NELSON RACES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 113, 4 May 1876, Page 2

NELSON RACES.

Seoond Day. , The fourbh of the month and the closing day of the English mail iuter- . fered considerably With the attendance; on the course to-day, the number present being smaller than yesterday. Shortly after noon a tremendous rain and hail storm with a strong wind set in, and in the very thick of it the horses started .for the Handicap Hurdle Race. I{ero 'having met with an accident was scratched, as was Whalebone, who had fallen lame, so that the field was reduced to nine, a number, however, quite large enough to make an open and an exciting race. - ... . .. Handicap Hurdle T?aoe of 40 bits., over ! . eiijht flights of hurdies; Eatranco, 2 ao'va. Mile and a half. „. ; ,Mr J. Smith's g g Satellite, 5 yrs, lost (Potts) 1 Messrs Stevenson and Eraser's eh k Magtnta, aged, 9*t 4lba (Campbell) 2 Mesws Nicholson & M'Kae'B eh g Gazelle, aged, list 7lbs ... ... (Lloyd) 3 Butcher Boy, Sultan, . Dick Turpin, .Moose, Cloud, and Tapuanuka also started. After one or two break-aways, Mr Stafford contrived to get the lot well together, and sent themaway with a rush, Sultan very soon going to thefront with a slight lead, the others, with the exception of Butcher Boy, who soon tailed, off, being all of a heap just behind him. In this order they took

the first and sedbnd flights; V»d passed thp i Sfeand N so;- closely .packed' tiiaVthe proverbial sheet might have been thrown over the lot. At; the third 'flight, Moose 4 deprived jSuljtan oi the leafy and, the rest coming upwithVfush^carrie^'t&e hurdles. To give any description of the respective positions of the rest of the field would be impossible owing to the blinding rain that was beating in ; sheets liajjo th'e> Sta^nd. Jusb before' nearing the seventh' flight Satellite watt seen to be well to the front, a position of ...which _ all the l efforts of the others failed to deprive him, Magenta making a good second, and Gazelle a couple of lengths behind him. The race was one of. the prettiest and most exciting, ever seen on, the Nelson- courses - - v Jockey Club Handicap of 80 soys., added to a sweepstake v,f 4 botb. each, h. ft. Mile' ? andjthree-quartera. --- ■?■ .■- --; Mr Redwood's 'ibllc.h. Guy Fawke», 4 yrs ? - : lOat (Lyford) 1 Mr J. W. Jackson's g g Follyj/6 yrg, by '; Peter Flat, Bst_ (Belcher) it Mr Walter's-:.* 'c Isaac Walton, % v.)ra, by Dainty Ariel ,7i't. • --.*•. V (Stewart) 3 Treason also started, but Nero,' Sir Walter, Satellite, and Magenta were scratched. The race is easily described. The four started in a good line, Isaac , Walton going to the front, but Treason, whese tiny rider had evidently lost all control over him, soon went up, and took a long lead, but at the road crossing near the Stand he bolted, throwing his rider, who, however, was fortunately unhurt. The other three then kept together, Isaac Walton having a trifling lead, which gunpowder hero soon took from him, ,If oily going, up to, second place, arid this order was maintained to 1 s the winning post. Distkiot Plate of 20 sovi., for horses which h?.ve been bona fide owned by resident* in, the Province for three preceding monthV Entrance. 2 sots. Mile and a quarter. Weight for age. .-.?■.., < - Mr F. "Rives' b g Morning Star, 3 yrß ... \ Mr B. Blower's b m Azalea, aged ... ;> 2 • Mr C. Bird's b g Atatu, 3 yrs , 3 Jet and Sultan also ran. Azalia took the lead and kept it some time, but was caught by Morning Star at the bottom of the course, and could not recover first place. } It -was a very pretty race. Hack Eace. — Mr Kerr's , Cloud, ,1; Mr Reilly's Doctor, 2. Seven started. Frbb Handicap ot 25 torn. One and a half miles. -.-... „-,,,., Mr W. Walter's br c Isaac Wiltohj s yrfe; 1 j 7st, Mr J. W. Jackson's g g Foliy, , 6 yrs. 8 t - ... ... ... . Dead heat Messrs Stevenson; and Fraser's br h Sir > i <;.,•' ... ..i' ..- f ... 3 Chanticleer and Cloud also started. Chanticleer bolted round tine course before^ he could, be stopped, thus , putting a stop to his'chahce of wintiing. Consolation Handicap of 20 soys , for beateu hones a'ithe meeting.' Onemilei ' ' Mr J Smith's th c Treison, 3 yrs, 6at ... 1 Messrs Stevenson and Fraser's eh g Ma- ' . gentn, a&ed. Bat 21bs . . ..... ... .2 Mr JM. H. Stafford^ ; eh m Meclea, 4 yrs , ; 7st lOlbs ... 3 A splendid race from beginning to end. Medea, took the lead to the straight run, where first. Treason and then Magenta passed her, Treason winning a close race by a head. " -: •fl-iiJ^'-UJi i_.l 1...H .L ■ iyi'l 111 I -MM •.

■Qu^en: Victoria has a fine stock farm jtjie Christquaß^saleof. fat cattle from it realizing last year the handsome aiim of £15, 935. - :■'- i.va. • -.• .v ■ ;■;;■• ; _ A London telegram, under date 20tH March, says' that nearly all the, rail ways north of the ,Tay are more or less blocked by snow. The Caledonian line is covered with snow 20 feet deep. Near Aberdeen,: twelve trams are /snowed in. At one point more than a dozen trains are "blocked oh' the Great Northern line. Telegraph lines are buried at several points on the line ' north of Aberdeen. ' ! ■ " Oameo " in the News tells a story that when the Eearl was in quarantine the other day at' Auckland, the editor of the Cri)ss. commiserating the enforced isolatipn of .our, gallant jdefenders, despatched a number of carrier pigeons as well as a letter to the Commodore. The letter was not : delivered, but the former were consigned to the steward, and the fa'ct'of their. being " educated" birds was'Vjust discovered ,in time, to save their,, lives.. They were worth three, guineas a .pair. ,■■.•■ "...•■ The following is from .the Wanganui Chronicle:—" Wlien I,. come again I will pay thee " see,ms to have been, the motto. of not- a few who have, parted for the golden- region, apparently; t'do,iwith the reflection " knowing he should see his face ; no more." Several instances ofv this singular forgetfulness in matters pecuniary have 'been brought to';bur notice, and we can only say tnat^ficli developments of principle . do not! redound to the credit of the .defaulters.'

/.V,M^# OjfO}piidi ; :":Sugprintendent v q^, p^uvfi^'s My\ h^lfbubd himself inW idifficiilty. Ajl tijp|land |in the provit^e j;6"pen;;*for special settl,&rient purposes rabacfrKed, "an^ -'yet^o^' vrants more fM, meeting the^g^iriitreiits ot bona yse^ settlers. There is plenty of land available, but the Superintendent can only set it aside for special settlement Jwith the consent of the Provincial Council. Hie:|camiot "^Q'nsult] that '.body in tbfc:] regular 'manner, as, the Council is pfb-l hibited from meeting, so he has issued a circular to the individual members, as^in^"^eir~^ssent'*T;o ir '"settlng' "aside 5000 acres in. .the vicinity, of T Woodyille. : If, as no db'ubt will be ! the case, the xYLP.O.'s individually agree tq this, he will take^ it as sufficient authority. ' The prdductive'ness of the soil in parts of .Southland,,,, at. one ,time ..cqnr only- fit 'for jpastoral vpurp'os^esj has been of teiT proved, but nevermore 'satisfactorily than this harvest on Bons-keid,-the farm ;pff'JM!rM'Grpstie, at New .Jftiver, Here frqjrii fieltl of 14 acres, an average of 57 bushels of wheat per acre •» was jtakett,.. exclusive.' of. oK few bushels of tailings. The crop, jj;, should be mentioned, was the first 'one off newly broken up land* ; Even at present prices, farjners possessed of jsuph alluvial may manage to Hve, and perhaps add to their escates.^'iVcioi. V " A special correspondent of the West Coast Tiirnei gives a' length^ ; "account of a hermit named Joe ; ' Collyeiy who lives on tUeiOkura reiver, riear the. Jackson's Bay special settlement. -,, Jt appears that some ti trie ago ,'Mr Collyer bought ii few acres 6'f'jland on the banks of the river. On this he Erected a house, and after fencing' hia land' put a n,umber of- ( sheep' and; tattle upon it. He has no. neighbors whatever,, the nearest resident to him being several miles away. : He farms on rather an extensive scale> abd calls his ! place' " St. Helena. Farm." Like Eobinson Orusoe, he is literally monarch of all he surveys, and it is very seldom indeed tihat he sees anybody. When travellers do come upon him he treats them with ,'grea^ kindnesß,;arid;6ri many iodcasions he has (; assisted the weary and poor traveller to continue his journey. ..But it appears that Mr Collyer- begins 'to .think. that there are no charms in soli'tude,|aUd is looking about for a wife to share his home with him. • A gentleman -who hias recently ;visiled Tasmania, and is writing' an account of his~journeyinga in the douth Australian Advertiser, thus describes travelling on the main line of railway : — " With the shadow of a terrible death' hanging darkly over us, we rushed madly down the /incline' 'tit.' tho lightningrspeed of several miles a day. I breathe a prayer for my wife and twin babes at home, and watched | the brakesman 2 s ; despair. His' face brightens, a liapp'y thought seems^to have struck him. He jumps down, leaps lightly over $be fence, , rushes into the bush, reappears witfi a long stick, overtakes us in c the very extremity of our danger, pushes the ' pole through the revolving wheels, and brings the 'train: to; moderate speed inthe midst of< its mad career." The slanders of Mr. J. Q-. S. Grant (says the Wellington Argus), meet with daily refutation. ' Two 1 years ago there came to Wellington, in the ship GHenlora a working man who avowedly j intended to stay no longer than two years in the colony. He had,' and still has, reasons of hia own for this' determination, and is now leaving this port in the ship Hurunui on ; his way home to his native country — ' Wicklow. During the principal part of his sojourn in. the colony he has been employed on the Mastertbn railway works, latterly in ; the service of Messrs Wilkinson and Collie. He has throughout occupied the position of laborer, and had no other means of adding to his income ; but h^ is >tbrifty man. . During the %vfp yearsvhe has remitted. £l3o, to^hisifahiily in Wicklow, and having tided over a temporary money difficulty by remitting this money,, is now on- his way^. home. to enjoy the comforfTof his ' own ' little holding in Ireland. ...We need not give the man's name. All we can say of him is that 'we" are : £>orrylhe is Reaving the colony. He is a man of the right stamp, arid though he is going away|h|) has done some service by demonstrating in a. practical way what; it is ;poss^ble for a laboring man to do iii New Zealand. A simple instance sueh 1 as this overturns a mountain -of slanders. " l ■'- : - ; ! .' v\i ' '*.)■■■ • ■ ;■' :A"'r\ A butcher, wrrting to a Northern contemporary accounts thus for the high prices ,pf meat: — '.'lt is. w.ith very gre'nt difficulty 1 butchers can : get rid of really good meat at the very low prices at which it is offered. Most poor people, if they have only a sixpence to i; lay out waDt a cut from tbe prime joints. It: amounts to this,; if everybody: will insist upon; haying prime joints ; . and nothing, else, the^ must not grumble to paysuoh a price as will allow the butcher to live. Meat of good quality, which properly cooked would feed scores of families, has literally to. be thrown away to the rubbish heaps, for agricultural purposes."- . ,