TUAPEKA ANNUAL RACES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 567, 28 February 1873, Page 2

TUAPEKA ANNUAL RACES.

[condensed from the tuapeka times. FiestDav, Thursday, Fewiuaby 20. Maiden Plate of 25 Sovs. Weipht for age. Distance one mile and a half. Mr. Haynes's No ocut’email .. ... 1 Richardson's Little Dan ... .. 2 Thomson's Romeo ... ... .1 This race was a gift to No Pcnllcmau. Lawrence Handicap of 75 Sovs. One mile and a half, Mr. O’P.rien’a’'Vi'dh .y, ae’etl, 7s L 81h ... 1 v,,.. v ..i.y '■! i£vr.“, Pot 41h 9 Ma/.l Atlas, ag d, C'i B’h Nin. started. . The race all Trough was

bet >en the three first hoists, and was won as above. a »Ci£ Race of 20 Sovs. One mile heats -No weights under lust. Mr. T)wyr’s Sultana 11 Cotton’s Fairy Queen ... 22 Three others started. Handicap Hurdle 11 ace of 50 Sovs. One mile and a half, heats, Mr. M‘Kay's Medora, lOst ... 11 •\o. wbriny a l-iliuouii i, Ost 121b This race (?) was generally considered irc-faeeJ and clum.iij -executed swin c. ledora took the had, and negotiati tit .•si hurdle after a littlo persuasion. T.. mrini «as cantered up to the hurdle, a jluai .g to take it, was quietly walk* ’• ii>> ie sr.ddling pad oek. Medora leisim oceeded, and at the next hurdle, ben alked up to it, refused lo rise, throwi ■ri Haynes. The race was linishe .by J ira cantering the prescribed dis'an ' -tting over the intervening hurdles will - out any' trouble.

Second Day. Flying Handicap of '0 Povs. Distim one mile. Mr. Noseworthy’s ua-ied ... ... 1 Edgar’s br in Empress, aged, fist 6*L 2 Cji .mbo’s Catapult, agel, Cat 41b 1Hazlett’s Biunctte, aged, Sat 2H> ... 4 Miss Ennis and No Gentleman st rtu . Malice an 1 Awatca scratched. Hatn won by' alonglh. Time, 1 min, 50me. Tuapkka Jockey Club Handicap of 101 Sovs. . Distance two uriies. Mr. Nosw nby’s Hatred, aged, Bst 121 1 Fattei son’s Burgundy, aged, 9st Sib Hazlett’s Atlas, aged, Sst (ill) ... • Edgar’s Empress, aged, Cst 1 Gib ... Nosworlhy’s Tainbaniiui, 4ys, lOst Richardson's Mitforluue, aged, Bri 21b When the flag dropped, the horses tot awry well together. The whole numb r kept in line initi’ passing the grand stand when Tam'mil ini took the lead. Th. or lor was kept all the firs f round, On pa s ing the r-creation groit"d the second tiini Atlas got alongside Tainboiini and the Inv ran nock and neck. At ths straight, Atla was leading I y a neck, when Tambour) swerved, forcing him off the corns llatied an I Burgundy, taking the ad advantage of this opcmTig forged a-hea , coming in first and second respectively Atlas made a desperate effort, after regaining the cmirto, to retrieve bis lost position, but fruitlessly, succeeding only in securing third place. Hack Hurdle 11 ace of 25 Sovs Twic round the course. No weights Tinder lOst. Mr. Thomson's Blackbird, (late Bosjosnian ... ... ... .. 1 Three others started. Tii s was a nrxe l race. All the horses baulked at the hurdles. Bos managed to get the lead, and came in half a mile ahead of thes -cimd and third. Publicans' Purse of 50 Sovs. One n.ilu and tim e-quarters. Mr. O’Brien’s ildboy, aged. 7st 91b 1 No-worthy’s Malice,syrs, Ost 61b 2 Fiazer’s Medoia, aged, 8s 41b 3 Atlas and Burgundy were scratched. On nearing home, a smart run between Malice j and Wildboy ensued. On entering the straight, it was evident that the mare was do e, and tip* gelding pulled off the event. Consolation Handicap of 30 Sovs. Distance one mile. Mr. Edgar's Empress, 6st2lb ... 1 Re y's Malic , Ost 41b... ... 2 This w.-.s a capital race between Empress and Malice, ihc former winning by less than a length. Third Day. A few hach races were got up, the priu tip 1 bciu; the Hospital Race, by which 22/. IDs. were contributed to the funds of the Tuapeku Hospital.