THE DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB.

Evening Star, Issue 3458, 23 March 1874, Page 3

THE DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB.

ANNUAL MEETING.

No person interested in the meeting could have desired finer weather than there W®s to-day. It w,as ; truly a lovely, day, with the.sun just warm enough to make everything cheerful, and little or no . wind, We do not remember seeing any racecourse in the Province to th.e same advantage as ~the For-bury;to-dav. There must have been'between 5,000 and 6000 persons.in the groundj a good couple of thousand on thefsandhills. ’ The grand stand, notwithstanding its additions, was barely, sufficient to accommodate! the numbers who patronized it, and at; 2 p.m., when the Cup race-was being run, there were fully 600 persons upon it. The course wa»in very good condition, and the stewards are to be complimented ou the completeness of-their arrangements. We were pleased to observe a little more regard paid this-year to punctuality; but there is still; room, for improvement in this respect. Mr H. J. Walter provided an excellent luucb for the stewatds. The ; Maiden. Plate brought out six, 'Starters; there being Uo:absentees, andypriti'sail was, of coni se, The.favorite.' : The Revoke cob was well;lip,'for,, it* and -at;■ the finish -it . iwas; a very jopi nion that if he had been better jockeyed; Mr;‘Webb’s-.colors iwould have been.carried to the fore instead of Mr Redwood’s. - .For, the Gup seven ;> started, Lurline was a bob' favorite* but Templeton and., Atlas,; were ;not -without. fanciers; The f ilatter / was . more I especially-.-..fat vored by the up - country contingent,, but it Was; plain .'from the first that be was ovejf .conditioned, and could only be depended on for third place, for which-' 'he!-was. freely tefcbejk Templeton ranwell, but, is no match'for the grandest'mare in the Colonies,' Apropos of the Cup, the' fiist prize in one of the LSOO sweeps falls to Mr G. W, Eliott; and in the other to Mr F. Hannigan '; while the first prize in the second sweep of L 250 a& the Umpire goes to a number of compositors in the ‘Daily. Times’ office. For-the St. Kilda stakes, Mi* Redwood, seeing How Spritsail had-been, .pushed in -the Maiden, thought it advisable to make Lurline go for it, and accordingly the. fojrpier only showed at the starting post. : " : v] aidßn Plat®, of‘Bo sovs,fche second -horse ' to receive 10 sovs from thestakesj entrance, Siaovs j one mire and a half. For horses that have-never won an advert\sed prize exceedipg L 25. Weight for ‘ a ß®‘ ‘ ' ii;. Mr H. Redwood’s 3jrs, 7b 81b 1 Mr F. W. Delatbaiiv’s ®lfih - 2 Malton—Mpimtain : Nympji,. 2«; yrs, sst Mr ThWis Broadway's'bit* m lli&ohefte! aged, 9st 41b,, i-■*/ . j-,; . t ,-r!-•; - - 0 'X. , M‘Kenzie’s hr f Peri, by Scud, 4 yrs, ost Ulb •• • •--* •/A i i .■, L ; q ob f Baroness. Burdett,. 3 , yrs.Tstfiib -; o against Spritsail. 3 to 1 Elfin King, sto 1 Any other. Thb -six- 1 entered faced the starter, and after a false attempt were depatched on tolerably Oven teima, the Re- ; voke colt having a little thd best of it. For : the first three-quarters of a mile the whole : were together, the tie voke colt Still leading s ! but at about half-way round the course the ! second time! Peri 'fell' hopelessly back, and ! spritsail, who had been kept' -well in hand, , joined,; bevoke- colt;,;; The ;twb"then : , tlie rest, and had a splendid s race fi-irne. together, requiring more of the ! whip than the Revoke colt, but just getting his nose in front at the post. ■ Elfin King thred lengths behind. Time, 2min.' flfllsec. spritsail' carried 4lb overweight-j Elfin King, Thb Ctfp, a handicap of 300 sovs, with a sweepstake Of 10 sovs. each; the / second horse to receive 50 sovß. r and/tho 8 , 0v .f from the stakes : .two 1 ’miles and a distance. The wirider of any handicap race of the value of 200“ Sovs, ■ i -after v declaration of to" carry 71bAtra; of twq.or more such races, such handicap race of the Value of 100 sovs, to carry 51b _Y'j6}ttra; two. or, more- such races,- Blbextra.' ■' v ' f. Redwood’s bmLurlineiAyrt. 9sft(R.Masoh)'l nol* ela “ b c Templeton; 3 yrs, 6st I2lbs (S. bmith) . ... .2 J * <kuf ett Sb 8 Bstj2lbs (Wad-

w hg Tambourini, 5 .yrs,fist !2lbs ■» -’ 0 n P* atW* ch , 5 yrs, .75t,91b8, - Q ; Capt. Hutdhison’s bcYarlof Lynne, a'yrs - 6st 81bs . - .■,• !:' f . \ . 0 ,b g Parawhe.uua, 5 Jstr 61bs ) -, 0 | For , this, the big event, seven started, Calumny and &pritsa!il having been 'scratched' jto win with Lurline.. betting 2tol on Lurjlme. dto I against Templeton, 6 to I,Atlas, 9°® !0. .1 Tamhourini; 3 toil rE^rl'Of Ljhej 100 t6 1 The morses were' closely serritirimed": in thb' r had-‘ dling 'paddack, Luriirie arid Templeton, hiving S ■ Lurline ran in iluteS, ] ;arid Atlia' hacl his shoes' removed and platb's jput on hia f6fe feet. ' He'looked r very»’big; f "bat' ''proVe'd '*’ to be in 5 his’ best running frirnfe-’-Two'-iarsi 7 'stacti Wfere s made, Earl of Lynne and Atlas going' !* garter oFa mile* the first time before pullling up, and the same two 2QO yards the jsepond-^ime., .TCem lororie was now freely' ;Quered . igaibst -the/- Earl ; without getting. A respotise.■ . jA.fei:th©;}third attempt;av good the lead, the Earl second, Tarrihourini third, ur V. n .\ and . PafawHenua with Atlas and Gossip bringing up the rear. This order was kept for oyer a mile, and on passing the grand starid after the first round the whole ftwf; ei ] e together, going splendidly. At the" mile and three-quarters, the Earl , sus-

tamed the generally given him by falling hopelessly, in the rear. Lurline how closed TbmpletbuVsrid on" cbming up the strsSght 1 Smith was* be bird • <m v latter, Lurline parsing him Wifchbrit a touch ot thbi whip; ; or apparently, the .elightest effort, and winning; by three lengths! • Tern- r pletoir rari a' splendid, game horse; * and jnsti* lied the support accorded him, wbileAtlai pleased his friends by the good show he made, rarawhenaa was : fourth,. with; Tambourini and gossip next, the redoubtable Earl. not, 1 cohung in at all. It was a 'splendid race, and the result shows that we were not far put in our tip in Saturday’s issue. -ICu. 4. i. Si. .Kilda Stakib of GOsovs, with $ sweepstakes of 2 boys each : the second horse to .receive the amount accruing from the ! .. sweep ; entrance, 3 sovs ; one mile and | ' a distance; weight for age. Mr _H. Red wood’s b m Lurline, 4 yrs, Bst I t> : V V C&' Mason) 1 i „ W.C. Webbsßevokecolt, 3yrs, 7sfc 131b ; „ F. M. Delamain’s Elfin King, 2 ; RNb * ‘-y - (S. Osborne) 3 Three of the four entered started, Spriteail being scratched.: Betting, 4to 1 Lurline, 3 to 1 against Hevoke, colt, 3 to 1 against Alfin King. A good Start was made, but after going half a-mile Elfin King made an. attempt to bolt, and- was out of the race. -lUrline.kept a length behirid the colttiill the jast quarter, of

drew up and won with plenty in hand, by ’a length. Time, 2min. Saecs. Lurline carried 441bs extra. t'bßLio.iNs’ Handicap, of/ 75 sovs, with a sweepstakes of 2 sova each ; the second horse to receive the amount accruing from the sweepstakes : one mile and aquarter. JN omination, 2 sovs; acceptance, 1 sov. Captain Hutchison’s ch m Mabel, 5 yrs, 7st 51b .... (Malone) 1 Mr H. Redwood’s hr m Spritsail, 3 yrs, 7st 41b - - - - (Lyford) 2 Mr W.‘Swanson’s b g Border Lad, aged, 7st 3

bix started, Parawbenua and the Malton filly being scratched. The former hurt his leg slightly, and was sent home after the Cup race. Betting— Even against Mabel, 3 to 2 >pritsail, 5 to 3 Ada colt and Border Lad, 3to 1 Congreve and Wee Lad. The flag fell to.a good Start, nud all weut off to gether at a railing pace, Spritsail bringup the rear. The Ada t colt was soon out of the race, the others keeping keeping their respective places till half-a-mile from home, when Spritsail came through het horses and led for some lengths. The race was now looked upon as hers, but Mabel; unexpectedly put on a spurt, and collaring Spritsail at the straight, the best race of the day ensued. They ran neck and neck till the last three or four strides, when Spritsail seemed to tire, and Mable won a clever tough race by half a length. Border iLadi was a good third. Time, 2 mirn. 204 see.. ' t * l ’' "Sellingßack ' ; i " ! ,V! ' Blackbird won.