .He was the favourite throughout, and freely backed at 5 to 1 after the first heat. Several other matches were afterwards made up on the spot, of which we believe the following to be a correct decount. Sweepstakes for one pound each. One mile — Mr. Revan'sbk.g.7)a»tZy, ridden by Dr. Dorset 1 Col. Wakefield's eh. g. Beau, do. Mr. Watt 2 Mr. G. Hunter's br. g. Wai-ake-ake, Owner 3 Mr. Allen's gr. g. do. d 0... 4 Mr. Virtue's b. m 5 Matches for one pound aside, distance one mile — Mr. C. Yon Alzdorf s bk. g Black Billy beat Mr. Machattie's bay pony. Mr. Lyon's cart .horse beat Mr. Virtue's cart horse. Match for five pound a side. One mile. Col. Wakefield's eh. g. Beau beat Mr. Virtue's bay mare. During this race Mr. Wade rode up on Sulky in a most unsportsmanlike manner between the two horses, and we see our contemporary has imagined that a match took place between Beau and Sulky.