TUAPEKA ANNUAL RACES.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 265, 27 February 1873, Page 5

TUAPEKA ANNUAL RACES.

PntsT DaTt " MilDßir Plate, of 35 soys. ;- entrance two guineas ; distance, one mile and a half. For horses that have never won an advertised prize exceeding £10, hack races and matches exceptedt Haynes' b g No Gentleman, 3 years ; 7st 51b ' (J. Cotton) 1 Kichardson's b g little Dan, aged ; lOst lib ' (Richards) 2 Thompson's eh g Romeo, aged ; lQst lib (Gibb) 3 Hermit, Oineo, Belle of the Isle, and Gamecock also started. An indifferent start. Borneo took the first place, waited upon attentively by the favorite and Little Dan — the others hanging well behind. Passing the coalpit, No Gentleman took the lead and won as he liked, Little Dan a bad second. Lawrence Handicap, of 70 soys., with a sweepstake of 5 gunieas ; the second horse to receive amount of sweepstake. Distance, 1£ mile. O'Brien's b g Wildboy, aged ; 7st 61b (J. Cotton) 1 Jfosworthy's br m Malice, 5 yrs ; 9st 41b (Reay) 2 Edgar's br m Empress, aged ; 6st 101 b (Gait) 3 Hazlett's b g Atlas, aged ; Bst 81b (Waddell) 0 Nosworthy's b m Hatred, 5 yrs ; 9st 21b (Dunnett) 0 Patterson's b g Burgundy, aged ; 9st 111 b (Williams) 0 Coombe's Catapult, aged ; 6st 101 b (J. Cotton) 0 i Richardson's eh m Misfortune, aged ; Bst 101 b (Richards) 0 ! Richardson's b m Awatea, 3 yrs; 7st (Malone) 0 After one false start, Mr. M'Lean managed to get his horses well a<vay, Burgundy in the inside, taking the lead, closely followed by Empress. At the coalpit, the former resigned his position in favor of the Empress, and retired to the rear. Wildboy now showed well forward, Hatred pressing close on him. Descending the hill, Wildboy and- Malice, who had been kept well in hand, but now were coming up swiftly, overhauled the exDuchess, and at the cricket field the Boy had assume^ the lead. Malice hotly contesting second place. Entering the straight, Malice had beaten Empress, and endeavored to dispossess Wildboy "of his lead, but unsuccessfully. Wildboy came in first by two lengths, the same distance separating the second and third. Hack Eace, of £20 soys : 1 mile heats, Confined to horses being the $ona fide property of the person entering ' same at least one month prior to February 20, 1873, and residing within 20 miles of Lawrence. No weight tinder lOst. Dwyer's eh in Sultana, aged (Gibb) 1 1 Cotton's b m Fairy Queen, aged (Cot^jn) 2 2 Robinson's Kitty and Christy's Younsr Iniquity als.o ran. The first heat was a capital race between Sultan.a and the Queen ; the second heat Sultana won uy four lengths hard held. Handicap Hxtrdlk Eace, of 50 sovs : heats: over flour fights of hurdles, 3ft 6in high. Distance, one mile and a distance. Frazer's b m Medora, aged ; lOet (Uaynes) 1 1 Nosworthy's b g Tambourini, 4 yrs ; 9st 121 b (Reay) 0 0 Medora took the lead, and negotiated the first hurdle after a little persua sion. Tamborini was cantered up to the hurdle, and refusing to take it, was quietly walked into the saddling paddock. Medora leasu,rily proceeded, and at the next hurdle, being walked up to it, refused to rise, throwing off Haynes. The race was finished by Medora cantering the prescribed distance, getting over the intervening hurdles without any trouble.