ASHBURTON RACING CLUB SPRING MEETING.
The Aehburton R.olng Olob's Sprlnp Meeting was displaced from Its nsnal date by tbo great rsolog carnival at Dunodln, In oonneotion with tho opening nf the New Z 'aland snd (Sonth Hots Exhibition. Tho meeting ia to be bold at a much earlier porlod of the soooon than ha. been tbe oasa of lite year?, and with so many important fixtures ahead it is not to be wondered nt that some of tho events attraotod few entries. Raolng was for some yearn an np-blll came here, and among the greatest difficulties of tbe Rtoii'g O'nb has been the handicapping For this moo 1 ing tbreo old and valued merobors of the Olub undertook this thankless task, and It Is muoh to their oredit to bo able to say that they bave succeeded as well as any of their predeoesiors. Oar special snorting prophet
thinks tbat all tho races are very open, bnt that the winners will bo fonnd among tbe following : — Handicap Hurdls Raob.— -Tornado. Maiden Plate — Songster. Oup-S» M;i.o. | Windermere Handio,.?,— Yarra. | Novel tUpis— Relle'. ■ Spring Handioap -Alolnous | Distbiot Welter Handicap— Oymaro. It need only bo said funher that every endeavor has been made for tho comfort of visiters to tho meeting. Tho Grand Htand has been repaired ao well as possible m the time that has clapped stnou tbe gale, and the new shilling stand will afford a splendid view cf the conrse and the Ashburton Oounty to tho many who ate not sufflolontly interested In the raelng to ptttrontyo tbo sUnd and p»ddook, Ores ture comforts will be well looked aftor by Misi Bailor and Mrs Ringer, and the Ashbnrton Bsnd will pl*y tbeir oholoeat mnoto to while awsy the Intervals. The Tlmaro newipape.' reports lead it to be expeoted tbat a Btrong contingent from the Bonth Oautarbnry Jook.y Olub will bf present to disousi the vtxed question
fareß will bring a large number o: | pleasure-e-aekora from north and nou'h ob I well aa from the line of the Mount Somera } railway. r
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2253, 15 October 1889, Page 2
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341ASHBURTON RACING CLUB SPRING MEETING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2253, 15 October 1889, Page 2
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