DUNSTAN JOCKEY CLUB RACES.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 207, 14 February 1873, Page 6

DUNSTAN JOCKEY CLUB RACES.

(Condensed from the' Dunstari Times.') Thursday,; 6th February, inaugurated the seventh annual Jockey Club Meeting, being the eleventh annual meeting (independent of spring meetings) - held on the ..IJunstan. racecourse. The first race meeting held in (JhigOi was in the year at Silver Stream." In the following- year the Duns lan Races were instituted, and sine© then h?i.ve been carried ori witli Such energy and liberality that they undoubtedly class only second in the Province." The meeting;. or 1872-3, however, docs not come up to former ones, either in respect to.the number?of competing, steeds or to the attendance of visitors. Nor were the, events, contested with the avidity we have seen on former occasions by the small fields that faced the starter; • Various causes are assigned for this 1 faillirig off; but,'..to our mind, the true cause isy there are too many race meetings- in the district, and unless a combination is made whereby one grand annual meeting takes place for the entire district, the quality of the. horses and their number will dwindle down to a more nothing, and the vaunted race meetings of Cromwell, Dry bread, St, Eathans, Mount Ida, arid Clyde, will be meetings, of hacks rather than of thoroughbreds.; Below is subjoined tho details of the events . . Maiden Plate ' of -30 sovs., for all horses that have never woiran advertised race of over £25. '• Weight 'for awe - Oils mile and a half. Mr W. Fra3er'a b in Flora, 3 yrs, 7st 51b - .v. ' (Moore)- • 1

I Mr Hazlett's chg Wexford, aged, lOstlilb ! ... ' i ; . (Waddel) -;2^ ; i -Mr- b. g, Otamete,. 5 yrsj- 931-; j . 101b ; (Li/Kay)^..j O tamete jumped off. with' the dead!, 1 | filly ciose up ; left,a;t the ; vp,ost ( . ,;. ; |,and:,.gaye.v. cprning :; to; | terras wiQi His" compeers. _ ' Qtairiete. ,'was Jsoon passed; and' the race lay, k between 1 " •flora'-- an'd ■' Wexford, :: •• but Mr.' Frasers-"; 1 mare proved ■ too good and Won : as ; she liked.' • • Time, 2 minutes .5 seconds. Handicap-Hurdle-Race of 60-sovs. Dis~- •; tance about ,two : miles, oyer eight flights -••. of hurdles. Mr No's worthy's b g Tanibourim, 6 yrs, ' 9st 121b ... ... ~ ... (Reay) 1 ' 'Mr Buckliam ? s ch g Sir Tatton, agedj-lOst* - : _ • 41b.-. ;;• c (LaingH-2;; ; l ime : 4min. 27sec., . , - . Sir Tatton unfortunately baulked at the: first jump. Tarubourini took his hurdle,. ; and with it the lead, and was never caught' —winning with hands down. " 1 * 1 1 * f -' Dunstan Jockey' Club j Handicap ; of 100' * sovs, with sweepstake of three guineas-to' ; go to second horse: Two miles. ~ Mr J. .Hazlett's b g A.tlas, aged, 7st 7-lb • • ••• " ... . :. ... t (Hoit)„*.l, 4! .Mr O'Brien's b g Y/ildboy, aged, 7st 101b' ' ' ••• (J. Cotton)' 2 Mr O'Brien's b m Miss Ennis,- aged, '6st81b.-,- ...: : ... - ... (T.. Cotton) 3 Mr JNoswortliy's brn Malice, 5 yrs, -9st ; .. 1 lib ... ... ... (Lteay)', 4 This was the most exciting race of the , meeting, and well deserved to be so,' as' a" better contested race could not be. 'At ' the start, Miss ;Ennis got well away, mak- ' ing the running lor her stable companion;; ■ i- Wildboy. At the back of the course, t Atlas- and "Wildboy went up to the! -foi'e,-; ' ■ aiid made a hard-race home, the : former : - winning by a length, closely followed .by Wiidboy ; Malice in the rear. Time: 3min.'sosec. Hack. Selling Race of 15 sovs. Distance, " one 1 mile. lio weight under 10sb. Post 3 entry. • •• Mr V/rightson's b m Fanny 1 Mr Gordon's b g Young Turpin ... ... 2 - Mr Colclough's,Fenian 3 Mr Wilkin's b m Kathleen ... .. "4 Turpin and Fenian led the way at' no mean pace. Fanny, however, soon challenged the pair, passed Fenian, and made: - a good race home with.,Turpin, whom she beat by about a length. .Members' Handicap of 40 sovs. Members free. - Distance, one mile. ■Mr Hazlett's b m Brunette, aged, 7st 41b , .(Holt) 1 Mr Cox's ch m Ma:lam, aged, 6st 12lb ... " ••• ' ... ... (Marshall) ' 2 ,Mr O'Brien's ch g Dragon, 3 yrs, 6st'9lb, . (T. Cotton) 3 -Mr Eraser's b m Flora., 3 yr3, 6st 31b ... • ... ... (M6o?e) 4 Flora's chance in the race was spoilt, at the start, by her running against a post,' * and Dragon bolted with his jockey, and ran round - the course, thus losing-his '■ chance also, which by . many ,was considered good. The race then lay between . Brunette and.Madam. Brunette won by ai lengtli, hard pressed by the latter. Time • lmin. 53sec.

The* second day's races were held on Friday. The weather was hot, and the attendance, better j than on the previous day.' , The Grand Stand Handicap, was won .by Hatred, Atlas being second and. Malice tiiird : ; the ( Scurry Stakes by Madam, Golden Cloud Being second. The To\yn Plate was a'walk-over for Tarnbburi ni. The Hack Hace was won by Golden; Cloud, Wexford being second ; and the' Consolation, by Burgundy, Dragon being second.: a