AUCKLAND RACES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 442, 1 February 1890, Page 2

AUCKLAND RACES.

JUBILEE MEETING, j ./* The Jubilee meeting of the Auckland Racing: Club came off on Thu s lay at Elle-slie. Lord Onsimv, Lord Curing toil, and Rear-Admiral Lori Scott wee on the course, There was a large attendance of the public, ab .ut 3000 people being present, and the racing throughout was of a most interesting character. The following are the results of the racing : Maiden Handicap,of 7Osovs, second horse to receive iOsovs out of stakes. Fm three-ye ir-olds and upwards; For all horses that have not won oOsovs at time of starting. One mile and aq carter. R, Burke’s Dolose, 3y s, 74 lUh ... 1 J. C. Booties Memorandum, syi3,7st 91 b 2 11. French’s Eruption, 5} it, 7st 101 b ... 3 Also ran, Cartridge, Fairy .Queen, Rataplan, Barber, Fragrance, Mararoa, and Ingorina. Won easily bv a length an 1 a-half. Time, 2m. 14s. Dividends; Inside, L47s ; outside, £3 Bs. Handicap Hurdle Ra eofSOsovs. Second horse to receive Irov. out n[ stakes. Over eight flights of hurdles. Two miles. J. Rae’s Titokowar.u, aged, .9*4 ... 1 J. Maitbind’s Perne 1 1, aged. 9st ... 2 D. Harford’s Black Joe, age 1, 9-4 ... 3 Chemist also ran, - Won by five lengt s. Time, 3m. 595. Dividends: - ' Inside, L 3 9s 6d ;'outside, L 3 ss. Juvenile . Handicap of 120so?s, second hois) to receive lOsovs, mud third horse ssovs out of the stakes. For two-year-olds. Sii .iufloh^s.' • W. Somerville’s MAryjiSst Blj> ... I J. Lynch’s Leolant's,G4l2lo ... 2 Major F.N. George’s Mha Cote, 7st ... 3, Also ran, The Dreamer, Souvenir, Cambria, Muster Pat. . Won by half a length' k Time, lm. 17s. Dividends : Inside, L2 9s ; outside, L 3 Is.

<3op of 250sovs. Second horse x4o receive 30sovs, and third horse out of the stakes. Ore mile aud a-half. H. Hai il ion’s Raglan, 4yrs, 74 101 b ... 1

B. Thompson’s Leoi iua, Gyrs, 7st 121 b 2 T. Page’s Antelope, 6yrs, Bst ... 3 Also ran, Hilda, Pat.bbwork, Fabulous, Montrose. Won by two lengths. Time, 2m. 425. Dividends: Inside, L 4 2s ; omsi-ie, L 4 4s. 1 Handicap Steeplechase, of 150sovs ; s*.*cond horse lo receive 20sovs, and

third horse lOsovs 'out of the stakes I About three miles and a-half. N.Dicke.y’B Recruit, aged, 10st 91b ? J. McHugh’s Messenger, aged, 10316ib 2 J. llae’s Orangeman, aged, 12st 41b ..; 3 Also ran, Chemist and Takapau. VYon half a length. Time, Bm, 56a. Diyi- : Inside, LG 4s 6d ; outside, LlO Handicap of 1 OOsovs. Second &oirs9 to receive lOsovs out of stakes. ; Six fm longs. j H. Hairison’s Raglan, 4yrs, Bst ... 1 T. Pago’s'Antelope,'6yiß,Bst 121 b .j. 2 D. McKinnon’s Loch Ness, Syrs, 74 51b 3

Also started, Teksum, P itchwork, Cartridge, Tapaki, Dolosa.” /Won by a length. Time, Tm. 19*. Dividends : Inside, L 3 15s ) outside, L 4 lUs 61.

Selling Handicap of 50sovs. / Seven

furlongs. J. Hue’s Prudence, 4yrs, 8 t ... ... 1 Maitland's Blarney, aged, 7st iUlb ... 2 H. J. Ooutts’ Holly, aged, 7st oib ... 3 Also ran, Premier, The Cat ter, Try Fluke.

T'ie ordinary monthly meeting of the I’Vhiiion Road Board (ad j-mined from last S»m-day) will be held at Morrinsville to-day. The Wesleyan and Presbyterian services to be held in this district to-morrow, will be found duly-advertised as usual.

The annual meeting of subscriber* in connection with Te Aroha Public Library wax adjourned from last Tuesday evening to Thursday evening next, February Gthr There wiP be a sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Paeroa on Monday, anri at Te Aroha on Tuesday.,, There will also be a silling of the Warden’s Court at Te Aroha on Tuesday. - - ■ —— The lease of the extensive Kaingar. a Plains has been acquired from the Government by Mr J. Brown,a Tauranga settler; and lie has just placed a mob of fou thousand sheep upon the property. Application may; Jbe. niade to ibe Warden’soffice. Thames, 3rd, far the following forfeited licensed holdings : Gold water. , Whangamata ; Tapu, Tapu Creek ; Wairarapa, Waitekauri ; Silver King, Wliangamata/a There was.a good attendance at the sale by the bailiff of two milch cows, Ibe property of Mr M.'-W :DO’Keeffe (under warrant of distress Cl.tpke v. O’Keeffe), on Thursday last at Te Aroha. Mrls#\Vood> purchased one for L2 10s and Mr »ci L, Hirst the other at the same figure. Mr G. B. Howard (late of the Albert Hotel. Auckland) bus recenUy taken over the pacific Hotel, .Tbamas, and effected grcafeimprQvejnents with respect ther.to. Mr Howard lias bad a huge experience in hotel management, arid under his personal supei vision the comfort.and requirements of all visiters wilhbe attended to; / .. . b-A* . . ; -? ,'r JK- '■ ■■■',-$ % A party, consisting of-voffi-ers from H.M.S. Urliindo and other gentlemen, arrived-at Morrinsville by Monday’s train on a shooting expedition to Lockerbie, estate. Hues, though usually very plentiful, were rather difficult to find, and very indifferent sport was experienced. * _ ‘ , Messrs Iletheiington and Co.’s new advertisement approi*s in onr columns today; annonneing groat reluctionsin sevi-rxl departments, in order to effect a speedy sale and ,clear dining, the season. In fact in all departments the firm are now offering special’inducements to i.nrclusers with great variety to select from; A. . The concert at Shaftesbury last Monday evening, in aid oftlie funds of the Anglican Church, passad 'off very satisfactorily, tliere being both a good programme and a large tttendance. Mr W. A. Murray, of Piako, played a selection on his bagpipes; und Master Harold King, of Auckland, displayed great proficiency in his violin solos; local talent beingalso we 1 ! and represented.

The nomination of candidates for the office of Town Board Commissioner, vice Mr G. Ebert, resigned, will bo received by the 'Returning Officer oh Tuesday next, 4t!i inst, up to noon, ut the Te Aroha Public Ha'k So far no one appears desirous of aspißng to the lionou. of sitting with the existing members, or having anything to do with the Board as ut present con tituted. Still it is a matter for regret that so little public intere.-t should be evinced in a matter of much ini—poitancoto aR local residents, On next Tuesday evening Mr T. W. Glover, wil l give an addiess in Te Aroha Public Hall, in the interests of the N. Z. A 1 iance for the suppression of the liquor traffic. Mr W. S. Allen, of Annandale, lias kindly consented lo preside on the occasion ; and will no doubt aJso address the meeting ; which is to commence at half-past seven. Therevvill be no charge for admission, and we hope to see afj’l housoas we feel sure the proceedings wi’l prove most inteies.ing.

The value of the pigs in Ireland in 1885 was estimated by ice Regisuargenej'al at nearly L5 : 0u0,000, or auout one-fif-teenth of a gross value of the entire cattle, sheep and pig slock of the whole count.iy. There is Unfortitmlely, no record as to the Dish exports other than iliose of live stock, and we are, therefoie, unable to measure these, but dining 1888 there were 544, 972 fat and sfoie swine sent from Ireland lo Britain, and ibis shows a gieat increase on previous years.

The first practice of tiie newly constituted Te Aroha C.icset Club was held on Wednesday last in Mr A. W. Edward’s paddock, pear PostCffice. A practice wiil also take place on the same ground this afternoon at two o’clock. Tiie Club are indebted to Mr Edwards for very kindly allowing the cricketers the use of his paddock. We are informed -that 'Air Lipsey also promised to rentier .any assistance in his power ; not .only offering the use of his paddock in front of the house to practice on, but volunteering to have some drains filhd iu and siine fences removea if found to in. erf ere wiili the comfort ot the players. On every side the new Club appears *o have taken well, and will, vve have no doubt, soon le üble to place a good team in (he field. Members must not however forget taut plenty of practice is an essential to good form.

A,recent issue of the Gisborne Standard says:—“Tlie ‘Demos' affair whioli has ■ been creating so much interest in Opotiki has apparently not finished yet, and the Rev T. J. Wilis is shortly to.lecture in ,Opotiki anti oilier places on the subject touched upon by the writer Demos. When Mr Wills first Vent to Opotiki there was no temperance society, and as the editor of the then only local paper, the Opotiki Herald, .was alsmptopiietol of the brevvWy, temperance matters were leapt strictly in the background. Shorily'ufter Mr Wills’ arrival he started advocating total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors, which riled tlie editor of the Herald, and* Mr Wills soon became subject to very personal •attacks through its columns. About hine months ago - a second newspaper appeared in Opotiki, and a writer under the noth de gueri e of Demos advocated total abstinence, through thj> columns of the- Mail. The Herald now became desperate and u meeting was. called through Us columns (a reference to which bus already been made by us) to pi otest against this V'mer. I A fodhed.: qf which* ]sjr, B lies, editd'j“of the'jHcVuldj/wiis a tnUtihef, apd ah atfempjt- inpiVd ftf burn De A effigy; name having liWen Heely in connecting him with the writer, lu- has how decided to take the public platform and review (hq whole matter from the beginiug, and will give his detractors an opportunity of meeting him face to fa-let’’

I A mistake happened in regard to tliis * race ; the horses being started from the six furlongs post, Blarney finishing first. The stewards had to send the horses back, and (lie race was then rim from the seven vfurlon'gs post, Prudunce winning behalf a length. Dividends : Inside, L 4 6s 6d ; ousside, L 4 10s.