Out of His Latitude.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 26 January 1892, Page 3

Out of His Latitude.

• r#^_ following is the way a racing ijtfPorter sent in his account of a concert which in an emergency he, had been called : upon to attend in the interest of his paper — There was an excellent crowd present at the concert last night, the grandstand being well filled in every part. An unusual number of the fair so graced the occasion, and the varied colours of their dresses lent additional charm to the beauty of the scenes The weather was delightful and the sport good. The first event on the programme was a chorus for all ages, with some 20 entries, all of whom came to the post. They got rather a bad start, soprano running away with the lead, contralto second, tenor third basso fourth, and the others in a close bunch at least 20 lengths behind. At the quarter there was no particular change, but going down the back stretch all closed up, and there was a terrific race around the turn and down to the post, soprano V^taying the longest, and : winning by neck, amidst, uproarbus applause. tt was a dead heat for second place between all the others. The next event was a solo, with Selection, 'j Olivette, and Soprano as entries. It proved, however, a walk over for the latter, as Selection and Olivette failed to show np. - Soprano caused a great /sensation,* however, by an uncalled for spurt down the homestretch, an3 1 tlfere was great enthusiasm as. she dallied past the post with a terrific lhrj|^,. Nes,t y came the great event oifcbte 3ay, a quartette between Soprano,. Contralto, Tenor, and Basso. At the start Soprano was in the lead for a. few- strides, but Contralto passed h^ Rafting the track, set the pace at a Jively rate, closely followed by Tenor, Basso in the rear. Going djown - the back stretch Sdprano was let out^ and steadily gained, on the leaders. • Round the turn all fairly flew, and while at the head of the stretch, Tenor showed clear for a moment, Soprano passing him as they straightened for home; and, though he struggled with desperate energy; she came on, straight and game, and won a capital race at the top of, her voice, the other three completely drowned out. The excitement was intense; and the bay, who was a handsome bay filly, was recalled again and again." « •