HAVELOCK ANNUAL RACES AND SPORTS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 421, 30 December 1874, Page 2

HAVELOCK ANNUAL RACES AND SPORTS.

Theabove 1 rftces aifid sports commenced on Saturday last, on the Havetook' raoar. course. The weather was - ail that could be desired. Early in the morning' the weather was somewhat threatening, but as the flay wore on .the, clouds.broke, and the sun' shone out brilliantly.. TJjere wag a nice cool breeze throughout the. afternoon, and the rainfall of the prevjbuf day was sufficient to lay the dust without' leaving the ground ,meb: . :A ljjrge number ; of .visitors, began- tof arrive from, the surrounding districts , of Lawrence, Tokoniairiro, Gleriore, Manuka Greek, and other places. * About twelve o'clock, and by the time the first race was started^ a large concourse of, pleasure seekers had assembled. There were two licensed booths, kept respectively by hosts Coghill and Morries, both of whom appeared todp a good business. ■ Mr. Brandt, who had the Good Templar booth? was extensively, patronised. A number of fruit vendois also put in an appearance, and drove a thriving trade. A few of the "talent** were on the course, but they did not make much' oi* '^rise." -

The horse racing does not call for swell comment, aa it was of a very poordescrip^ tion. For the Maiden Plate five hones went to the post. After going threequarters of a mile, Young Roebuck had the field beaten, and won easily in a canter. The Miners' Purse only brought

- ttrt two ttipkpv^fcHbfQotar Swfgeant hay- * SoxoerLiad had. a good set too for the Mbit heat. The La* got off with the lead, ' which he maintained, with Louis in clc*« attMrtuiat. Thi>4p*ex was kept until Mar the winning post, when Loms wa» overhauling his opponent. ' fie ' «»uld not quits) reaoh him, however, and Boeder Lad pwsed the post two lengths j in advance. I» the second heat Louis; bolted ik the straight, thus destroying 1u» chajtee of the race. For the District - -V'fisn^oaythree hnraea faced the starter, , r W£d for Oi6r«t round the pace was pripy 1 jtot, 1 the )^s|i»aman ultimately proving too l£ood for Jfte owers, won •asUy: TheTathlc^B sport* were weU oaitestea--tkeSK) ywdv foot race, espeso, th^jtwinner, Kurtzman, who at scratch, cutting down the others easily, ,withDavison (9 yards j, > KlSnd ;' Blactwood (8 yards), third. Money, Anseri, and Brosnan, also started. ; J. Sutherland was first in throwing the •hammer, at 69 yards ; Poley, second, at •7 yards. " The following is a resumi of the first toy's racing:— . ILIIDBN iPIATB, of lOsovs. Tor hones tbat ', ' hareriever won an .advertised prize of ■ n ft/ 'j over ~£\6- Weight f Qr age. Distance, 16 ' one mile and a b,alfjfe , - Dwyer'%. Young Roebuct^yrs (Quin) 1 Higgins's Seaepray, 4yrs (Boult). 2 t/ DaTison's Testimonial, 3yra (M'Laren) S ' WpKae'o Trawneen ' 0 ' Hbnaghan's Sunbeam 0 Grasshopper was 1 scratched. The flag fell to. an excellent start, Young * Roebuck, iv a few strides, going to the front, arid* maintaining that position , .throughout. Sea Spray challenged him once, but ahe could notsucceed in passing. 'Minehs* Pvbsx, a handicap of 12 soys. Open r to all horses within a radius of ten miles 5'5 ' - I pi Havelock, Distance, one mile heats. •Dwy^s Border Lad, Bst 101 b (Quin) 11 : Telford*sGerni»nLbuiß,9ft4lb(Sutcliffe) 2 0 -M6tb^bt«ai' > s Color Sergeant (withdrawn) o JiChl&^Bjfit heat . was won" by Border Lad, latter a good! race, Louis pushing him hard , at, the finish; .- In the second heat Louis \t>oUed» thus destroyihg his chance of the DiBTBiOT Handicap, of 10 soys. For horses i > within a^adins of five miles of Havelock. ,(' ! A Distance, one sole and a quarter. Ward's Chinaman (Boult) 1 Grasshopper (Sntdiff e) 2 'Higgins'saeaspray (Monaghan) 3 . ''At the faU of the flag, the three got away well together, and kept that order for the first round, when Chinaman went to the front, and came ia an etmj winner. Hop, Sflpi and Jem. — First prize, £1, Kururanan, 40ft; second, 10b, E. Craig, , 39ft lliu. Bots' Foot, Rack.— First prize, 10s, J. , , Cooper ; 2nd, ss, Fahey ; Srd, 4s, T. Downey. . Sbcond Dat. The weather was again splendid, but fcotter^than on Saturday. The gathering of people was, however, not one-third the number present on Boxing Day. The Hurdle Race was the urst event on the programme, and it was a very tame affair, .only^oneof the horses — Cameron — jumping. The rider of Nelly Gray got a fall, but was not much hurt. He re-mounted, and. on coming to another hurdle, the - mare got her fore-quarters over, and had to be lifted out of her awkward position. The Town Plate was the best race of the meeting, Color Sergeantaud Border Lad Tunning neck and neck the whole distance, /the former passing the post about alength in advance. After the race, a protest was entered by the owner of Border Lad <on account of jostling. The stewards considered the protest in the evening, and it was not sustainedl The various events will be found fu% described below :— |Lun>?GAp Hubdlk Race,, of 10 soys.; over r -10 flights of hurdles Bft. 6in. ' high. Nomination, 10s. ; acceptance, 10s. Distance, | tance, two nules. ■ T: Dwye'rV Cameron, aged, lOst 31b (A. \ \-...'j cz'.j -j ■ f- ■ • Sfacpherson) ' 1 V. OodaUle's N«lly Gray, I0»t 2 T. SCmSaihari's Bed Jacket, lOst 21b 3 Bad Japfcet started' off with the lead, but rpfoisedPai the first hurdle, and although, persevered with, would not jump. Nelly Qray jumped two hurdles, and eventually *had to be' lifted over one, she having, got ber fore-quarters over the hurdle, and her hitid <?iiea rei^ngon the hurdle. Cameron cantered^round by himself , taking every, jiimp jptendidly. , , , Havbiock Town Platb, a handicap of 15 .-Mrsoj^., with a sweep of one sot., second 'horse to receive the sweep. Nomination, . '■-'■' 165,; acceptance, 155,; iutance, one mile •njd a. half, % Monagnan'j Color Sergeant ; aged ; Bsc '.('- '■'-'' '>>''■ ' (Owner) 1 •fc'DwyerV ßorder Lad; »ged; 9st lib '„?*'•'■'" „ xßoulfc)x ßoulfc ) -> 2 T, Dwyer's Fenian, 9st 4lb (Quin) 3 Border Lad and Color Sergeant jumped! away, and raced the whole ,distance Bide byj. aide, with Fenian in the rear. Color Sargeant came in first, with Border- Lad a sood second. The owner of Border Lad a prbtofct against Color.Sergeaut, onithe grounds of. his rider having tried 'fp^puU off Boult. : The protest was not .stutained. „>. ", , PtriiMCAifs' Pvbs>, s handicap of 10 soys., -For- horses within a radius of five miles of ,i. •* H&tel&ltfVai&boniiyidepTaiterpljrot owner,' i : ■ for two month* prerioua' to race; ' Nomi- '-■'■ VMtiottflO*i acceptance, 10s ; distance, :. , one mile hekts. ■■• . - ,- Ward'fljChiniunan, 9st 111 b (Boult) 1 Oudailb> Grssshopper, Bst (Monaghan) 2 amOiiA^ag* ***>&?, «•* ' (Quin) O. Chitjjiinan J**ron the first heat easily. Molly 'boiled and threw her rider, and wM~;d»tanc#dA v Chinaman walked over fpr'ih 1 c s«eovd heaS and was declared the winner. , . . < GahoLknOX HAHSlc^for all beaten horses. •t./.ilr*t prize, Saddle and Bridle, Talue, £10 ]Lw: distance, one mtle. Bnth#rUndVMollj, 7st 71b, (Boult) 1 miMufi, Sea Spray, 6st 101 b 0 ghr^f Fenian, list 71b . 0 BiollT; and Fenian went to the post, but iAi&notMtart, ojring.tohis owner considering him overweighted. Molly therefore round and got the stakes. , - Qowm&BAO. ** : \, < >~ ' Tfisilanaaome sum of £10 was collected hy' M. Hay, Esq., for Which several hbrsesr started. A pony, the property «f Mr. Sutherland, was the winner, stnS^phat' gentleman, handed over the anwrtrtrt for the benefit of the Hospital fandi. The lfid w*o rode the winner •^.presented with a riding whip by the W'Ylxi* ?6b? SACS.—FiMt prise, "£1 10s., 1 \jf. Vmirimon (•cratch) ; second, 15«. D. 6! ! Campbell (10 yds), 8. Ssrtherland, Quam, Grant, a*d Feathers^on also started. ", ' f^Sm^^UArOaSru, & Ora^J; Walker, • M^^S^.pfc^Sj«id»ii, ■ , ° am '