THUSDAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1019, 4 January 1879, Page 2

THUSDAY.

Tiiebtc was an immense attendance at Thursday's .ra^es. : Tha firpt,.. evout. way the Mares' Proclaim Stakes, one cutrv, Mr A. Buckland's Q.ue ;V„ blr Buokhurl decided- hoc to ; walk hui iMiov-ie '-over, generou ly prefei-rinij-raijlier' to niake tho lub a present ot' the stake, 100>ov.-v As a substitute for this evcnt.a Hurry Scurry' of 'TOsovsi' was improvised, distance 1 mils. Mr 'Allen's "Lottie' Dick, Ist; Nobody's Gip.^y, 2nd; Hod<ous Derby, 3rd. '• .Auckland' :Pxate of lOO.sova.-. with a ■;. sweepstakes of Ssbrs each ; amount accruing from sweepstakes to; go to second 'horse. Weight for'- age. Distance, 2 niiles. Yallanco's.ch'g Pinfire; . . '/ „ " /. : 1 Percival'sns b g Toin' Pinu .. . ; 2 Edgar's b g The Don .. „ - -■", ; 3 McDonald's b h Ariel ..- .. .. 0 Caultqu's blk h Tregeuglo'l lV. . -. . 0 McGeo/s grun Elsa '-. . ; ■■-'.. .. 0 .Perkius'sbinPuhgaworewere, . . : .-. 0 Buoklandjs ch o'-Omeß'a.. .-• -...- .. 0 Farmer- 8 ( ob t f I^ady -.Elizabeth ;'..>■ 0 Ariel, Omega, Lady Elizabeth and Puuga scratched. ' After a- successful start, Tom Pinu,, and The Don .rushed-pJl' together, Pinfire : third.. ' The first half-mile. she wed Tregeaglb 11. to be hopelessly out of ;the race. Ihe first mile and a-.half was taken /by The Don aud/ Tom. Finn in ,oonipany, ' Cliii'ord oh' P(in{j.re.riclmg." gently behind, watching the iwo.ii.pr.-'es perform. /Going into . tho c/utthig' the second tituo. round, Cli'fi'ord brought . Pinhre /through -'his horsrs, aud led hbhie, 'holdiiiiy hard. Tom Piun raced strong. and well, Iho Don a fair third, Trii-ipagle nowhere. Tunc : , Umih. oojscc. -Bettingyo to 1 on Pinfire. . HanUICAI' STEEPLECHASE of IpOsovs., with a sweepstakes of c'sors. each ; amount accruing from V.wee'pstakbs to iro to second horse, third /h'orsb to save/his stakes. Distance, about 3A iniles, ovur a fair hunting country, f .. , Mr P. Butler's oh g Ago it . . / '■■' ,\ 1 Mr B. McGeo'a bm Perfume. . - ...• 2 Mr J. G-. R-utherforcVs ch g'Sportsman 3 Mr H. Vallaaco's ch a Eve^lcy .. -1 Mr S. Morriu's ch g Don Jua:i . . 0 Mv James Smith ns ohg Jonathan Wild 0 This, was not so much the &i*and. event of tho day as»the grand event /of '.tho meeting. Agonj;, _ the „ Southern horse, had refused all his; former nomination"?,— he i-asj kepi-.d.ark,, although a hMtery winner. He was; however, pitted against Perf lurje, and the latter had so .many 'f rionds— was so... popular,;. in fact— that, she/was hold in high' esteem, ■without rising proportionately ia.the betting, The Southern ine'n.babyed /their /bcjvse ganiely,. k There could not ho a clpuijit r of /their jncention to win, 'au'd before the Auckland" 'fea ; fce\was started' they, offered dSfcOO/to £2oQ that Perfume could, not V\yin ,on'.tho samp, bst that Agent could. 'Agent,' a.magnl&H ent' chesnut, looked jr,,. splendid. 1 lorrnVreiltt as ' a larabjimt dangerous as' a^goer l whe'il ho •

ca-.na 111 th-j padduck. Hi fact, til that was required was an assurance that he wuull negotiate his leaps to understand thep-jrsistouoe with which ho was backed; yo^iejwasj.u ..dangerous coumany. For Hoitotimo itiwas doubtful who the rider ot Igprfumo would be, and when, after ;> nogptiatiou3, in [#hich' tho public mani•tfeHte'd a strong interest, it was announced ■H l! Xw 9mm y Hoilspn, hoiibld trainer aud i ncl Sl.! aiul t! ! e Spartner^of her former j Vickies, was to; mou'ut, cheers were l*W&&A m the Saddling paddock and ;ca%ed. round; the course. Subsequently, •when tho mare^applarod on the coum-, mounted, there was enthusiastic cheering Tmd waymg of hand erchiofs, but it did na't-alter^tlio betting," which was at this feuno : Even on Agent ; 3to 1 against lertume; 4 to I against Eversloy, Don iMttiiS^tto^r^xfcsrttan . .10, to I against the otners. As the horses came out on the i,he interest, was most manifest m fact, it was a perfect ova-!.H9&*-?and, Perfumo and her rider wc . especially^the objects of applause. On th6^tart ; Don- Jurtn and Evertloy raced lor tlie double hurdle, the former negotiating ;Uqth, ; and the latter jibbing at the second, to which he was quickly brought face to iaco again, when he took it in a way that shewed he could do it. Her< ;tlieyfwpre faced by the stonewall in the next jump, and all took their atone fen^o unflinchingly, as well as the successive jumps to tho rise of the hill, although at the trench beyond the water jump came down. He did not lose much time., hjwpver. Agent proved „mher unrnanagablo on the top ofjtw h J^«,.aM godson brought Perfume tjfi third, position ; Sportsman laacWSV strongly: Passing the atand, SportsmSf was Arse and Perfume second, but Agent was coming along with a magnificent .stride and -a fearless appoarance, and looked all over a winner. On the second ( rpirnd up-hill Everslcy and Sportsman took the.]ead ; and went ahead splendidly, Poif ume a ; .plose third, Agent almost on her quarter— a sheet might have covered the ioup. Then Perfumo shot into second .place, and Agent took the lead. Then 'came' the tugof war of a most exciting race. The people' on tho stand and on the course beeamealmost delirious in their exuberance 'as ;the = two favourites came down from the brow of the hill, Perfume racing;grandly ?; / She passed Agent before coming to the bottom, but they changed places agaiu at the straight, and A«*out came away, negotiating his fences in magnificent style, and landed a winner by thrdo lengths, Perfume second, and sportsman, who ran:a;«Dl a udid horse from start to. fiuish, third ; Ever.sley, a poor fourth. Jonathan Wild, when running Wpagly, bolfed on the brow of tho hill leading to the straight. Time: lOmin. J3>ecs. I;t.;was stated to be tho fastest time in which this course had ever been rounded ; . but another informant says ithatjthrs time twelvemonths the race was won by Perfume in lOmin. 3-lseos. SrBWAKDs' Handicap of KK-sovs., with a '"• Bweopstake of 3sova. each for acceptors; amount auomiug from sweepstakes to go to Eecond horse. Distance, 1 mile and a distance. Mr R. H. Vallance's ch g Pinfire . 1 Mr E. Perkins.'s b m Xatftippo ' •» tf-i™A £ y sbr h Izaak . . 0 Mr b. C Caultons b h Gillie Callum . . 0 Mr A. McDonald's b f K epo . . 0 Mr R. Farmer's ch f Lady Elizabeth 0 IzaWk andyPunga sprang to the k-ad, Pinfire chird, taking it leisurely and iTJI? n i?;-I? PPortunit y- T^ e Worses held well together to the cutting, when a scattering took place, Izaak in the meantime having : bolted. Before entering tho straight, Prmga and Xantippc "weru together , but -Pinfire ohallenged and secured the lead, winning by threequarters of a length without an offort ,anu scoring his sixth win for his owner at this moetnig. Consolation' Handicap of 40aovs I , e»traifee' 2?ova., to go to the funds* 1 ; Di tance, ono mile. , ,Ypuus i ! Transit „ , 1 .P.ungawereiyoro.. H [] <* Xantippo.. " *' X .i--ioa ; „ . . (, ,-lifidy Elizabeth . . . . [[ '.', u B^ttiiig : Even on Venus Transit, and " ;to 1 against any of the others- Vmu- • h.»d tho race 'from the first, and it resulted -aa' above.