Hawke's Bay Autumn Meeting.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2133, 11 March 1886, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Autumn Meeting.

[BT TKLKURU'H— PKKSS ASSOCIATION.] Napier, Tuesday. The following weights were declared tonight for the Hawke'tf Bay J.C. Autumn meeting : — Free Han'micvp of 100-ovs. ; one mile.— Xecklace, 9st. nibs. ; Pasha, 9st. 31b3. ; Lconata, (Kt. 21bs. ; Pearl, Bst. lOlbs. ; Waitin, 84. o!bs. ; Salvage, Bst. 71bs. ; Itifloman, 84. 411k. ; Trickster, Bst. 31bs. ; Cinderella, Bst. 31bs. ; Derringer, Bs>t. 2lba. ; Rumour, Bst. 21bs. ; Minerva, Bst. lib. ; Tetford, Bst. ; Victoria, Bst. ; Libeller, Bst. ; Billy. 7st. 131b5. ; Snapshot, 7st. lllbsj Miss Dargon, 7st. lOlbs. ; Soudan, 7st. 81bs.; Poet, 7»t. 71bs; Opawa, 7st. 71bs. ; The Laird, 7Rt. 71bd ; Abraham, 7at. Oiks. ; Bonny Blink, 7st. 51bfe. ; Mystery, 7»t, 51bs. ; Director, 7st. 21bs. ; The Arrow, 7it.; Liberty, 7st. ; Galatea, 6st. 121bt>. ; Cremorne, (Jst. 91 bs. ; Psyche. Gst. 7lbs. ; Leite, tist. Gibs. ; Merlin— Repo gelding, Gst. 51bs.; Rivulet, Gst. 41bs, ; Hurata, Gst. 41bs. ; F»rding.ile, Gst. 41b. ; Helena, Gst. ; Brets Harte, Gst. ; Thyme, Gst. Handicap Hurdles of lSOsovs; two miles.— Master Agnes, 12st. Gibs. ; Macaroni, list. 41bs. ; Kingask, lOst. 121bt. ; Director, lOst. lOlbs. ; Denbigh, lOst. 71bs. ; Opawa, Ost. lOlbd. ; Gipsy, f)st 7lbs. ; Mang.vohane, 'Jst. 41bs ; Claude, 9st ; Leits. iU. ; Tim, list. WKLrKK Handicap of lOOsovs. ; one mile and a-half.— Leouata, 12st. ; Salvage, lOst. 121bs. ; Rifleman, lOst. lllbs. ; Minerva, lOst. lOlbs ; Billy, 10.-t. 91b3. ; Trickster, lOst. 71bs. ; Cinderella, lOst. slbs. ; Director, lOst. 41bs. ; Poet, 10»t. ; Opawa, lOst. ; Liberty, 9>t. 121b5. ; Leita, 9st. : Bret Harte, 9st.

The destitution iv Galway, Ireland, u very great, between 400 and 500 artiaaos being absolutely penniless. At a recent public dinner Lord Fife not only condemned entail, but advocated peasant proprietorship, and expressed his willingness to sell his farms to any of his tenantry who were able to buy and successfully farm them. Ho is the owner of 250,000 acres, aud is one of the wealthiest men in Scotland, and has a large interest in a London banking house. Tie Royal Fiddler. —It is, perhaps, somewhat hard that the Duke of Edinburgh should be chaffed on bis fiddling, at a time when, as we learn on high authority, His Royal Highness, while supposed to be carrying on high jinks with a select shooting party at Eastwell, was in reality sitting with ashes on bis head and sackcloth on his back, bemoaning' the loss of dear old Mrs M'Boskey, his children's Scotch nurse. Bat I hare just come across a story so apropos that I must tell it. It seems that George 111., when Prince of Wales, desired to learn the violin, and engaged a preceptor. After some months of practice he enquired of the maestro what progress he had made. " Sir," said the Italian, " there are three kinds of violin players — those who cannot play at all, those who play badly, and those who play well. Your Royal Highness has arrived at the second stage." The Duke of Edinburgh arrived there years ago : aud there he has remained. — Exchange. Mr J. S. Buckland has received instructions ta sell at Cambridge on Saturday, the equity of redemption of five acres of land with cottage &c, at Cambridge West, in the bankrupt «stat« of B. Garland. *