Dunedin Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Thursday

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1973, 28 February 1885, Page 2

Dunedin Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Thursday

The B.J.C. Autumn Meeting lie^.m today. Tho w either was \eiy fivutuablo, though .a itnny p.i^ti'ily wind was blow in?. Tho attendance numbered ab nit 8000. The following •»•"<* the details of the imcim :— H VVniCU' HI'KDLK lt\CK, of 100->O\S. Ravennwood . 1 Lin wood . 2 R«cket ... 3 Ravennwood won cisily. Time, l >uin I». 37se<w. Dividend, £2 4s.

Ch vmpvgve Starrs, of loOaovs. Kvcrton L-\d . 1 Stoneyhurst 2 Spade Guinea 3 Won liy h.vlf a length. Time— l nun. 2O.seca. Dividend, £5 3s Od. Dunedin Cup, of lOOOsovs., with a sweopst.ike of lnsovs. e<»cli added, the second horse to receive 200so\t<., «md the thud lOOsovh. from the stakes. Two miles and ,i distance. Hon. \V. Robinson's b h Vangnaid, svrs., by Ti.vducer— En Avant, lt»t 3ibs(L)prritt) 1 Mr 1). (VBiien's br c Trenton, 3yrs., by Musket— Frailty, 7»t 91bs (tttaatfoul) 2 Mr (4. Bate's eh in Minerva, i>yrs., by Traducw— Sweetbiiar, 7st (Piirdh.un) 3 Lady Ktnina, July, Nelson, The Poet, Wapiti, Captain Webster, and Adamant also mn. S<m'-wester was sciatched at half-past 12 p.m. Betting :sto 2 siganist Vanguard, 3 to 1 Trenton and Wapiti, <> t » 1 Lady Emiiu, 10 to 1 July. 100 to 7 Captain Wcbifer, 100 t. « Adun.mt ..»fl Tho Poet, 100 to 5 NoNon, 100 to 3 Minerva. Tienton broke away twicu and delayed the Htait, and when the fUg fell lie got away last. Minerva took the leid, and piesently C.iptain Webster got -,ec<md j)l.ict', with The Poet and July well »|>. Trenton soon got forward, and with Lady Emma took a prominent position, V.m<, p u.ird dropping back last This order w.is not much disturbed until n mile had boi'n covered and the stand reached a second time. Here Minerva was still in front, \\ ith Captain Webster second, pulling double ; The Poet third, half a length ahuad of Trenton and Nelson ; the rest in a bunch, except Vanguard and Lady Kiumi, who s,till brought up tho ie.u-. At the mile and a qniut"r Deuitt beg.xn t-> t.»Uo the f.ivourite up thiough ln-< horse-., but svt tho b.»ek of the ooinso Mmen.i --till s..iiled away m fiont. Capt.un # Webster luwl, however, disappeared from his piouniK'iit position, and Tho Poet went on hccond, with Tiontnn and Adamant at his gntli, Wapiti and Nelson coming ne\t, and Vanguard lying sm enth. A lit la further on Miuerv.i was collared by Tienton, who quickly passed her, but simultaneously Vanguard ian past the intervening horses, and speedily disposing of Muicna in Ins turn lie gut on terms with Trenton, and after a semblance of a struggle settled with him v> ith great ease, and won oonifoitably by a cle.ii length and a half. Trenton wa* second, Minen.v a fair third, Adamant fourth, Tho Poet fifth, C.iptain W«b»tei si\th, July seventh, Lady Emma eighth. Nelson and Wapiti together, last. Tune, 3i»ins. 53«ecs. Of 4203 in the totalizator, £1187 u<m on Vangn.nd. Dividend : inside (£2 tickets), £(i ; outride (t'l ticket^), «3 «s. The Beluni> X vck, of (iO^ovo, was won by Yankee.

Pi 111 It' \\S' PUKhB HaXDIC VP, of 100-<i\ •). Kuhiiia . I T.n.u.a . . 2 Lidy Evelyn . 3 MviDBN PIiATB, of 100-,o\s. Leon 1 Couundtum . '* U.iven>crnig . . 3 Srr.WAiu)^' Puuse Wklckr Haximcai', sf 120sovs. Mai ion ... 1 Husslcy . 2 Billy . . »

Tlio fir^t i«i/a (£lOOO odd) of " R<iliin HondV consultation on the Dum-din Cup h.u> buim won by a tailor lit (JhiHtclmrch, tho second (fi.'iO) by a tunnb-T of nun em ployed in a co.tl yind at tlio railway ititi»n, and tho third (E300) by a billi.ird-nui ker m Lyttelton. Tl»e prizes in G. Flaneur's Uuncdiu Cup consultation went a* follows : — The hr>t ti> a geiitlemftn in Parnell, tho «cci>nd to Mi Morr'non, «>f Mercuiy Biy, and tho thud to Mi Brookes, of tho >>.s. DougKis, Onehunga.

Second Day. Friday. rU.M-HO HYMHI'U'. Tiapper 1 K.lU'llsWood . '2 Little .loljn 3 Cll\ MAKES IUNDH'U 1 . Stimeyhur-it ' K\i>itoii Lad 2 Spado (ttuiicA 3 Dlnmux Jockky Cud Hvmhcu 1 , oi 400so\s. T.WlD.lll 1 Si in-- wester - Captain Webster ■& The Hon. (i. McLeans Lady Knnn.a, 8-t 4ir> s ; Mr Cutts' .Fuly, hNtSttn'; Mi Bato\ Poet, 7>t Utt ; and Mijoi George's Wapiti, (Ist 131bs, :iKd l .m. Betting : 7 t<> 4 ag-^t Taiiuan, 2to 1 acr>t Sou'wester. Thi\ was a lnagmiici'iit race. C.vptiun Webster led .ill round to tho straight, when tin 1 other two closed on him, ami they passed the post after a fierce stmggle, with not moie tluu a head between each. Taxman's win M-as immensely popular. Time, 3nnn. 10], hoc*. Dividend, £3 2s Ud. Novel Race Hvndicai', of lOOsovs. 1 mile. Mr Stephnnaon'a eh q Hazard, Gvrs, 7st 41bs (O'Connor) .. . 1 Six others ran. Hazard \vm favouiite, and won a pood race by a lentrth. Time Imin. SO^secs. Dividend, £3 Is Id Tiumway Plvtk, ot' 80so\s., weight for nge. Six furlongs. Hon. W. Robinson's br h Vanguard, syrs, (Ist. 1 Mi (r. Bate's eh in Minerva, syrs. Bst. 12 lbs. 2 Betting : 3 to 1 V.mpruard. Only two ran. The favourite got otf in front, and h.ivinff the foot of the mare led all the w.iv and won h.inds down. Tune : lmm. 191 si-cs. Dividend : £1 4s. Bkacri.et lT\Ni>io\r. Ono mile and one fin long. Piizes, tlaoo biacolctN. — Fir*t, v.iluo £70 ; second, value £40 ; third, \ alue £20. Mis M<ijo> (looigeVch hXelson . .. 1 Mrs D. O'Brien 't bin Rubina . . 2 Mis W. Wostoii's b q Conundrum . 3 Mis Stead « Puck, 7st. 31b., and Mrs Goodman's Billy, 7«t. 21b., also ran. Betting : 2 to 1 against Kubin.v, 5 to 1 against Nelson. Nelson won a hard raco by a length and a half. Time, 2mins. 3socs. Dn idend, £5 12s. A hack race concluded the day's spoit.