FIRST DAY-THURSDAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1323, 9 March 1883, Page 2

FIRST DAY-THURSDAY.

The. weather is splendid, but the oourse is rather heavy and rough. About 250 persona are prosent, the threatening weather, previously having stopped.many coming. The; racing was very good, and was run; under Mi R,; R, Armstrong's supervision, The committee increased the value of the Maiden £}{s} to twenty pounds. iw ;pfs<? P#B Ff Bnt i and'-everytijing .'.•]?. ye'ry quiet and orderly. . The following are the events

District. fyNpicAP Hurdies, of 26 soys; second horse 2 sqvs; 1 j milep, over : darkened )jurd|e?,§{t fjin high; nomination l" ggyfagoeptancg Jsov Sultan ~y ...■■''■'... 1

Only Stag-aod Sultan rani" The {qprner led the first rqund, when, the Iftttep was sent going «nd mlkM him half way round, and was leading at the Becond hurdle from the post when Stag fell, throwing Bucket, who was very severely shaken.

District EUok , Hurdles, of 10 aova; segond horse 1 gov j I mile; over darkeued'lmtdlea, %ty flmjiJßh; weight not leas than lOst, upon' ft 'horaee that havo never;started for. public money (hack races excepted); post entry 1 sor Lass o'Gowrie... ... 1 Sis ran- Tj! e y Bot8 ot awav to " getlfe'r, 'tass Q tqqk tlje Jead and was never collared, and, vpri ejisily. Tim came up but gqf; iqside a post. Two Ml the fjrst' hurdle, qui Rone I were hurt. .. • •

TeSDI WIIAItEAMA CUP HANDICAP, of SO SOTS j secondl(orael)sovß; Smiles; noniina: Jack Tar mi ■ ... 1 Mischief,,; ' .„. .„ 2 Pertuchio • ..." .'.7*3 ;' Treasurer, Putangitangi and Libel also ran, A good start was effected, Treasurer and Libel cut out the running. The latter led first past the post at a clinking pace, the others well up, exqept • Mangitangi, who was .out ;of it, Mißcjiiofan| ! iff| |ar then xan]e up, and a splendid raoien'sijeC Entering the sfcraiglitMisohief !had ! a oleSr lead, when T. Hill.got at .Jack Tar, and wgij jj'njost exciting race in. the last stride, jjy f Jjipi' 'rife, M V)F<} ?$ up in a heap ; .|utang|t|ngi, Th/ere were great djferences ofminion us to which won,"it being-'gqijqrally thought that Mischief was the winner,

Hack Race, of 10 soys ; 1 mile; weight not' less than lOst. Open ;to hoises that lfaye never won public money (hack races excepted)} post entry} spy • "" /Uncle loin■■"'■ ... ~/ 2 > Peter ... '.„ • '..,..'3 Eight run. The first three alternately, but the former, won easily by a neck, hard held. ' '"■' Maiden Plate, oi 15 bovs,.Becpnd horse £1 10s; 1$ miles; weight for age., Open to all hoises that have never won a. ■, • ■ prize value' £2O; i nomiiation .£llos Ninette..'. ... ... 1 . Gaqble .„ '..';.;. \ ; Mischief,,,. ',', V .'t',;. 3 ; ', Fleetwood was scratched. Mediye, Mangle, Barbara, and Kahotangi also ran, They were sent away to a good start, and passed the "stand well .together, Khedive leading. Gabble then went to the front,'and majnjajrjed the lead to the straight, ; when Harris jet the mare go, and won'by half a length, Mischief two lengths behind Gabble.

Maiden Hack Raoe, for. silver m&untei whip presented by Mr : B. R. Armstrong, and £5 added by-the Committee. Jack •....■■.■■ .','.*'' ■'<•■ 1 Ten started. Jack won by two lengths afteß; a rrjerry'race, and the rest ta\lod.off CQii3idßj^bJy T ■ 1 -J ; rlt is expected., thafc;- there will be a big crowd at the seoond.day's raoes,

In Yeovil fair, a panic occurred in a show, owing to 1 the fear of 'the people' that a " performing Zulu" was going to assegai them. A number of persons were thrown to theground and trampled upon, and the front of the show wa3 forced out.

AN AUDitpjS SWINDLE. ' ;•'•;.. ■ ""," V., ~ '' "" This seemsJ to, be \ ; the; geasqi} for audacious swindles, '' says ft paper. The young gentleman who assumed tljq rjjle of a subaltern at - the .Guards' o|ub, and, on the of ;.'■ ljis acting, obtained two Hjeajs arid casij far tjwq cheques of by one who lately.made his' debut;.ajj the Bank of England, pocketing the proceeds' of •' several hundred pounds' worth of consolsj of whichlnot one j sixpence [belonged to him, The modus, operandi was ingenious. Galling Bcedicatjpractitioner in the north of : Londonj f he 1 introduced himself as Mr. A,; 8,, from India, and complained,of nervous depressionowing to hnaricial' 1 worries —not from want 6f money, oh.dear nol but for a morbid ; fear, of ; making bad iV ; investments. The doctor naturally \ enough suggested that his patient should be advised by broker, and. finally-—the poor young man. being, a Btrauger. in. England ;; , wrote his name of his own broker; on '' the back of his card by way ot introduction. Armed with this document, ■'•■> Mr A."'B.; appeared at the broker's office in the city and expressed his 1 d'e< sire to sell out a certais sum in C.on- ■ sols then standing in his; name. The facility with I which people' can ;draw' r \ their dividends or effect transfers 1 of stock at the Bank of ing to outsiders. Beyond name jand amount of stock 1 no questions:are asked. The fact' is, hbwover, that' the claimant is always accompanied by a . broker, who is held responsible, forthe ; ident'ty qf hjs, ol»n,t. In tlje Bank, in tj)e being duly vouched for as the ■holderofff '*" the stock standing in his assumed name ■''' the Consols.; were sold, the brokw's. cqni mission was pal<", and. the swindler walked away p'uj several hundred pounds, in cpisn banfcnqtes, or shining sovereigns, I'he unfortunate 1 -'bjijkwl?- , is, qf cqpe, fespqnsible for tb,e loss, of " J the real h,qlc|er of the a,tock; buinjighti , ; f not sqnie bettor §ys,ieffl be devised tQ "' ; guard against the possibility qf s\\ph,, ," frauds ? Even brokers ave not Infalli. '- [ hie, and, oqllu,slon betoeon'hrpker «\d;! . swindler might lead to disastrous oqn«" sequences, : '.'.:..-,...