CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 27 February 1883, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

[TO THE EWTOE WAIBAKAPA DAILY.] . Sib,—Allow me tti.correot your local of yesterday-namely, that Mr O. ,fi, Daniel is the euoeesßful lendererforMr W, PerryVnew shop, at £7B 10s (labor only.) According to plans and specifications there h fully fifty pounds worth of material to be supplied. Trusting it is merely a printer's error. .; y- ; ... ~..;1am,:ff1C.,, • .-'".■■.. >=;;• o|b Who Tendered, ;

WAIRARAPA JOCKEY CLUB. AUTUMN MEETING, 1883. •• a —,— \, :i President,-J, P. Russell; ViobPbesi- I dbst, H.S, Wardell ;,Jto b e, Wallace' Smith; Staktbr, I , Treasurer, W. 0. Buchanan ;|SiEir-! ards, N. Grace, P. P, Tancred, IW," EJ ' Bidwill, j; C.Vallance,fJas. Macafi,' ; H. MoMaster.B, Kiinberly; Oierk of Scales, D, Donald; Timekeeper, W. 0. Williams; Clerk op Course, W lorns; Secretary, Ralph E. .Armstrong This, annual event which has been looked forward to with a.great deal of interest was to have taken place on'the 22nd and 23rd inst,, but as everyone knows Jupiter Pluri'm got a good start on those days,- and won'lmnds down, or wo should say " cats and dogs" down, The raoes were consequently postponed first to Fridayand Saturday, and then to MoHday and Tuesday. Yesterday the weather was .splendid, not too hot) and no sign of rain, jThe course, however, was still soft from the'previouß soaking, and this upset some people's calculations as to winners; The Railway Department having run the special trains—empty-on the days lie} wer* asked, did not run them on this obpasion; m - they had had'no,time\tb give .tbejipcesSary, hotic'eVof their.intentionaj Many people who would have; been' present if they had means of po'nvayance were t> Btay at 'hothe;; Still four or §vp hundrsd assembled on the eonrsß, and were well repiiiit by." witnessing v the good racing of large fields for any trouble they incurred in attending. The Carterton Rrasiußand arrived early on the ground and <JjscQur§ec| some' first-, silaas music in a very' spirited manner, throughout the day,', their, playing'being mubh admired .v, The'musical portion of the programme was thus well supplied,' and a posse of police under Sergeant MoArdle effectually prevented any dls-, oordant element marring the proeeedings, ; 4 largp polipe tent wa,s erected as a lock up, but' it nqt the assemblage beiugmostprdei'ly'through-: oqt, The several bopths appeared to"dp ; rather'a languishing trade. MrEiliolte ot the White Hart Jfotel, off Qainof the ; Grey town.'Hotel,; (ind Mjne-; Hosf Brjin- ■ skill of the; Royal,. supplied the thirsty with good liquors, and Messrs White and Barratt, .the hungry, with ohoioe, edibles, and ripe fruits.; Mr.White- also provided .the Stewards lunch in first,class style. Mr J. J, J/pwjs, of Grey town did a line with fancy, gpods'antjai'tjoles dear to jnyenile jjeapis, anfj science was' represented in 'a'dark/iVQ'm'by means of elep'trio li.'hts, glectrip motors, a mjniatore electric sawmill, and a : ateam engine. This latter department was organised by Mr J. Barnard of Grey town, and did credit to his ability. .The only games on the the course were bowls and French Quoits, and these were not much .patronised, the übiquitous gallery was of course there,and did a fair stroke. The totilisator was well and passed through about |7QQ aur'fng the da-y, The raping was yefy good ariq honest. Tiiefe "was only one -disagreeable inpitjenj; all day, and that was the expressjon\qf publio feeling against racehorses bein<} run as [jacks, This disapprobation, was conveyed in hearty groans for poor Senovita because her owner sent her lor the only hack race of the day,. The publio feeling was the stronger because Orphan a regular flyer from the same stable was sent for, and of course won, the hack race at the Soring meel)ng. Any man entering a bona fide hack against such cattle as these, is simplythrowingljij'nipneyaway. There was some little cavil roused oyer the' Ladies' Bracelet race, one owner wishing to enter a horse for the event,- whioh the Stewards believed was a racehorse and not a lady's hack, but there was no ( disagreeablenoss over jl, The remarks made on the officers of the Glub »}i one meeting would : apparently serve for all occasion?, astljese gentlemen are ever the. same—strictly attentive to the duties'they have undertaken, and courteous to all who seek information from them. There, are also Secretaries ohd ■ {jeoretyries, hut there -is only one Ralph Armstrong jn this District, and may hjs shadow never grow loss-Heia'ftjerjglit.band of ttye Glub. He was ab}y assisted yesterday by Mr D, Donald, who had. a. l}ayd djy's wqrk a« olerk of j the spales'- Mr MpMaster labored hard to obtain .good, starts., and generally succeeded, but in Borne cases I think ho was inclined to be too exact, especially with the youngsters. However, bis is»task which may be more easily criticised than performed, especially when the "jocks" are all so anxious to best him by a foot or two. The fun oom menoed with the Wairawpa Derby, or WAIRAKAPA MSTKIOT ' imODUOE J Of 100 B'ivs.; For 3 year-olds bred in the district; Colts Bst 101b, Fillies and Geldings Bat Bib; 1| miles, This had closed with 26 nominations, Ten accepted, but three were afterwards soratohed, having to do battle—Twilight, a fine wel}-grown filly by the Premier— Dolly Yarden | tlje, nrelfy little fijly First Water, by the saine stje o'uf of Ruby; the rather spidly black gelding Bamboo, by Nfttiakaq-Figaro mare; a ijandsome ohesnut colt by Mangle—Zetland's dam; the thoroughbred-looking Administrator | a grey daughter of Barbarmri—Qiieeri of the Taueru.j and (he fine upstanding bay gelding, Libel, by Mangle-Polly.' They were with the exception' of Twilight and Libel rather small-sized animals, but they shewed plenty of pluck. They had two or three false Btarta before they were sent away, In these matters Administrator is what Artemus Ward would call an "amoosing cuss," for when once pulled up after a false start he stands stock still, and resolutely refuses to.go back to be sent off again,-until led'round carefully, When, they did start,' they all went t 0 work with a will, {jamboo and Libel showing the others the : way, 1 Administrator and Firstwater keeping, up, Twilight in the rear. Coming into the straight the first time Libel got the lead; Bamboo next, Twilight last.' At the turn into the bush Libel got the best.of his jockey and bolted, through a stirrup coming uff. He got into the bush and ended his chance. The Mangle colt' then his essay, but could. npt patch. t|)' B ' Jgadeir. Twilight, being called upqn,".di|' §o, ai|d came away winning easily.: There was a good race for second, place between Bamboo and Firstwater, 'the latter pacing him in the straight. Time 2min rj3i seconds. There were £133 in the totalisa, tor; dividend £4 Is, ■ ■■'<•■ ■>'■'■'■■■ N. Grace's ,b.f Twilight; by PremierDolly Yarden (G. Williams) ... 1 P.^.Tancred'spfFirstwateivbyPre.-r;.' mier—Ruby(G.:Ereeth)..., ... 2 ; W.Thorbui'n's-bkiig. Bamboo, by , Nanakia—Figaro;Mare'(S.Harris) 3 TAUKRBNIKip STAKES; I .• ''' Seven, stripped for-this event,, which ■ was reported as a,very.open;one.: .All i the competitors found numerous admirers exoept Pflriijajjter, bat—opirjiops were • freely expressed thatifiakapo could not ' "doit,",:He, howeyerfprovedhe pould, ' and gave his 1 bapkera a divi.dond of Jfi l<js. ,! Aaood start wis 'ma3e^ ; and .Gabble west ', to the front at a r ßwingitig■pace,-closely ; attended by Jack Tar, Hproujes, and Scruiinew,:Thß)Fie.ld,Kiikapo,iand l Don- . caster in the rear. • Qn entering the bush, I Kakapo was taken through a-Jew of ' them; and began to*overhaul -Gabble,- .| which he did about half-a-mila from ] home, About this time, The' Field had ( her say.in the affair,, and raoed Jack Tar i and Scrutineer,; tibVdin k> the; all ( got into, the straight,-whe'tf the order was < 'KakaEP,;Gabbi»j The.Field,' Jaok' Tar, '\

Hercules, Scrutineer, and Doncaßter, and I although Gabbletmade a gallant effort to' i catch t Kakapo, ahd the made a struggle for\econd place, the race finished in this order.,. V T. Bay's Mapo, 9st (Williams) ... 1 , P. F. Tanored> (Jatible, 6st (Brunton) 2 } TheField(G. Freetli),... .3 Putangitangi 'was scratohed. Time--2mirf2laeo. Totalieator, £123; dividend, £6lßs, - ~ OHAMPAONU STAKES, For this ten started, Lady Mary being scratohed, Consul and Rods were the popular favorites,.and though lope was sloW i in starting, they justified pubho opinion, A fair start was made the moat of by Miss Danebury, but Consul quickly caught her, and gaining ithe lead,' wa» ! never deprived of it, though Kope who being last away had to go through all the horses, got pretty dose to hiui at the finish, Ada York also ran up very close. The win was in the last few lengths a popular! one, 1 t and loud - oriel ''of " the Consul I" rent the air when it was Been how he was leaving, the -browd',- Kope also came in for a good share of adaption for his gameness, in fact with a level start it is hard to say which of the two would prove the fleetest horse. The official result was : P. F. Tancred's b c Consul by the i . Premier, (Gf. JYeethj, Bst 101b ... 1 | N. Graoe's o o Kope by J)a,n.ebqry, (T. ?aywa.rd), Bst 101b .., .., P, E. Heme's brf Ada York, by Manglo, I , Sat 51b .;, *..,' 3 11. Goodin'sLurline.F. Burt's Nikau, M. Te Ore's Kata, Eenull's Lady' Maud, I Macara's Secretary, It, R. Armstrong's Sorceress, and J. Wilsoq's Miss Danebury also ran. Time lmin 96|gec, Totaljsator £177. Dividend £ll7a? LADIES' BRAOELET, This is an event quite novel to the Wairarapa, and likely to become popular. Six horses entered for this .event, and . six members of the Club donned pants i/andsillfto then). Mr. Yallaqce's Barbara was tnadi) a; hqt favorite, Mrs Bidwill's Blanche being next esteemed; :As was to be expected whenthey gotJhe 1 wprd to go they." went," but they hadnot travelled far before : Mr Drummond Was dismounted by the Bnirnal he was riding (Mr 3. Tancred's Matipo) stumbling, He was not much hurt, merely leaving a portion of the skin of his nasal organ adhering io the course. His liorse'.nothing daunted, coniinued the raw alone. Barhafa obtained the lead in' the bush, and retained it thoiigl). raced by Kirepo and Blanche being a little in reaj; on the tqrn intq the straight j however Mr Grace \M got the others in hand and was racing for Barbara, but could not catch her, Matipo caused some amusement at this juncture, for he quickly passed the horses in the rear, and made ; a very interesting finish with Barbara, amid loud laughter alii of "Kapai. Matipo." J; 0. Yallance's Barbara (owndr) ... 1 W. E/Bidwillfs (Grace) ... 2 Grant'sl£orari(owner)... *' ~[■ . ,;; j) Miss Bockell's Lavqrtena,,: and Kennedy's Kafflpu alsq ran. No time taljen. Dividgnd, £§ l{js, ' HaokHaoe! Of second horse Ssuvs. Welter weight lOit, Onco round the oourse. ; Six entries. Senorita got the lead as soon as she required it, and won easily. Haywood tried to make a good finish of it, and Flycatcher made a very game effort to get on terms with her, Time lmin. §6seo. • Totaliaator £B3. Dividend .£1 14s. Public opinion,. three groans for the raoehone Senoi'ilal'ft'ndi three cheers for the haok Flyoatoher, ■,-;• .„■... * Wairabapa Distkiot HANMOA?;.'Of 50 sovs, second horse lOiovff' "■%-niiles.' For horses owned in the'district' six ■ months prior to entry ' This was rather a hoi! over. Jlutangitangi, Kakapo, Misohief, and Treasurer each had large sums.on therein,,the Tqtalisator, but the best dividend of the day fell to, tb,e ba'pjjer's of Gentle Annie who.drew I!)each, Rather a.bad. start' took place; Butangitangf gating away with the lead closely followed by Gentle Annie and About hftW way yqqnq 1 Qentle Annie challenged Putanejtangi and. raoet} her down soon taking a Jead of a oounle of Jengthe. This struggle did for. Pqtaitgi, whowiw passed by Mischiof, Petruohio, and Treasurer. The former made an attemptto roach the leader, but.dropped back and let Petruohio by, and after a good raoe for seoond and third place between these three, the remit was declared as follows !~ .1, 0. Hayward's Gentle Annie by Els-wick-Ladybird, Bst 31b 1 T. Oarswell's Petruohio by Gladiator -FairEllen,7st 51b. ■ ■.. .' ; ; ,2 J, Desmond's o m Mischief.,by Sou. .■. thern Cross-AnnieV 7sa2lb ...' 3 J. Macara's Treasurer, Bst 71b ■■' ... 4 T. Raj's Kakapo 9st 71b, E. Herne's Putangitangi 7st Bib, T,? Oarswell's Tibbeit|st, E. 'Heme's Mangle Colt '6at, P. F. Tancred's Gabble' u>t, and' W. Rapp's- Kate Kelly 7st, also ran, the Administrator, being soratohed. ■ Totalisator £152. Dividend £9 25.. , ; > . This oompleted the events and a very enjoyable day's sport . By Telegraph. Racecourse, this day, About tho same number of people are present as yesterday, Handicap Hurdles : Of 50sova. 2 miles J. Freeth's Orient, list' ... ... 1 A, W.Dillon's Hercules, list 41b ... 2 Scrutineer, list 71b .., 3 went away with the lead, but Orient soon deprived' him and kept in front to the finish, winning by about half a length, that distance separating second arid third, the jumping was splendid, and the race one of the best seen on this course. Hercules and Scrutineer each in turn challenged the leader, but only succeeded in getting on terms with him to h'q left qgajn jn the. rear! They raced very dose tpgethef at the last twq jumps, and loud cries being raised as each appeared tq be gaining advantages. On ■ ■' coming into tho straight for the last tirn«: the first three were together, 'and' 1 each" wa'B placed under the whip, and, a. mere exciting few seoondss a they raced home could hardly bo imagined. Time.4min 13£ sec. Totalieator £SO on winner. Dividend £5 ss, Handicap Hack Hurdle Rack, "of i2sovi,' • second horse 2aovs. Once round and I a distance. /■ -v\ ' ,-.- ;•,.•■ Lyfovd's Peter,' 10st-71b ••*-! ,„ ' 1,/ i Papapa, 9st 121b ... ... 2 , Uncle Tom, Mountain Deer, and Lady Belle also Bfartgd, buf ran off, leaving the. ; j others tq win as'they'jiked, Themare^ ; ' appeared to be between the first'three.till ( the bolt, Totalisator. J137; dividend, «2:Hs, ' •■• ■ (

~.., ; j ~ i ■ A.ycaraso.and Sir.Heii'ry Parkei was the honored representative of New Sooth Waleß, Now tbi3 is the style in whioti a i ■Sydney writer can be found to : address i hiin,—" Poor Sir Henry! If he,were not', 'j such a charlatan, one would really be ■ sorry for himi, Hisvday-is OY,er,for/jho, ;C cannot live except upon'his vanity, His ' .epitaph will be written .in two Simple * Snuffed.put','"'(;f • U • '; . j