CROMWELL RACES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 976, 31 December 1880, Page 3

CROMWELL RACES.

(Communicated.) FIRST DAY—2Sth December, 1830. GRAND STAND HANDICAP, Of 30 3"vs Distance, on mdc an 1 a half Mr J, t'haafe’s hj hj Atlantic, 5 yrs, lOst 4'b (W iU.d;) 1 Mr T. C Hill’s b g TTnknown, aged, by Flyingg Cloud, SstS'b .. (J. \|!en) 2 Mr T. Ketnut's hj g Wild Manx B ■}•, age 1, 7st 71b (Dulgye) 3 N.m'ibis, Haricot, Nabooh isli, Manx R iy, Timber o i, an 1 Dandy also started. T iis was a grand race between the two fi-st. A’lantio, however, hal the best of it, and won a goo 1 rare by half a length, four lengths separating second and third, the rest in a cluster, with Dandy bringing up the rear. HACK RiV'E, Of 10 sovs. One mile. Ruby 1 Maori Chief 2 Nine started Won easily. CROMWELL DERBY. A sweepstakes of 5 s.,va each for acceptors, <■ 2 sovs forfeit, with 50 sm-s added by the Club. For three-year-olds bred in A’incent, Maniototo, and Lake Counties. Derby weights—colts, Sst 10H> ; fillies, Bst s'b. No allowance for geldings. Second horse to receive 20 pTcent. of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. Distance, one mile and a half. (17 subs.) Mr Rivers’Spectator .. (.1. Allen) il Mr Keenan’s Jupiter ... (Waddell) 2 Mr Scott's Chester ... (A. Fraser) 3 Investment, by Harnha ; Louisa, by Haruha ; Nancy Lee, by St. Albans ; AVeka, by Roebuck ; Tni, by Roebuck ; May Flower, by Architect, also ran. ln- ▼ srinent made the running with Louisa for a mile, when Spectator came to the front followed by Jupiter, who, however, could not reach the favorite, leaving him to win the Derby of ’BO by two lengths in 3min. Jsfio.

FLYING HANDICAP, j Of 20 soya. of a : 'll 1 fll3 e i; lislyil: Mi- J. Chaafe's o t Nautilus, 3 yrs, Sat Ulb . (Waddell) 1 Mr T. U. Hib'a bp Unknown, aged, by Flying Cloud, 9st .. (J. Allen) ! 2 Manx Boy, Dandy, Play Boy, and Play Boy, by Architect, also started. Nautilus won by a length from Unknown, "Manx Boy third two lengths away. Time, Imin. 19seo. SELLING STAKES, Of 15 sovs. There quarters of a mile. Mr Duhig’s B mglileeu DhoUn won easily. Four started