THE WELLINGTON RACES

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1806, 2 February 1884, Page 3

THE WELLINGTON RACES

[BY TLI/hUH Mll — I'RKis.S A.vjOCHTIOX.] Whr.i,iX(. rox, Fiiday. Tiikhe is beautiful wo.ithei for the first day's i aces to-day. The com so is in good condition, and thcie is evei s' appe.ii a nee of a laige attendance. Mischief and Oilando an; scratched foi the inlying Stakes, and Tun WlnfHei foi all engagements, and Welcome Jack for the Cup. The following aie the lesiilts of the \<iuous events :—: — Fuivf, BuKh (Handicap), of (JOsovs. Thiee-quaiteis of a mile. Consul, ust olbs . 1 Minei \ a, 7st (>lbs 2 Mitioia, (>st 711"»s 3 Won, haid held, by two length. Time, lmin. 2\secs. Totahsatoi (inside), to 10s ; outside, £4 l.")s. Huunix llu'K (Handicap), of (KKovs. About t\\ o rinle^ and a half; o\ei eight flights of litudles. Onont, !Kt7lbs 1 Loch Lomond, 10,t Slbs 2 Clarence, 12st libs 3 Won bv half a length. Time, sinin. l(S^,sec>-. A i)rotest was entered against Onent and Loch Lomond for not jumping n hmdle. After confide) ation the iace~\\as given to Onent. Totalisatoi dmdend, £4 l")s. Wfltjnc. iox Clp, of 400io\s. ; second hoise to iccene 2osovs fiom the stakes. Mr Bates' The I'oet, liy Anteios — Fancy, 7-t lib ' 1 ilr Standi^h'sNounanbj', by Day Dawn — Tiaducer maie, (i-~t Sib 2 Mr Kobinson s Vangnaid, by Traducer —Kn A\ant, <Sst 71bs 3 Ticfngeiatoi, Salvage and Leonata also l.in. A'.mgu.ud was made a hot favouiite, odds being laid on his winning. The lioiscs Meie sent away to a good stait, the Poet assinnMig the lcid, closely followed by Leonata and Noimanby. At the back of the turn the same position was kept, but here V.m»uaid, who had been l mining last, made his elioit, and passing Leonata and Kefngeiator, lan into thud place. On enteimg tlic stiaiglit the Poet was fir^t, with Norin.mby close up and Vanguaid following, the otheis a length or two behind. A gie.it iace ensued down the sti .light, the Poet winning by a length, a lcngth-.ind-a-half sepaiatmg the thud hor--e. Time, 3mm. 3<S\secs. Di\idend, inside, (t2 shaies), £',U 8s ; outside (£1 shaies), t'l") 4s. Mi Bates' vietoiy was \ei y popul.u. On the jockey weighing out he was loudly cheeied. Sikwaud-d' Haxdicm 5 . Noi inanby . 1 Salvage 2 Adimnistiatoi 3 Mmeiva also nn. This Mas a giand iace, Noimanby winning cleveily by a head, second hoise half-a-length off Adinmistiatoi. Time, 3min. 4O',becs. Totilisators dnidends.— lnside, £4 17*= ; outside, to l!)s.

It is i elated that not long ago John Blight attended an auction sale of highpi iced bhoithoin cattle in England, and m lei-ponse to an lnquiiy said, " No, I Ikuo not conic to buy, but to see the fool who will pay €2000 tor a bull."Theie he is,"' said Lady Skelmersdale piomptly, pointing to her husband. The reply made by the People's Tiibune is not a matter of lecoid. Lord Lytton, in his autobiography, which will be published immediately, declines to leveal the date of his bnth. But his son and editor, the present Eail Lytton, has succeeded in solving the secret by inference to the registrar of Marylebone. It theie appeals that Edward Geoige Eatle Lytton Bulwer was born on May 25, ISO 3, though he was not baptized until seven yeais later. The house he was born in was 31. Baker-street, and is now a milliner's shop. A (Jkkvt point regarding telephones was decided the other day. The telephone was declared to be evidence, and comeisations by telephone are no longer excluded from notice by the Couit It appeared at the London Guildhall that a comeisation by telephone had taken place involving facts necessary to the case against the bank manager and his confederate. The point was raised. The Court asked whether the voices were recognised, and satisfied with that proof of identity, decided that the evidencewas admissible.