SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9390, 1 April 1892, Page 2

SPORTING.

PALMERSTON RACES. t President, Mr R. Ewing; vice-president, Mr l ; [, X h Schultze; judge, Mr. M. Pagan ; starter, air J. M. Sutherland ; handicapper, Mr G. Dowse ; clerk of course, Mr 11. O'Neill; clerk of scales, Mr ? J. JefTs; oihcial timekeeper, Mr R. Ewing; \ treasurer, Mr AY. Robertson ; lion, secretary, Mr \ ih, 1/ &Y,P? T e ~?..?. wards-Messre J. Arkle, AY. d t1 £ay^y. Hi Williams, J. M'Glashan, J. Jeffs, , '»• •ii fel T -!?!'i and. M- 1,,f *can, AY. Robertson, R. l Riudle, J. M'Kenzie, jun. * The autumn meeting of the Palmerston and <j Shag A ralley Jockey Club was held on the club's course yesterday, about 400 persons ] being in attendance, something like one-half of 1 whom were from Duuedin. The course, owing to the recent flood, was in rather a rough con- } dition, but it is the intention of the club to ] have it put in good repair for next meeting. Some of the races resulted in pretty close finishes, and in five out of the nine events the favourites were victorious. The Palmerston Cup was pretty generally thought to be a sure • thing for Miss Mack, and not a few were of opinion that had Buddicombe not taken - matters so leisurely iv the early part of the race the result would not have been a . dead heat, but that Exile would have had . to be content with second money. The Novel ' Handicap afforded rather a novel finish; and ] also a good exhibition of horsemanship on the part of A. M'Kenzie, who rode the winner. Sweep and Satyr were leading The Wolf at the ' homo turn. The saddle of the latter then : turned round, but M'Kenzie in some extraordinary manner managed to save himself from falling, and rode home barebacked, landing his mount a winner by a length ahead of Sweep. The sum of L 1293 was put through the totalisator during the day by Messrs Mason and Roberts, the club charging the public the amount of the tax on the machine investments, which came to Ll9 17s lOd. It should be stated that the recently formed Palmerston Band was present at the meeting, and played a number of selections at intervals between the races. Ihe details of the various events are as follow :— etc on DISTRICT MAIDEN' PLATE, 01 2Usovs; second horse to receive ssovs from the stake. One mile. 50—Mr C. Nichol's b g Lounger, 8 3 20-Mcssrs R and C. Trottir's bl^he^d ' No. 11, 9.0 [inc. 31b overweight] 9-Mr R. Riddle's g g Romance, 8.3 (LaVerty) 2 ™ , „ (A. M'Kenzie) 3 The following also started : 11 Moonlight 8.12, 9 Darkie 8.12 1 Shepherdess 10.9 [inc. 1.11 overweight], and 25 Armstrong 8.11. Darkie went off with the lead, Lounger being next m command. The two maintained their lead for half a mile, when Romance went up and took second place, and then ranged himself alongside the leader. Lounger, however, when let out had an easy task, aB he won by half a length ; the Lad galloping past the others iv the straight under the whip, and getting second mouey. There were 125 investors in the totalisator. Dividend, L 2 4s. Time, lmin 57sec. • palmerston cup, Of 40sovs ; second horse to receive ssovs from the stake. One mile and a half. 63—A. M'Donald's b m Miss Mack, 9.4 to n n i . i-_ -r, -, • -(T- Buddicombe) t Al—ll. Graham sch h Exile, 7.4 (M. Marks) t 95 Only the two started. Exile maintained the lead for a mile and a quarter, but Miss Mack kept close at his heels till coming into the straight. Up to that point Buddicombe appeared to be taking the mare pretty leisurely • but at the home turn he urged her a bit and got on terms with Exile. The two horses then ran a neck and neck race home under the whip, a dead heat resulting. There was- L95 in the totalisator, Miss Mack paying a dividend of 13s and Exile one of Ll 6s. Time, 3min 2sec. The owners of the horses decided to divide the Btakes. etc on HANDICAP TIME TROT, Of JOsovs; second horse to receive ssovs from the stakes. Three miles. ?I"i.i r w^^'ll 3 , Contractor, scr (J. Allen) 1 Jf-^ r 3X- al, sh, s b„ m PoUy- 30s<-°- (Walsh) 2 15-Mr AY; Day sb g lonimy, GOsec ... (Day) 3 The only other starter was Miss Eva 55sec (Owner). Tommy led till about the end of the second mile, when Polly went to the front, but was soon overhauled by Contractor, who won easily by 150 yds; Polly being second and Tommy third. There was L 139 in the machine, L92 being on the winner. Dividend, Ll 4s. Time 9min 20sec. ' At the conclusion of the race a protest was entered by William AValsh against Contractor being declared the winner, on the ground that he was allowed to gallop several timeswithout being pulled up. The stewards, however, dismissed the protest after hearing evidence with regard to it; but decided, -by a majority of five to 3, to return the protest money. DISTRICT HANDICAP, Of 35soys; second horse to receive 6sovs and third horse 4sovs from the stakes. Threequarters of a mile. 65—Mr Schultze's eh g Rothamstead, 7.9 ,„„„„, , , ,- OV. Buddicombe) 1 49—Mr B. Graham's eh h Exile, 9.4 i nn nr tt. t -J,". ,", (T- Buddicombe) 2 20-Mr J. R. Longfellow^ch g Satyr, .J. 2 fiOffi. Marks) 3 Also started.: 42.-Le.RoL•_£ B.9.and 19 Zernine Rothamstead had rather the best of the start, and maintaining the lead all the way, won by about three lengths ; Exile coming in some lengths ahead of Satyr, Le Roi II and Zernine finishing in the order mentioned. Of L 195 in the machine, L 65 was on the winner Dividend, L 2 13s. Time, lmin 22£ see. SHAG VALLEY HANDICAP, Of 30sovs; second horse to receive osovs from the stake. One mile and a furlong. 79—Mr H. Lambert's b g Melton, 7.3 103—Mr J. Loughlin's b h Don Pedro, 9.5 49-Mr A. M'Donald's b m Miss Mack™^^ 2 „,, ~ . (T. Buddicombe) 3 there were no other starters. Melton led all the way from the start, winning by about three lengths. Don Pedro, who overhauled Miss Mack just before coming into the straight, tried very hard to get on terms with the leader, but 'only succeeded in beating Miss Mack for second place by a few lengths. There were 231 investors in the totalisator, 79 of whom placed their money on the winner. Dividend, L 2 lis. Time, 2min 3*tsec. ■ NOVEL HANDICAP, Of 30sovs. The winner to be sold by auction; the whole of the proceeds to go to the club, seven furlongs. 35—Mr J. A. Duff's b g The AVolf, 8.0 41-Mr R. Riddle's blk g Sweep, 7\9 M' Kenzie) X fti ivr tt. t _. -, . , Budd-combe) 2'■ b4—Mr J. R. Longfellow sch g Satyr, 8.2 ; ai t .. ,- at. ~ (T. Buddicombe) 3 i Also started : 9 Darkie 7.3 and 15 The Lad No. : Sweep led, followed by Saytr, till coming into 5 the straight. The AA rolf then overhauled the 1 leaders aud won a good race a length ahead of . Swee, Satyr being a good third, and The Lad -J and Darkie finishing iv that order. There was \ L 173 in the totalisator, L 35 being on the { winner. Dividend, L 4 7s. Time, lmin 30sec. After the race the winner was sold for LlB. I HANDICAP TIME TROT. ° Of 20sovs ; second horse to receive ssovs from the s stake. No weight uuder 10.0. Ponies 14 hands a Im and under 9.0. Two miles. 79—Mr O. R. AVise's cr pony g Daffodil, 34sec I rM nr Kv^alty of lOsec] -.(M.Marks) 1 c 54—Mr J. Allan's b g Maori Jack, 13sec s „,.,,„,. „, „ (J- Allen) 2 r 2-Mr N. Day sbm Mayflower, 37sec (J. Day) 3 7 t3O si a- r -_,cd-:- ■_ P<?.l ly 14sec Pnc- a penalty of ? rsecj and 6 Rabbiter 23sec. t Daffodil soon went to the' front aud was ,*, never afterwards passed, winning, without a jreak, 30yds ahead of Maori Jack, Mayflower oeing third. Of L 154 iv the totalisator L 79 . was on the winner, Dividend, Ll 14s. Time r 3min 59sec. ' Jj -.. on CONSOLATION HANDICAP, Jf -iUsovs; second horse to receive ssovs from the stake. One mile, 'i ?r J *VLOT U? lllii l' s, r)ollpedro, 7.5 (Owner) 1 C B—Mr AY. Johnston s Armstrong, 7.7 [inc. 91b v .Ar er-Sr* ei§^ ] -_ (T. Buddicombe) 2 S 4-Mr R. Riddle s Sweep, 7.3 [including 51b B - overweight] .... (W. Buddicombe) 3 J Armstrong led till well into the straight, Don S edro, who had been lying second, then took el ommand, and won by about two lengths B > weep coming in just behind Armstrong. „< here were 69 investors in the machine, 57 _ taking on the winner. Dividend, Ll ls ?ime, lmin 54sec. "ACK SELLING RACE, If 15sovs. AA rmner to be sold for lOsovs; any surplus to go to the funds of the club. Threequarters of a mile. ■ 28—Mr C. Bourne's Loiter, S.O -c Art t --• ,r, *T- Buddicombe) 1 Bl ib— Mr J. Loughlin's Glenlora, 8.0 bj ia ir, fi- .1 . o *M- Campbell) 2 E( 28—Mr G. Ruthven's Sweetbriar, S.O ty , 2 (J. Leeson) 3 Sweetbriar got a long way the best of the i°,f, ;art but was overhauled by Loiter and Glen- ™ ira after entering the straight, Buddicombe's ac lount coming m a winner by about three ad ingths, Sweetbriar being a few lengths in the ' iar of Glenlora. There were 122 investors iv w] ie machine, 28 staking their money on Loiter 2(! iividend, L 3 17s. so: RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES. su (From Our Owx Correspondent.) a ax. ■ Clrn*ST.pnußCH, March 31. sa Another capital morning for training. The ad acks were m good order, and some good work 1-0 as gone through. Cruehfield and Dudu were th ore sent a strong once round iv company . • assy (Derrett up) negotiated five furlongs at _!, ip speed Launeeston and Flinders were cic yen a full speed six-furlong gallop, while The no aptam followed over five furlongs at a good - ice. Crackshot did half-pace work once round, °01 id increased the pace to three-part speed over w^ lother round. Dielyteria and another mare t" Charlie O'Connor's stable compassed a fast C rc lie. Magpie and the horse by Guy Fawl.es aul ere raced over a mile and a-quarter. Merrie I ngland was given half-pace work. Cajolery reP id Ahua in company traversed seven furlongs Cla ; top after doing half-pace work over a circuit, ulnme covered two miles and a-half at half -1 id three-quarter pace. luez jumped off at S?^ c mile and a-quarter peg and came home at i " p accompanied by Calliope over the last five yea rlongs. A number of others did useful work, &ai