Out of His Latitude

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 102, 25 February 1892, Page 3

Out of His Latitude

♦ The following is the way a racing reporter sent on his account of a concert which in an emergency he had been called upon to attend in the interest of his paper : There was an excellenc crowd present at the coacert last night, the grand-stand being well filled in every part. An unusual number of the fair sex graced the occasion, and the varied colours of their dresses lent additional charm to the beauty of the scene. The weather was delightful and the sport good. The first event on the programme was a chorus for all ages, with some 20 entries, all of whom came to the post. They got rather a bad start, soprano running av»ay with the lead, contralto second, tenor third, bass fourth, and the others in a close bunch at least 20 lengths behind. At the quarter there was no particular change, but going down the back-stretch all closed up, and there was a terrific race around the turn and down to the post, soprano staying the longest, and winning by a neck, amidst uproarious applause. It was a deadheat for second place between all the others. The next event ■was a solo, with Selection, Olivette, and Soprano as entries. It proved, however, a walk-over for the latter, as Selection and Olivette failed to show up. Soprano caused a great sensation, however, by an uncalledfor spurt down the home stretch, and there was great enthusiasm as she dashed past the post with a terrific shriek. Next came the great eyent of the day, a quartette between Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, and Basso* At the start Soprano was in the lead for a few strides, but Contralto passed her and, taking the track, set the pace at a lively rate, closely followed by Tenor, Basso in the rear. Going down tbe % back stretch Soprano was let out, aad steadily gained on the leaders. Round the turn all fairly flew, and while at the head of the stretch, Tenor showed clear for a moment, Soprano passing him as they straightened for home; and, though h r e struggled with desperate energy, she came on, straight and game, and won a capital race at the top of her voice, the other three completely drowned out. The excitement was intense j and the bay, who was a handsome bay filly, was recalled again and again/ 7