AUCKLAND RACES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9315, 7 January 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND RACES.

n^NDipAp 6f l^Q SOYS., witli a sweprist^kp qf' q- bqvs' eaph| amount accruing from sweepstakes to go to second horse, the third horse to .^save.his stake. Distance, about 3J - over a fair hunting country. JButlerls Agent, Ustjlbs'... (flankias) 1 •M'Gbq's Perfume, list lOlbs (ETudson) 2 Rutherford's Sportsman, 10.it (W|lson) TJ}e're, also ran Bversley,-Don Jtjan, an<| Jonathan Wild. Whitefoot and Cassack were scratched. Don tfuau led over the double hurdles* - Opposite - the grand , stand Eversley ' baulked^ 1 but then took the ;jump sj^iidiqg, 4gent tbjrd, Perfume fourth. Pft'a Juan led oyer the water ;jump across thp road, when' Jonathan: toot fbrst place* >JL)on Juan r^iihed at the &tqne wall rjsing to the jump"; and >ent fJowh with the ton of the wall, Iqsiug hjs chance. Ijversiey camp tfj grief f»< tl}e next cfftoh.-S.pQrtsrnan. led up the rising ground across the paddocks, Porlmne, Jonathan, and Agent following. Coming down the hill into the racecourse, Erersley came forward ia game 'style, Mann having remounted,Eversley made tho pnep very fast past thjf grandstand. Perfume, cljaljenginghi£,raced to the water jump, Sportsman "thii'd, Agent gomg easily fourth, keeping an eye on Perfurne t and; not allowing himself to be distanced. The stonewall was crossed ingrand styje^y the four horses, and it was praftr fo see them racing over the risingground |;owa|:d3.tQe last jump on the hW Prevums to ) descending for %£ fina^ along Indian file, Eversley first, Sparta^ man second, Perfume third, and Agent fourth* , As they neared toe cteat of the hill tne pubhc exci£em,e2t ran hjg^

Agent then made a magnificent rush through his horses, and amid loud cheers Perfume was observed galloping up to him. The final struggle had commenced ; the two champien steeplecliasew had been called oil, and responded; Words cannot describe the excitement as they raced down the torn, Agent leading by a neck iuto the straight, going along freely and taking\toe tast hurdle with precision, losing not an inch, yet not over-strained f by the rider, who seemed rather to be saving him. Poor Perfume strained every muscle and ran as if she knew that Auckland hopes lay in her performance. Tommy Hodson labored hard to, bring his old steed past the Southern rival, but in vain. The^igent kept going, and in a free undistreaaed gallop shot past tbe judge, with perfume at his heels. Sportsman came up third. Time, 10.nin 53sec. Betting-^-Even on ,the Agent, 3 to 1 against Perfume, 4 to 1 Eversley, 6 to 1 against the others. .