FIRST DAY. HURDLE RACE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 365, 31 January 1849, Page 2

FIRST DAY. HURDLE RACE.

Mr. Forster's b. q Bushman, (Boxer) 141 Mr. Hickson'is b. h Beafte, (Grimaldi) 23 2 Capt. Marshall's^ br.b.» . . Vampire, (Eowett) 0 3 3 Mr. S£ Hill's *b,g. Hdrrib'oyine Wintringham 0 10 The above four horses .started for this race, Barbiere, Slipper, and Independent halving been withdrawn, the horses kept very well together at starting ; at the first hurdle they all cleared, Vampire taking the lead, and they kept pretty well s together in this -order to the fourth hurdle, when Beagle and Harrybogine threw their, riders, who however quickly remounted, , and recovered their ground; at* the fifth 1 hurdle, all ih,e horses fell one after the other, the riders being all thrown ; they remounted" however, and Vampire came in first and Harrfiogine second, but owing to the riders having dismounted before they rode up to the weighing Atand they los€ theft places. / ' ;-' t5 i|S^ In the'- second, beat all the horses cleared the first hurdle ; Harrybogine in going over threw his rider who quickly' recovered from His fall, at the second hurdle itaty/e refu»ed, Vampire kept, the lead duringthe first part of the" heat, closely followed Jjy Harrybogwe an'^l^ay/e a$ the last hurdle, he was. passed Yty~%[drryl)ogme who came in firstin good styles mi 'j ! si" - '''""' In the third heat Harrybogine refused the

first hurdle, which his rider coufd -btfno iaeans induce him to take, 1 the 'rate taeteifore lay between the other 'three' horse's, 'Bushman began to take the leac^alfter clearing the first hurdle, which he subsequently maintained; at the fourth hurdle Vampire fell, which gave an additional chance to the other horses, but BusTinu.n still kept the 'lead, which he maintained to the winning post.

. ' : THE PBODtJCE CUP. ' . , . ;.• :.' MILE AND QUARTER COURSE. Mr. St. Hill's b. m Pastile, (Bromley) i 1 Mr.'Petre's br. q Gaylad, (Mi 1 . Petee; '2 2 Mr, Allens b.m. . . Jefttty<£m<Z,(Winlringha < rtt) 1 {) 0 -This race created u a great deal -of intermit from the circumstance of its -being the first cup run for in New Zealand, •' and from the horses having all been bred in this district! At starting Gay Lad was the favourite/ Pastile being hardly thought of. Pastile', however, took the lead, and kept it, Jenny' Lind being distanced by running on the- wrong side the distance post. Gay Lad ■ entirely disappointed the. hopes of his backersj and in the second heat the mare won in a canter. ■ '