Our Sports and Races

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 75, 22 December 1888, Page 2

Our Sports and Races

The character of the Feilding Boxing Day Sports as the best in the 'whole colony has long been established, and therefore requires no further panegyric from us. However, we may be permitted to saythat the sports this year may safely be expected to excel even the proceeding ones. The entries are more numerous than they have been for some years, and the athletes who will compote are, many of them, well known to fame as first class all round men. The handicaps appear to have met each individual oase, therefore the fields aresafe to be large. The accommodation for visitors has been placed in the hands of Messrs W. Summers and Co., and Mr. Joseph Smith as providers, are good and sufficient guarantees that nothing will be left undone in the way of supplying cool refreshing liquids, and first class comestibles In fact, given fine weather, there is every prospect of a most enjoyable day. On the day following there will be the _ . Feilding Hack Races, which promise to be equally attractive as the sports. The nominations have been even more than were expected, and the . capital handicapping of Mr Henry (who, by the way, also acted in that capacity for the Sports) which has, we understand, led to acceptance by all top weights will ensue good fields and therefore good sport. The following is an extract from the Wanganui Herald written by " Gipsy King*" which we reproduce to show " what others think of us" : — Feilding Hack Meeting — The weights for this Club's meeting, which is held on the 27th, are also before me. The nominations were received on the 15th, and handicaps arranged and published on the 18th, so that I had not time to say anything about the nominations. For the hurdles 9 have entered, Feilding Handicap 8 (a very select lot of animals), and Flying, the ■ bumper at 22. I remarked when Mr Henry was appointed handicapper that he was up to the business, and give a good account of him* . self. I must certainly congratulate k«* " on hiß success, as I am confident any one glancing through the weights cannot help remarking " Durn it ! What'B a likely winner?" That'B just the difficulty. When a handicapper causes one to have resource to reading a profane dictionary because it is so difficult to pick even a probable winner he may rest assured he has done his duty successfully. In the Flying Handicap if Bere (9st 31b) were to exchange places with Little John (Bst 71b) Mr Henry might smile and say " pick it if you can 1" Acceptances are due Saturday, December 22nd. The programme for this meeting has been approved by the W. J.C.