Horse racing -- Australia -- History; Race horses -- Australia -- History; Stainforth, Martin, 1866-1957
Just a year elapsed before the third meeting took place. It extended
over four days, August 17, 19, 21 and 22. On the opening day Colonel
O’Connel’s black horse Carlo won the Subscription Purse of fifty
guineas, and Mr. Williams’s rn. h. Strawberry took the Ladies’ Cup on
the second day. Mr. Birch’s Cheviot won the Subscription Purse of fifty
guineas on the third day. The sporting people also subscribed fifty
guineas for a three-mile race, in which Mr. Kearns’ b. m. Creeping Jenny
outdistanced her two opponents. On the fourth day a sweepstake of
fifteen guineas for gentlemen riders was won by Mr. R. Campbell’s
Tallboy, and a match for twenty guineas between Captain Cameron’s Miss
Portly and Captain Crane’s Erin was won by the former.
The fourth race meeting was held on August 16, 18 and 19 (1813), when
Little Pickles won a 50-guinea Plate; Carlo won the Ladies’ Cup and
Plate; Purse, Mulberry.
It was not until May 31, 1819, that a race meeting was held, when a
programme of three events was run off. A Silver Cup (two-mile heats) was
won by Mr. Emmett’s Rob Roy, beating Commissary and five others. A
Silver Bowl for three-year-olds went to Mr. Cribb’s Sly Boots, who beat
Haphazard and three others. The third race was for a saddle and bridle,
which were easily appropriated by Mr. R. Campbell’s Speedy.
In 1820 there was a race meeting which extended over two days. It was a
poor affair. A Subscription Cup (three-mile heats) was run, in which Mr.
Frank’s Rob Roy beat Mr. Fisher’s Pickles. On the second day Mr.
Walker’s Haphazard won a Subscription Purse, and Mr. Campbell’s Speedy
won a prize of £20, while Mulberry collected a Silver Bowl, Cover and
Saddle.
There was a three-days’ meeting on August 14, 15 and 16, 1821, when the
winning horses were Rob Roy, Captain Dandy, Deceit, Bray and Leadbeater.
The event which created most interest was the Subscription Purse of 50
guineas, presented by the ladies of the colony for three-year-olds
carrying 7 stone, two-mile heats. It was won by Mr. Walker’s blk. f.
Miss Nettleton, after three heats, of which Mr. Cooker’s Random won the
first.
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