SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 4141, 5 June 1876, Page 3

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TAB WAIMATE CUP.

The following is a : full account of the in* foresting race for the ♦Vaimate Cup, taken from the ‘N. 0. Times ’ of, Saturday ;

Waxkatk Svbxflbchasb Gup, bf 75 soTB, added to a sweepstake of 5 sotb each. Two miles and ahalf. lb B. Fraser's oh g Ban)., aged, 12st Sib (T. M‘Kay) 1 Hr F. Campbell’s b g Tommy Dodd, aged. 12st 31b ... ... ... ... ... (M’lvor) 2 Hr Nicholson’s ch g Butcher Boy, aged, 12st 31b ' t . (Lloyd) 3 Mr Neilsoa's blk g Moose, aged, 12st 31b ' (Matthews) 0 Hr Di Brian's blk m Auckland Slate, aged, 12at S|b ... ... ... ... (P. Hedge) 0 Mr Seabright’s b g Zetland, aged, 12at 31b ... 0 Betting: Even on Tommy Dodd; 2 to 1 agst Butcher Boy ; 3 to 1 Auckland Kate *r and Moose; sto 1 Barijo. After one false start the lot good away in splendid order, Tommy Dodd assuming the lead, with. Banjo well up. The first three fences #ere taken by all the horses without a mistake,' and when they came up the. straight :Moose and Auckland Kate were leading. They raced at the fence—a stiff . manuka one—and .both striking the two horses rolled over together. Hedge did not lose his seat on the mare, but Matthews, the rider of _ Moose, was dragged some distance before big' foot was clear of the stirrup-iron. He sustained a severe shaking. Banjo, Tommy Dodd, Zetland, and Butcher Boy took the jump in the order named; but at the fourth jump from home Zetland came to gnef. Butcher Boy then went up to Tommy .Dodd and Banjo, and the three raced together to thO water jump ; the horses all jumping'it abreast amid deafening cheers from the spectators. When they came to the last fence Tom M‘Kay called on old Banjo fora final effort, and the horse answered as only a game horse can, by shooting, two lengths ahead of Tommy Dodd. M‘lvor, on Tommy, brought out his whip, and M‘Kay following suit, both riders were flogging when the homes entered the straight. The Oamarn meh’nowset up a tremendous cheer for the old horse, .and “ Banjo wins-!” was heard all over the ground. Gamely Tommy Dodd struggled to catch Banjo, l but vain* for Tom MAKay rode well and with that dash for which he is famed, and won oi\.e of the finest steeplechases ever seen in New by a short length.. ! All the sporting ;ineh from Oamarn had backed Banjo, anffwhehhe Come saddling paddock'chhdr after cheer, was given for him and Ms plucky rider, and even Bill M‘Kay cradled out from ;-the jockies’ ’ room, althonghhe had had his collar-bone and sonle of his ribs broken in the Maiden Plate, and gave his game old nag a cheer.