THE D.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

Evening Star, Issue 4292, 28 November 1876, Page 2

THE D.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

mises to be more successful than its wed* LaS.U tbe pr T nt fa™*Me weX Large fields may be anticipated, and bonesi ofa better stamp than usually visit us at this of ey Ti for the WelhnßtonrlceTbeinJ altered from December to February B ™eraI ner? formers at the recent ChristchSch mLtfZ r«ew i ear. ietul speculation on tbis week's pronto a slack, the betting coXedto doubles and trebles on the The

MAIDEN PLATE. 3 to 2 against Dead Heat (tk) 2to 1 „ Miss Elswick (tk). ST. ANDEEW'B HANDICAP. J to 1 against Kingfisher (tk) 4to 1 „ King Philip (tk) stol „ Bob Roy (tk). SPRING HANDICAP. 3 to 1 on the field (off). For the Hurdle Eace Banjo and Kildore are Salbut*wifL"? f ° r «» *«* W kas a dlcided call,but without much business doing. Doubles are taken freely on the St. Andrew's Mrt at 25 to 2; and trebles at 50 to 1.

**«, ™ , THAWING NOTES. At the Forbury this morning nearly all the how pa engaged at the meeting were work com! menced soon after four o'clock. Sun EbinM S P , e^ E °\ E ,7 an l Steamer ™* B<£t theTa mile and a half on the course; the oldl horse w£L£tA St -° f the ™ \,Z !f * Bho ™ n Z considerable improvement Win ■ eMon : B j orn >- King Philip and Sir William had a steady gallop together nearly two miles.both going within themseftes, and each appearing m good fettle. Taggartfs Chloe filly went a mile and a half with old Will Deer, the pxomismg brother to Mabel whenever she pleased- Dan Be^TW^^ 00 * two . m^ o ntbe corpse with Ch?l^tL the ?T ei, .B° ,n ar as well as hte did at o'rii\l^T h,a f d . sll , 0 , win " more style them he did at the Forbury last March, while Mr Logan's colt and m t e i to f m ° V , e ther nderl y in fron *- Glencoe and the steeplechaser Banjo worked steadily towfu„ . "V 8 "S- as he e ™r did. Mr I W S' ,W ?| Kingfisher and Tzaak Walton, had «t^l^^ IO J' togetb ! r ',» oin S near] y tw> ° miles at apparently top speed, but thrir time was not th?^ 00 *- e * si ™>*** held Kingfisher safe all fi«? y, T? nd , tbel 5 t i er *** not «a kindly at the fe, Haphazard had a mile and a-half spin by wu'S°? s . s , 0 mcely tbAt . with his reasonable weight, Mr Smith's horse must be dang-srous in I nn?' l^ll^ . Ri » ht Hower had alßo about Pi™-It and >?" ha M' bu * in company with a Selling plater Mr Coombes's candidate appears to «^ e u- e ? scar f el y soon eneugh taken up, m™+ B+uorm 8 +u orm dld not P leaße the spectators. ™* • *? ?°™ en S a S ed in the Selling Bace were out, Master Pay fair and Flying Beauty working on the tan Of the Hurdle racers, besides Banjo, Kildare and Darkie were taken over the hurdles, and J. Cotton and T. Cotton. The chesnut is in his best form, but Darkie took rather unkindly to the sticks at first The only trotters I noticed were jsir cotton s Dick, who was driven in a sulky, by the celebrated Polly, who was ridden two or three miles. The latter looks even better than when she ran away from her field last season.