R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1248, 8 December 1882, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

MASTERTON-THURSDAY;

(Beforo H. S. Waudell, RiMy)

Sutton v Telford.—Breach xi Sheep Act. Ist, by suffering certain infected sheep to stray during the month of'Nov,, 1882. 2nd, not herding in October.' The first charge was taken separately,, from the second, the defendant pleading not guilty to it.

Defendant asked why, wiih oj sitting at Tenui on the following day, he »nd his witueasos were dragged down to Master*, ton at the busiest'lime of the year? Tho Court said it expressed snurt surprise Inst Court day at some similar casesbeing taken in Masterton, hut tho prosecutn'r.,considered it was imperative to have them heard there. Ho agreed with Mr Telf»vd that the course was undesirable. Mr Bunny, who ■ appeared for the prosecutor, said the case was adjourned from last sillim; for Mr Telford's convenience. ; Mr Telford-Nut- at all ;' I nover received ut summons. John Drummond called, deposed; lam a Sbo'e'p Inspector for the Wellington District.- I know Mr Telford's property at Fornhill, Tonui. ; Mr Telford -objected that Mr Drummond's appointment as Inipeotor had heou cancelled, and that he had not.been ■re-appointed, Mr Bunny said ha. did not know whether Mr Telford proposed to prolong the case by.raitsing technical objections. Mr Telford said lie did not, b'ut he had been unfairly treated, and must protect himself tho best way■ho.cnulJ..- : Witness (continued)-I. produce, my Gazette appointment as Inspector, dated 21st Maroh, 1879. ..■■■;..-.■■ Mr Telford submitted that Mr Drummond's appointment was for the South, and not for the North Wairarapa/

Witness (continued)—l cancelled Mr Telford's clean certificate on the ,4th of March last. The sheep wore theii in charge of Mr P. Richardson At the request of Mr Telford witnesses were ordered to leave tho Court. „., Mr Telford objected to.< Mr Sutton remaining in Court, Mr Bunny submitted that Mr Sutton us informant had a right ro remain.:. The Court thought tint as lie. was represented by Counsel he must with, draw. . ; " : ; ■ ■■ ■ '■' Mr Bunny claimed that he had a right to have the presence and assistance of the informant, ' "■ '' Mr Telford said lid had subpeened Mr Sutton as a witness, The Sutton is then'; the witness for the defence.' The defendant cannot order his own witness out of CoUl't, ;<,.,;. ' .... ' Mr Bunny submitted that if the informant was to be absent the defendant should be out of Court on the same wound. The Court decided that Mr .Telford asked for more than the statute provided, and was not; disposed to order Mr Sutton to withdraw! ' Witness continued—l served a herding notice oii Mr Telford on the 24ih of October last. On November 3rd I was on the neighboring run belonging to Mr Langdbn, and saw 'among his sheep two ewes ; and two lambs,'the property' of Mr Telford...They had Mr Telford's registered wool brand on them, Some of Mr Telford's sheep are still scabby, After a considerable amount of evidence had been taken the court dismissed the information oh the first chargo on the ground that there was insufficient evidence to show that tho shdep strayed during the time they were in tho possession of the defendant, and that a theory Bet up by .him thiit they hd.been rushed through by his predecessor', Mr Bichardsori, 1 was-pro-bably a correct one; With respect to a lamb that had got through, the Court held that thero was no evidence of neglect on the part of the defendant. The second charge.of neglecting: to herd was then proceededvwith, and on this the defendant was fined tiye pounds and costs. Muir and Dixon v Bryan.—Claim i 613

Hi, Mr Beard appeared for th« plaintiffs unil Mr Board fnr,the defendant. [ - \ The cose for die iuformaiita iwaa' tllat they engaged 'the defendant as a f coaoh painter at eleven shillines per'diem on a 4 verbal agreement ;that a month's 'uotico should be.given oii ; &itber..aide, and that defendant left their Beatrice without giving 6iich notice.. The defendant disputed the verbal agreement and also endeavored to show that the'-' infurma'nt'j had agreed to, 'waive it. The Court deoidod that the defendant had left !the i s'irvide of'his employers wiiiiont giving due' notice and gave -judgment-against- him for forty shillings.and costs, ... : y / P. Opokeiy V ,Vyalt6r Moi'rUon.—Charge Mr.Beard appeared foY'tlie informant,", arid applied i for a reiiiHiid. .Ttie accused, expressed .himself .willing to i bOi yroyidfld: bail was allowed.. The Court fixed (he •bail;at'^2oo,,of,wlueh:isura)the, : ,accused: became surety;;? for,;; (me half, and twp other satisfactory sureties.wore obtained ..(or the other' part; j >; s iJ; : :-;';:;':'

maMrton-opaki jqj&EyoijjM \M§ ||RA.OE §4, T. B. CHAMBKRIE,AIN;-l t JoBaKi:A;W.;CAYE. Stabtkr„T j ;H. HILL;' HiNDiobpEßs, B. KIMBERLEY And H, ..:.:. y Mckenzie, ■■> Stkwabds, James Macara, A.Elkins, T. Parsons, J, lorns, H. Bannister, D. •-"—"-McLachlan.and; E. Chamberlain. - Glkrk of SoAißfi, J. Harding Clerks of Course, W. lorusaudO. Dixon SECoIFdAY.

The Races were continued yesterday in weather that was delightful, the.heat of the brilliant sun being toned by a I refreshing breeze from the Eiat.; The attendance,, was smaller than on the previous day, uot more than 400 being ipreaeot. The ontries for the various e'vents were numerous, and. the .racing .excellent, and only one protest was entered during tbo.mooting, and that was for an alleged informal entry on the part ,of the owner of Orient, who it was said did not give the previous performances of the animal at the time nf nomination, P, Slieerin entorod the protest, which on "consideration was alfowo'ij by the Stewards the money being awarded to the second

horse, Dan'O'Connell. police were as usual in force, but had. nothing to do, as not i single event : ncourred that roquired their interferenoe. The wh'«la.of the privilege holders did a good .business, tho usual grumbling amougst them was hot to be heard, this .being a very good indication that they were contented ani happy. ■ Some music would have- boen; very .acceptable, (especially during [the intervals, aud we'hope the: Stewards will in future ba able to ongage "a band for, these uieetiugs;: The total.isa-' tor was very well' patronized. It was in factmoro generally used,than at any pre-. viouß meeting, and the biggest dividend being paid in tlieHackKice, that has been paid on any courielu the Wellington, 'district, viz,, £G9'G', Mr Carswell being! Mho lucky iiiVditor-.-Tliere was SSlf'm the pool,'and; he waajtho only one on the' . winner,; The amount put through yester-; iay ;'w»s';£s2s,- -tbe'->total ; for both days'being The starting was jo'ot exactly-what irought to ljave been, ; and caused a few complaints,-.but it must be admitted that soirio of the brutes we're very difficult to get off, and ihosi that we're behind, naturallv grumbled. The judge's decision's wore never questioned,,and as Borne, of the finishes were very close Mr Cave must be congratulated on giving satisfaction to all concerned. Mr Harding at the scales performed his unenviable task very efficiently. A more careful'-' clerk'!;it would be difficult to select, [The handicapped (though there was the usual grumbling) showed great judgment in the discharge of their duties, as most of the, finishes testified. v t The only case in which we think 'hey were-at 'fault was: in the Consolation Race, ae The Field had done .nothing to merit the penalty imposed on her, The stewards ably assisted in carrying out the arrangements, and the hon secretary, though new to the duties of the office; proved" thoroughly equal to them, aod-.br his.energy and methodical work got every event off in good time and without a smiths hitch. Mr Lowes officiated as timekeeper. The clerks of the course< Messrs W. lorus and C, Dixon, it is needless to say did thoir work

effectually.' Spills were the order of the day. In the Hurdle Handicap three came to grief, Hamilton being rather badly bruised and shaken. In the Hick Hurdles F, Pelling came off at the first jump, the horse treading on him and bruising his thigh, In the District Handicap C. Winteringham, who was riding Kakapo, went foul of a post and was thrown,',his right knee hoitig badly hurt and his face bruised. Itisrathora ramivkablojojijicideboß that it was at this moutitijr four'.years ago, the same day of tho' >veek t tl»t/W. ■Armstrong[smashed his ktiee, tiding in tlio'same race, for the same owner, in the same eolors, and near the same spot. ■• ■ A. full field'faced the starter in the

Hurdle Handicap, but the start was a bad one. Euchre' being left behind, Septimus .went. away, with the lead, followed by\ IJin.Q'Coimeu 1 and Orient. In this order,they took tho first hurdlo;

all but Euqhro'-/jumped well,'but he refused to rise, and consequently fell and threw Hamilton.,jTho three'leaders took thoßecoud and-third jump, and pasted the stand in;, the!-sanio order. Septimus having plenty iu hand and going well. Torpedo ran off at p the second hurdle, and Dorset,' on trying to pull him round, fell

off and could not re-mount, About half way; roandi Dan s O'Counell and Orient went up:to the..leader, who lost its rider (Felling) <at>the<iec6nd;>jump from the tinishVOrient' thetf (tent away''and won easy, DauO'Con'nell second,' and Nikau 'aw.;;}':;;;-' 1 '; {;;-';«>■ ■■=.'' There'wero'four'fl'rittieS for the Hack Hurdles'.'; W&'' ldd-from the start,

Felling fell at tho first hurdle, Uncle Tom baulked at each one, Rata ..refold tho •ocond jump- from thp finish,;and Peter came in the'easiest, of winneri, Satan second. :u ■•..■

Five accepted for the District Handioap, Putangitarigi being the favorite, although Mr Buckeridfje declared to win with WniN- They got away to a very good start, Kakapo in; the lead, Firstwater coming up .closely r followed by Putaiiijitangi and Whitau,-. Firstwater soon took to tho rear,' '. and.on passing the Btand Putatißitnngi and Kakapo were raping -neck; and.neck. The two then went away : it ,a' rattling pace, leaving : the. rest behind, when about half way .ground Whitau' was gaining ground and firstwater came up and took fourth place,; A( the/three quarter distance Kakapo endeavored to come up inside; of Putangitangi, whon he got inside of theipost Btruck-hii.eye and ripped his shoulder against it, 1 and his rider also struck liiiinei) against it and was thrown off,- Whitau now,settled! dowii to it, and cimeup to the leader with tho intention of'winning, but, the little filly won it hands down; therideiv P. Hayward not being able to hold tier, but thiis was hardly to be wondered at, for he only turned the" scales at 4st Gib. Zauoui finished a bad third. '■>'■][[ "■■ Tho Hack :BicV wm jitno'of the most 'compile" BoiioWrs,seen on; tho course. Pawa took''the' lead L and ■ was never 'collared and Woneasily.Petruoliio second', Comus inowhere,' waa only backed by dti'e'in the' tdtaliaator. Eight 'started.'.-.; ~-.: i-\^,,-■■■■■{ .For the Consolation, Race 5 started, Orphan'getting decidedly, the best of it, Mwas soon overhauled-bji Whitau. At halfway, Treasurer-Came up, followed by •The'Fieid); to'paiir taking the first places on i coming'iritd the straight, Treasurer, ;l who had inside 'running, looking, very iniiob but Winteringham pulled hini'off'rathW too,much tfh round-,. irigj' allowing : Orphan to get the inside. A grand rice' 'was' then witnessed up the straight,'an ; d''Hay wardj. by some splendid riding, wdrijHhe'race 1 |;'on:the post by a -hupj), length between second aM\%)rsjjiotwi/i) 'i .'.Five entered fdr'trie Selling Eace, the. ffijiner, ,tjttpin?i upjri:D.,MoDonneHV SberrMßiyltf EatededM thtee-quariera the distance, followed by Tommy p'odd,' .;Alberfc,the^ ;.ea\ily,' Kite aeoonti,'' atid?Tommy Dudd (bird, Tk» winner was sold by amnion

by Mr lorns, direotly alter the race, Mr Xiiidby at £ll. ;j Tbe foliof ;the order of the .running for the day :fHdiidwl .Hanmoap, -.■ of £25, added to a swelp'of .'.'iovi' '2 miles; over 7 flights of darkened hurdles 3ft Gin high. Nonunation 1 sot,, acceptances 1 sov, J Freeth'sbg Orient, 6 yrs, lOat 71b, '■■"■■■" "':*. "-"■ ■■*'■• (G.Ereeth) 1 i P. Skeerin's o g Dan O'Connell, at?ed, 9«ti0ib.;..., ~..»• (tyM) 2 A. Dillon's bra Nikau, 6 yrs, list, ;, (Murphy) 3 D. McDonnell's Torpedo list 41b, T. Parson's. EJoreat Kin« 10st 71b, J. Burrow's Septimus 10st 71b, and'W. Hamilton's Euchre 9st 41b, also ran. TimeBrain 8 one-fifth sea. TotalißUtoiv £llß i dividend i? 3 3s. : ;i , : , .■-,■•

Hack Hdrmk. Race, of £lO. 1 mile and a distance j not less than 10 stows up. Post entry 10a. / , P. F-Tancved'B Beter.(lata Zulu) ;w,i'l Campbell's Satan ... ... ••'•' 2 Five ran. Peter led all; tho way. and won eiisily, Totalisatov, £18; dividend, 12 0s • . . District Handicap, .of £45, added to.a sweep of 2 aovs. : 1 J-miles.; Nomination 1 sov., acceptance 2 sov E. Buckeridse's-c f Putanaitangi, 3 - years, 6stslb ... (J.Hayward) 1 E. Buokeridge's b m Whitau, 5 years, Bst3lb' ... ... (T.Haywafd) 2 W. H. Wool's b g Zanoni, 4 years. Cat 121b ;.;;. ... ~.. ; (Brunion) .3, . T.Ray'BKatapb9st7lbiandP.F. Tan'cred's First "Water BsilOlb "also ran. Putangitangi had the rao'e in hand:from the start, and Kakapo, who ran second with her, went foul of a post and throw its rider, leaving the filly to: win, with;esse. Zanoni declared? 61b overweight,."Mr Buokeridge declared to win with Whitau. Time—3min Totalisator, £174; dividend; £8 3s.:' ' ' ; ■'' Hack Race, of £7..-Ouco round the \ -course; catch weights. Post entry 10s; ~ , Pawa,,. ..... 1 Petruchw ' .... 2 : '•• ■ " Eight ran, Pawa took-the lead and was never collared. Totalisator, £77; dividend, i 69 lis. Consolation Handicap, of £ls. Onco rouud the course. Post entry 1 ov. J. O. Hayward e d g Orphan, aged;'9«t 101b ... ... (T. Hayward) 1 Jas. Macara's br g Treasurer, 5 years,7st ... ~.(T. Winterimsham) 2 G, Froeth's g m The Field, 6 years, H ... ; (Herd),- 8 'A. Dillon's Nikau, Bst 21b, and. P. F. Tancred's, Gabble, sst lpib, also ran. Splendid race, won, after exciting' finish; by a short liose. Time—2min ssec. Totalisator £75; dividend £2los. Skluno Hack, of -£ls, .once: round .the course. The winner to become'the absolute property d tho Stowardsjand be sold by auction immediately after iheraceisruu. Catch weights. Poet entry, 10s.' '' D.MeDonneire Albert... 1

T. Ray's Kate ... ;.. :'.... : - ... 2 ' Five ran. Kate led three-quarters of the distance, when the winner overhauled hor and won easily. Totalisator, i6B; dividend £2 7s. The winner was Bold for £ll. ' • • . ■■...,:.,