First Day.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 257, 2 January 1873, Page 8

First Day.

Maiden Pla tb i of £5. For horses that never won public money. One mile and a half.' Dyer's Lily (Cotton) 1 Brown's Jeannje (Aitken) 2 Mills' Grasshopper (Greeves) 3 Lily pulled off the victory by half a dozen lengths. Town Plate, of £\% Second horse to save his stake. Weight for age. Two miles and a half. Henry's Rufus (Cotton) ] Robertson's Kitty (Tuckey) 2 George's Raven (Owner) 2 Hunt's Oamden (Aitken) 0 A capital race. Eaven was made hot favorite, it being considered a gift to him. Eaven took the lead, and maintained it for half the distance, when he was overhauled by Kitty — Cotton closely shepherding the pair of them. About half a mile from home Eufus drew ahead, and won by six lengths, hands down ; the favcrite a very bad third, Camden out of sight. Hack Race, of £5. Mile heats. No weight under lOst, Dyer's Lily (Tuckey) 12 1 Hum's Belle of the Isle (Cotton) 2 12 Brown's Jeannie (Aitken) This was an exciting race. Lily won the first heat through a mistake. The horses were required to pass the judge's stand three times, but Cotton imagined he had accomplished the distance when he had gone round twice, and drew up, Tuckey took advantage of this, and pushed ahead, pulling off the. h^t. Tbe second heat was won by a length by the Belle, The third heat both i/he Belle and Lily went inside the post. Both turned back and got on the course properly, Belle gaining thirty yards by this misadventure ; but Lily came up gamely, and won by a -length. A protest was entered by Cotton, on the ground that Tuckey had forced him off the course, but was disallowed. 40u Ya^ds. Handicap Footrace, Ist prize, £2; 2nd, £1. Tuckey (70 yards.) 1 Grieve (40 yards) % Bell (50 yards) 3 Fox and Pollock were plaoed at scratch, but did not start, considering that with the heavy handicap they had no show. Running. Hop, Step, and. Jump. Ist prize, £1 ; 2n.d, 10s. Fox (39 feet) 1 Greeyes (33 feet 8 inches) % Tiickey (33 f eet"6 inohes) 3 Half Mile Handicap Foot Race. Ist prize, £3 ; 2nd, £1. ' Fox (scratch) 1 Mills (50 yards) 2 Pollock (15 yards) 3 Boys' Race, und^t. 14 yeavs. Pmo, 10s. A dozen started, J. Johnson proving the victor. Boys' Race, under 12 years. Prize, 10s. A crowd started, J. Ferguson coming in first. • « Running High Jump. Ist prize, £1 j 2nd, 10s. Greeves (4 feet 6 inches) 1 Fox (4 feet 5. inches) 2

Second Day. Publicans' Purse, of £ft % A^ife heats. No ■weight undej: 2st, Henry's Rufus (Cotton) 1 Kobertson's Kitty (Aitken) 2 Robertson's Bobby 3 A gift to Bufus, who won the two first heats without an, effort. Waipiri Handicap, o£ £5. One mile and a half. Cotton's Fairy Queen (Owner) 1 RobWfspn/s, Kitty (Brinsell) 2 lJunt's Belle of the Isle (Aitken) 3 Again a gift to Cotton. Fairy Queen started off 1 with the lead, never was caught, and wonea.aily by four lengths. Jotting the Stone. Prize v 4jl, Greeves, S., Caudwell, and Boyct ' entered —the letter ginning easily. <^uoit Matc^ lßt prize* L 2 ; 2nd t Ll, Johnson 1 Ritchie % S % Caudw.ell, M. Coxon, Todd, and. Rhodes also entered.. Fijty Stones, 1 yard apart, all to b,3 put in boxes., Ist prize, L 2 \ 2nd, {J. Pollock (scratch) 1 Wheeler (200) & Fox entered, but te^iref^fflrtlyaf^er starting.