CANTERBURY RACES.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12764, 4 February 1910, Page 1

CANTERBURY RACES.

Christchurch, Fob. 3. The Canterbury Jockey Club's summer meeting opened at Riccarton today in fine weather. The attendances was only moderate, aoid there were rather small fields. The totalisator investments only reached £3298. The results were: — Trial Stakes, of 100 soys: Guianoforte 1, Outlander 2, Genius 3. Also started, Prayer Wheel, Miss Fry,

and Ristori. Won I) 3' a length and a half. Time, 1.42 3-5. Hornby Welter, of 100 soys: Federal 1, Rose Noble 2, Brasenose 3. Also started, Montreal, The Libyan, Cute, Pretty Nell, Merry Lass, and llie Cornet. Won by a length. Filly Stakes, of 200 soys; Fasnakyle 1, Lady Beina 2, - Windgun 3. Also started, Ingoda, Boutade, Shindy, and Venda. Won by a length and a half. Midsummer Handicap, of 250 soys ■ . iikitere 1, Gwendolina 2, Field Gun ;d. Also started Zetland, Gold Braid, , and Nordoff. Tikitere and Gwendo- : Ima were on terms half way down the straight, when the former oufcstayinoher opponent, won by two lengths." Lyttelton Mate, of 100 soys: Kof*]', Countermine 2, Martine 3. Also started, Puaka. Won by a length. Craven Plate, of 200 soys: PasT U * \ H » tewa y 2 » Harita 3. Also started Gravitation, Silkweb, All Guns Perle dOr, and White Cockw i Wo « h Z ? Ion 6 t h and a naif. Halswell Welter, of 100 soys: Merry Lass 1 Queen of Spades 2, Lovelorn 3 Also started, Inchbonny vW I',1 ', A -? nt Sa]] y> ShillelagiV Miss Welbcck, and Sapil encc. Won easily by four lengths. A conceited young cleric once said to his bishop: "Do you not think I may well feel flattered that so great «M ro »> cam , 6 to iear me preach?" No," was the answer, "f or twice as many would come to see you hanged." "It is a rare thing to find a team of cricketers belonging to one family or bearing the same name (says tho lass correspondent of tho "Sydney Daily Telegraph»).Yet in a match here the other day one eleven was made up of the Horton family, and in addition, tho manager, umpire! and scorer of the team wero also named Horton, although they did not belong to the ono family. In an age when everyone is on the look-out for records, Yass claims that a cricket eleven, manager, scorer, and umpire all bearing the ono surname is unparalleled." At a dinner of the New South Wales Branch of the British Astronomical Association the president, Mr James Nangle, . F.R.A.S. spoke strongly of the apathy which existed in Australia regarding astronomical research. In Europe and America, lie said, astronomers had, perhaps, never been moro active, and it seemed probable that before many 3'ears wonderful discoveries would be made as tho result of their work. They were also compiling information which would enable astronomers of the later day to solve problems which it was impossible to understand hotv tor lack of data. But in Australia ii M '^ altllT and prosperous, practically the only enthusiasm shown was that of a few amateurs. At a conference recently in Europe information which Sydney liad promised was lacking, and work undertaken years ago was still undone. A peculiar accident occurred at Mr . Or. I< . Nott s joinery works at Armidale the other day. The driver of the big oO horse-power engine, which propels numerous pieces of machinery had just stared Jiis engine, when suddenly the governor got out of gear, and the engine immediately raced. Boforo its terrific speed could be checked the largo driving wheel, sfb. 6m. in diameter, and three-fourths of a ton m weight, flew into a hundred pieces with a report as. of a cannon. Iho fragments wrecked everything in their,co ; urse, spipe, being foundl hun- , dreds of yards away. Fortunately no on© was in the way of the dismembered wheel, and tho only person to suffer was a youth, who paid a. hurried visit to tho roof, and reached terra firma again much shaken, but otherwise uninjured. In all about £100 worth of damage was done to the machinery.