MANDEVILLE SPORTS.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 409, 14 November 1884, Page 5

MANDEVILLE SPORTS.

The above sports were held in a paddock near the Mandeville Hotel, Monday was anything but cheerful. yet there must have been nearly a hundred people present, JJo doubt this number would have been largely augmented had the weather been ■ favorable. The day was not favorable to the consumption of fruit and con- ! fectionery, so thasb the vendors of such •' articles did riot make a fortune, IVEr I JJoche, however, appeared to do a

;j thriving. trade, without in any marked decree exciting pugnacious qualities among his customers. The following > is the programme : — ' l JOO yards handicap— Wallis (scr teh), 1 i M'Cull'och (5 yards), 2. Hanley (2 yards). [ Taylor (o yurds), Savers (G yards), and Barclay (3 yards) also ran. ' Throwing tiarainer -Holland, 80ft., 1; ■ Morris, 7'Ji't., 2. > Tutting the stone — Hollaud, 27ft. 7in. , 1 ; M'Lean, 20ft. Bin.. 2. 200 yards Inndicip— Wallis (scratch), 1; Barclay (S V'lrd.*). 2 ; M'Cullooh (& yards), ! { 3. Saycw (0 yards), Taylor (12 yards), j Kennedy (12 yards), and Ferguson, (o yards) . / also ran. Wrestling (Cumberland) — Curran, 1 ; i J Robinson, 2. Boys' race, 150 yards —Gr. Beecot, 1•; F. Beecot, 2 ; Robins, 3. 300 yai\is' hurdle race — Wallis (scratch), 1 ; Barclay (15 yards), 2. Ambrose (10 ' yards) arid Hanley (15 yards) also ran, and finished hi the order named. s Hop, step and jump — Barclay, 37ft., 1 ; Maitland, 36ft. , 2. Running high leap — Barclay (oft.), 1 ; [ Hanley and .-riouuess (4ft. 10ia.), 2. Half-rniie handicap — M. 'Hanley (6 yarJs), 1 ; Kennedy (30 yards), 2 ; Barclay (12 yards), 8. Edwards (scratch), Wallis (scratch), and M'Culloch (18 yards) also ran. There was a clutoe in the evening.