RACING ITEMS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 165, 7 January 1873, Page 6

RACING ITEMS.

At Pahnerston, on January 1, a meeting was held at Meadowbank, the property of Sir P. Dillon Bell. The events resulted as follows :—■ Maiden Plate.—Mr Johnson's Miss Vulcan, 1 ; Mr Little's Daft Watty, 2. Palmerston Handicap.—Mr T. M'Kay's Rose, 1; Mr Samuel Walker's Bobby Burns, 2. District Handicap.—Mr Johnston's Miss Vulcan, 1 ; Mr Scott's Minnie Grey, 2. Shag Valley Cup.—Mr William M'Kay's Medora, 1 ; Capt. Hutchinson's Miss King, 2. Two days' first-class sport was provided for the St. Bathan's people, on the Ist and 2nd inst. The weather is reported to have been delightful, and fully two hundred persons were present. Fibst Day. The first race was the Maiden Plate of £lO. Distance, a mile and a half. Mr Burns's Rambler ... 1 Mr Keenan's Snackain 2 Mr Huston's Creeping Jane ... 3 Rambler was the favourite, and beat the second horse by fifteen yards. The mare was pulled up. Publicans' Purse of £ls. One mile heats. No weight under 9st. Mr Keenan's Gamecock 11 Mr Grant's Morven 2 3 Mr Hastings' Widow 3 2 Faery Queen and Blood Royal also ran. Gamecock was hot pressed by the respective horses in both heats. Selling Race of £2O. Distance, one mile and a half. Mr Hastings' Regnum 1 Mr Pyle's Master King 2 Mr Grant's Bobby 3 Regnum won as he liked, and was afterwards sold for £ls. Miners' Purse of £ls. Mile heats. Mr Burns's Rambler 1 1 Mr Keenan's Pickpocket ...2 2 A Hack Race, of £5, is described as the best race of the day. Mr Grant's Comet beat Mr Keenan's Topsy by "just enough to swear by." Second Day. Hack Selling Race, of £lO. Mile heats. Mr Hallay's Tipperary Boy ... 1 1 Two others ran. The Duudan Times says the winner of this race is a half-brother of Doodlernbuck, of Gorge renown. St. Bathans Cup of £2O. Distance, a mile and a half. Weight for age. Mr Keenan's Gamecock 1 Mr Barnes's Rambler 2 Gamecock won by a length. Ladies' Purse of £lO. Distance, one mile. Welter weight for age. Mr Grant's Morven, 12st. 71b. ... 1 Mr Keenan's Gamecock, 12st. ... 2 Two others ran. Morven won, after a splendid race for the last half-mile, by just a head. The Consolation Handicap, of £lO, brought out six starters. Blood Royal and | Bobby ran a dead heat; and the former won the run-off by a head, and amidst great excitement. The programme of the Dunedin annual j meeting, to be held on March 24th and 25th, ! has been published. It comprises : j Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. ; a mile and a! quarter. Forbury Handicap of 200 sovs. ; a mile and three-quarters. St. Kilda Stakes I of 60 sovs. ; a mile and a distance. Publi-! cans' Handicap of 80 sovs. ; a mile and a quarter. Selling Race of 50 sovs. Selling! Hurdle Race of 30 sovs; : each a mile and al half.—On the Second Day:—Handicap Hurode Race of 80 sovs. ; two miles and a dis-1 tance. Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap of 250 sovs. ; two miles and a distance. Town ! Plate of 90 sovs. ; a mile and three-quarters. Novel Race of 100 sovs. ; a mile and a half : (the winner to be sold by auction, and the! whole of the proceeds to go to the funds.) Consolation Handicap of 00 sovs. ; one mile, j Hack Race of 20 sovs. So excellent a programme, offering over: £llOO for competition, ought to induce owners of horses all over the Colony, if not! in Australia, to patronise this meeting.