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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 110, 24 January 1880, Page 2

This concluded tho whole of the pe* destrian sport si and w rhont munh de-. lay tlie Stewards prep'iyed for the XVI. Hark Race.— Half mile Heata — carrying 10-it. 7lb/-- First prize. Clo( rieebnd \mze save stakes. Entfa-nco. 10^. • ' '': .. „. yannejtad'd Gip'y (Moore), ... 1 There were six entries — Cruiskeen, Liwn. Knngaroo. Eeeswax, llickety, i>romedary, and Gipsy. * A capital start was. emoted, and when passing".' the grand stand Beeswax was far m advance, Imd he'd, with Moore on (yiipsy, flogging hard. Tt would appear that Mr. Akei"«, the rider of Beeswax, held his rival too cheap, for just at the •jvinning-pnst G-ipsy wont up' and won by a head. In the second heat -'the' same horse got a good start and never, was. collared. The winner was loudly cheered fbr the. reason that it is a regular institution m Palmerston; and has been for years workiilg on ? the milh tfani. Thii't it ia possessed of no smalt amount ot *' blood " wi_H not he denied, but much of tlie result of the race is' owing to the very-admirable manner m, which the animal was ridden by Moore. In the first heat, M "Sweeney, the riderl ol* Cruiskeen Lawn, got a nasty tumble, but with great pluck "be was on hijf legs and ready to, start again, b.ut hi.s steed evidently' had enough of ijty and it was with dimeulty it wa^ induced to^ get up from where it liadfayeri. JSees-. wax and Kangaroo, the second iv eacla^ heat, decided to divide. ""' . * XVII. Hac-k Race— Catch Weights— Half; mile. HeatsXFi'rst prize,* £7 AOs j. second, save stakes. Entrance *10s. _* .Feather ... ... ... 1 , a protest- was entered, "^liich, ha.su jet to be decided. ; '. This concluded tl^e.progr^nnne, which^ was carried aut m, its integrity, proved; a capital day's a,tni\seineA^ a^bd gavel satisfaetibn to all." 3j-he.re "^as.; not a s single hitch or squ^ble throughout the. day, and it is a'most'pleasing remem-. brance for the varjjo^s me.mb.ers. of the. committee that their action ; m each event was highly a.pproye.d ; of, and in' no, wise was the judges.'; 4^ois.V>n3.*q»estioi^ed. In c.om4u > ding this notice, wa. may state ti\&\ m *\dditi,on -to ; their labors on T*hu,ra*day, each, pjje of the Committee will/bjei called yppn to-sub-. scribe their quota to. mal^e up some £55 of which they vfill be s^prt.;; The^ only reason that' tnis :: i^ct is- made known, is that those of, our townsfolk who contributed m the fy*st; instance, may be satisfied that the Committee honestly carried out what they, had undertaken at all cpste, aud conse- ; quently. they can fairly expect: a li beral" response when.an appeal % for the same purpose next year.