To the Editor WAIRARAPA DAILY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 691, 12 February 1881, Page 2

To the Editor WAIRARAPA DAILY.

■ Sir—Would you be so kind as to put a local in your paper to let my frionda in Masterton know, that I have arrived home quite safe. I have simply, been up country looking for Work. I sent a note down to Mnßtorton last Monday-to let my wife know where I was, which unfortunately has not arrived yet, I am, &c.,

■ WAIRAEAPA JOCKEY CLUB. ■... AUTUMN..MEETING,' ' SECOND DAY, FRIDAY, FEB. 10th, 1881. »'President—J, P. Russell. ,'Judge—Wallace Smith. 7""'"" * StSeß-rN..SraCe. ■ Hon, Treasurer-W. O.'Wclanaiir ' Clorlf ol the Scales—P. Dcnald. . >; Clerkof. Course—W. lorns. ;

Stewards: J.' Drumniorid, N. Grace, H. S. Warden, James Macara, H;McMaster, J. 0. V allance, E. A. S._ Wyllio. Secretary: Ralph R, Armstrong

As was anticipated, yesterday proved a more successful day's' sport than the previous one, The attendance w&s also somewhat larger, but we are sorry to hear that the gate holder lost a large sum by the speculation. The reason they asbign is that, in addition to the price paid being too high, there are too large a number of "dead heads" to pass in free—jockeys, trainers, owners, and members of the W. J.C. being in this category. As on Thursday, tlio programme was carried out in a moat efficient,and satisfactory style. There was only one slight hitch during the day, aud that was some mistake with regard to the acceptance of Libeller for the J.C. Handicap, which was not received till too late, aiid- the horse could not be allowed to go, The weights on all the other horses had to be risen in consequence, It' is a pity Libeller did not start, as the Wairarapa, people present would probably have seen that crack horse beaten by their old favorite Danebury, who seemed good enough for anything yesterday; and if Libeller could have beaten liirn at the, weights ho must be an extraordinary horse for speed. The racing all through the day was very good, there was only one drawback, that being the walk over for the Railway Plate. But this did not seem to eause a great deal of disappointment, as a splendid contest had been witnessed in the Hurdle Handicap and Hack Hurdles, as well as in tlio Maiden Plate (in which Mr John Macara was a popular winner with Fetru'ohio, after a very quick race), Maiden Hacks, and J.C. Handicap, which Danebury so deservedly won. The "games" were stopped by the police in the afternoon, the course not being half so lively without them. It seems a rather inconsistent thing to allow them to flourish for a day aud a half, and then to turn them off; 'but the ways of the police are sometimes inscrutable. Messrs A. L. Whyto, of Carterton ; D. Barratt, of Greytown; and E. 6. Jones, of Masterton, did a fair business at their respective booths; the • publicans also doing better than on Thursday. There were no fights; no accidents, and very few drunks,-the' whole meeting passing off most pleasantly. The Secretary of the W.J.C. was courteous and obliging to all, and the Stewards each performed their allotted duties with punctuality _ and efliciuncy; so that there was not a single complaint as to the management or general arrangements. The only growl—aud that was really a deep one-was with regard to the amount of money it cost to get on to the ground from any of the townships, There was a fair attendance yesterday, something like a thousand persons being present. But that number could be seen six yours ago, and the population hasgreatly increasodsince then; and the attendance, under favorable circiimstancos, should have increased in proportion. However, take the meeting all through, it may be pronounced a successful one, both .from a pecuniary point of view and from the fact that the sport was honest and free from dispute of any kind —the only thing that might be better, as we said before, being the attencianco. The following is the programme of the second day's events

HANDICAP HUBDLES. Of 50sovs ; over darkened hurdles, 3ft 9in high. 2 miles and a distance. P. Butler's Agent, 12st 71b ... (Lunn) 1 R, McFarlane's Kangaroo, 10at (Jones) 2 Jas, Maoara'a Kowhai, Bst 71b (Dorset) 3 J. C. Vallance's General, Bst 71b ; W. Mitchell's Hamlet, 9st; A. McAlistor's Eclipse, 10st; and 11. Mclvor's Raven 10st 71b, also ran. Betting was 3 to 1 on the Agent, about '£G4 being in the totalisator. A very good start was made, General leading over the first hurdle and all round, closely followed by Eclipse, Hamlet, and Kangaroo, Raven and the Agent some lengths in tho rear close together, ICohai last. All jumped exceedingly well, but the performance of the Agent and old Kangaroo in this respect was in tiptop style. Raven jumped well the first time round, but rose very high. Entering the straight the first time round, General was still in the lead, geing well. Kangaroo here closed up, and was second, Eclipse having ran round a hurdle and, put himself out of it, Hamlet was fourth, Kohai fifth, Raven and Agent bringing up the rear. This order waa pretty woll maintained till the second hurdle from home, round which General ran, thus spoiling his chance, Kangaroo taking first place, Kohai next, Hamlet fifth, Eclipse out of it. Raven and Agent now began to come up, and rose within a length of each other at this hurdle, where Raven came a cropper, Agent going over safely and racing for the leader, Kangaroo. Entering the straight tho old Wairarapa Champion gameiy raced tho crack, and they rose the last hurdle nearly together, but Agent had plenty in hand, and came in an easy winner by a length, The time was pretty fast—i min 39 sec?.

HACK HUIiDLB HANDICAP. T. Hill's Roebuck, 10st 71b (J. Jones)- 1 J, Dulfoy's Black Warrior (Brummy) 2

Vallance's Torpedo, flat,and R. Briglit's Undo Tom, 9st 121bs,'also ran, Melting all in favor of Roebuck. A good start was made and as usual the hacks proved very good jumpers, lloebuck after a quick race landing his backers easily. Torpedo come in second but both .he and Uncle Tom had run round a hurdle and put thomselvea out of the race. 3IAIDEN PLATE. Of 40 sovs. For maidens at time of entry, li miles. Weight for Entrance 3aovs, John Macara's Petruchio, by Gladiator Bst 111b5... (Polling) 1 E. Heme's Whitau, 7stl§lbs,,. ... 2 R, Higginson's Elfreda, also started. Whit-au. was altogether the favorite, only £2 being invested in the totalisator, and that was on her; the others had no backers except at very long odds, They were despatched together after one false start, Elfreda taking the lead, Petruchio next, Whitau staying a length or two in the roar. They wero in' this ordor passing the post the first time,'and retained their respective positions till entering the bush, when Prank Pelling could not keep Petruchio back any longer, and let him go. He caught Elfreda in a few strides, and the game little filly racecf with him all she knew, but he went on and soon placed half a dczen lengths between himself , and her, Whitau, ridden by W, Clifford, now thought it time to make an effort if i she was to have.a say in the matter, but Petruchio showed no sign of giving in, and she had to fight : for second place, Petruchio winning easily, and Polling being greatly :oheered as ■ lie-,passed ..«»■ fnnrcannnfl nfana- woo

a very close one, Whitau just managing to pull it off by half a length. Tiiiie, 2miu olfscc3, : Y:-''-'.V MAIDEN HACK KAUB, , For silver-mounted whip given by R. R. Armstrong. For all horses that had' never won public money, f-mile; • welter weights for age. .- .Driacoll'a Venture, Sat 131b (Polling) 1 TffitcKeirs Beggarman"(Owner) 2 There were four others started, and a very fast race took place, a native's horse named Paioa, would-probably have won' it, but ran off at the turn,into the straight, WAIBAUAPA JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP. Of 100 sovs. 2miles. Nomination 2 sovs.,. acceptance 3 sovs. ' • ' W. 0, William's Danebury, 7st 101b (T. Hay ward) 1 Mclvor'sDan,9st (Owner) 2 T. E, Ray's Annie, 7st 51b (Owner) 3

J. Drummond's Senorita, 6st 101b, and R. Bright's Lady Ellen, 6st Gib, also ran,J Ika being scratched, and six of the twelve entered not accepting. The betting on this was nearly all on Senorita and Dan, the former being a trifle the favorite. £94 was laid amongst the starters iu tho totalisator, each having several backers. Danebury was not very warmly supported by the public, as it was feared he was not fit to stay the distance, but the result proved how much they were mistaken.- A good start was .made, and they went off at a slashing pace, Danebury making the runuing with Annie, the others keeping in the rear. Danebury, who was galloping iu splendid style, gradually drew ahead,and passed the jndge the first time round about four.lengths in front, Annie next, about three lengths in front of the rest, Senorita third, LadyEllen last. They continued this order all round through the bush, Danebuy having considerably increased his lead, aud it could be seen that bar accidents they could never catch him. Dan made his effort on coining out of the bush, and tried to lessen tho distance between himself and the leader, Annie and Senorito sticking clnsely to him. They did not gain a yard on tho leader till entering the straight, where they closed up a trifle, but Danebury was as fresh as a diisy and just raced in as he pleased, aud could apparently have kept up the pace for another round. The rest came in vety close together. The winner was loudly cheered on passing the post for gaining such a decided victory; and received a small ovation when lie weighed in. This raie was a great treat for Wairarap'a people, tho winner galloping in a style not displayed by any other horse at this meeting and beating by such a distance, the crack visiting horse Dan. The time will tell those who were not present, what Bort of a pace it was, being 3mins, 30secs. for the two miles,

RAIIjffAY STAKES, .Of £25 sovs. For 2-year-olds and up-, wards, Six furlongs, Weight for age. This was another walk-over for Billing?-, gate, the other two being scratched, HANDICAP HACK RACE, ■ Of 10 sovs, Once round the course, For this there were eight entries, Ernest managing to pull it off after a good race, beating Roebuok, Shamrock and five others. Time—limn 52^aecs. CONSOLATION HANDICAP. Of 20aovs; For all beaten horses (hacks excepted). 1 mile Mclvnr's Dan, 9st 71b ... (Owner) 1 T. E. Ray's Annie, 7st ... (Owner) 2 Barbara, sst 121b, and'lka, Gat 121b, also started, Betting was rather in favor of Annie, There was £77 in the totalisator, each horse being well supported. A capital start was made, and they went away at a very warm paco, Ika and Annie racing for thoir lives, Dan and Barbara close behind, On coming out of the bush Dan went up and challenged Annie, who still had the lead, and they forged ahead a little from the others, Annie sticking to her work like a brick, They race'd together to the straight, turning into which Dan got a slight advantage; but the result was still coubtful, and great excitement prevailed as they raced neck and neck up the straight. When about 20yds from the winning-post Dan made a slight stuinblo and lost ground, but managed to just get his head in front on the post, the other two one or two lengths in the rear, The time was lrain 353003.

This concluded tho Wairarapa Jocke; Club Autum meeting for 1881,