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Otago Witness, Issue 1854, 3 June 1887, Page 22

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I do| not think that there is much more to be said about the Dunedin meeting than' appeared in last 1 week's issue. The raised were theii fully reported, . and I touched on the prominent features. I said that I should -have more to say with reference to the Marion business, bub on reflection I have decided not to — unless something new turns up. The whole affair was too palpable for , anybody present to have two' opinions about it, and the matter may be for the present dismissed with the remark that the general feeling is that the Dunedin Jockey Club erred on the side of leniency. Among the news by the mail is an intimation that that silly youth Benzon, who a couple of years or so ago cut such a queer figure in sport ing circles here, has started his " plunging " career on the English turf. He will find plenty of ways of dropping his £600,000, and plenty of people' ready to assist him in the agreeable task. The following is the result of the settling over the recent Birthday meeting :-4Hon.,GM'Lean— . Provincial Handicap „. £19$ 15 Mr G- § SteadBirthday Handicap- ... ...149 3 Mr H Goodman „• Ti adesmen's Handicap ... £85 10 Birjtbday Handicap (second) ... 19 0 Oonsolatiou ... ... 88 0 | . £142 10 Mr A DrakeiNoyel Handicap t,. ... 76 0 St. Clair Handicap,.. ... 9 10 ' 85 10 Mr O O'Connor— St. Clair Handicap.,. ... ... 85 10 Mr J Stepheuson— Provincial Handicap (second)... 28 10 Selling Race ... ... 47 10 • 6 =- 76 10 Messrs M and O Hobbs — Tradesmen's Handicapf second) 9 10 Hurdle Handicap „. 61 15 71 5 Mr H Lunn— Selling Hurdiei ... „. ... 66 10 Mr J W CottonSelling Hurdles (second) ... 910 Maiden ... ... ... 47 10 J KIT A Mr H Ohatteriss- • May Trot ... ... ••• 47 10 Mr J Le Fevre— Winter Trot ... ... ... 47 10 Mr J Pilbrow— Hack Race ... ... ... 29 5 .Mr A WalkerHack Eace (second day) ... ... 19 0 Mr W AllanPony Trotting Match ... ... 20 0 Mr J Poole— ' Huejle Handicap (second) ... ... 14 5 Mr M M'Kenzte- ' Winter Trot (second) ... ... 14 5 Mr F Fosfer— May Trot (second) ... ... 14 5 Mr J Fleming— 1 Winter Trot (third) - „. ... 010 MrWKerr— May Trot (third) ... ,„ 910 Mr M Sherwin— • ' Consolation (second) .„ ... 910 Total ■ ... ,„ £1163 3 .Mr Abraham Snider, a bookmaker, well known throughout New Zealand and in the Australian colonies, died very suddenly at about half-past 11 p.m on Friday night, from a ruptured bloodvessel. The deceased, with a number of other sporting men, was in an apartment used as a club room in Dowling street. Nothing was going on provocative ef any excitement, but he was .observed to suddenly put his hand to his mouth and withdraw v it stained with blood. Hesigned to Mr A. Moss, 'a bystander, to come and

unfasten his, collar, and the ' latter had scarcely, 'stepped' forward :t: tB Oi a6 so r '"wh"eri n a tr qu'anticy f df ! blooja gushed from the deceased's mouth; arid he fell b'afck dead instantaneously.-- Dr Brown was summoned, but medical skill, -was of no .avail. The deceased, who was, 41. .years of age, was a. married man» bat, leay.es. no, family. , ( • ■ -, ■>, «.i Fort^rtwp^ominatiqns have. been, received.for. the, Dunedin ChWmpagne Stages bf,next i y^ea^ ■ which ! is .quite ' up to ' the ' average , number. Exactly' a third of the Entries' are sent infby' Otagp j owners, Mr J.'St'ephepson being" repre-' ' seated by five, the Hbn7G.' M'L'eari by two; afcd seven' others ( -by ! one each.". ' (*( * Of- Canterbury owner' — MeWrs- Stead,i 'Butler,'* O'Brien r :and Db'oley contribute three each;' the- Hon.vWi RbbinsW.Mr G. H. Ch'fford,i find >Mr< Campbell, two each jiwhile from Auckland JSl.essrs Chaafe; and Sjomerville scad j two,, each.. ;Qf the ,42, youngsters,, nine are, ,by, Apremont, . ,eight. by, Muskeg, ,^i^ .by Cadogan, , v thr,ee'' each _^jv, gt. i Geprge, Ingpmar,' and Le Lqup ; twc> each ; of Gorton,', Leolinus," and the Australian-bred-, I .LaDidißt,; and ) one';. AaAh^Jb^A'lija^y^'a^d 1 ' tlie* Australians' ' Cap-a-pie,' n 'Boswbrth, and' JBdri- 1 'dpo^.f-.- '<• « "• ' l 'Wi '." '- -;i < ■ ■ ''"The following letter, descriptive of hunting in Ofcagb land Canterbury,: appears in the. Field, over ihe signature "Acfatus'': — ". Having; lately returned from a visit .to tbe antipodes, where I had the good fortune ;to sbe during two hunting, seasons, I had the opportunity of getting a good many days with some of the different! packs out there. | The Otagp hounds are still hunted by.: MrPetre,.who has filled the post of. master for the la[st ' half-dozen i years? or 'so. /. The. term' "sporting" seems so intimately mixed up witb that name, both in this 'country and overithere^ that ifc! is hardly necessary to say that they have' the right man in the .right .place. The.' hounds i do him credit. Careful selections from the best* packs Jin .the island, besides numerous draughts from Australia,' have now rendered them 1 an ex^ ceedingly. well-bred and well-matched lot/ Like most drag-hounds, they have been bred a gQod deal f i or speed, but in- doing this they have not' ,lpst sc^nt, which is generally the case, or any of their, other good points. Standing all of them : within! a, hair's breadth of 21in, with legs sbraight !as arrows, feet round and small,) deep chested j and .broad, backed, theyqhow that only by un- [ remitted trouble and attention , , have . they attained to this ideal. The kennels are situated ashore way out of town near Anderson's Bay,' well back from thoroughfare of any sort, and also show that much practical knowledge of the subjecp has been expended on them. 111 1 This last Reason there were about >; 24 or 25 couple. This sounds rather, a large ■ number for a drag, but they run with a draft pf twelve , and a-half couples only, many of the others being kept for the purpose of breeding and exchange. Though the members of the hunt expect nothing more than a drag, they are occasionally enlivened by the' advent upon the scene of .puss^ who is often Ijhe inadvertent cause of making many a sportsman come to grief with' more ' or less ' damage to his horse. The country is' essentially ' a wirejenclosed one, and* a barbed wire oue to' boot, so that the damage to the unfortunate horse that comes down at his fence is almost incalculable. The majority of horses,, though.are bred and born to it, and think nothing of clearing tne bare wire for t their, own amusement when Iturned put in the summer 1 ;' and j those that come 'down in the hunting-field are'generally stigmatised as " clumsy brutes," though the 1 appellation- might often with more 'justice be applie^ to the ' '{'handless " riders who throw them down. - Wire in this country is. usually the signal • for a general slowing down, a seeking „for gates, and a longing; to be safely; on, the other side; but 'there, it is looked upon as a matter of course— ajmost. .( might say, as a growth of nature, and only what mightj be expected, and treated as such. By that I not wish! to imply that the longing to be ! 6n |the other side is unknown ; 'it is felt ( in-^ tensely, I am sure, but it does riot stop a man from going for it. • If it did he may as well shut up and go home at once, for he will-find it where- < ever he goes running alike. through gorse hedge, or an or two above sod wall, or in every available spot that the' ingenuity of man can discover. Apart from' the wire, the country, is not quite all that man with, even, an av.erage, amount of nerves could desire ; hills are steep* fences'sfciff, and gullies innumerable. Dunedin is supposed to, resemble" Edipburgh in situation, in picturesqueness,' in nationality, in every-, thing J Part of this is the outcome' of' a fevered imagination, tempered with undying patriotism. Conceive a meet to be held at the • top rif 'Arthur's Seat, and a sharp burst over the Salisbury Crags with a kill on the top of tb« Oarlton Hill; and one may form a faint idea of. the country hunted by, the Otago Hounds. .This certainly is looking at it from' a pessimist's point of view, but it shows that, a certain amount of , good riding is necessary fora man to hold his own ' across a country like that. Then, again, there are parts" which,. could hardly be.beateij anywhere. One of the favorite meets is s on" the ' Seaview property, 'almost ' entirely a gorse and stone wall 'country, .or the "Taieri Plains! sectionedjoff into' great '• galloping paidd6cks ? ' by formidable looking bullfinches' and -heavy 'blue : gum tipber ; every one of these is supported by ' wide and unfathomable ditches- which require a lot of coolness and judgment to negotiate. jThe. meets, 'however, are not entirely confined to the, adjacent neighbourhood, the hounds often going down : to Tokomariro or Balclutha,.,some 60 miles' off — places which boast of very sporting communities— and staj ing' away for ', several, days at a time. This generally occurs latein, the season, as being further south farming operations come into fo're^ rather later. The farmers, 1 taking them all round, are well-disposed towards the hunt, and most of them are a hard-riding lot. The season, of course, is in our summer, commencing usually about the end of April. Summer trips are nowadays conducted on' such a large scale that a proposition to run out to New Zealand fdr a few weeks' hunting would not be looked upon as preposterous ; and now that the actual passage is so short, men who could afford the time would pass four or five months in 1 a thoroughly enjoyable * manner. Packs are numerous to pick and choose from, both in the" North and South Islands^' The Timaru district , and Canterbury Plains swarm w,ith hares, and, in Christchurch, strangers will find a warm and hospifcaple reception from' Mr Kimb'ell, who bunts that part.' 'The horses' are good, the hounds, are' good, and pnort is good; i but wire is' even more common there than it is down South ;' and taking it all < round, I should' re'oomraerid the Otago Houndf, liar ixeellirpcp, for sport apd hard riding combined. Colonial hospitality is proverbial, and ' a man 'going out there who Ishows himself "a, sportsman and a gentleman will leave 'th'e'cbun*' try with regret', and many pleasant recollection of his sojourn there." ' ' The Auckland correspondent., of the , Press, sends the following :— T. Tobias, the Melbourne penciller,. has left for home ; again,.but duringhis stay he laid the following- wagers for the Melbourne, Cup to a localsyndicate: £j§ooo to^ £600 each against Trident, Niagara, Abercorn, and Matador. [I should fancy that the Auckland ' bookmaker would consider it extremely/ good business to be able to lay siich : short prices

as 8 to 1 against each of four horses at this early stage. Sureljj phbis. must h he a Mistake^ in the''figares!s ? Ot*possibiy theMbVtare lamped together in one. wager.] , ■>;. From the 'same writer I learn that the correct , name of Mr G. Wright's Musket—Moonlight mare is Tamora— not Tamo.ana, as , it, is so .often printed. She is' named after the character Tamora (Queen of the Goths) in Shakespeare's .play,' '} Titos Andwraicus.'V ; / , , t * : < , In ! commenting on the' annual report of the Canterbury Jockey Club, " Senex " writes as 'follows: — "ilt was suggested iby^ the .Treasurer that fclie Summer, meeting should be .reduced to • one day's sport^ with, the object t 'o£ placing the r club's finances in a better" position", but' here' 'l^ lentirfelyo disagree- with 'him. •If should- isay curtail the , stakes by some. ,£Boo, .but continue! the <jwp jdays' meeting. The <p. J.O. should not , run, in antagonism with! °the Auckland ' Summer me*et)n|gi' ! for to that club' belongs, at that time p| jf the' .year, the right, by, the. amount of its >tek'es and i, its ..prestige, of .all i the best, class 'hordes in'N.ew Zealand ; .and' by' offering larger rWiusik3sr Wiusik3s the C.J.C. 'rcms in <antagohism to 'that cliib; jut there, are a number of medium and 1 secbnd ; horses < left. here, at that 'time i who are •uot worth, the; price o,f. ,the Northern) , voyage \when, such good company is, to ,the fore, which are. worth consideringly the C.J.C, so far as medium and second-class stakes' are concerned. If, the '.C.J.C!' cut',' 'down, their ,, .stakes 'in proportion to the" class^of t hors^ ( they had ' to, .cater, foV they might find their Midsummer meeting a financial su'ecess^and a boon to those ,h6rse jownefs" whose cattle' cannot 'be- ranked ; amongst the upper ten 1 of the equine world. , W.h.ere 1 such conveniences are to' ,the fore, and ,ao much good moneyihas been expended on the spprt, it. appears. a retrograde step to cut down the,h,umber of^ays when this,, property is availabie^.apd I .cannot but , consider that,had sound judgment , been would.. now be a number pf other meeiings'heja on th^ course — airtnose which are held .on, 'the Lower Heath; cotßj'New Brighton,' and Pluinp'tioh racecourses. The pdlicy' of 'the 1 :C!: C! J.O. 1 ' Has .been' altogether too conservative, and instead of popularising the GoyerAment racecourse reserve for all'classes of ; racing, .their action has resulted in the formation of three other racecourses within a radius of seven miles of their 'own."

The first meet of the Wallace County Hounds 13 thus described by " All ! Fours " in tke Riverton Star,: — " The day was very, suitable, but the ground, itself, owing to ,the late, heavy rains, was very soft,. which, no doubt will account; for> such a large number of spills,. At the, meet, which took; place, at Foster's, Thornbury, amongst others' we were pleased to see ihe master. (Mr JamesjGardner) on Honest Peter; the huntsman (Mr E.'Saiinders) on' Mirarida; Mr J', B. Suttoi} on Golden Butterily,"actingas first whip; (Mr Jo's. Lyle on Comet, Mr Bridge on Rupert:, Mr O'Reilly on Canary, Mr K. Fraser on a b^ack, Mr Brockman on Patch', Dr Nelson oh Ginger, Mr Mtf ntyre, Mr Wohler,< 'Mr Baird, the'Messrs.Drabble Bros, all well mounted. -Mr Georg^ Drabble rode a brown colt, as nice a look-ing-hoijse as I have seen for some time. • Messrs M'Kay, ' Caldec^ Marris, Foster (senior and Junior] and many others whose names I did not know. | The ladies were not out in gre,at force; {the straight riding division being represented] by Mrs Woodward and Miss Marshall-, and 'it' is a great pity that such plucky, horsewomen , shoulcL'not always be really well 'mounted. The' 'country hunted over was'p'erhaps a little stiff for the first run, but had the ground been anything like dry., there would have been, very ,little to complain of. The hounds looked very,' .well, hut being (their first: appearance in. public were naturally shy, and once or twice inclined to be a little riotous'; jbut as the huntsman had only three old hounds and [all the re^t puppies' we could not expect to see a very perfect perfoxmancei Last year under the same management th'ey'sjoon got into real good form,' and with very' much better material to start with this season) we have no. doubt that Mr Saunders will sopn have a . nice little working pack.' The farmers as usual were most, liberal in the support they gaye the club, and,' thanks are due to, Messrs] Wohler v M'Callum^ Intone, and, < Su'tton for' allowing^ thsir country to be.hunted over. ! The hounds' threw off in a paddock, at the back of Mr M'Oallum's hou^e, and "the first tw,o. fences— gorse, with 'ditches— proved very' disastrous, ' the huntsman at' jth'e "first and the' master at the second' being' amongst;' those down. ; We then mounted the terrace at Mr Wohler's new house and 'headed. at a emart ; 'pacVoyer some nice i grass .paddocks towards Thornbury. A good, double across the,Riverton r<|ad,, another oyer Mr, M'Callum's land, and then a really nasty, awkward water jump at which Miss Marshall, who, had been riding with good pluck, "got her second spill,' and a very dirty onetocj; but nothing dauntedjwas soon mounted and away.' A double. ' across thp'lnvercargill road , into Mr 1 Instbne's' reserve, out' again to avoid a very boggy" creek, and 'then'Vre'al ;• rasper" out to the road again; 'Mr Wohler's brown gelding ridden by Mr Baird, and Miranda being* i^ie only ones that got over. A smart run then'fcq the church and over some, rails into Mr Foster's paddo.ck and we were glad of a, little breathing time ; the going nearly the whole way havingjbeen very <W,i\ mftny^panting-steedsand •dirty *cpats could w»-ll ti'^i. ■ The second rim was over Messrs' Man i* nii'l Suttonfs country, and the hounds going well we had a yery.pretty Spin, of! about 20 minutes; the master on Peter 1 , MessrsSuttoni Lyle, Bridge,' and Fraser holding their "ojw'n against the light weights the' whole way. , With one or two exceptions the field gave the master little or no trouble, and all seemed well pleased with .the day's sport. In connection J with [the, Wanganui meeting " Flaneur " writes :— <4 ,The talent plunged on The Gem for the Winter Oats, thinking they held both bowers and ace so to speak,, but the joker was out, and Laurel, nicely ridden by Alick McCorinick, came at, the distance, and won comfortably, to 1 the disgust of a few ,cleyer ones, who, thought that they had the game as good as won. Tongarlrp's' running wasj a 'mystery to most people,,but I fancy it could be explained by 6,ne or two people if they would 1 open '■ their mouths and tell the ' truth' ; for- once; - His"bwner and trainer were flabbergasted at 'the figure cut by the Del'by winner, and well they might' be, seeing that. he, had run the same distance more than once in less, time ,with an additional, stone ■in the saddle. It, is, not easy to sheet home . certain! charges against horsey folks, but it is an .open secret f ttta% r Tongarir6'' I \\ as "fixed" to sui^ cer taui plever {teople,' who were'not clever enough ' to landjthe tig coup they essayed to winby'The Gem's aid. Tha¥mare ran' as'irue as Bteel,'and ahowshow good The Painter's ate ; Had'she had the i'allowjan|ce fop extra distance in the Winter Oats that the other Flying Stakes candidates had, she would have just about won, but she was not so favoured, and Laurel came to the rescue of the public and f « spoiled the Egyptians." , I oan't say the introduction, of these flat raoes into the programme was a , benefit in any sense, as they were simply .examples of very fishy running on the part, of certain animals, and were nearly being successful in taking the public .down for a large amount. Every' straightforward lover of true apoitf rlqjolce with me in ' th'e f 'failuro of fche

hawks, to pluck the pigeons on the occasion in question". " ( The Hack Steeplechase was a" farce, and bears .'put ,my ( contention',^ that 'hacks and ' steeplechases should never be seen on the same programme. A- horse that canget over a mile and - a-half of a stiff course, including- two walls, a big ' water 'jump, some stiff hedges, and a' strong - flight of heavy rails,' at racing . speed, is no'- " hack."'- l"he, Consolation was voted > gift to ' Maminga directly the weights came out, and so - it proved,;? the' "little mare winning with the greatest of easei' The starting was not' up to much" on Tuesday. I think, Mr Higgie has done' enough in that! line, and;should hand in the.flag and let some younger arid more active man wield it.- , If Mr Charles Laird could' ba secured I fancy the'.W.J.Cj Would ( haye the best starter' ■ in New Zealand, as I have seen 1 him start, at Turakina in a manner to leave nofoom for adverse criticism. He has quick perception and . decision of character, and knows all about the subject, and is in every way fitted to fill the post of starter." „ ' . • - , ', The 'biggest, yearling this season in Auckland is said to stand 16-2 hands. He is by Musket—Petroleuse; and -was bought by Mr E. Mitchelson for 305gs at the last sale at Silvia Park. It is said that the Stud Company have re-purchased this yOjUng giant. The annual meeting of the Taranaki Jockey Club wjas held on Tuesday night, Theexpenditufe for the, year is £1046. The meeting adopted the rules^ agreed to by' the delegates of the metropolitan) clubs, and it was also agreed to purchase the land adjoining the racecourse and expend £1.000 oh a grandstand. '' The weights for the Geraldine, meeting are to .hand, and it will be seen that Borderman heads the • list in the Hurdle Race, while Faugh-a-ballagh tops the weights in the Gang Forward . and Tally-ho Handicaps. The first event should furnish an interesting' contest between Secretary, Kingask, and Borderman, in which order I ! like'them. The other races are more open, and 1 1 shall wait, for the acceptances before expressing an opinion as to the probable win* riers. '

More than half the horses nominated for the ' Auckland Steeplechase and Hurdle Race have dropped out, including two or three that had been strongly favoured for "the big event. Of those left in the Steeplechase I prefer Omata, Silvio, jand Belle, while the Hurdle Race should be carried off by Peter Osbeckjor Victory. It ,is unfortunate that the Hawke's Bay Jockeyj Club, should have arranged that the weights for* their £500 1 Steeplechase should be declared before the Auckland gathering is over, especially as, a delay of auly four days would have got over the difficulty. As it is, we may expect ito see the Hawke's Bay race turn out a comparative failure. The two Lapidist colts entered for the Dunedin Champagne Stakes are youngsters just purchased \ for Mr Stephenson at Mr Field's breeding establishment in Tasmania, and they will arrive here by the next boat from Melbourne. The Napier Park Racing Club have received capital' entries for their meeting towards the end of .this month, there being 21 nominations for the Steeplechase, . 17 for the Hurdle Race, and 11 for. the Coronation Handicap. The Referee is really a most amusing little rag to jperuse. During the last two weeks it has had articles praising itself up for having the " latest and most reliable sporting news of all kinds from all over the world "in racing, coursing, footballing, cricketing, rowing, and any other kind of sporting. In corrobo'ration of this, assertion it says that it was before all the papers in publishing the fearfully important information that A. Drake had nominated Spade ' Guinea and Pasha for the Sydney Birthday Handicap ; but the simple fact is that the other papers had the information 'earlier, than the Referee had and that the Referee only tried to make capital out of the fact that someone in Sydney telegraphed two or three weeks later that these horses were entered. But what about the " latest news from' all parts of the world ? " On Wednesday, the 25th inst.,' English Derby was run. This isthe most important race in all the world, anditsresult was printed in the New Zealand evening papers of Thursday and morning papers of Friday. The Referee is not published till Friday, yet, not a word has it got about the Derby! What about ihe V latest news" now? There are only two ways of getting out of the difficulty that I can see. Either the Referee has become aware pf the danger of cribbing telegrams from other papers, or else its London correspondent has struck for a rise of an additional £1000 per annum as a slight recompense for the enormous amount of original' information that he sends out. ' ',

At the Winton meeting last week the weather was very unfavourable", a downpour of rain setting iri about 2 p.m., and continuing steadily until the day's sport was practically over. Of course! the effect of this exceeding dampness was mqst depressing, the spirits of tl^e majority of those present being apparently reduced to a pretty low ebb, while all and sundry bore a w'efc, bedraggled, and generally mivSHrable'apprarancp. After an hour or two's rain the ground close to the grajnd stand and saddling paddock became a sea of mud, about ankle deep, and the spectators had to wade about at a considerable cost of convenience and comfort. The sum of £253 was" passed through' the totalisator. Racing commenced with the Hurdle Race, for which, however, Mr Fraser's Lady Ellen had a walkover, Civis and Sloper being withdrawn. Six horses started for the Maiden Plate, in which Mr Brenchley's Barbary had an easy victory, and paid her backers a dividend of £20 8s each. Mr Telford's Mokoreta 'finished second, Mr Gibson's Wardrobe third. The Jubilee Handicap saw Mr Brenchley again victorious, this time by the aid of No Shenanikin (Bst 51b), who beat Mr Brown's Miss Cook.(Bst 121b), Mr Wilson's Civis (Bst 121b), and Mr Surman's Sloper (Bst) very easily. The Trotting Race was carried off by Mr Rollinson's Merry Girl (SOsec) from Mr Noble's Bonny Jean (35sec), Mr Taylor'? Tom (55sec), and seven others. In the Flying Handicap, Lady Ellen, (Bst 121b) won in a canter from Mr Bunton's Plunger (7st 121b), Mr Brenchley'e Hastings (Bst 121b); and four others,, and paid a dividend of £5 4s. A Hack Race was secured by Mr Fraser's Aparima in a field of five, and Lady Ellen then placed a third race to her owner's credit by winning the Ladies' Purse, from No Shenanikin, Sloper, and four more. Thelast'race was the Consplation Handicap, in . which Mr, Stewart's Barb Wire (78t) beat Sloper (Bst 2lb) by a length. 'Hornpipe and Miss Cook also started, but the latter slipped' in a mud puddle and, breaking a leg, had to be, destroyed.

| Bad weather prevailed at the Arrow meeting also, still a good day's sport was supplied. j In the Maiden Plate Mr J. Smith's Tinman | beat half a dozen others, while there were ;no less than nine starters for the Arrow Handicap, among them being an old. Canterbury Derby candidate in Amulet. A good race resulted in a clever win for Mr T. Richards' Bam (Bst), . with Mr T. M'Kay's Blackboy (9st) second, Mr G. Roman's Tbe Goat (7st 21ty third. .The winner paid "the nice divii

•dend of £30 12s. The Selling Race was taken Iby Mr Roman's Lyndigo, from four opponents, and the Trotting Race by a warm favourite in Mr C. * Montrey's Maggie (scr) from Mr T. O'Eane's Shotover (90sec), Mr J. Begbie's Hop Beer (95sec), and four others. In the Flying Handicap Mr J. Flynn's Cymaro (7st 71b) defeated Lyndigo (7st 101b), and five more ; and going out again secured the Hospital Race also. The Consolation fell to Blackboy (Bst 101b) with Mr J. Henderson's Bushman (7st 101b) second, Mr J. Flynn's Lamplighter (7st) third.