SPORTING NEWS HOKITIKA EASTER RACES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1151, 6 April 1872, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS HOKITIKA EASTER RACES.

• Second Day— Thursday. . [ABRIDGED; IjROM THE W. C. TIMES.'] f Contrary to general expectation there was an excellent a Uehdance on the ground on Thursday,; over 800. persons haying paid for admission at the gate'sj while a goodly number obtained ingress by other less legitimate, mpa^s-pi entryj There was ; more .'.amusement.'. than on Monday, the race between three female Maoris contributing in no small degree to that result. Towards the close of tbie day, however, there was a very near approach to -mdisturbance in consequence of the barefaced manner iix which ' the Trotting! . Race, which had been a dead heat on Monday, ' was endeavored to be sold. Fortunately! means were contrived to get the rider of Creeping Jenny to the river and into a boat, else mischief might have occurred -despite the exertions -o£jUie-police._. After the jockey had got away,- and angry pas? sions had cooled down, the very barefacedness of the imposture seemed; ~bo ludicrous that people could not .Help laughing, and good humor was permanently restored when it was announced that the stewards had refused to declare. Snowdrift the winner. ".',_' Handicap Hurdle Race, of 25 soys ; over ten flights of hurdles ; , distance j .one mile and a-half. "' ' ' \ "■-'•.' Sailor Boy, 9st 71b (Mopn) ' ... ... : l.j Brown Stout, 9st 41b (Taylor) "".7." "7." 2 Blink Bonny, 9st 101 b (Travers) 3. Westland Handicap, of 50 . soys ; open to all horses ; distance, two miles ; entrance, 24 soys. . '. " '■ Mr Hale's b g Black Eagle, aged, 9st 4lb : (Owner) ... .., ... ! ...: ; 1 Mr Richardson's eh m Misfortune, aged Sst 81b (Owner) ; ■'■■ ... ... 2 Three horses started .for this race,'" 1 Flying Jib, belonging to the same owners as.« Black Eagle, . running.., also, . J&u'JL ihe owner declared to win with Black Eagle.; Lacehfeed, Victor; 'and Toby were also entered, but Lacenfeed and Toby were scratched, while Victor did not put in an appearance. At the start Misfortune was very fidgety, but' after one false start/ ,the horses were got away. Black Eagle took the lead: at the start and- kept it for three rounds, but at the fourth round, when at the back of the course, Misfortune went up and tried to take the lead> -but-failed, finding the pace. -too hot, J3lack Eagle going in a winner by' two lengths, hard held. The extra weight .put ri on 4 JBlack^ Eagle did not seem to tell .at 9%~Z The race was a ve'r^ 'fine one^etween Black Eagle and Misfortune during the whole distance, and every effort was made by the latiter to win, ; ; . .j „;,: r ,..^ Ladies' Pcjkse, of 15 soys ;■■■ welter weights, gentlemen riders j » -stance, one n?Ue and a half; .•:■■• v. v='!.-: '■■: > i 'SftilprßdyvbgrSy.vWst^trtHsaßßlTT: \l. Stockman, 'kg, «g«fclߣllb (Steele) ... "2 Septimus, gg, G'yrs list 51b (W. Barton) 0 Maori Race, of 5 sovb^ catch female riders ;t one m'le and a harJ entrance, ss. Post entry. " ... Harriet ... ... V.C ... ... .1 Iws ... .... , , ..; ... '„ .. 2 This race created an immensity ; of amusement.. Three horses started j Mitawai being the bne.npt placed. BuHh;er,e was scarcely any chance df its gaining 1 a 1 plaoe, as at the very Btart the horse broke

,way amongsfcllUe crowd of spectators, ;nockmg i^em^ver like so many nine' unsV^nd^^osing of its rider very luicklyT^ffiOlaori young lady who rode iarriet used a side-saddle, but Iris was id den man-fashion. At the first round, ilatawai's rider came to grief just near He grand-Btana,thG laugnter a& •wannF*oishap was of ( the most boisterous kinds-; ihe was, however, quickly rafted:and "went >ff the-conrßß. _ At the second round-^e^-ifler of Iris, having .tnenaleaa 01 over 2(}o yards, also came ■ IxjV r gi4et, and as she was not so fortunate as to recover quickly, [lairiet was enabledto taJNLthe lead, and ;ome in a Vfinnel^^^Wmß^: °* a m-e > itnidst great cne^§g|ffi||| dbifsoLATJON Staktjs^OJsovo ; n"le and Lacerifeed.;...• .;.;; ■[ .^'^jy L.Mi ikoTiiNft Race Distance; H^NJMcip,:!"'j '^.! j* ilSr Carroll's b m Creeping Jenny (Martin) !50 yards ... 7/:J "vW =■ ... 0 Mr Cunningham's g g 9nbfrd&fiy.£3f!(} a ! yards ... ;-..'. .v fn'nwrxh-* tf-t<s<J?, I This was a run off of the dead'beat 'of' Monday. Creeping Jenny veryr^obri inußßn* < dp the 80 yards distencejgiYen ntPj^nosWjr drift, and forged! ahead, but in; the lastr ;> round Creeping; Jenny was j pulled, in^py Martin, but so cljiinsfly :tnat it'was'.seeii by every one all over the course.' ,'Stioy^ I'l drift therefore came in a wirthe'i? bjy lse-veritt lengths amidst the hooting of 'the'pebple"' on the course. When ;the. ihamefuj. dwindle became so appM©ntkJne,/losers( }.. demanded that the bets ahpujia^jpff, and; n but for the fact that the stewwdft put pttf^. their decision until: ihe aseni%, some extra amusement irov&fc have- *been/. afforded in i the shape' •of dome < dozßto or'; two pugilistic combats'.' "■":'-' ~ ' ' •"" ■ "^ Cheerot Ra.ce, of 5 soys;,.one mile; en-. T trance, ss. " 1- ' " ' i 'l<! Cheslerneldv^''-..i:;!? -.'//i^-Ja .a ... 1 ThM,concluded two.of the be^t days' sportsthat have taken place