GORE JOCKEY CLUB.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 42, 30 December 1884, Page 2

GORE JOCKEY CLUB.

ANNUAL RACES. _ ■&■ PRESIDENT AXD JUDGE- W A TW, M • total ter—H. M'Lean, Ksn. Clerk nf th» The morning was threatening, and the weatlier-wise prophesied tl-at if it held * up.it jvould be all it could manage to do ike clerk ot the weather, howe/er, kept I lie trap door closed sufficiently tight to ' let visitors home wifcfc 1 skins Th© attendance was at the busiest time between lour .and fire hundred. Mr KeUie had a booth on theground, and appeared to do a good trade, although this did not necessitate a great amount of work br the two. constables wlw were present. Ike refreshment stall was unSer the charge of Mrs Knowles,who also appeared to have her hands full. There wo* a totafcsator on the ground worked by , Messrs Mason arid .Roberts. ' JSd'hitch occurred with it during the day an d the rather small amount of L 143 was all tnat was- put through. The sport upon the whole cannot be deacnbed as provocative of much excitement £ °nnf ie M Ur i? leS r thefirSteTent0 *cc a rd * -only Mokoreta ran, so that the public' t S e 1 ta I g all °P for their money! For the Maiden Plate fire faced Mr MLeau. It was won in a canter or G-leneoe, who came through Ms hoxscs with ease la the Gore Handicap there i were on y two horses, Warwick and A Claret. The latter* got all the best of 4 the start, but bolted off the course re- ™ peatedly, and thns made it a gift to Warwick. Three started for the Selling race. Parnell never was in it, but a good race ensued between the other too. Novice tried all he knew to «ct past cm } r}? rscs bttck and the attempt ■ iailed. Jhe pony raco was the bwt event of the day. The tiny competitor* caused more excitement than a nny °i e S nt ;, The I»oet,:wh 0 waa ahead, bolted oft the course toward* the entrance gate but Trhen the others passed he again made a rush and won on the post atter all. In the Publicans' Handicap Crault and Erans had two, and declared, to win with Mokoreta Tlj» owner of CUret put up a stronger /jud consequently heavier jock, and thus incurred an extra 25 lbs, which <r a s too crushing, and Mokoreta won e^ s il T . The trot was of the usual description, Charne gare all the others 50 sees, and yet won easily. He w as> Worer, well ridden by young Taggart. The Conso- A lation. aroused the- only hitch of the day, fl lhe rider of, Gold Dust lodged a protest ¥ against the rider of Kovice for an alleged foul, but the protest was not sustained, ihe opinion of the stewards however, appeared 'to be that tk«r* might have been a foul, but that it slid not cause Gold Dust to lose ttoxace. lhe second Selling race was a good 'one, in which there were : six competitors, Ike races terminated iv good time and everybody went homo "in good order." It is to be hoped that before long the club will secure a course ©f its own, It is very kittd of Mr Souness to give- his, padlock every year, but it cannot be expected that all the adjuncts of a propwrly equipped race-course can be fe&ndi on a private ground. The following are the. ereirf&rr— >■ Handicap Hurdle' lU^e; of L1&. Distance about two toUcs,. over 10 "flights of hurdles (3ft Gin high). Nominations, 20s : acceptance !|0& Ga'wU Evan's b g Mokoreta, aged. JlstTlbsj (Gault)... . .... . ..1 1 A walk ever. . - M w D - E L P , LATE of L15 ' Dist^ce n miles. Weight for age. Open to. = all horses that have never won an advertised race of LlO, ' i/ntrance 30s. A. MitcheL's b^ & Glencoe, aged (Humphi;^), . b i . i. Hewi^b^:\ ovice 'g •;; ;;; 2

M'-intyre's Eoderick and Gold DustT~ aISQr dn . Gqld D ust started off with a &dod lead, which he kept till the second round,, when Novice overtook him, followed by Glencoe. Tliey ran together for about three-quarters of the second journey, when GHencoe was allowed to extend himself, and iron in ajcknter. NoTice and Gold Dnst were at intervals of about three lengths, Roderick nowhere. Time 3 mm. 9 sees. ,Totalisator dividend L 3 9s. Goee Handicap of L3O, with a sweep of one soy. for all , acceptors — amount of sweep to go to second- bowe. Disrtauce tyro miles. Nomination, 20s ; acceptance, jgm Oanlfc and Evan's eh g Warwick, Ssfc 71bs (Evans) 1 -1 N. Kelly's br g CJaref, 4 yis, 7st 71b« 2 ,;S;

Claret got a splendid start, but when 1^ he approached the straight the first time round he bolted towards the gate. j£e repeated the performance, and made for St the oorner <i>f the paddock. His jockey '-£$ quw lef t_him ift a hurry thinking £© ,^|

going for the wire. The race, therefore, amounted to a. walk over. The time was not taken. Totalisator dividend Ll 4s. ' . /- : ; L > '■-.

Selling Racjs of LlO. Distance, 1 J miles, Weight forage.' Winner to be sold immediately after the race ■ for L2O; any surplus to go to the funds. An allowance of 71bs wilt be made for every reduction of L 5 in selling price. Entrance, 20s.

W. Sounees' b g; Little Dan (L2O) (Qwner) \ T. Hewitt's b g Novice, 5 yrs *■ Brewer; and Trembath's Parnell,Bst 4lbs, also ran. Parnell was never in it -from'the start. Dan took the lead, and defied .two game attempt to overtake him W Novice, and won by three-quarters of a length. Novice ran gitnely. > fotalisator dividend, L 2 2s. The winner was put up by Mr Simson, and bought in at two pounds over the reserve price. POHT RACE for a sweep of Ll each, for a^ ponies uuder 12 hands high. Rider of the winn«r to get » silver-mounted whip ; second, pair of spuis. Distance, half-a-mile. Catch weiglrs. Post entry, 2s 6d. S. Fletcher's Poet (Brennun) ... 1 This race caused great amusement. The three starters came from the back of the course, and Poet who was then six lengths ahead, made for the entrance gate, and lost more than his lead. But when the second pony passed, The Poet made a rush and took the race on the post.

Pcblicans' Handicap of L 25. Distance 1£ miles. Handicap to be declared after the running of the Gore Handicap. Nomination 20s ; acceptance, 15s. Gault and E-ans b g .Mokoreta, aged, 9st (Lawson) 1 Ganlt and Evans' eh g Warwick, 9st lib 2 N. Kelly's br g Claret, 7it 2lbs ... 3 Claret carried 25lbs over weight and found the burden too great. It could not, however, prevent him from trying to boit, and he lost whatever chance he might have had". The ovrners declared to win with Mokoreta. Totalisator dividend Ll 4s.

Handicap Time Trotting Race of LIO Distance three miles. No weight under, 10 stone. Nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 10s. W. Souness' gr g Charlie (Taggart) ... 1 Maggie, Kangaroo, Nobby and Sally aUo ran. Charlie conceded all the others 60 seconds. For the first two rounds it looked as if Maggie was not to be overtaken without some difficulty, but during the third Charlie, well ridden, came up and won as he pleased. Maggie was also well ridden by young Humphries. Almost all the hones broke at some portion of the race. In this as all the dther races but the first no official record of the time was kept. Totalisator dividend L 2 2s.

Consolation Handicap of LlO, for all horses beaten during the meeting. Distance one mile. Entrance 103. Post entry. T. Hewitt's b g Novice, Sst lOlbs, (Lawson) » 1 Four others started but only the winner and Gold Dust were ever in it. At the back of the course they were neck and neck and at this point Gold Dust fell back, as his rider alleged, through being struck orer the eye with Lawson's whip. The stewards met and considered the protest, and after hearing the evidence dismissed the protest, but not as a frivolous one. The dividend on this race was the largest of the meeting, riz. L 5 4s.

Selling Rach of L 5. One mile. No weight under 10 ston*\ Winner to be sold immediately after the race for LlO ; any surplus to go to the funds. Entrance, 10s. Post entry. H. M'lntyre's b g Wando (Souness) 1 Afield of six started, Blue Peter being second. The winner was bought in by the owner.