ALBERTOWN RACES.
The Albertown Annual Races came off on Friday week, on the course near Mount Iron. The attendance, as might have been expected in such a sparsely-populated district, was not large ; but the races nevertheless passed off very successfully. \ large proportion of the visitors came from the head of Lake Wanaka, from Cromwell, Bendigo, Cardrona, and Lake Hawea, and some even from Waitaki. The results of the racing are as follow : MAIDEN PLATE. X 1 Mr Ewing's Pretender 1 Mr Grant's Star of the North 2 Five ran. The race was a very good one, and was won by a length. DISTRICT HANDICAP (HEATS). Mr M'Callum's Sandfly 1 1 Four other horses ran. Sandfly won both heats easily. ALBERTOWN HANDICAP. Mr Grant's Star of the North, Bst 121b.... 1 Mr E wing's Pretender, lOsfc 71b (1411>s overweight) 2 Mr Colclough's Fenian 3 Waitaki and two others also ran. Star won a good race by a couple of lengths. HURRY 30UURY (HEAT 3). Mr Bagg's Flatcatchor 2 1 I Mr M'J.'ullum'B Colonel., ~. 1 22
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Cromwell Argus, Volume 1, Issue 50, 26 October 1870, Page 5
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174ALBERTOWN RACES. Cromwell Argus, Volume 1, Issue 50, 26 October 1870, Page 5
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