ONEHUNGA RACING CLUB. Autumn Meeting. Onehunga, March 29.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 44, 5 April 1884, Page 6

ONEHUNGA RACING CLUB. Autumn Meeting. Onehunga, March 29.

The Autumn Meeting, under the auspices - of the Onehunga Racing Club, passed off successfully on Saturday at the pretty little racecourse at Te Papapa. The weather was beautifully tine, and there must have been fully 1,000 people on the ground. One noticeable feature in connection with the meeting is that it was conducted on strictly temperance principles, nothing stronger than hop beer being obtainable. Mr Codlin acted as judge, Mr Blackburne as clerk of the scales, Mr Denize as clerk of the course, and last but by no means least, Mr 0. McGee wielded the starter's flag. The latter was particularly successful ; indeed, we have never seen more satisfactory starting on any racecourse in or about Auckland. The totalisator, worked under Mr Adams's management, was fairly patronised, £1,429 going'through the machine. 1st. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of 30sov8., over eight flights of hurdles ; second horse to receive 10 per cent, from the stakes. Distance, 1} miles. John Lennard's ch g Shotover, 5yrs, 9st71b 1 R. and R. Duder's b g King, 6yrs, 9st .. 2 Patterson's b g Evening Star, aged, 9st71b 3 MAIDEN PLATE of 20sovs., for all horses that have never won an advertised race exceeding losovs. Distance, U mile. H. Huxstep's Mignonette, 5yrs, Sst I31b 1 J. Lennard's ch g Shotover, 5yrs, 0st 21b 2 D. Harford's b g Chandos, 6yrs, 9st 21b 3 Black Star, Lyna, and Muscatelle also ran. ONEHUNGA CUP of 60 sovs. : second horse to receive 10 per cent, from stakes. Distance. 11 miles. Lyons and Blaikie's b g Woodpecker, 6>ys, Sst 41bs (Farrell) 1 W. Walters' blk m Fishwoman, 4yrs, Sst 41bs (McClusky) 2 R. Lamb's ch g Venture, 6yrs, Gst 12lbs (Absolum) .3 Eavenshoe (7st 41bs, Hodson), Nigger (oyrs, 6st Slbs, Thorpe), Mystery (4yrs, Gst 71bs, Byers), and Bryan O'Lynn (4yrs, Gst, Huxtable), also ran. Betting : G to 4 against Woodpecker, 3 to 1 against Fishwoman and Venture, 4 to 1 "Nigger, 7 to 1 Mystery. Nigger led at the start, the field in a cluster close on his heels. The North Shore horse maintained the lead the first time past the stand, but at the back of the course the favourite, without much effort, took the lead, and managing to stall oft" a plucky rush from Fishwoman, -who came up under the whip, won by about two lengths ; a similar distance separating the Papakura representative from Venture. Totalisator dividend, £1 19s. NOVEL RACE of 20sovs. Distance, I mile. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, the whole of the proceeds to go to the fund. No weight under Sst. Mr H. Hayr's b m Twilight, aged (Farrell) 1 Messrs R. and R. Duder's blk g King, oyrh (Williams) 2 Mr Maher's Peg Woffington (Byers) ... 3 Diana was snatched. Betting : Six to 4 on Twilight, 10 to 8 against King. King -\\ as the last to get away, and despite his punishment in the Hurdle Race, he ran a good horse, being just defeated by hardly a length. Dividend, 14s. PUBLICANS' PURSE HANDICAP of 20sovs. Distance, 1£ mile. H. Huckstep's Mignonette, 5yrs, Gst (Adams) 1 C. H. Lushington's ch g Merlin, aged, Sst 51b (Farrell) 2 R. and R. Duder's blk g Nigger, 5yrs, 7st 21b (J. Thorpe) 3 Bryan O'Lynn (4yrs, 7st, Absolum) also started. Rewi (Sst olb) and Traveller (ost 71b) were scratched. Betting was even on Mignonette, who made the running from start to finish, and won as she liked by eight lengths, Nigger] tv o lengths behind Merlin. The Pony Race for a Silver Cup, value £20, was won by Donley's Catch- 'm if- You - Can from a field of nine. Lyna would probably have won had she not bolted into the crowd at the turn into the straight. The totalisator paid a dividend of £1 Is. The Coxsolatiox of lOsovs., distance 1 mile, fell to Fishwoman, Sst 121bs ; Venture, 7st, being second ; and Mystery, Gst lllb, third. Dividend, 16s. This brought the proceedings to a termination.