SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2491, 4 January 1887, Page 2

SPORTING.

i- f ;ir •?- I-;:. - KUMARAU HACK HOE MEETING. . —I A pleasant day was! spent' ;1 f > 'about 300 persona at JJum&rau on J aturday, when a race meeting was hel m that district, The following w sre ; the officiating officeis 1 -—Judge ■ J. W. Smith j Starter :> j. Clerk of scales: F. A. Sheath; Secretary: J, ,'Lowes.. The prpceediugs we're of a mos<i orderly kind, ■ two mounted police who were liresent, haviig nothing to do. Tho following jire the eventsl ' ■ Hurdle rlce of ,510; about : \\ miles, not less man i Ist up. 1 C. Vallanee's Cora ; (Owner) 1' H. Vennell's Erui ... . (Owner) 2 Four started. Ivo bolted and ran into a wire, fence jthrowing his rider, and Shylock ran rdund a hurdle and. was out of it. j.' V;' Hurdle Race ot £7. H. Venhell's Cocktail v (Owner) '1 S. Harding's Tui (Owner) • 2 Mib, Waikibini, ;and Pauio also ran. Tui would hiive won this had a stronger boy been put. up. She came in mahyjengths in front jumping all the hurdles but one which the jockey could not hold her. on jo, so 'Cocktail took tho money.

Kcmurau Stakes, of £lO, lOsfc up. , A. Hoy's Tattler(C. Winteringham) 1 i G. Townsa'nd's Susotte : (Owner) 2 i ■ Also started.: .Rocket, Wailangi and Wiil-if-l-can. This was won easily by. Tattler. ;■ Hack Rape, of £B,l mile, 12st up. J. Caswell's Tippet ... 1 ; J. Joneilvo ... 2 Waratah was the only other starter, and was the favorite/ but tho rough ground and sharp turns were too much for him.. The finish was a very close one. Hack Eace of £7,9 st up, IJmiles, Susette ' ... ' 1 Four other Horses ran. Won easilyWoekino Men's Houses Race. Hoppy's Waitangi ... ... 1 Eleven horses started for • this race ,which caused much amusement,, some ot the horses, coming in chains behiudi Consolation Race, of £7. ' J. J ones' Ivo ... (G; Towusend), 1 H. Yonuell's Barbette;... (Owner) 2 This event concluded the melting.