SPORTING NEWS. Wanganui Jockey Club Autumn Meeting.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 145, 13 March 1886, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS. Wanganui Jockey Club Autumn Meeting.

Wanganui, March 9. The first day's racing was a great success, and only one accident occurred to mar tl.e success of the meeting, and this was in the Hurdle Race, in which Druid fell, throwing his jockey and breaking his collar-bone. The Gup race was looked forward to with a large amount of interest. The result was a complete boil-over, as Tetford was hardly mentioned before the race, hia stable companion being more fancied. j First Handicap Hurdle Race of lOOsovs. ; two miles and a distance. Dusk, lOst 71b i Denbigh, lOst 81b ][] 2 Patent Safety '*' 3 The Druid (lOst 101b), and Porotawa (9st 71b), also started. Dusk led all the way, and won by seven lengths. The Druid, who was most fancied, fell at the last hurdle when only a length behind the winner. Time, 4min. 20sec. Totalisator dividends : Inside, £13 2s ; outside, £11 15s. Sapling Stakes of 5030v5. ;t; t for two yearolds. Six furlongs. Derby weights. Cremorne, by Cadogan— Miss Laura ... I Tornado ... ... ... ... % ' % " 2 Confident filly \]\ 3 Cremorne came with a rush, and won rather easily by a length and a half. Time, lmin. 21?secs. Totalisator dividends : InBide, £1 16s ; outside, £1 14a. Wanganui Cur of SOOsovs. ; second horse to receive 50sovs. from stakes; third horse to save stakes. Mr W. Bobbett's b h Tetford, 4yrs, by Musket c — Pungawerewere, 7st 91b 1 (Williams) ; ' "...'" •*• Mr W. Bobbett's Libeller, aged, by Traducer—Yatterina, 7st 41b (Morriean) 2 Mr W, Douglas's Waitiri, 3yrs, by Musket -Uira, 6st 31b (Woods) 3 Pasha (9st 111b), Armourer (Sst 41b;, Salvage (Bst), Rifleman (7st 101b), Bayard (7et Sib), Normanby (7st lib), aad Vera (7et) also ran. Poet (7&t 41b) and Alpine Rose (7st 101b) were scratched. Betting : Even money on Waitiri, 6 to 1 against Pasha, Armourer, Salvage, Tetford, Libeller, and Vera; 10 to 1 the others. From an indifferent start Tetford assumed the lead and led the field past the stand, the others being together, except Vera, who was two lengths away, last. As they swept round the top turn, Tetford still led. Along the back stretch, and passing the stand the second time, Tetford was still at the head of affairs, with Salvage and Waitiri on his quarter, all the others close up except Vera. In this order they passed along the back of the course, when Waitiri closed on the leader, her place being taken by Normanby, while Libeller and Armourer were racing together, fifth. As they approached the straight cries were 1 heard, " Waitiri wins," but Tetford gamely answered the call of his jockey, and entered the straight with a clear two lengths lead j from Waitiri. In the straight, Tetford increased his_ lead, and Waitiri gavo up second position to Libeller, who made a gallant struggle to got on even terms with his stable companion, but suffered defeat by four lengths, Waitiri a good third. Time, 3min. 57 l-sth sees. Dividends : Inside £13 4s, outside £12 Is, Flying Handicap of lOOsovs ; second horse 10 soys. from stakes. Messrs Stock and Conroys Mies Dargon 7st lib (Woods) ... 1 Mr T. H. Hall's Rumour, Sst 41b ... 2 Mr P. F, Tancred's Revoke, 7st 31b ... 3 Won by half a length. Time, 1 mm. 17 3-sth 3ecs. Dividends, £2 11s and £2 Bs. March 10. There is beautiful weather for the second day's racing, and about 1,500 are present. Results :—: — Wanganui Derby of 200aovs., added to a sweepstakes of lOsovs. each for starters ; 1J miles. Revoke, by The Premier— Gossip ... 1 Maratau 2 Lang Syne 3 Won in the commonest of cantors by four lengths. Lang Syne led for a mile on sufferance, when Vaile on Revoke passed her, and won. Time, 2min. 56 J sec. Totalisator dividends, £1 13s 6d and" £1 15s. Second Handicap Hubdle Race of lOOsovs. ; j two miles and a distance. The Druid, lOst 101b 1 Dusk, list 2 Landseer also ran, but at the second hurdle he pulled up. The Druid led from start to finish, and won easily by a length. Time, 4min. 25f sees. Totalisator dividends, £1 17s and £1 16s. Wanganui Stakes of loOsovs., second horse to receive 20sovs. out of the stakes ; one and a-half miles. Tetford, by Mupket— Pungawerewere, Sst 71b 1 Speculation, 75 1 71b .2 Salvage, 7st 101b 3 Time, 2min. 44sec.

Oscar Johnston, a pupil teacher at Lower Heathcote, Canterbury, has just been awarded £50 damages and costs against a local constable for illegal arrest, and unnecessary violence concerned therewith. The evidence showed that the constable had arrested the plaintiff without any charge having been formally preferred, but acting on the presumption of plaintiff's guilt in consequence of having been shown a letter from a doctor stating that a girl the plaintiff was supposed to have assaulted wa3 in a precarious state The constable had put handcuffs on the plaintiff in the presence of a number of children and other teachors at the school, and notwithstanding remonstrancs from the Head-master that the plaintiff would go quietly. Johnston had since been entirely exonerated before the R,M. Court. For the defence it was pleaded the conetable had acted under the belief that he was justified by the Police Offences Act. Judge Ward pointed out that the Act was much calculated to mislead, as it provided a special penalty for constables not performing their duty, though in this case the constable had acted under a misapprehension of his duty. Constables, to "be perfectly safe, would therefore, it appears, require to have a sound legal training, as they may on the one hand render themselves liable to a cenalty, and on the other to damages. The political condition of Canterbury is very well shown in the address of Mr R. Turnbull, M.H.8., at Timaru this week. He stated that he would give support to the Government during the present Parliament, and would support the borrowing of five millions, of which one and a-half million would go to the East and West Coast Railway. He also supported prohibitive duties on articles which could be manufactured in the colony He received a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence, just as the man in the moon would anywhere in Canterbury receive a similar vote if he declared for the two great fallacies of protection and the Bast and West Coast Railway.