LATE SPORTING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2342, 19 January 1899, Page 35

LATE SPORTING.

TUAPEKA RACES. (From Omt Own Cohuespondent.) ! , LAWRENCE, January 18. " • The, first day's racing in connection with ' tfiVTuapeka County" Joelcey Club's annual meeting took place hero to-day. Fine, weather prevailed, and there was a good at r tendance, a considerable number of visitors to the course coming by train from Dunedin. The big event of the day, the Lawrence Handicap, was won by Lord Zetland, tho race affording a splendid finish. Strange to say, there was nothing on the winner, and the money on the other horses was returned to the investors minus a deduction of 10 per cent. Messrs Mason and Roberts put £916 through the totalißator during the day, or £266 less than they handled on tiie first day of last year's meeting. Results: — MAIDEN PLATE, Of 20sovs. One mile. 66 — Messrs Stephenson and Hazlett's br m Visionary, 3yrs, 8.1 (M'Eldowney) .. 1 21 — Mr Rodgers's Sorceress, 8.13 (White) .. 2 B— Mr Bennett's Light Brigade, 8.13 (Emmcrson) 3 Also started: 0 Fashoda, 8.11 (Baumber) Visionary remained at the head of affairs all the way, and won easily by several lengths, Light Brigade being a good third. Time, lmin 49sec. Dividend, £1 63. PUBLICANS' HANDICAP, - Of 30sova; the second horse to receive ssovs from the stakes. Six furlongs. 102 — Mr W. Croasan's eh g St. Denis, 4yrs, .7.9 (M'Comb) .. .. ..1 4 — Messrs Ellis Bros. Edelweiss, 7.5 (Duncan) 2 81— Mr C. Clarke's Far Nientc, 7.8 (T. Buddicomb) 3 ' Also started : 17 Off Chance 8.10 (M'Grath). St. Denis led for the greater part of the •way, followed closely by Edelweiss, who was beaten by nearly a length. Far Niente was a few lengths away third, and Off Chance last, a long way off. Time, lmin 18sec. Dividend, £1 7s. HANDICAP TIME TROT, Of 35sovs; the second horse to receive Ssova from the stakes. Two miles. ©— Hx G. BuaseJTg Trader* need, 36sec

15 — Mr T. Fraser's Commodore, 31sec (M'Kay) 2 s— Mr Potts's Kathleen (Owner) .. ..3 Also started: 9 Count 2sec (Emmerson), 9 Devil's King 26sec (Grant), and 0 Cameline 36sec (Moore). Trader led all the way and won easily by several lengths, there being very little difference between second and third. Time, smin 50sec. Dividend, £1 Bs. HACK HANDICAP, Of 15sovs. One mile. 26 — Mr J. Biggin's Waikaia, 8.12 (Baumber) 1 22 — Mr Munro's Blizzard, 9.3 (Harley) .. 2 55— Mr Rodgers's Sorceress, 8.0 (White) .. 3 Also staited: 43 Claremont 8.10 (Hewitt). Claremont led till within a furlong from home, when he fell away to the rear. Waikaia, who ran second up to this poinl, bcai Blizzard by half a neck, Sorceress being about two lengths away third. Time, lmin 49dcc. Dividend, £5 Is. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, Of 25sovs. Six furlongs. 75 — Mr W. Crossan's eh g St. Denis, 4yrs, 8.4 [inc. a penalty of 71b] (M'Comb) . . 1 52 — Mr Goodman's Clinker, 7.7 (Hewitt) .. 2 19 — Mr Biggias's Senior Wrangler, 7.12 (Baumber) 3 Also started: 18 Paramu 8.5 (Hunter). Senior Wrangler got away first and led into the straight, when St. Denis and Clinker passed him, St. Denis winning easily by abou* a length, the same distance separating second and third. Time, lmin 19|sec. Divi dend, £1 17b. LAWRENCE HANDICAP, Of 40sovs; second horse to receive ssovs from the stakes. One mile. o—Mr0 — Mr J. Ross's b g Lord Zetland, aged, 7.7 (M'Eldowney) 1 14— Mr Goodman's Pitch and Toss, 8.6 — .- (Hewitt) 2 2— Mr Goodman's b h Black and Red, 9.5 (Buddicomb) 3 Lord Zetland, who was quickest to get moving, kept in front all the time 'and won hf half a head 'from Pitch and Toss, who boat Black and Red by not much more than that. Time, -lmin 49sgc. There being nothing, on the winner, thrf" money on the other horses was returned, 4o' the investors less 10 per cert. TUAPEKA TROT HANDICAP, Of 20sovs (harness only). One mile and a-half. 36 — Mr J. Todd's b g Comus, 2sec (Pringle) 1 86 — Mr Davies'a Kohuru, 24sec (J. M'Kewen) 2 B—'Mr8 — 'Mr Barron's blk m Patience, 18scc (J. Allan) 3 Also started: 3 Jane 13sec (E. M'Kovcn). Kohuru, the limit horse, led till within a little more than a furlong from homo. Comus then assumed the lead and won by a fow lengths. Time, 4min 63ec. Dividend, £3 FARMERS' PLATE, Of 12sovs; second horse to receive ssovs from the stakes. Six furlongs. 82 — Mr C. Bennett's blk g Light Brigade, 6yr?, 10.5 (M. Potts) 1 23 — Mr Munro's Lioness, 10.3 (A. Cullen).. 2 14— Mr G. Henry's Bright Wing, 10.0 (Sullivan) 3 Also started: 6 Dredger 10.0. Light Brigade led from the start and won by about three lengtly. Time, lmin 25sec. Dividend, £1 7s. Mr G. Dowse has been apnointed handicfipper to the Beaumont Jockay Club. Mr Jabez Burton is gazetted as deputy registrar of marriages, etc., for the Mount Benger district. "One of the Masterton applicants for an oid age penpion is a woman owning to 88 year^. She was born in 1810, thus having lived during the reigns of four monarehs of England — frjm George ITI to Queen Victoria. — A Parisian who suspects that tho food or drink which he has purchased is adulterated can have the article analysed free of cost at tho municipal laboratory. If impurities are found, the city undertakes the prosecution of the tradesman, and after conviction the offen- • der is not only liable to fine and imprisonment, but may be obliged to display in his window a notice reading, " Conviction of Adulteration."