The Colonial Steeplechase.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7541, 23 January 1896, Page 4

The Colonial Steeplechase.

|?3&6RD_ HOPETOW,..in his article in the ipWf;- jssuo , of . the Badminton Magazine teon;^' Sport iti yictoria," thus refers to psteeplecnflsingjin the colonies ;— I cannot ||§elp. (; fliinl£ing:;fchafc colonial steeplechases -strike' a visitor from England more any other form of racing. i^rjex-VaJV qne. flat race is very rauoh ) ;> p4notner to'the ordinary onlooker ' K0 ®Bteeplechasing ■in the coloni* 1 ' •» Entirely different business f- - 8 la an phasing afc'Home. The ' - l ' om steepleParlety'stout- thorn: •■' ' encos have "° i(rp#|Bnde» onpo^p r' I .^." 1 : 8 all ''"J 15 " ifiiiliyoy'sleepW 5 ' . and ntils), as thick as SKr;|ughi7tJ«^?:'> i A borso cannot brush ifj£fejmni{»^. -'''o.W' P r -. teke an y liberties; Sgijfir". 'f!,tlfeljfl\ hard means an almost Wf^*?4 a ' ftt?]^ k-Tiiey are high, too - from gg.yUr.iJEpQJi-'.iro^guc feet sevon inches— yet giorses «re rapiy steadied at tliem, the Sjjopkeys treating these unoompromising g|6bßtrtoles vqry much us though they were fe]buV glorified hardies.' Of course falls do i||iOCcur;ilb,ut hobas often as tha mantier in Horses are ridden would lead one p:tpX<sxpeot ; • eh.9. jockeys aeem to have a B-SSpjpy^nack of .falling clear, and getting l|/toT#y;fro# theit,,horaes before the animals 'mo&^jca\l^\ith^m : . ' I'havo seen many falls feth^teloglced'appallin^,, but I am thankful gp^^flbnerpf' these, have proved fatu! t(; I i|h^|9||^eyß,-ngr have the injuries received HI pjp£g)ftjji&e>ii p|E ; a perraaucnt riature. On beet-regulated. courses there are and stiff fences juefc oppoorder that the have/ « comfortable

View of the jumping. The distance between these fences is very small, and, in consequence, a great many falls occur ab them— for the benefit of the spectators. I always feel' that this arrangement savors a little bit of the Spanish bull-ring.