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Evening Star, Issue 4151, 16 June 1876, Page 4

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Jl highly attcCessful steeplechase meeting Wtog.bukonthe 2 1 7 th nit., «t 5 SI Bayinsfr ,be|po3tponed from, the,-Queen's th Burouaybn aoooant of heavy rain. Por the . Wanganui G. N. Steeplechase, of 150 sore., E ? tttoeimiles,'"each horse to carry 14$ ojrer al ; Wmghtforage, the large.fieldbf fourteen ni , started.. After an eiriting-Tace.-in which 8, nearly every horse baulked' 'or fell, ''the 03 yingpfr.,fomed up invfhe D. fc Carroll’s bhj Brigham Youngi'4 yra, by Tra- Vi Sir rout oi, slissie. ;Mr D. Scott’s bg b gntnre, 4jyrs r was second; Mr J. W. v er*fi b aged, third, Among a the. defeated ones was Mr-Nicholaoh’s b m £ Medora(weU known 1 in Otago), who, when ; i the last turned up the I straight. instead of first going' through the :i ■ encket-grbund—the co.uraa. laid,doyfn. Dur- y • ihg ihirace Mr: J. Davidsqn’s b g Supp’e- < jickjiih Negotiating a jump, fell on.' his head j ' imd'brdh4^S;:beck t giyihg oniy a faint kick ] ; befbre.siPJnng. Cower, .who wto riding . ' hupj got ; off jwith a; shaking/ /■ Ten horses ; • Maiden Steeplechase of 50 j anvil: twofinileß, ■ which wafr ; won by Mr R. k . MX Buikbndge’ithu aged,carrying ;'jlSflb byeiwjnght;' Mr B. m Pet, aged, yfos'second; ,Mr ,J. W..‘ Baker’s ’ ;'l¥ r jgf *■ Jtrniiainb third; . Gower, the rider -jdf -.X"the ’ li«jb-.menldoned, distinguished in . this ‘ race by clearing rkwenty\'B)syea\jiunpß- with only one stirrup, hav- , ' ing lort the, other , early in the race. A :Black. Steeplechase, of 10 sovs, one mile and ; ahalf, was won by Mr 0. Ghavannes’s star- ; aazer; who fell'ait, the first hurdlhandhurt Bis rider slightly.' A jopkey named hriatie, hbkiver; ’ inounted Stargazer, and won * bleyerly, all the other horses baulking or falling. ; •-. .On the 23rd instant the Aramoho (Web lington) Annual ■ Steeplechase meeting will be, held.The programme includes the Steeplechase of I2osoys, three milesj weight y 14lb. oyer weight-for-ageT; hfid : the Maiden 'Steeplechase of 30 sbvs, two miles. In the big -5 event there will be no less than forty jumps. tinder the heading * r A. Professional in Trouble,,”• a. Canterbury ..contemporary has the following :—“ Delaney, the pedestrian, has gotjinto disgrace at .Waimate. : A match Was roads up ibetsteen him and a Mr Hills, . which calhS off on Saturday week at the Southern township. Delaney won easily, but there were complaints that the whole affair* 2 w4s abseil. Some of those who betted op .the,match declared that the * tip had been given to them. that , the profea»M)nM wonld win, while,others declared that they had been privately informed that his opponent was to turn out the best man. : Their coihplaints did not matter much after the match had been run ; they might have known that there is a, good deal of .risk attached 1 to; these races. ‘ But. the most curious part of the matter is that Delaney was brought up at the Police Qourt that uffifting' Shirged with Stealing L 3 from - Hiirs topm. in the Royal' Hotel. The case was reihanded till Wednesday, so that we do not yet know the result. Perhaps, after all, it was only one of the advertising dodges ,in -which professionals are'so fertile;” By the Waitangi ‘ Tribune ’ of a later date I find that the charge was held not proven; and Delaney Vas discharged. .

The. flat-racing season in England commenced with the Lincoln meeting on March 20, 21, and 22. The race on which there was most speculation was the Lincolnshire Handicap of 1,000 sovs, added to a sweep of 25 sovs each; one mile. Thirty horses started, and the race was won by a rank outsider—Lord Rosebery’s; Controversy, 5 yrs, 7st 71b —who was scarcely mentioned m the betting) being nominally at 33 to 1. The time Whs Imin. 44£ sec. Brigg Boy and Vittoria, .who ran. second and third, were backed at 18 to Controversy was sold as a two-yedr-old for '32‘guineas. At Liverpool the Spring Cup of 300 sovs, and a sweep of 2') sovs each was won -by Captain Machell s Lady Northamptonshire Stakes of 300 sovs and a sweep q£ -20-sovs by Mr Forester’s Prodigal ; and the Northamptonshire Cup of 300 sovs by Mr Howettfs Mttnden; 5 yrs, Oat, Brigg Boy’s running in the Lincolnshire Handicap has 7 made him first favorite i for the-'City and Suburban Handicap, and Ingomar, who won one of the rich spring is at the top of the list for the Chester Cup. Fordbam. who has never won a Derby, was to ride All Heart this year. It is said this celebrated jockey only- waits to pull off the bine riband of the turf to retire from the pigskin Old Alec Reed, the pugilist, known aa thd ; Chelfcda Shpb,” .die 4 on March 9, -at St. James’s Union. ’ Reed was 76 years of age, and it is intended, in consideration of /His courago ’.(especially with“ Bishop Sharpe ”),to .efcct’ a tombstone to his memory in Brpmptoh Cemetery. ; Mr W. Gale, of Penarth, near Cardiff, . has r challenged the pedestrian Weston to a match in which each will walk mile at the beginning of every quarter, of! an hour, day and night, ho who holds out longest to be declared the winner.

The New iork ‘Sportsman* states that the walking match at Williamsburg between John Gouldmg and John de Witt has Concluded,. the latter walking 1,114 miles in 1,114 hours. Goulding, however, called at the office of that paper and disclosed that nothing like 1,000 miles had been walked by either. . / On March 25 a pair-oar race for LIOO took lace on the Clyde. Nejl Collins and John Sampbeil (hotn Glasgow men) on the one ! part,, and Golquhoun.Campbell (of Glasgow) and Daniel Cullen (of Dunbarton) on. the other. After a capital race, the former won --by aTengtkand a-half. f A Nurr-and-Bpell match. for LSO a-side took place phi March 11th at the Queen’s . Grounds, Barnsley, between T. Watson, of i Castleford, and B. Hewitt, of Garforth ; thirty rises each, with wood heads and -irarrs. Odds were laid pu Watson, who won by ten scorel ' The billiard championship of Scotland was played for in the Crown Halls* Sauchiehall /street, Glasgow, on March 9, between W. M. Green and John Bennett. In addition-to the honor there was a stake of LSO and a eilvpr cup. Green took the lead at bijce, ;ahdat 970 to Benhett’s 689 put on breaks of '23 and 7, winning by over 300 points, . * .. Daring their March tour through the Pro vinces Cook and young Roberts played several exhibition billiard matches with varied, success,.. At Saitburn-oh- ea Cook woh of 500 up by 205 points, and another by 104 points. At Rochdale they . played l,oou up. At Cobk'll3; Roberts r.B, the former made a breakof 181; but Robeits td his Work and contributed breaks of 104 and 160. At Cook 431, Roberts 542,

the former made a good run of 483 in less than half an hottir, and presently he was 997 td Roberta’s 759. Here it was any oddabn but. Roberts took 'up his cue and ran .out'with a break of 243, winning by three points ouly At Qreatbridge Kobe ta beat Cook by 244, the winner’s best break being 167 ; Cook’s best 203. At Balham 750 up waa the game, a d Cook made breaks of 10 > »nd 247. RbbCrfcs, however, wa the game, •ajorihg 600 in *dne magnificent break, which included 178 spot shots. This is the best tan yet made by Roberts, whereas some two w " r “‘ *