THE GRAND ELECTORATE STEEPLECHASE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 813, 30 August 1879, Page 2

THE GRAND ELECTORATE STEEPLECHASE.

The entries for this race' ate nbt so Sumer- , ous, aa.i pi glit : frayg beep W.e Lfcfil brjMsr sl&Oo W9QJ into teaming for it. The first in the field wks 1 the’’ thoroughbred upstanding horse whose merits we will pre--sently diso'ussiWiNext-SaniS a lump of a “horse “ Doubtful,” color uncertain, but beIfeVed' t’6 lb 6 'blpdk- White wffehed■ f O'ZrOß&m--•blfei GR®f •fbuby/vfVSiro D.opaldJ’ -/out-dof “Natty Boro.” He had wfrg seemed to think he might be got to go f steaigl|t. -Jleus on-the fiat, but •y, ilherdtone,/pdt fcuJ’rainihg,..lifter having been wclLuhysicked. He seeiped ptepngly av.arsai.tff> coSjsdiiy,£the allijo After a little exercise, and finding he inmt work for it, he took ~more4dndly4o—it, beginning (adnythb Qddfl.Qn'bis runningtrue ; but • those who had patiently observed his style of and disposition, avoided hi®Ta ■ Suddenly: •, one ■ morning he turned sullen, and nbtliing could get him out of ‘4116’ < stable, Mvhere ! -he' l still"'-4t3iks. It is believed that some wretch from*tlib other ytliblos in the fright) and either Rary’d liim, .or .gave him u,bt|ll, aiid thten hamstrung - hifii»l U ui ik. “ The Rat ” is a black horse of good appearanaq;j!iy“.lfiulibnabilityii,jiut'o£d9Oocivin Council." Ho was originally grey, which aolor lie.was when he ran his (test rtic’o biit shbXver-of rain changed him to his present a iSbibbre -liue. He. is by fillI’the'fastest 1 ’the'fastest hbrno in tho-ilolll', afid lias traibitig TPr two' or ‘knows' llio ijourso thoroughly, indeed tpo yvoll. He has a iiilsty hnliit of’ifiiAtaking' his stables andj>tW|imi\Jiip clijtmcQ, is, therefore, very Kiiiujl ; ,bc mooing \in : blioov lion, the rimniiig boing forced for'.Jiim ;by his.stable “ Conservative." The latter is a dark. .. bay_ Jiorso by “ Cjintab " ou/of‘‘ Colonist ;" has bceji.a lofigrtfine in tile district; idSvhichnie ?li^s, pevforaiqd, very creditably ~m 187*1 ’•‘be ytapWi rrpvinci.iil Stages, lin'd sin.ee'’ ’tli|n uliT County .flakes, twice ife ,runs u.gopil-iio.ncst.hprsOj/holdsjHs nitlipr higlL.aujl, .SOP^T 10 objects'at pis foot. / Ho|is, z unfo l i , tfihatelV, ■ brought’but by the wl’ong stable, and frra. godd li'erßt)'Spoiled : j ;, hiß‘ colors 1 to I him. h> • |

■ ■ i ;‘t 'Glwigtnyy* I’AJiS' •<«• I <1 .‘tbpronghhiiefi : .grey, horse, , of very symmetrical pr.opor-i ti'ohs, and Ifits’imfrionSe' strength. 1 and.isithe' model of a chaser; he *?s'b^” l ‘‘Highland; Lad "out of “ Success,” He was. turped j out'to'gAs's fbi- Il tWclveinfrhth; ,'but stable requiring him, „ho hag to.,be''taken; up again.;;‘ he is now fi,t;to,-rup,;an^getting! harder every day. 'He had a trial with I “The Rat” on the latter’s ground, and: beat him by several lengths 'easily, never; havipg turned a hair j £lOO to £5 has; beenl'bet On him, by orfe bf his trainers, against The Rat.” He really likes racing,! and goes kindly with .his elds cocked as if ■ Tie enjoyed it, full bat from start to finishJ He is a certain jumper; was never known

in. bis stride, and was never beaten. He is remarkably gentle witlL bis own stable hands and trainers, and very good natured to visitors ; bqt a lad having stuck a pin into him under pretenctT of he waited till the latter gave him an bppqr-j tunity, and then lel’him have it. That boy; won’t forget “ Glengarry.”' ’.Looking at>ilie relative the horses, and the circumstances under whiclb each is running, I h’ av e no hesitation in selecting the last horse, (bar jostles or crosses which may be tried) as the certain winner. His endurance and perseverance are indomitable ; he is fast on the flat, and Ahe. way in which he gets over, obstacles,—r .wood ~stone, or water,—which would pound any otlfen horse, will tell so in his favor that he. will undoubtedly be the first .to catch the'Speak—— hem, Judged eye.