KUMARA KACES.

Grey River Argus, 19 April 1911, Page 3

KUMARA KACES.

SECOND DAY. • \liy i fit-graph —.fer JbTei>& Association.) HOKITIKA, April 18. Jjeautiful weather prevailed for the second day of the Kumara Autumn race meeting-. The sum of ,£3, Wt was put through the tote, making- a totai of £7,309 for the meeting, which is a record. The course was in splendid order and there were no accidents. The meeting- generally was the most successful in the history of the club. No protests were lodged. The finishes were particularly close, and the starting was good. The result of the meetingwill enaLle the club to expend a further £500 on the appointments and Hie course. Results: — Handicap, 7 fur—.Negative fy.lsJ) 1, Obligate (8.7) 2, The Orient (7.7) 3. Hillspring and Bless bok also started. Time 1.33 1.5. Telegraph Handicap, 5 furlongs — Miss Sylvia J9.7) 1, Millionaire (7.4) 2, Montague (8.6) 3. Also started — Surmount, Moata, Katua, Glenrock and Supplement. A splendid race. Time 1.6. One Mile Trot— Cobra. (21sec) 1, Royal Princess (29secs) 2, Convent Bell (21 sec) 3.; Twenty-one others started. Time 2.45. Miners Purse, 1 mile — King Try (8.5) 1, Wild Bird (8.6) 2, The Orient (6.11) 3. Also started—Aberration- and First View. Time 1.46. Urccnstone Handicap, 6 furlongs —■ 1-iiUspring (8.8) 1. Pure Rose (8.3) 2 Mangrove (7.6) 3. Also started — Overheard and Blessbok. Time 1.18 Autumn Trot, 2 miles—Amber Tips (37sees) 1,. Teresima (32secs) 2, Chips ' (32sqcs) 2. Fourteen others started. A good race. Time 5.20. Farewell Handicap, 5£ fur—Katua (8.3) 1, Surmount (9.7) 2, Wild Bird (9.5) 3. Also started—Jenny Colleen Moata and Overheard. Time 1.12

Some delicate points regarding the element of chance in certain games were dexterously handled and carefully dissected during the heaping by the Full Court of a ibilliard-salqon appeal from his conviction for keeping a common .gaming-house. In. stating the elemnt of chance in horseracing investments, the Solicitor- . General (Mr. J. W. Salmond) characterised the estimation of the ways of jockeys and trains 'and the capacity of the eaume specimen as skill, but the .bettor's, ignorance of the number of others backing the same horse constituted the element of chance. Mr Justice Edwards observed humorously, "That is not a .game. It is one of the most important forms of business." Mir Salmond did not contest the point. Members of the party, including the Hon. R. Buddo and' Mr. W. H. FteH. M.P.. which Trade the ascent o r M^mt Taung-ata from the Onki si '■•■:> hist week, encountered a foe: after scaling the heights, and were unable to obtain a rood -view of the plain below. The mountaineers were deli.srhted with the Quality of the cou'n>rv throuorh which t^ev passed. Th*» land belongs to the Government, having- ihppn acquired fmrn t^* 3 Matnn\vtn Tta.ihviav Comtw^v. (Sn^e of it 1-1 bepn tnken up .hypv p ■fin" tfp*z nf youner settlers from the Cheviot district and the remainder of the area will shortly be open.