GREYMOUTH RACES.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1344, 4 January 1884, Page 2

GREYMOUTH RACES.

(Grey Argus.) OMOTUSJOTU HANDICAP. Of2osovs; If miles. ? Mr Fathom* eh m Shepherdess aged, Bst 71b - - - . .1 Vi r Emerson's b in Marie Stuart, age 4 B»fc - . - ; . - - 2 Mr Osborn's eh g Talent aged, Bst 41b Mr Straker'a b o Freedom. 4 yrs, 7st 21b: - - - . .3 After a little fractiousness at the stait Marie Stuart and Talent rushed off to the front, with Shepherdess lying close up. Freedom showed from the start that he was not suited for the company he was iv and tailed off. Talent took first place for a short distance, but soon exhausted his capabilities, when a splendid struggle took place between Marie Stuart .and Shepherdess, and whipping hard was the order of the day in the run home, the voices of

the sympathisers and backers of each : making- a most exciting and deafening din. Shepherdess yas landed a winner by a short length. Considering the amount of work done by Marie withiir the last week or two, she showed by I her performance what a bit of sterling stuff she is. Amo;r>t \n :tiiisa or, £156 ; diridend, £ Los. HACK RACE. Of 15 soys.; minimunt vv -iq yo- 9>st, ; For all horses that have nor. won an advertised siake, exc^.'diug L'ls. This Hrougut sev^n t,r> tin/ post, and before the first round Im at\-ident.oc-curred that filled~ a ,c»ood nVmy with ■ appreheusiontliat the result vas Iv uouxiiig rouad i,lui liiou uka ; SU»oi Grey, Wuich .wa^.vi'lj.ltfii- jfomji^. C ;b<t :•. stumbled and ho/se-v and rid-.r f«l>, bringing two more horses- aiVd their riders to grass. Tlie two latter .©a-. caped without any apparent injury t » horse oi*,rider r but Coburn was car«i -d oflf the field and taken home in an'tinconscious state having HiiVeiv.^ii slight concussion of the brain. The raeo was. won by ' Happy Jack,: ope he't boiupf won by C&tesby, th.-se*-Avo 'r»ei l^inuch too good for the othtr^— •ati«< 1 Cat, Cob, an^^KlitiMam. a. Ain*)?i:it iv total is^^O^ 7^ 'iivf^^d ..v4.3'r» : . ; ; t^mPgfcrjr.MlSß' H^£DICAP Of 60 so v§ ; 2ui J^s-j > spco:Jd, uorse to recoiv.e 1.0 soys, from the stake. ■ . . Mr Matherson's b in Rore, aged, 7st 41b- - - X'; vi- ' : v . - 1 Mr Hathorn's eh g Comet, syrs, Bst . 121 b, „- .;,-.. .'r^-.-fi >' r - ; ' 3 \.'r •Gain's bm. Sinc<iri£y..6yr», B;t 7lb - r ;♦ ' : '"- -•• -•; - 3 r '" aiheaotj'^ eH c Sir TattDti, 6yw, Bat, .-. -„';.:•. ..*'■.'.•.-■•■.-•. - 0 Mr Sjiralter'a^O.wlitiald Puitdi-,.3yra, SstiOlb - - '.- - - 0 Comet and Sincerity wace>the favorites with thfi public tor'this race, very little b*4Bf?lh««ard of Sore or Sic Tatton, Albion, .Jack, Lady Hams, and Fair Nell had s een.. entered but. .were scratched. Sincerity's appfNU'&nce before the race,-; however, 1 damped the hopes' 6f her friends, as sue was veiy nervous and was bathed in sweat, though she ran much better than had been, <t*xpecse4 ;> |rg{.q 3 .Jber ? _: liore went otf.wLth fchfelftad'tfttd fept ; up -the pace througbouti<i He i^was hard pushed several times hy Oomet, bat maintained his pride 'of pliic*!. As Comet had been the favorite, it was iiotisiarpnsiug that some annoyance should i>e displayed at his failure, his bank^-s thinking he ought .to have been pdsbed by his rider sooner' than .he-" was.-- Time, 3arin. sfr£ sec. Amount •in totalisator, £348; dividend, £11 12s. RAILWAY STAKES HANDICAP, 0f 25 soys.; 1£ miles. Mr Enimersun's, Marie Stuart, aged 1 Air b m Sincerity, 6 yis 2 Mr oab«>rne'B b g Pippin, aged 3 r Straker's chl >.ady Blautyre, 3 yrs 4 this race *was virtually a duel between Viari^Sfcuavt and Sincei-ity, the other two ha J v : y& left the course vei*y shortly after tnVltart, A' neck-and-neck race ensued between the two first, in which some good jockeying and hard * whipping were displayed, Marie ultimately winning by a b:«v iieait, Tinre; 2min. 24sec. Amount iv i'.t<iip»-or, £177 ; dividend, £2 19s. HUROLE HANDICAP, . Of 80 soys. ; 2 miles: Mr Robinson's eh g Liability, aged, 9st'lolb. 1 Mr Brimble's b g Whalebone, agod, 9stlOlb. - - - - - 2 r Clarke's blk m Levant, aged, lOafc 121 b. .... -3 Mr Oaborne'a eh g Talent, aged, 9st 21b. - - - - - - 4 M r Straker's b c Freedom, 4 yrs, 9st 21b. - - - - .' - - 0 By the time the horses had reached the first jump it was easy to see that the race lay betwwn Liability and Whalebone, though Talent made fine running for the first mile ; but what * Freedom wauted.inthe race was aprot found mystery, unles it was for the t pupose of. exciting the risibility of the I public. Lavant was . very/.soon out of ■ it, but a good race ensued between 7 Whalebone and Liability until about - the last half turn , when the latter went 3 to the front and won easily. Both > horses took their jumps very cleanly. Amount in totalisator, £154; dividend £2 16s