Foxton Racing Club.

Manawatu Herald, 24 January 1893, Page 2

Foxton Racing Club.

I P'r.MijENT— F. "Robinson, Esq. VtcrPrrsiden^ -E. S..Thynne, Esq. Judge -. H. F. Davidson , Esq . Handicappweh —The Committee. Ciißßii op Scales -Mr W. T. Little. ! Clebk of Course — Mr F. R. Young. Hon. Treasurer -Mr • Walter ft. Robinson. Hon. Secretary -Mr J; B>. Mc'Millan Mr A. E. Nixon. Starter— Mr H. Gillies. Stewards and Committee Messrs J. H. Robinson. T. P. Wijliamsi J. R, Stansell; W; B Rhodes, J. B. Whyte, J. Ahem, F. R. Young, E S. Thynne and R. Cawston. Yes fcerday was the fines t day that we have had fot* months; hot out oil attv elevation a, p"teasant breeze was felt-. With" such a day, ' affcet- the very peculiar weafnei 1 we have experienced it was not surprising that so many persons determined to have a thorough holiday and so attended the Foxton Racing Club's Summer meeting. The crowd was the largest that has ever attended and numbered nearer 2000 than 1500 as variously estimated* There wwats t What may be terhled, a getierat attendance, arid niore vehicles and more ladies were noticeable than ever before. The Sandon trani brought over Ido [ieojile arid their decdinmodation was so pushed that a number had to travel in trucks provided with temporary seats. Mr Cox, the manager, used every endeavour to obtain more carriages from the railway but the answer Was that everyone was needed for their own passengers. However; the train travellers had very little to complain about as it must have been cooler and pleasanter in the open trucks to close carriages on such a day. We must say that they did not look very miserable, and as they knew a thing or two they returned richer and wiser. l'he government train was si long, one- being composed of fifteen of the long bogie class of carriages and was crowded, and the passengers filled the course fr.»m the gates to the stand as they entered the grounds. It would app.mr that the recruiting from Woodville and A.shurst was therefore a success and the Club officials arc to ha congratulated on having entered upon the guarantee with the Railway authorities. The privilege holders must have done well as towards the two last races they were nearly sold out of everything. We also noticed that the purchaser of the " Correct Cards" did no pushing and none were offering by the middle of the meeting so it may be supposed all were readily disposed ot. The con cession to members, admitting one lady, free, -seemed to have been fully taken . advantage of, with" a very great improvement to the pleasure of the meeting as their pretty summer costuinas lighted up th 9 stand and carriages with capital effect. Wt». hope to see an even more liberal concession made in the future, and the honorary"- secretary ' is~^nst the man to aprireve of it. ■ ''••'■. The meeting was the most successful ever held, there being more people, more money put through the totaliaator,' arid larger fields taking all 'the races intocon.sideration; : The racing wa-s honest, the favourite either . winning or making a most desperate effort to do so. The hurdle race witnessed four horses pit out of the race vei'y suddenly at one hurdle, but the most exciting race of the day and the prettiest was the lasti in. which a hai*d fought, battle air ;; round the course took' place between 'the two cream coloured fillies, Liitere and Beeswing. These two led the whole way and raced side by side and many thought the finish was a,dead heat-but the judge., save first place to Laitere. These fillie? a^ref sißterjp^anjd weyeyb^d. by Mr James H. Robinson. There was only one protest and that was against* a jockey for hustling, and he was cal'ed in to the Steward's room and warned that the Steward^ \intfehdMr to hsve Vfair^' rqnntngaand bv&vyorie ! wa3 : jtoi • Jbei given an open course. 'I he jockey who was cautioned thought he had obtained second place in the hurdles but it transpired that he had not jumped one hurdle properly having ijonfl'over the wing, therefore his* little effort to .secure a position round the course availed him nothing Mr McMillan as honorary secretary made his debut in a highly satisfactory manner giving every information in the most,, epnrteous style, and getting" the whole of" the everitV off without a hitch. This is saying a great deal as the fields were very large ma'dn? much,-, more work than ordinary. W ; e hear,d; his work most favourably commented on by one arid all. Two of the ex-secretaries were also on- the ground, Messrs. j Russell and Andrews and : they con enrred heartily in the same opinion. Vlr Davidson was judge and had no difficult point to decide, except in the last raca, but his decision was accepted immediately it mas made

knowu; Messrs Gillies aud R. Steven's kindly acted as starters' arid exei'Qised very. much palience with the fleltts tbey had to get in order, ajid taken all through the starts were good, though in two instances a-jookey got left rather too much behind) this tuoiigh Was probably the boy's own fault. Mr kittle did His duty as Clerk of jfiie Scdle's vfe'ry carfiniliy aiia with aispatck Mr F. R. Young made an excellent Clerk of the Course and in his costume was admired by the lldie^ Tlie Si;e\V ; ards all carried out their duties in a quiet businesslike manner so that it appeared as though they had nothing to • do. The totalisator was 'run' by Messrs Hill and Poole; Mr i*oole being preseni with a couple of able assistants and the sum of £3186 was put through the machine without a hitch. The tips given irk our Saturday's* issue were much nearer the niark than generally appear in the papers, as ; in the Maiden Hurdles the three placed horses were given, the first and third however changing places; tv the Handicap hurdles the first arid third horses were placed accurately, given. In the Foxtou handicap each h.qrse .was accu rately- given in older--- they reached the post. In the electric handicap two of the horses placed were named. The first horse was given which won the Stewards' Stakes, arid in the Local Race the horses were given in the order they won. This will be hard to beat in the future, as the winners were accurately given in the four races out of the seven, and scratching in, two raCes upset the calculations lor them, however supposing the tips had been, followed and £1 put on each' race the backer would have come out with £2 1 5s to the good. The crowd was a most orderly one, no drunkenness was visible and no disorder, yet the clay was so hot and the publican's booths were clean" sold out; The Foxton Brass Band played very well, but rather seldom and ■we do not think the whole pro gramme published was played. It is. satisfactory to know that, we have such good musicians in th>< town. Appended m*e the results of the various events '— 1. FtiYiNG Stakes Handicap, of 35 roys ; second horse to receive 5 roys from the stakes. Distance, three- quarters 6f a mile. Nomination, 1 soy; acceptance, 10s. To start at 11.40 a.m. 07 Mr D. Scott's Veracity Gst 71b (Lind) . . . . 1 ISG Mr T. S. Bristol's Pill Bst aib(Collelo) 2 181 Mr H T. Mahupuka's The Toad Bst 6!b (Buckridge) ...' 8 57" Miss Cole, 13 Waikino, 14 Chrystal, 5 Comfort, 17 Hark, 6 Lord Lion also started. Goodwood, Natatorial and Eve were scratched. From a good start Veracity and The Toad were quickest to move, with Hark. Pill, Waikino, Chrystal, Comfort, Lord Lion and Miss Cole following in that order. Veracity continued to lead into the straight, when Pill and The Toad put in their claim, the rest being beaten Up the straight a splendid finish between the placed horses resulted in Veracity winning all out by a length and a half, Pill beating The. Toad by a length for second place. Time, Imin 19 3 sth sees. Dividend, £5 18s. 2. Maiden Hurdle Race, of 25 soys; Second horse to receive 5 soys from the stakes. One mile and a distahoe; 'over four flights of hurdles 3ffc 6in high. Open to horses that have never won an advertised Hurdle Race prior to "'d : ite of meeting^ Minimum 1 weight lOst. Entrance, 1 soy. To start* at 12.30 p.m. 81- Mr W. McKoy's Wizard (Harland) .... ... 1. 93 Mr D. Pringle's Pango (Cleaver)" . 2 69 Mr H. Parata's Manawainui (Jillett) : v ;■;. ... 3 18 Balance Sheet, JO4 Elaine, 18 Hawhiti and 19 Beeswing alsostarted. Tomato and Miss, f .- pawn were scratched.' Manawariui '"and Pango led! 'Over • the first hrirdle, j followtfcT by- Elaine, Wizard, Balance Sheet and Beeswings in that order. ; At the second hurdle Elaine' ran off, and Balance. Shef t, Hawhiti and. Bees wing fell. Wizard was then taken to Hie front and led over the, last two fences, winning, easily by three lengths. Warner, the rider of Balance .Sheet, had his-collarbone dislocated. Time, 2min 22£secs. Dividend; £4 sa. 3. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 40 soys; second horse to receive 5 ■floys from the stakes. 'Distance,' one : mile and a half ; over' six 'Rights of hurdles, Bft 6in high '^Komination'i' l soy • acceptance, 1 ffov. To start at 1.10 p.m. 141 Mr J. Baldwin's Ben, Lo- : :> lnond 10st 71b (Carneron) 1 115 Mr W. Black's Cingalee.lOst 101 b (Barland) ... ... 2 196 Mr fV Hawkins Unity lOat 121 b (Cleaver) ... ... .8 73 Khan, 84 Elaine aIRO started. H'nia was scratched. Unity arid Shan were first away and jumped the first hurdle together, followed by Ben Lomond, Cingilee and Elpaine. At the spcond fence Shan and E'aine ran off and were not persevered with afterwards. Ben Lomond led over the hurdle in front of the stand, with Unity and Cingalee following. At the next hurdle Unity jumped the

wing but contuiued tin. Ben lid 1 j niond _led jMong the back an^o^*^ tiie laifc M^irdl6 arid won easiljPby two lengths. Unity finished second bat was disqualified for not jumping a hurdle, and second money awarded to Cingalee;— Time;- Bnrin -7""8-5th sees. ■■Dividend, £8 iOs. I. FdITON ftANDtCiApf o ; f lM sdvs j eedofad kprse to r&fceive i 6 soys, and third Eorse 8 soys frotii the stakes. Distance; one itijle' and ft hall. SaHißWx-./rosij''---acceptance;- 2~ soys. " TKe %iianer of any handicap of the valuerof 75 soys after the declaration of weights to incur a penalty of 71bs. To start at 2 p.m. &&A Mr tf. MariiiHarli^ Mutiwai 6st illb (itftll) V; 4 ;;; 1 108 Mr J. George's Mela^ Bst ...:-. 4!b( Johnston) :;; ;T%:i 2 70 Mi ; T. S. -feHSfcoU'g Pill f^ ' 101 b (Ooliello)- "... ..B3 116 Dron^dary, 85 Le Grana; v # Slave Girl, 64 Karamea, 59 Ve^acrt^ also started. Goodwood, Th^-Tpid and Natatorial were scratched. ' The flag fell "to affair start Muriwai 'being quickest btiiier legs and tie Grand slowest to rUove* < Whßniail'ly se|tle.d dbwri tfie ■ (Jolburs o| • MOuraWai, Karamea,; Melastind Pill were most prominent* ije - Grand still being , in the rear 1 . Passing the stand ti&tii .• ( first time the favonrite still hadi ( co|p- I mandrof affairs, Karamea her o)os$; I attendant, the re3t bunched tQge||^| • I close up; At the post a sj^| :^ would have covered the eight -hdr^^ 5 The pace now began to telly J|a|aj^| V Veracity and Dromedary fallin||||l^ ami Melas and Pill getting ut>H6|t^ favourite's quarters A .^a mile from home there was^nLy Jhre*g in it. the pace being a'" crac]|er^|; As they into \ the^|rajgnt Johnston, on Melas, and !polj|n^ojD( Pill, were hard at their moinil|^to get on terms with the fa^ou^ip bnt she was not to be denj^d^pS won Without ever beiug shooll^pil^ half n length from Melas- Piil^'^| third, the rest easing off:'%^^p| 2miu 46 8 sth sees. - Divide|i|^2l 3. lijLectric Hakdicap, of 25r'i i^^s| second .-horse^ to receive) v from the states. -Distarieie^|^p t mile; Nomination, 15s; »p|^p*f atice, ids, ':'■ Winufer of/the Ji^p; nandicap tp carry a penal^^K 71bs. To;start lit 2.40 p.m;|^^; : 138 Mr T;6ameron?s^kdy?eial^B 7sc 71b (Hall) ~ -..V ■■.■.^■p--26 Mr W. A. Donald's 1 Waili|^Sp " Bst 21b (Buckridgey "■^^SKb---7-i Mr J Goodwin's Miss • Gb^^Sg'S Bst 131 b (Johnson) : ' >^K. : »; 25 Tomato; 27 Comfort; IBi^W enga also started.' Dagwort||^^fe scratched. Lady Glair. off the mark and^soori hadjiaMj^^^ three lengths, and won Wfei^ffl&lf fortable at the finish' b'y^Vi?pll|||^f\ A good finish between VYaiMp'bvlilii; Cole and Qomfgrfe^fpr secorid'honoip^ resulted in Jlfaiki ho scoring r -- ; W0&. short nose from SHs Cole, whoiej^^^ a head in front of Comfort;." S4o^^| was left at the post about two..ehß^| and made up a lot of ground. $i^^: 52 1-Sth sees. Dividend £1 18s|^ 6. Stewahos Stakes HANDicAP^of 40 soys,; second horse to re^i^S sovfi from the stakes. Disitfttee, one mile and. a.quarter. Jfem^^v; tion, 1 S.QV } acceptftnce<^s^vWinner of .the Foxton ;^in(^||^: to carry a penalty/ of ' l\^M^' [ -\ start at „, . . ? vi^'g@f - • 204 Mi? U j\larjimaru*s"Mm^ft(i"&i • ■ 7st em (Hsu) ' '::. :-m^--8 Mr G. Morse's fiark 6st 01hf«&^ ,88 ' Mr: W. Hunlft!s'f 1 tna^qtii^ft 44 Dromedary,- 15 Karanies^tS/ Southern -Qiieen alsb stared;.;] ]^^^ wood, Melas, Eve, J^atatoriaJ[,*^Kei ; Toad, ) Slave : .Girl, ! Veracity and Laitiere were scratchijav From a good start Muvaw^ai l and,j^|a : were most.prominent,,c-osel^^iollqj^p^ by Karamea;, . Hark iatid Queen.; ' iAt .tbe; 'qiua^e^milMlp Southern' 'Queen "ritn' iifstd^i^pP 1 ancl, was puUed up.; y ery li|p^i®|[ tion pecurred tiiatil; Half straight! \vhen l HaifU iW^^^ second place, but could { no^ terms with the "fjaydurit'e who Wbh. easily/ H irk; 2mm 2]jle^s^ WiP dend, £1 lM' : "''''"-'i '-■ ii< ' !i^'/ '■■■7 : '^r : '~" 7. liodAL RAcißi of^^ 20 • Soys,; qsßcjipnd horse to receive 1 sLls6Vßifrbffl^fche^5 Ll s6VB if rbffl^fche^ stakes. ,, Opeij tp horse's f the" B(^a fide property : of oWner& Presiding within a radiuia'of 8 miles of the Boston Pbst (Officer P Hoisesitp/be: owned at least three (8) months : previous to entrance, and"6pen only to, hprseß'th^t haye neyejr woi>. an advertised 1 race upto » ttie' time of jwieight: .jforj • tf^. Distance, one. mile. Entrance, ! 1 sovi To atftrfc at 4.16. p.rn, v ; 161 Mx 0. P.Lprd's^tiere B^fr ' ' [ ; • . 111 b (H, Walls),,; ; >, .; "i'.y^ut 30 JlrW. Kpbinspn's Beeswing L '; ( .'.'.''.'/-. Bst 18$-(Fliggins) , V"Xr><■&---67 Mr F. B. Young's Lor^ Lion / : 8stillb(^ollellp)., : Jvi.^^'C 1 8 Poneke, 20 Alpaca,, . IQ. 3 Raiwera, 7 Cissy., 16 ' ; -.^^f^6]au " 8" ' Moenga also •: *an. ( • ?Mr : Gillies > got the horses away well together, Pfdwem, Merfcon- fthd -jßeeawing h^vJQg ~"h a slight ; advanlAge. '; When^ |airly;(^ settled down Raiwera and Mertpqg were atithe head of affairs^- <Misfe half mile post Laitiere and Beeswing, left the re^«afmeeaifr«Qim>th!^e home home ne^ck ap4 neck, Ijaitiere eventually winni)\g by a nose froui Beesiwing, iiord liibn thjrd, the 1 xeslr straggling off to half way down the stvaight. Time, Imin 55 3-th sees. Dividend, Jgl 16s.