Sporting.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1029, 6 January 1882, Page 3

Sporting.

BLACKS. J.C. ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Blacks Jockey Club came off at Ophir on December 30th, and was a very fair success. There was one drawback to the enjoyment of the visitois, and that was the weather, which was not everything that could have been desired. St wn very squally, and of course raised the dust, causing the ladies esp.’ciilly some annoyance.

The racing was excellent, and, everything -considered, the fields of horses brought together may be regarded as having been exceptionally good, so that the Club may congratulate themselves with the thought that their 1881 meeting was a successful one. We regret the' misfortune to Teviot. When running for the Vincent Handicap he fell and dislocated his fore fetlock, and was afterwards shot. The following is a report •of the racing :

Maiden Plate of lOsovs; for all horses that have never won an advertised race, one

and a quarter mile; post entry, 15s. (Claire’s Highlander, Hist 41b (Claire) ... 1 Williams’s Design, 7st 4lbs (Webb) ... - H Van’s Sunshine, 10st41bs (Gilligan) ... 3 Lord Ray, Wild Rose, Johnny, Sarsfidd, :Snh»hiae,band Jim Crow, also ran. Vincent Handicap of 20sovs ; two miles. Nomination LI, acceptance los. J'lafmeTyVPooiburji Jack; 9st (Davis).... J Flannery's Rufus, Sst(Webb) ... 2

-. (lilligan’s Teviot started, but broke Ids (fore fetlock in the first mile, and had to be Allot.

Slack Selling Race of lOsovs. Three-quar-ter mile heats. " If entered td be sold for

Lls, to carry lOst -. for Ll2, 9st ; for

LlO, Bst Jenkins’s Snip, Bst, (Webb) ... 2 11 Marlin’s Miss Grant. Bst (Martin)... 1 3 2 'Clare's Silvio, lOst (Clare) .. .'i 2 ■ Itisinarck, Mignionette, and Johnny ran. I leceiver was scratched. lltiny' Scnrry uf .Ssovs; 1 mile. Post entry 5s ' Dimdas’s Spark... ... i Williams’s Design ... 2 .Cavan's Nelly ... ..3 Wild Rose and Dcccver started. Jlhieks District Handicap of {joys’; l-i vr mile/ v 'Flannery’s Pool burn Jack;- Sst Cilia (Davis) ... ... .. 1 Flannery’s Rufus, Bst (Webb) .. 2 Flhnntery's Jaeky Jacky,-Sst... .... 3 Thorntop was-scratched. The Trotting Pome -was won by Shiilel•lagh, and the ■Consolation by Fanny. A concert was held during the evening in aid of the funds of the Blacks Roman •Catholic Chapel, and was a great, success. An immense number of people was prcient, and tbe songs, etc., were admirably rendered, A dance, in which about fifty • couples took part, finished up the day’s • proceedings.