REPORTING A CONCERT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1247, 2 October 1884, Page 3

REPORTING A CONCERT.

This is how the man who usually dtrl the “racing” on a city paper, _ when pressed on an emergency into “taking” a concert, did the work. It is needless to say the editor did not publish it :—There was an excellent crowd present at the concert last night, the grand stand being well filled in every part. An unusual number of the fair sex graced the occasion, and the varied colors of their dresses leffi additional charm to the beauty of the scene. The weather was delightful and the sport good. The first event on the programme was a chorus for all ages, with some twenty entries, all of whom came to the post. They got rather a bad start, Soprano running away with the lead, Contralto second, Tenor third, Basso fourth, and the others in a close bunch, at least twenty lengths behind. At the quarter there was no particular change, but going down the back stretch all closed up and there was a terrfiic race around the turn and down to the wire, Soprano staying the longest and winning by a neck, amidst uprorious applause. It was a dead heat forsecond place between all the others. The next event was a solo, with Selection, Olivette and Soprano us entries. It proved, however, a walk over for the latter, as Selection and Olivette failed to show up. Soprano caused a groat sensation, however, by an uncalled for spurt down the home stretch, and there was great enthusiasm as she dashed under the wire with a terrific shriek. Next came the great event of the day, a quartette between Soprano, Contralto, Tenor and Basse. At the start Soprano was in the lead for a few strides, but Contralto passed her, and, taking the track, set the pace at a lively rate, closely followed by Tenor, Basso in the rear. Going down the back stretch, Soprano was let out, and steadily gained on the leaders. Round the turn all fairly flewq while at the head of the stretch Tenor showed clear for a moment, Soprano passed him as they straightened for home, and, though he struggled with desperate energy, she came on, straight and game, and won a capital race at the top of her voice, the other three completely drowned out. The excitement was intense, and the wiener, who is a handsome bay filly, was recalled again and again. A duet between Tenor and Basso, and another chorus for all ages wound up the day’s sports. Space will not permit an extended description of these events, but it is enough to say that they were both taken in good shape by Tenor, who is a splendidly built, but rather leggy, gelding from the the East. On the whole, it was a very interesting evening’s sport, and the audience left highly delighted.