ALEXANDRA SPRING RACES

Dunstan Times, Issue 1119, 12 October 1883, Page 3

ALEXANDRA SPRING RACES

The racing season' was' opened by this meeting on Friday is 4,tjhe sth inst, and ,the Committee may' ccmgl-iitulate themselves ,Oii having had a most supcessfiit day,land had it not been for the,sad accident that happened during the riitmifag of the second heat in the Hack Race/whereby McKenn i’s Acolyte fell and broke its leg, and Wm. Bai rV, the jockey, was thrown and had his shoulder blade broken, the diiy would have been a truly enjoyable one. The attendance of visitors from ev»ry part was greater than usual,‘Queenstown and Crom- ' well on one s-de. Blacks and Tinkers on another, aud the Teviot on the otjher, all sending their representatives, and the truly .liberal spirit they evinced, when called upon on Jtobslf of their fellow sufferers, or in ‘ulgingiflnkitli.er luxuries, was answer sufficient tA-Ula croakei s about bad times. For the Hospital -Race-Lit) 145.6 d was collected, for W. Barry nearly 145. The totalizator scooped in L 303. 11. Tohill at the refreshment booth (did not tell us) did a roaring t- ade, .whilst esq/old-friend Lewi* could jpcvcely ope" his boxes of orjmgesand sweeties fast enough to supply the demand, or could Harry Mooney hear hie own mild voice for the constant .fnsilads ■ kept up at his rifle and again, in Qis .evening, LI 10 clear of all expenses was quietly nietteeb kt th«*'Bnctton:|b»zaar. Indeed-it,was high carnival, and everyone seemed bcnt oi) enjoyment. ..-BnJ /tin* has little te da With the racing or the .management, the former is dealt with below ; as to the latter noiautt was to -be found except perhaps there was rather too long a spell be* tween some of the events, but this is but a •light spot on so fair-an escutcheon as the Alexandra Jockey Club has gain'd for itself, . .. . The following are the particulars of the various events':—-' Ai.-sxAN.nriA Hanpioa?, of SO sovs.' Nomina ions. 20s ; acceptances, 20s. Distance, 2 miles. Mr J. Rivers’s Spectator, 7st 121b (Rivers) 1 Mr H. D Mervyn’sSir Audley, 7st 101b 2 MrC. M'Kenna’s Haricot. Bst Bib .. 3 Mr J. Rivera’s Tui, Bst 71b was scratched. This wa* a good race and fast for the course, and the superior condition of Spectator, backed by hi»-greater knowledge of the course, landed brims winner; though he had only a short length to spare. The old grey ran game, but he was evidently overweighted. Time. 4ruin. 2s. Maiden Plate, of 10 sova. Entrance, 15s; Distance, 1 mile. Weight for age. Open to all- horses that have never won public, mpney. Mr T. Power's Sual-a-Grau (Clare).. 1 Mr Fie’d’s Tu r piii ■ '.. ~, -... 2 Mr J. Smith’s Johnny 3 Mr Drummy's Troubadour ... ... 0 MrJ Siinmonds’s Templeton .. .. 0 Mr Smith’s Co-operation- r 0 Mr W, Ihornp'on’s Mary of Arayle ... 0 A good s a' t was effected, and they all kept well together fo r about one-third the distance, when Turpin showed to tne fore, followed by Siv-' a-Gran and Johnny, the others tailing off. Coming round the torn into the straight, the gre«n jacket took the leal, and f rim there a good race ensued, pasting (ho post in the order : named, Erin’s representative being three lengths abea-i'. District Handicap, of 25 sovs. Nominations-, los ; accCpijiioes, 20s. Dis1. 1 tance. .one mile arid ariialf. Mr J Rivers.’s Tui. Sat 101b (Ward) 1 Hr C. M’Katina's Harioof, Sat 101b ~ (Barry) 2 MrJ. Rivers’s Resartus, 7at 6 b ' Rivers) 3 Mr H. Tohill’s Agitator, 6st 121b ... 0 Mr J. Rivers’s Spectator. Sri, and Mr H. D. Mervyu’s- Sir Audley, Bst, were scratched. Mr Rivers deolared to win with Resartus, but. from the way the money wm piled upon Tni it was evident the public thought differently, as out of 139 investors, 79 were on Tui. For the first three quarters of a mile neither had any particular advantage, Resartus, however, lea-ling on the insioe. Here Tui and the grey forged ahead, and in so doing squeezed Resartus inside a post. The two then- went at it, but. despite every effort of Barry, the grey could only manage to keep on the mare’s quarter, who first passed the post. Agitator 1 war outpaced. Hack Rack, of 10 sovs. Entrance, 10s. Three-quarter mile heats N® weight under 9ri. Post entry. JackyJarky... ... 1 1 Sual » Gran 22 Marksman Spark AcoWte ... In the second heat Acolyte, when well in front fell with his rider (Barry), one or more of the others going right over him. Barry had his shoulder blade broken, and was at once conveyed to the Hospital. The horse, which had its leg broken, was shot and removed iff the.course,- , ... . Consolation Handicap;- «f ~10 sovs. Nominations, lOs; acceptances, 10s. Distance, 1 mild. MrJ. Rivers's Resartus ... . ... 1 Mr Mervyn’s Sir Audley;; ; 2 Mr Simmonds’sTempleton- ... ... 3 This was purely a match between the two first, Templeton being entered only to make up the race according to the rules, three to start or .no race. Resartus had his own way all round winning as he liked. Hospital-B ace, of —— sova. . Rider .of the winning, horse to be presented jjwibh'x whip;' rider of. stcopd hqisq a jpair-bf-apurs.ri---' > --- - Frir this race LlO T4s fid ! waa collected on the ground, and as time not admitting of-its being run off on the Friday, it and a few matches were runoff on the Saturday, Two only started, Jacky Jacky and Resartus, the honour falling on the former.