ST. BATHANS.—July 23.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 178, 2 August 1872, Page 3

ST. BATHANS.—JuIy 23.

Wahdex's Court.

'(Before H. W. Robinson, Esq., Warden.)

There were ho cases..; ; ~] . Grants: R. Sweeney and C 0.,waterrace ;■: McCaffrey and another, tail race; E. Wood and another, tail nice; W.-M\-Wade, protection ;-Enterprise Co., protection ; O'Hara arid another, protection ; T. O'Dqwd, residence area; J. Barclay, pro! rction; J. Ewing and another, extended claim..- ; The other business was of a. routine character. .

1 Two Hibernians were passing a stable which had a rooster on it lor a wcathervane, when one adressed the other thus :—" Pat, what]s the rason they didn't put a hin up there instead of a : rooster ?" " An' sure," replied Pat, " that's aisy enough -: don't, ye see it .would be unconvanient to go for the eggs?';'. ;..;.-.. -,\ . ... . ; Death op a. Celebated Racehoese. —Achievement "died at Rufford Abbey Stud.Earm ' pp.: the 10th'inst.,,from a rupture bowel.. During her four, years on the turf she, won 16 races out of 24, amounting £22,442. As a two-year-old she won : 11 times out of 13," the total of her winnings being £10,387 ; at three years old, five races out ,ol eight fell to her, amounting to £12,055 ; and at four years old she ran three times without .winning. To the eye she appeared light and . shelly, but when fully extended her action was magnificent, and she may justly be ranked with Crucifix, -Blink Bonny, Formosa as one of the best mares that ever heard the rustle of a. silk jacket. Achievement's foal of this year, by Gladintcur, is .living, and we understand doing better than at any time during its dam's"'life.— ''Sporting Life'