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Singlestick compeltowed, end both prm fell to Myrmidon repre sentative*.A Sinmene Race was next, prim, £3 and XI. Hurin wid Spiller proved winner*, with May hew end Wedd i good second.In the next event, the Obctacle Race, amne good fan waa witnessed. The coarse took the oven first over i hurdles, then through barrels, then through wire netting arranged c hurdle, thenoe aider a large ihip's sail, and finally through a ship's windsail and home to a poet Haiiiaou negoti a ted all the other obstacles in good style and came to the wind sail first, and as only one man oould pan through this at a time he woe. Cooper arrived at the last obstacle second, but afterwards gars way to a marine.A wheelbarrow race was last on the programme, and this created a deal of excitement owing to the men being blindfolded and the wheelbarrows none “ Burster* ” were plentiful, and the raoe laughable throughout The winner turned up in a marine, who,however, overcame the deficiency of sight with the assistance of a friend who ran alongside and prompted him with “ port ' end etarboerd ’ as occasion required, thereby shoving that there tricks in almost everything, qven to wheelbarrow racing. A local man also thought to be equal to the occasion by steering his bereow by the whistling of friend ; but the reliability of this trick as amply shown in the spill the barrow-ian got about 40 yards from home on a wrong tack. Another sailor wished to find out the maker of his “craft, his fancy having been tickled by the fact that he had had one eye clear all the time and then could not steer straight.A “ consolation “ race wsa arranged as a nxALB, and was won bj W Wedd, 'ith Harrison second. Dntanoe, 100 yards, all from scratch.Last of all came the greasy pole, natives only competing, which caused a fund of merriment both among the blacks themselves and the miockers.Taken altogether, the afternoon’s ■port has never been betered in the Territory, and I trust it wil be repeated at no distant date. All tblt; prizes were presented on the ground by the Qorem-mt ResidentSince the upcountry handicaps have appeared, what interest waa felt here in the raoe for the Gold field. Plate has entirely vanished, and the signing im presaion is that the race wil lie for two hones only—Mom us and (Iilltop. I hear that Mr. Murray does not intend to start his hone, and I tiink other 'ill act very fnoliahy if they aooept with tho weights as thiy are. I am told that the reason oi Alsatian heading the list is because of I is having won a doable at Aramac, in Qumnaland, but a little allowance should have been made the hone on account of his just having come overland. Moreover, I very much question whether t takes a smarter bone to win a louble in Aramac than to win a treble on our ownTOOTUPCOUNTRY NOTES.(By our Special Reporter.)Of course, as is usual at any place previous to a race meeting, the talk is '1 raoe horee at P. D. Camp.At Armstrong! stable they have Sultan and Dingo going through their oca. Dingo looks very ragged, and will take a lot of condition before he is any way fit Sultan looks well, and is doing his regular fallops.Mr. Murray is sending two horses from the Ratherne—Cockroach and another—but hr has neti6ed his intention of not omepting Alsatian for the Gold fields Pise.At the Union, Royal Standard is1 aartcved under tie guardianship of Mr. f. V. Brown. He also his a couple more which be intends to flitter.Warwick, Joker, Duke o! Manchester and Sandy arrived here » Saturday last. The Joker look* in grand fettle and none the worse for his journey. Warwick looks too fatThere is to be a match tne day after the races with black Sultai and Sandy ; 1 mile, far A25.Morathella and Normeiby will not be aoosptcd far the big matey, so I am afraid the race will mere!) be between Hilltop and Momas. The latter horse teems to have plenty o! friends up-oountry.COUNTRY MINING AND GENERAL NSW8.DALY RIYER(rao.v oca owx oouamroxDXitr).August SSbI 1885.Since writing last there is nothing3 stirring to repest. IV Zulieka is running between the upper and lowsr landing. She named down today with her third load sinoe the “ Anne ” ami “ Good Intent left. She does not manage to make quite such expeditious trips aa when Oopt. Heather had the handling of bar. Her present oommsnder is a Malay and dm crew are Gkinuss and aboriginal mixed, so that whan tha skip;ir gives kit orders in Mires set and tha Chinamen passes it it aisag in chores Macao, it may happen that someday before tha commander', order Vs psnetreted tha somewhat riunhh nnmpnhmi-n of tha satires ofSraoO, tha Rusame fate aatVSpeaking of the ms tha* another attempt* bang mads tends. Vs. law Mr Copeland today and V informed me that his party, •mmMag of several Biropsnna and a mob of iowir natives, apt busily sagged at the strendad vassal They hare already relieved Vr of about 10toas of mod Bad silt which had become so Irmly embedded in her hold as to closely resemble cement. Mr. Copeland speaks very hopefully of the possibility of his party being tuoocsafaL He also oayt that the mob of natives he brought to the scene of the wreck from the ith of tbs river work first-dam, and emmeqaeutiy very useful. They work at the fore part of the vessel at spring tides, but the after hold is only eomeetable at very low water.It has been raining for some two or three days past in the ranges between Mount Litchfield and (he copper mine, and although only seen at s distance, I should judge there to Vve been some very Vary showers.The work at the Daly River Sugar Plantation Company's selection is in course of progression. Some of the haildings are already erected, and a small portion of ground is undor cultivation, whilst more it being prepared. I am not at prevent prepared to make any prophecy as to the ultimate result of this tropical agricolturel ixrerimeiit There is no doubt that it will be watched with a great amount of intersat, and should Mr. Heath in the course of time be successful, I see no reason why tho banks of the Daly River should not support s considerable agricultural population. Since writing to you last I Vve had an opportunity of seeing a little more of the country, and I am speaking well within bounds when I my that there are considerable patches of land in this locality apparently equal to anything I have teen in the Territory. I may mention tVt at the Plantation Co's camp the grass, even at this dry season of the year, and although mown in places soon after tho arrival of the party some six weeks since, is now np again 18 inches to 2 feet. It is principally a coarse bleded gram something like what is termed Bulo grass in the southern colonicsA large mob of natives arrived here yesterday from the westward, amongst whom are some of the finest specimens of manhood one would wish to see. All the natives about here appear to camp on the west bank of the river and to all appearance very much in fear parties on horseback, or “Irsra-keeyae ” Directly they see the launch coming they seem very much agitated and make oltI do not hear of any sickness at either the Copper Mine or the Murvey Camp ; but I do hear that at loth three places they are being supplied with some grand beef by Mr. Sachse, the manager of Messrs Fisher k Lyons'cattle ststion at Bui maim, about 40 miles cast of the river, and this fact has no doobt much to do with the health of the settlers I have heard nothing further about the prospecting party reported to lie out the ranges near Mount Litchfield.September 1st. Flynn, one of the teamsters engaged carting the copper ore from the mine to the upper landing, was here on Sunday and informed ine that there will in fatore be no difficulty in keeping a plentiful supply of ore at the jetty for the Zulieks and “ Anne,” as within the last few days they have struck a very rich patch at the copper mine, and to all appearance there is an inexhaustible supply easily oomoxtablc. This is good news and the friends of Mr. Marker will lie glad to congratulate him. No one in the Territory is more deserving of saceeas than Mr. Marker, for he has stuck to the poor “ White Elephant through thick and thin for the last 11 yeara, always Vrd at it, mining, teaming, or otherwise, engaged in tho BOHA riDS developomcnt of “ our great natural reaoorare ” (excuse the hackneyed phrase), and it is only fair that fickle fortune should smile upon him to such an extent that he may lie enabled to unjoy a period of well earned rest.OPEN COLUMN.Lxrrxas to the Editor mmt be coached in respectful sad simple language sad as concise as possible In every ease the writer's name is required, not neeesaurily for publication, but si a guarantee of good faitb.]Wo do not hold onrselm bound to the opinions expressed under this beading.THE UPCOUNTRY WEIGHTS.To tux Editor.Dxsa Sib,—Since seeing the Handi cap weights to be carried by the up-country hones in the Gold fields Cup— all interest seems st an end. I have pooled my brains to find out how the handicapper arrived at his respective weights, and I have oome to the eonctuakm that he has either favored Hilltop or that he has undertaken the performance of a dnty which he does not understand. When we review Port Darwin races and the weights one can deny the fact that there i gross injustioc in this upcountry handicap. I will first touch on our Maiden Plate of one mils, wherein Hilltop, Joker, and Morathella met equal terms, and the remit was Hilltop woo in a canter, giving Joker a ' pound beating, and Morathella ore stone of a beating. Hilltop n Morathella once more in theForced Handicap and gives him 91b*, and what is the result. Hilltop wins aa ha “ .......
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Palmerston North Australian
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Fri, Sep 11, 1885
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