WANGANUI STEEPLECHASE MEETING.
[by tele&eaph]. Wakgantti, May 24. The steeplechase meeting was a great success in point of racing, but the attendance ■was hardly as good as usual as the weather was very gloomy, drizzling rain falling just , before the first race. The course was in splendid order, and the recent improvements were greatly admired. Mr Douglas, from Napier, was wonderfully fortunate, pulling off a treble by Venture wining the Handicap and the Grand Stand Bace, and Uira pulling off the Maiden Eace. The totaliaator was fairly patronised. Lono Hand's running was a disappointment, the old grey refusing his jumps in a most provoking manner. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Of 250 soys ; 3 miles. Venture, lOst 111b (Keith) 1 King Don, list 91b (Higgie) 2 Chandler, lOst 121b ' 3 —Lone Hand, Grey Moraus, Lady Mary, Eclipse, Sunray, Omanukau, and Parikarangaranga also started. Time, 7mins. 15^secs, HACK STEEPLECHASE, Of £10. Garyowen ... ... ... 1 The winner beat a field of five, including a hot one in Jack Spratt, brought over from Napier. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE, Of 100 soys ; weight for age ; 1J miles. Douglas'Uira, 12st 31b (Keith) ... 1 Stevens' Sunray, list 21b (Campion) ... 2 Eae's St. Swithin, list (owner)... ... 3 Lady Mary, Paikarangaranga, Czar, Monk, Hawthorn, and Eawenata also started. Time, 7mins. 19£secs. GBAND STAND STEEPLECHASE, Of 75 soys ; 3 miles. Venture, 12st 31b (Keith) 1 Eclipse, I2at 31b (Munn) .., ... 2 Lone Hand, 12st 31b (M'lvor) ... 3 CONSOLATION HANDICAP, Of 40 soys ; 1| miles. Grey Momus, list 61b ... ... ~, 1 Czar, lOsfc 121b 2 Eawenata, lOst 3lb ... ... ~. 3 —Hawthorn, Chandler, Lone Hand, and Omanukau also started. Time 4 mins. 13 sees.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3091, 25 May 1881, Page 4
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