TAKAPUNA RACES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2117, 2 February 1886, Page 3

TAKAPUNA RACES.

TrtESB Events, •which are usually held on Anniversary. Day, were postponed until Saturday owing to the rain. The weather • was all that could be desired, and there was a good attendance The following were the results of the various events :— Maiden Plate ok 25sovs. Lochtnvar 1 i ' Highland Mary 2 Contractor 3 I Jtob Roy, Barney, Rosewood, Little Dainty,' and Rowdy also ran. There were 432 '■ £1 ticket-t on the totalizator, J. 9 on the winner, and the dividend wan £20 9s. Anniversary Handicap of SOsovs. Mystery (Morrigan) 1 Mitrailleuse (T. Taylor) ... 2 These were the only starters. Time, lmin. 53£secs. There was £421 on the totalisator, 191 on the winner, and the dividend was £1 19s. Handicap Hckdlk Race of GOaovs ; Two and a-'quarter miles. Mr J. Chtdwick'« Zip 1 Mr B. Thompson's Tim 2 Meiwa Duder's Derby 3 Alar ic and Rowdy also ran. Time srain. There was £873 on the totalisator, 127 on the winner, and the dividend was £0 3s. Hack Rack of 20sovs. One mile and aquarter. Mr R. Peck's Blarney ...- 1 Mr J. Chadwick's Lochinvar 2 Mr A. McNiccoll's Manaia 3 Madge, Kate, and Disappointment also rap. Takapuna Cup of 125sovs \ second horse to ~ receive 20jovs, and third horse Ssovs from the itaket. One mile and threequarters. Mr J. Allwill's Victoria, 7at 121bs (Pearson) 1 Mr E. Kellys Mystery, Bst 71bs (T. Taylor) ... ' 2 Mr J. Enko's Victory, 6st lOlbs (Lennard) 3 Cinderella also ran. Betting: even on Victoria, 3 to 1 against Mystery and Victory, and 5 to 1 against Cinderella. There was £1025 on the totalitator, 374 on the winner, and the dividend was £2 9s. Flat Selling Race of2ssovs. Mr J. Robinson's Little Wonder ... 1 Mr A. McNiccol's Mania 2 Mr E. Leyden's Bon Jour . . .3 Handicap Steeplechase of lOOsovs; tecond hone to receive lOsovs from the stakes. About three miles. Colonel Dawton'sMUs Griffiths, 9stB lbs (Edgecumbe) 1 Mr J. Chadwick's Quilp, list Gibs, lJjlbs over 2 Mr J. Gallagher's Alaric, list lOlbs ... 3 Caoutchouc Julia Aun, Tim, Derby, and Actress also ran. Rowdy, Zip, and Belle were scratched. There was £1158 on the totalisator, 124 on the winner, and the dividend was £8 Bs.

An impounding notice appears in another column. The member! of the Hamilton Choral Society ■ are requested to meet for practice and business to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock, in the Public Hall. Mrs and Miss Mountain, dressmakers fee, inform the inhabitants of Hamilton in another column, that they have removed to more Centrally situated premises in Victoria-street. Mr John Knox will offer for unreserved sale at his mart on Saturday next, Lot 44, parish of Kirikiriroa. containing 34 acres. Also, a consignment of ja« jars. Mr T. G. Sandes, engineer «f the Taotaoroa Road Hoard, advertises for tenders for repairs to th; main road between Cambridge and the junction of the Rotorua and Matamata roads at Gorton. A Lovf.lv CHAPr.KT. — A late fashion report swys : " Nothing can be prettier than a chaplet of hep vines in blossom." A recent medical review says : Nothing can be a better renovator ef the health than American Hop Bitters. They aid in all the operations of nature : toning up th* stomach, assisting the food to become properly assimilated, and promote healthy action in all the organ. The dictates of fashion, xt well as th* laws of health, alike favour a right sppli-