TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1042, 28 February 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(from our own correspondents). Dunedin, Feb. 27. Again magnificent weatlier favored the Dunedin Jockey Club and the sport-loving public. Three such days have not been seen in Dunedin f of several weeks, and the attendance numbered about 50,000. The results were as follows :— Handicap Steeplechase.—Sailor Boy 1, Carrigheen, 2. Quamby, Trovutore and Kobin Hood alao ran. Tins race was a grand one, and the jumping first class, tiil half-a-mile from home, and then Trovatore stumbled and got rid of his lider. The finish between Sailor Boy and Carrigheen was very close. Whil.-t Quamby was within three or four lengths. Fo :bury Handicap. — Lady Emma, 1 • Libeller, 2 ; The Poet, 3. Only three ran. For three-quarters of the distance Lady Emma lay lust ; but when Allen brought her up, and once fairly in the straight she got the lead. Allen rode her with excellent judgment, and won by half-a-length from Libeller, who tried hard to get on even terms q The Poet well up. Time, 2 min. 44 secs. Mandeville Plate.—Tasman, 1) Legerdemain, 2 ; The Poet, 3. Matuku (with 51bs Maiden Plate allowance) and Holderness (with lOlbs Maiden allowance) also ran. Tasman was strong favorite with Mataku next; these two went off with 'the lead, with The Poet and Holderness following, and Legerdemain in lhe rear. Coming towards home Tasman got in front, and Mataku and Holderness died away in the finish. Legerdemain came with a rush, but she could not get quite up, although had she been brought up earlier she might have managed it; as it was, Tasman won by a length. Time, 3 min., 48 secs. Flying Handicap.—Chancellor, 1- Nautilus, 2, Nonpareil, Gitana, and Goat also ran. The race was a hollow victory for Chancellor. Time, 2 min., 5 secs. Consolation Handicap.—King Quail, 1 ; Luna, 2. Three others ran. Luna was favorite. The start was so bad that the crowd gave three groans for the starter, Mr Dodson, who let Luna away with a lead of four lengths. It was then thought to be a moral certainty for the mare, but King Quail won it cleverly by a length and a half. This brought the most, successful meeting held here to a close. About £15,000 was passed through the totali* sators in three days.

A small boy testified in an American Jus* tices Court that the affray took place on a Sunday. “ How do you know it was Sunday ?” “ Because that day I had to go to the back door of the saloon to get beer instead of the front door.”