Dunedin J.C. Spring Meeting. Dunedin, November 29.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 131, 5 December 1885, Page 5

Dunedin J.C. Spring Meeting. Dunedin, November 29.

The second day's racing of the Dunedin -Jockey Club Spring Meeting took placo today. Pkksipent's Handicap of 200 ao\ r 3, with a swoeDtitake3 of each; tho second horae to receive iOsova.; the third 20dovs. from the otakes, One mile and a quar er. Captain Webster, Sst alb .. 1 Talebearer, Bst 61b '2 Fusilade, Bst 3 Also ran :—Lady Emma, Ssfc 71b ; and Tasmania, 6st 121b. Everton Lad and Rubezbal were scratched. Captain Webster virtually led all the way, but it was a pretty race, not three lengths aeparating tho first horse from the last throughout the whole distance. Captain Webster won by half a length from Talebearer. Time, 2min 16?ec3. Totalisator dividends : £3 4s outside ; £2 16s inside. Novkl Race. A handicap of 7030V5. Une mile and a distance. Molly 1

Thia race needs no description. Molly got a terrific start, which she made the most of, winning by fully a dozen lengths. Time, limin 3sec II \xdicaj j Hukdms liAti; of 70 boys. The second horse to receive lOsovs. from the stakes. One mile and a-half. Borderraan 1 Marquis 2 Trapper «« 3 Time : 3min. 9seca. Borderman won easily, Trapper a good third. Dividend, £5 Ss and £3. !

Serious Accident to a Jockey. At the third hurdle Foreman fell, throwing his rider, Pelham Jones, who is eriously, if not fatally, hurt. Maidkn Plate ok 60 sows.— Entrance, 2sovs. One mile and a-quarter. Weight for age. For horses that have not won an advertised prize exceeding £25.

Time, 2mins. lSfsoca. In the Maiden Plate Tasmania was a decided favourite, at 3 to 2 ; against others, 3to 1. Vanity Fair had the best of the start. At three quarters of a mile the favourite had a slight lead of Vanity, the whole lot being in a cluster. On reaching the home turn a rattling finish resulted in Tit Bit winning by a length. Dividend, £G 4s 6(1, and £5 7s 6d. Time, 2tnin. 18isec. St. Anduevv's Handicap, of loOsovs. ; second horse to receive losovs. and tho third horse lOsovs. from the stakes. One mile and a quarter.

tt was a splendid finish. The majority thinking Talebearer had it. Time, 2mins 45sec8. The owners of first andj second horses agreed to divide the stokes, 'JLhe concluding events of the first day's racing of the D.J.C. Spring Meeting on Saturday resulted a3 follows : — Selling Two-Year-Old Race : Stephenson's Apremont — Red Rose filly, 1 ; Vinargrette, 2 ; St. Ives,B. Spring Handicap : Stephensoirs Evorton Lad, 1 ; Rubezahl, 2 ; Billy, 3. Selling Race : Molly Bawn, 1.

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