TAPANUI.

Evening Star, Issue 3732, 8 February 1875, Page 3

TAPANUI.

(From our own Correspondent.) . Tapanui, February 6. The excitement of the races being now over, I will again have a little time to contribute a few scrawls to your columns. All Ico 'ld see at the races—perhaps it might be my want of knowledge of the turf—was several walk overs, one good race, one drunken man, a splendid turn out of Good Templars, and L 355 thrown away for naught. The Dunedin talent attended in large numbers, but their prey was few, there [being too many temperate men on the ground. Some of them having forgotten to pay ; hotel expenses, summonses are issued against them. The only good day’s sport of the week, to my idea, was the cricket match day, or the day previous to the [races, in which our local talent in that line exhibited themselves most respectably, making 106 in their first innings. The bowling of the ;Switzers eleven was very good ; but .he batting of Messrs Neville, Monaghan, and Struth was really a good specimen of cricket. The Switzers eleven were very unluckly, Mr Garvey, their captain, though a splendid bat, having to succumb to a beautiful shooter from Mr Neville in his second over, who bowled well throughout, faking a wicket each over but one—the whole [eleven going out for nineteen runs. The bowl;ing of Buchanan for Tapanui was also very good; in fact, the Switzers eleven will be obliged to practise much to come up to Tapanui, who have what may be called a very fair eleven. I must say that the Good Templars’ booth at the races was very well patronised by all comers, not on account of their being no charge tor-their goods, but the whole management was ,ieally good and comfortable. However, I must say that the othef booths were well attended too. But I was forgetting that the last issue of the ‘ Tuapeka Times’ states that the stands of the Good Templars were there on the ground without any right. I beg leave to contradict this by stating that they (the Good Templars) had paid LI Is for their site. It is generally rumored here that this matter is to end in litigation ; but if the .1 ockey Club do go to law about it they have less sense than I thought. The Commercial Hotel has changed hands, Mr William Simmons being the new landlord. The Resident Magistrate, Mr W. Woods, sits here on Saturday. There are a few cases on for hearing, but none of vast importance.