SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 274, 1 May 1873, Page 10

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CLUTHA RACES.

The following account of tbe principal events at these races, which took place on the 22nd and 23rd, is taken from theJSrwds Herald :— < -* " The attendance was scarcely so lafge as we expected to see, but the racing was really very good, all the horses appartnßy going on their merits. The greatest fault that could be found was with the extreme loss of time between the races, making it very late before the last event on eithar'day, was pulled off ; in fact, it may be said that the Consolation was run in the dark, when two of- the horses came to grief — Tom Ki^&>' and Miss without any' .serious hurt either* to themselves' or their riders. CLUTifA Handicap, of 35 soys., with a-sweep-stake of. one guinea. Distance, ,li mi^ee. \Mr Edgar'B b m Empress, aged - - - 1 |Mr Coombe's b g Catapult, aged - ' • ' - 2 fMrM'Farlane'sbgSaladm ... 3 A good race, between Catapult and EmTppf&^^e lazier jptoniug, to tj^ ,no small of &e~cognoscenti. T '."'***' Flying Handicap, of L 10;1 0; distance, 1 mile. Mr Edgar's b m Empress" - -; - • - 1 Mr Pollock's b m Rosina - -•-.'- 2 Mr Thomson's b g Romeo • - - r-.. r * 3 Again Empress came to the <* front and wouldnot be beaten, causing additional surprise to that created,^^, ppevious race"/ Roatna was.jtgSoa Be cond. • Railway Handicap, of 15 soys ; entrance, — LI ; distance, one and a-half miles. 'Open only to horses the bona fide' property of residents within twenty miles or Balolutha, and must have been in their possession one month previous to the race. jMr Pollock's b m Rosina, 4 yrs - - - 1 Mr Williams's oh g TomKplg, aged - - 2 Mr M'Farlane's b g Happy Jack (late Hogv , den) - - - -*'■'.■■- - - 3 , Rosina ran well for this race, Tom King ( coming up a good second,, , J?ublicanß' Handicap, ml with a _ , sweepstake of one guinea added ; distance, one and three-quarter' miles ; nomination^ two guineas ; acceptance, wie 1 guinea. j Mr Edgar's bni Emp>eaS|jiße^. - -\ - -I Mr Douglas's br glturiwioi 5 yrs - <3 Empress w4nt aw'ayt again from herwntafonista, and could no.t be caught, although .ii|le Nell male a gallant and determined effwi Every one will* regret to hear that Catapult had a. very bad break down in the Rail-* way HandicapY so bad, indeed, that it may be said tha> his racing days are over. After having gone, about half-a-mile, the boy (MaloneJ that was riding him was seen to pull up, and, dismounting, lead him back to the vicinity of the Grand Stand, to reach which was just as much as he could do. Mr Coombe, his owner, was desirous of destroying him t« put him out of the evident extreme pain he was suffering ; but, 'id6ctor's differing," he handed him ovet.&r^tgttt to doe of the jockeys (Mackay)^ The bsfek sinews of both hind legs completely gave way, and we doubt very, much whither he will ever come out of th&mddock, where he had to be clothed up anoJeft