THE HORSE RACE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 141, 13 February 1886, Page 2

THE HORSE RACE.

A laisge crowd assembled on the Aroha race course on Saturday evening last to witness the race for £60 between the following locally owned horses : — Mr D. J. Frazei's Tyntax, aged, lOst (Owner) ; Mr G. Graves' Catchem, aged, 9st (Munro, from Hamilton) ; Mr T. rierney's Auctioneer, aged, 9at (Hotchin) ; distance 2 miles on the flat Tue horaes were dcsputu.ied to a good start shortly after 5 o'clock, the hour named for the race, ami kept pretty well together for the first quarter of a mile, when Auctioneer and Catchem rapid!; drew away from Tyntax, who was never aifterwanls in the race at all, but gradually fell more and more behind, although both whip and spur were freely use.l by iris rider. During the second round tinpace became very fast, both Auctioneer and CatchVm keeping close tog"th r. s< imtimt'.s one and sometimes the ofchei showing in front. In tlie straight ru. for home Auctioneer beg.vi to forge ah<»a 1 and, (although CatchVm, who was rery cleverly ridden answered uarnely to the whip when called upon/ «-iea'lily inerenseil his lead, winuiti^ b\ about a doZ'M) lengths in splendi ! fas!) on, quite frcih ;vn*l without having been once frourhe I with the wt.iip from .«tart t(» finish u< % are informed ; Tyntax half :» fifl I beli.nd. A couple of scra'tnh races were then got np amongst those present.