SPORTING.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 785, 27 December 1876, Page 3

SPORTING.

AUCKLAND RACES. [By Telegraph.] (From a correspondent of the Press,') Auckland, December 26. There were at least three thousand people on the ground. The day was pleasant, and the going very good. The following are the particulars of the various events Handicap Hurdle Race of 50 sovs, with a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each for acceptors, the amount accruing from sweepstakes to go to second horse ; entrance, 3 sovs. Distance, 2 miles, over eight flights of hurdles. Mr McGee’s b m May Morn, 5 yrs, Oat 71b (Hodson) 1 Mr Edgar’s b g The Don, aged, 10st 101 b (Merrant) 2 Mr Hill’s b g Gladstone, 9st 121 b (Wilson) 3 Medora, list 71b, Shamrock, 9st 121 b, Mystery, 9st, also ran. Betting : 6 to 4 agst Medora, 3 to 1 agst May Morn, 7 to 2 agst Don, 6 to 1 agst the rest. The Don made all the running from the jump, and there was a fine race to the fourth hurdle, where Shamrock refused, and May Morn shortly after came away and won by two lengths, Gladstone an indifferent third, Derby Stakes, of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft; 2 sovs on nomination, 3 sovs on accept ance on day of general entry, 5 sovs at the post ; colts, Bst lOlbs ; fillies and geldings, Bst slbs. Distance, H miles. Closed with eighteen subscribers. Mr B, Ray’s ch c Danebury, by Traducer —Ada ... 1 Mr R. Ray’s br c Middleton 2 The Fanny Fisher colt and Aerolite were scratched. Ray declared to win with Danebury. Middleton started with him, but was pulled up immediately, Danebury walking round, coming in amidst the howls of the crowd. Railway Plate, of 50 sovs ; entrance, 5 sovs each ; weight for age. Distance, three- quarters of a mile, Mr R. Ray’s b m Fallacy, by SledmereDeception, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ... (Wallace) Mr W. Walters’ br c Isaac Walton, 4 yrs 2 Mr C. Ring’s rn g Gainsborough, 5 yrs ... 3 Betting—6 to 4 against Fallacy, 2 to 1 Isaac Walton. Gainsborough was the first to show in front, and made the running till the last turn, when he was disposed of. An exciting race ensued between Walton and Fallacy. The latter came away at the rails, and won cleverly by two lengths, Time-—lmin 19sec,

Auckland Racing Club Handicap, of 160 sovs, with a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, amount accruing from sweepstake to go to second horse. Distance, If miles. The winner of any handicap race of the value of 200 sovs, after the declaration of the weights, to carry 71 bs extra ; of any race of the value of 100 sovs, 31bs extra ; of two or more such races, 71bs extra (extreme penalty). Mr McGee’s b m Perfume, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (Hodgson) 1 Mr H. Ray’s ch c Danebury, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b 2 Mr VV. Walters’ br c Isaac Walton, 4 yrs, S Rangi, 6st 12lb,and Tui, 6st 121 b, also ran. Betting—Even on Danebury, 2 to I agst Perfume, 4 and 5 to 1 the rest. Perfume cut out the work, with Danebury in close attendance. After a mile had been covered, the two had the rest of the field in difficulties. They ran together to the last turn, when Perfume came away, and won easily by a length and a half. Time, 3miu 16sec. Selling Race of 60 sovs, with a sweepstakes af 3 sovs each added; entrance, 3 sovs; weight for age; winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for 300 sovs; if entered to be sold for 200 sovs, allowed 71b; if for 100 sovs, 141 b; if for 50 sovs, 211 b ; 1 mile. Mr R, Ray’s b g Tommy Dodd, aged, 200 sovs, Set 111 b (Owner) 1 Mr Hunt’s b g Skylark, aged, 7st 21b ... 2 Mr W, Walters’ br c Isaac Walton, 4 yrs, 9st 3 Gainsborough, Bst 31b ; Polly Plum, 7st 9!b ; and Ngaro, Sat 81b, also ran, Skylark got away badly. Had it not been for this he would have given the old steeplechaser more trouble. As it was Tommy passed the judge’s chair a length ahead of him, HOKITIKA RACES. Hokitika, December 26. The weather at this meeting was glorious and the attendance very good. The sport, which was much above the average, commenced with the Trial Stakes, which was won comfortably by Doncaster. The Hurdles resolved itself into a match between the veteran Nero and Mr Lunn’s horse Rainbow. The former won easily, in consequence of Rainbow baulking. The Kumara Handicap was a very close thing between Jasper and Mr Lunn’s Grecian Bend, resulting in favor of the former. For the Hokitika Handicap five came to the post. It was a capital finish between Septimus and Jasper, the former being the first past the post. The day passed off very successfully, _ SKETCH THE NOTORIOUS CAPT, HAYES. (Rawaian Gazette , November 15th). This somewhat celebrated ocean rover is reported to have been last week at Kawaihae, in the yacht Lotus, of San Francisco, bound to the Navigator Islands. We shall not probably have the pleasure of entertaining him in Honolulu, but a few facts in regard to his romantic career will interest our readers. His last escapade at Manilla and Guam surpasses all his former exploits. The last we heard of him, before be turned up at San Francisco, the Spaniards bad him in prison, with evidence enough to have guaranteed the garrote of an ordinary man, But Captain Hayes was equal to the occasion, and suddenly and mysteriously appears on the other side of the stage ready for another raid on his fel-low-men. His first appearance at these islands was in the fall of 1858, when ho and his first officer were put ashore from the ship Orestes. Ho was at that time accompanied by his wife, who is now living with his children at the Navigator Islands. In all his travels he is said to bs accompanied by a female companion of some kind or other, whom he picks up and drops as the fancy takes him He left Honolulu iu the early part of 1859 for San Francisco, and some two months afterwards he appeared at Kahului, on Maui, in command of a brig, bound to New Caledonia, and while negotiating for a load of cattle, he was taken in charge by the late Mr Treadway, then sheriff of Maui, for violating the revenue laws by entering a closed port. The captain was highly indignant with his first officer for telling him that it was not necessary to enter at the Lahaina Custom House, treated the sheriff with distinguished consideration, invited him to dine with him, and requested him to do him the favor to pilot the vessel to Lahaina, Mr Treadway blandly consented, the brig was got under way, but when clear of the land, the captain, dropping his suavity, informed him that his destination was New Caledonia, and that he could have a passage there for a consideration, or be could go ashore iu his boat which was alongside. The sheriff was always fond of a good joke, but he was obliged to acknowledge that this was being hazed with a vengeance. But there was no alternative, and he had to leave, and witness his late prisoner triumphantly shaping his course for the setting sun. The next mail from the Coast brought the necessary papers to the United States Consul here, authorising him to arrest Captain Hayes and seize the brig. It appears that he has landed in San Francisco with a capital of fifty dollars, which he had borrowed when in Honolulu of the Rev Dr Damon. With this money for a basis of credit he bought the brig, fitted her for sea, stole somebody’s wife, shipped a crew, and went to sea, paying for nothing but his water. We next hear of this vessel sinking off and of a part of the crew landing on the island by means of a raft, while Hayes with his passengers made their way in the boat to the Navigator Island. He now disappears for some time, but finally is hoard from at Batavia in a barque chartered for Europe with a load of coffee. The Dutch Bast India Company, however, becoming acquainted with some of his past history, was glad to pay him the charter money and get the coffee ashore again. His next voyage was from Hongkong to Melbourne, with a load of Chinese passengers. After being out some time he was informed by a ship which he spoke that he would have to pay fifty dollars per head |on the Chinamen before he could laud them. He kept on the even tenor of bis way, however, until he arrived off Melbourne, when he choked both his _ pumps, started all his fresh water in the hold, and set his colors half-mast, union down, as in soro distress. Two steamers soon came to his assistance, and offered to tow him into port, but the captain’s humanity ovneame all selfish feelings, and he replied, “ Save these people, and let the ship sink. If she is afloat when you return we will try and get her in,” The Ohina-

men were landed, the steamers paying the head-money, but when they returned for Hayes, he was not to be found. His next cargo of Chinese were landed without trouble, as he had them all made British subjects previous to starting. We now lose sight of him again, not being able to learn anything of his doings or whereabouts, except that he occasionally dawned upon Tahiti like a comet, and disappeared again as mysteriously as he came. Presently he commences his career as a trader among the South Sea Islands, and after raiding and robbing stations for a couple of years, we lied him under arrest at Dpolo, in charge of the British Consul. Just then the renowned Captain Ben Pease arrived in the brig Leonora. Captain Hayes’ chronometers required rating, and he obtained permission to take them on board the Leonora for that purpose. The next morning the brig was gone with Hayes as a passenger, and presently turned up at Shanghai. Before she had been ten days in port, Pease was in prison, and Hayes was owner of the brig. He fitted her out for sea, as usual, only paying one bill, which in this case was for a spare mainyard, and set off down the China coast, levying upon its villages for means to carry out his speculations in the Pacific. He next appeared at Bankok, in Siam, with a cargo of rice, which he purchased in the following characteristic manner, He was chartered in Saigon to take a cargo of rice to Hong Kong and way ports. At one of these by ports the owner went ashore to make a sale of rice, while Hayes kept the vessel ontside to save expense. The owner turned one corner of a street and the first officer the other, the latter immediately going back on board the ship, leaving the owner to wonder what it all meant, Bankok was soon reached, and the cargo of rice sold at a good figure. The Leonora was newly cop pered, and a complete outfit taken on board for the trade of the Pacific, The mail steamer was entering the port, with the owner of the rice on board, as Hayes was leaving. This gentleman had never met Hayes but once, when he chartered the vessel. 'We next hear cf the U S.S. Narragansett, Captain Meade, as being engaged in searching for him on account of his many alleged irregularities. He was found at Upolo, arrested, and taken on board the man ofwar, where he had no difficulty in winning the hearts of both men and officers in a very short time, and after three days’ detention, he was liberated, there being no evidence against him, and all were firmly convinced that he was a much injured and worthy man. Insinuating to Captain Meade that he was in want of some sails, he was supplied with all he required; and the gentlemanly pirate departed with the best wishes of the captain and officers. The schooner Giovani Apiana, now in this harbour, was once owned by Hayes, who obtained possession of her in the following manner She belonged to a Frenchman who Hayes met at one of the islands in the South Pacific, and with whom he made a bargain for an interest in the schooner, in consideration of a certain sum of money and a share in some of the stations belonging to Hayes. One fine day as they were sailing smoothly past an island, whose beauties the Frenchman was admiring, he was gently touched behind the ear, and as he turned his head, a blow between the eyes “put him to sleep,” as he subsequently expressed it, to wake on shore, and the schooner out of sight. In a moment of inconsistent faith in human nature, Hayes entrusted Captain Pinkham with the schooner and he never siw her more. Hayes, by the loss of his brig at Strong’s Island, felt obliged to play the pious dodge, and actually succeeded in persuading the missionaries that he \yas converted from the error of his ways. How he got possession of the schooner which took him from thence to Guam, we do not know ; but after his arrival there he was captured while bathing, and it was generally believed that his romantic career had come to an end, but he resumed the religious role, this time as a Eomau Catholic, and bamboozled the clergy of Manilla as effectually as he had the American missionaries.