CHRISTCHURCH RACES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 925, 28 May 1878, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH RACES.

CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. 'J v The Grand National Steeplechase Meeting was held to-day.' The weather was dull and cold. ' The attendance was good, '%-ff Maiden Plate, of lOOsovs. ; „w eight for age : } 2 miles. Keith's Stockman ... ... ,1 JNelson's Sir Tatton ... ... 2 Fisher's Mickey Free ... ... 3 Turk and Cannonball also r.m. Betting 6 to 4 against Sir Tatton y 3, t0 1. against others. Sir Tatton lead over the first fence, Cannonball, Stocknian, Mickey Free close astern, but Turk refusing went out of the race. Sir Tatton increased his le id, and opposite the stand Cannonball tell, Lun sustaining a fracture of the collarbone; At the jump entering the straight, Sir Tatton hung a little, enabling the others to close up. Sir Tatton lead over the last fence, but . fell. O'Brien was not much hurt, and quickly remqunted. In the meantime Stockman and Mickey Free went to the front. Stpckman won easily. Sir Tatton raced Mickey Free for second place, and beat by a length. Time: Gmin. -27sec. Hunt Club Cup, of 140sovs. ; weight for age ; about . 3 milesWilson's Te Whetu ... - ... 1 Delamaine's Shark ... ... 2 Mackey's Mousetrap ... ... 3 Fraser's Shillelagh ... • ... 4' Betting even on Mousetrap, G to 1 against Te Whelm, 4 to 1 against others. Mousetrap and Shark cut out the running; Shillelagh third, Te Whetu fourth. All the horses jumped well thro.ugliout. Mousetrap and Shark kept together till entering the third mile, when Mousetrap went to the front, Te Whetu closing up. At the bottom of the course Te Whetu and Shark o ver hailed Mousetrap. "± A fine race ensued upon the straight, and resulted in Te Whetu winning by half. a length from 'Shark, 'who beat Mousetrap by, f sever al lengths, Shillelagh was ', a good fourth; Don beaten off. < .:■•.. Grand, National Ha ndic ap, of ■ 200sovs.j about 4 miles. Mackey's Mpiisetran... .'.,.■ ... 1 Neilonson's Moose '... ... 2 Seabright's Zetland-.,. ... 3 Everseley, Te Whetu, Shark, Taihere, Luna, Lie, D6n, also ran. Shillelagh and Agent were scratched. Moose made the running, 'Mousetrap . took the , lead at the second fence. All cleared the stone well in capital style, Everseley astonishing everyone by the steady way in which he took his, jumps. „ At the fourth, fence • he secured second plao3 Mousetrap maintained a good lead till commencing the '"''third mile, Everseley ■- closed up; Mooss and Fakir alternately running third, the' others tailing off. On passing the stand a second time, Te Whetu, which was fourth, began to draw up, but fell at the fence next 1 i to the stone wall; and was out of j ' the race. Mousetrap and Everaley j j raced along the buek of the courts j

at a tremcnduoiis pace. Opposite tlie Stand, Eversley showed to the front--, bub at. the double Mousotran resumed the lead. Moose arf|gtf i^ cannoned lie>e, both cominglj|livr)^ v but soon vßere afc wotk l^^aia. Mousetrap.^^P^sod t^P^iSttiid entered the^ti^^j-.ht t^Plen^rais in front of Erarafoy. Mpjie^raitter baulked at 1 5^^ : iJ ulI^S^ l^^|i- < sis-tei-itly refusin^^fco' go xfyevsffiv 'ing'« Moose aud JTalcir time td^ootne up. Mousetrap won as he likejO Moose place. ■_