HAMILTON WEST SPORTS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 771, 26 May 1877, Page 2

HAMILTON WEST SPORTS.

The weather was exceptionally* fine for the Queen's Birthday on Thurs-day,-returning again ta.^ the .sjirae^ h^avy downpour of r^ii^afcßr ebfe^f cetebration of the day Sv;as O^er, &|Bi ' cphtiiluing a^ deluge througji^.yes : tfe^ fday. Even on Thursday^mpJi'iTOg';-^' ■fog hung heavily' till ■qui^lat^aridi. , it was nob till fully ten o'clock that S the Bun made up /his mind tp"t(6>' hqnpr to tho occasionj^y h^is jirejeyce.. ' Bbfclv East 'and West townsuTps^^a^ * their display , of bunting, -though : strange to say the national flag was oonspicuo'us .by its^abse-irce -fr pnr the" place .of alt r pthers ; .wliere; on -such an occasion as^ tlas birtliday^of ipur^ beloved Queen it . should i have appeared as a token of loyal =aliegiaii<3e and respect. ..,-;. Kauulbon is . head' quarters of the""Armed Constabulary 11 still, and," even were it not, as long" as the Grown is represenfed ? in its . civil aud capacities^ ; and tKere is a 4ags.i^ff eEecte^ flag should be flown^; on such an oc•CasiOn. :; ... ■' .;■..:/..""■ ; _- ; . ': „..-.; ' Before eleven , o'clock a large number of Vpersons, not only belong: ing to. Hamilton' and the neighbourhood; but from'.toa;ny;-jgarts qf,.tn^. Waikatd began v tp : ass^ble jn the main street of the "township,/ where the sports -were heldi towards afternoon there^ could not have belen less than some five to six hundred •pprsons -jpresent: , The ? u]ktmost gdpd humour and order prayailed^^and not a, hitch occurred : to may "the pleasantness of the proceedings.

STEWARDS:

\T. Gh Sandes N. R. Cox J. Moses . J. Mabtin ? T. MONTGOMEaY. " ; .: .r . •JUDGE : ,jr. 8.. ViAtotr. '. STARTER: ' T.,GK Sanbes.' \ HANDIOAPPERS i . P. Pitting - and - 1 T. G. Sandes. ••; „.•;> Ist Race— A Maiden-Race, 200 yds. —Ist prize, 30a j 2ad\: do lOsj ...En? trancs, 2s. '.' '' Thieve were 9 entries, Gaulfy 1; Langden, 2; McNeish 3. McKeozie claimed second : pkce, a protest being entered agairisb Xiangdenl; ;as' having won an adyertised race. 2nd do • Running High Jump, three '.j entriea.^Prize, 20 s. „ Entrance; "., ; 18..'-, ..'■ ' *• •• -. : 7 ..5 q .- McNeish, 1; J Wopd, 2. ; : -V ;• . -3rd Ruaninsf Loag Jump. — Ist Prized £1 103 j 2nd,- 10s. .Entrauce^23.. Six entries : , Karepe, 1 y McLernon, 2. • . _- ' ~ 4th do Sack Race, 100 yds. — Prize, £1. > . Entrance Is. ... , There were no entdes, and" the event was passed. , . , '.,. sfch Mile Race Handicap.— lst prize, £4i_i Second £I.^ Entrance, ss. There were six" entries for this race, and some ver j good running made. Hyde/ 1 j Enoxj 2. 6th do Jumping with Pole.— lst prize, 205. Entrance, Ist . McNeish, 1 ..-...-... 7th do 100 yds, Handicap, heats. — Ist prize, £3 ; 2ad do, \£l. ,Eatraoce, 2s 6d. ' Eleven entries were raade for this race which lay. altogether between Kerr and J Wood, the.forlmer taking Ist and the latter 2nd place. . Bth do One Mile, Trotting Match, (Horses). Handicap Heats'— lst prize, New Saddle and Bridle. Second Horse save entrance.. Entrance fee, ss. There were three entries, Mr Kerr's .'Paddy', Mr Graham's 'Fahnj, and Mr Boon's ,' lf appie.' Paddy, 1 ; Happie, 2. r -

9i;h do Quarter Mile Handicap, — Ist prize £4>; 2nd d 0.,£1. 10s. trance, 55.. r ;

Ten entries: Gault, 1 ; Swain, 2r. i 10th do Boys under 15 years, Handicap 200 yds;— lst prize, £1 ; 2nd. ss . Entrance, Is. .... Fourteen youths entered, the lists. The result was Burgis, lj Grib-> bie, 2. . .. . ;•■'■ ■; lltk do Four Part Race, 200 yds, 50yds Running 50 jds, Hopping 50 yds Walking and 50 yds on all-fours — life prize, £2; 2nd do, 10s I Entrance, 2a. 6d. • . There were four competitors. In these races the Maoris generally have the best of it, but m this-in-stance their representative only tbok second place. Graham, 1 ; Karepa,_2. 12th. do Maori Raoo Handicap, 300dys. — Ist prize, £1 j 2nd do, 50. Entrance, Is. ' . , Eour entries. Billy, 1 ; Jim, 2. . 13th do Girls Eaoejund er 14, 100 yds* handicap, -rlst prize, Hat, presented by Mr Moses .; 2nd prize, Silk Scarf. No entrance fee,. There was a large flock . of competitors m this race, and great cheering as the winner, quite a little girl, came m some eight yards aliead of the field/ Nelly Slater^ 1,; Isabella O'JSTeill, 2. A silk scarf- has since; been presented to the 2nd. ' ■." 14th' do The Old Men's. Ra6e was .deferred till to-day. •; Isfch do Boys Race, under 12 years, handicap, IJO yds.— rat priV, 15s ; 2ud do 53. Eutranco, r ls. There were seven entries. Jonesr 1 ; Pearson 2.' 16th do Hurdle Race, 360 yds, over 8 hurdlea.— lst prize, £4 ; 2nd do, £1, Entrance, 2s 6d. Four entries only : Gault, MoNeish, Kerr, and Culpan. McNeish, 1 ; Kerr, 2. A protest was raised for second place on the part of Gault, but settled by the stewards m favour of Kerr. 17th do Wrestling. -Matsh (Cornish style).— Prize, £1 lO.<\ Eotrat.co, as 6d. Four com^jeiiiora, or no event. Graham, 1

18bh do Throwing Heavy Hammer.— . . Prize, 20d. Entrance, Is. 19 Wn° .I^^ tho Sjfcone '} (no folio wV WM '^^'HP«z%,2oi>..'''EQ trance Is. n^i. !p4- lffo:test,..lioweveiy 'W^i^n^i-ed, $nd tnis'- event, with thgofd jnefsjrace off to"Middti %tting • $£&■ to ' 'start at 12 s oclD6k.3hnrppforiji)Xa6s that have never $artedMbivan hdvertised race ; two miles. 'jl*t pftz*, £1 ; second, £1. Butrance, sa. «JS^.^^^!^i:^_/pu.,thjis nyco— :SWa^io'sr' f 'jr { mglityrßdy ) ' Bufclor's 'Sleepily,' Mj^ichol^ 'Tommy,' Sampson's \Johnnie,' Boon's' Panic,' PeafSSi^r^Eatej'^-"Gassidy x 3 ' Pool,' .arid Sfiepliferd's^Eau.^ The course was frbruGf Wynne's to a mile down tlte -^Ngaruawahia' road, and back. The, : bti&te^ JToinmy,' ridden vjklr .Piilih^ and ,V^oJjnn.ie,'^ .ridden by Alfred Mays. On coming, .within a -dozen yards of ..^^^^yßOSt^ays. gayp. -'tTonnie' ' the j.fspur^* had though somo two leng|fis behind, f Johnnie ' pushed on till boUr^horsescame m nose and nose, the Jadge giving it a dead heat. The two horses then ran to-, getheribver the same course, when Tommy won, easily.. Time, 12m "6^ec|''-- ! : -'•-•'•■'' ■ ;; - ; • ■•••:■ ;' . x McNicol?s Tommy, 1 y ; 3ampson'a Johnnie 2. • ? : Consolation 200 yitfc, handicap. — I"* 'P*>»^ £8 J. 2nd, £1. .Entrance, U. There were four entries : Culpan, Gibson, and Regan. Gibson, 1; Eegan,! X^fch, Putting, the Stone (no follow-" ing).— Prize, 20s. Entrance Is. , v^(^aham, 1 ;;Munro, 2/ .