RACING IN NEW SOUTH WALES 171 



1837. Hurdle Races. Sale of Horses. Sydney Races. 



Bathurst Race Meeting. Racing at Parramatta. 



The Cavan Cup. 



On March 9th there were several hurdle events. The first race, Sydney 

 Hunt Stakes of £50, was won by Major England's Whisker, 4 years, 1 1st. 

 41b. (owner); Mr. Renell's Traveller, 5 years, list. 81b., 2; Mr. Barker's 

 Steeltrap, 6 years, list. 81b. (Mr. Stein), third. Hunters' Plate of £50 

 Mr. Renell's Fergus, 1 2st. 21b. (Mr. Stein), I; Lieut. Waddy's Frederick 

 5 years, I 1st. 121b. (owner), 2; Mr. Barker's Jim Charcoal, 4 years, 3; Ladies 

 Purse, Captain Williams' Petersham, 5 years, list. (Captain Simmons), I 

 Major England's Camden, 6 years, 1 1st. 41b., 2. 



On March 1 9th the late Mr. W. E. Riley's horses and mares were disposed 

 of at auction. The twenty-eight lots sold realised £1,143/10/-. \ 



Sydney Subscription races were held this year on May 3rd and 5 th, 

 when the added money amounted to £240. First Day: Sweepstakes of £10, 

 with £75 added, Mr. C. Roberts' Traveller 1, Whisker 2; Two-year-old Stakes 

 of £25 (heats), Mr. C. Smith's Clifton 1, Mr. Tooth's Effie Deane 2; Ladies' 

 Purse of £5, with £30 added, Mr. C. Roberts' Lady Cordelia I, Mr. C. 

 Smith's Moggy, 2. Second Day: Town Plate, Mr. C. Roberts' Traveller 



1, Mr. C. Smith's Moggy 2; Australian Youths' Purse of £30, Major England's 

 Whisker 1, Mr. C. Roberts' Lady Cordelia 2; Sweepstakes of £5 each, with 

 £30 added, Mr. C. Roberts' Traveller I, Captain Williams' Petersham 



2, Mr. May's Sportsman 3; Hack Race, w^on by Mr. G. Hill's Black Boy, 

 concluded the racing. 



Country clubs offered very fair stakes. At Maitland on May 23rd and 

 25th the added money was £300, while Patrick Plains Club gave away £240 

 on June 7th and 9th, and the prize money at the Hawkesbury Subscription 

 races on August 9th and 16th was £1 75. At Patrick Plains, Lady Cordelia 

 won the first event on each day. Other winners. Traveller, a filly by Steel- 

 trap, and tw^o-year-old by Whisker (winner of the Maiden Race). In the 

 Hurdle Race nothing finished the course. 



There was a successful two days' meeting at Bathurst on June 5th and 

 7th, when the winners were: — First Day: Bathurst Plate, Romeo; Maiden 

 Plate, Lushington. Second Day: Publicans' Purse, Theorem; Sweepstakes, 

 Lushington; Hurdle Race (gentlemen riders), Abdallah (Mr. J. Piper, junior). 



Parramatta races held in October were productive of the following 

 results: — First Day: Australian Purse, Traveller; Hurdle Race, Teapot; Ladies' 

 Purse, Lady Cordelia. Second Day: Town Plate, Traveller; Australian Youths' 

 Purse, Lady Cordelia (walked over) ; Sweepstakes for beaten horses, Lady 

 Flora. 



The annual race meeting was held at Yass on October 20th and 21st, 

 when Mr. Waddy's Frederick walked over for the Cavan Cup; Yass Cup of 

 £50, Paddy; and Eleanor easily took the Maiden Plate. On the second day 

 Frederick won the Hurdle Race, and Moustache took the Ladies' Purse; Squat- 

 ters' Purse went to Medora. 



