SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3176, 25 April 1873, Page 3

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CLUTHA RACES,

The following account of the principal events at these races, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday last, is taken from the Bruce Herald “ The attendance was scarcely so large as we expected to see, bnt the racing was really very good, all the horses apparently going on their merits. The greatest fault that could be found was with the extreme loss of time between the races, making it very late before the last event, on either day, was pulled off; in fact, it may be said that the Consolation was run in the dark, when two of the horses came to grief—Tom King and Miss Roe—fortunately without any serious hurt either to themselves or their riders. Clutha Handicap, of 35 soys., with a sweepstake of one guinea. Distance, miles. Mr Edgar’s b m Empress, aged - - * 1 Mr Coombe’s b g Catapult, aged - ■ ■ f Mr M'Farlane’s b g Saladin - - • J A good race between Catapult and Empress, the latter winning, to the no small astonishment of the cognoscenti. Plying Handicap, of LlO ; distance, 1 mile. Mr Edgar’s bin Empress - - - - 1 Mr Pollock’s b m llosina - - • * % Mr Thomson’s b g Romeo - - - - 3 Again Empress came to the front and would not be beaten, causing additional surprise to that created in the previous race, llosina was a good second. Raidway Handicap, ®f 13 sova; entrance,— ' LI; distance, one and a-half miles. Open only to horses the bona fide property of residents within twenty miles of Balclutha, and must have been in their possession one mouth previous tq the race. Mr Pollock's b m Rqsina, 4 yrs - - - 1 Mr Williams's ch g Ton} Ring, aged - - 2 Mr M‘Earlane’s b g Happy Jack (late Hogden) : - • : * * • * 3 Rosina ran well for this race, Tom King pqming up a good second. Publicans’ Handicap, of 10 sovs; with a * ' sweepstake of one guinea added ; distance, one and three-quarter miles; nomination, twq guineas; acceptance, one guinea. Mr Edgar’s bm Empress, aged ; : - 3 Capt. Hutchison’s b m LittleJs T ell, aged - 2 Mr Douglas’s br g Kuriwao, 5 yrs - - 3 Empress went away again from her antagonists, and could not be caught, although Little Nell ma le a gallant and determined effort. Evsry one will regret to hear that Catapult had a very bad break down in the Railway Handicap, so bad, indeed, that it may be said that his racing days are over. After baying gone af )oU t half-a-mile, the boy (Malone) that was riding b'm was seen to pull up, and, dismounting, lead him back to the vicinity of the Grand Stand, to peach which was just as much as he could do. Mr Coombe, his owner, was desirous of destroying him to put him out of the evident extreme pain he was suffering ; but, “ doctor’s differing," he handed him over in a gift to one of the jockeys (Mackay). The back sinews of both hind legs completely gave way, and we doubt very much whrther he will ever come out of the paddock, where he bad to be clothed up and left.