WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE MEETING.
(PMI PBBBB ASSOCIATIOK.) WELLIrtGTOir* Hilly; lOi / The Governor and Countess.of Glasgow and party from Government Honsewere present at the races, also a large nnmber •' of the Legislature and . several officers from the Spanish warship Nautilus. ' Results. : Trial Steeplechase— Union Jnck, 1; "' Oaklands, 2; Flywheel, 8. All started; ! Rex, Liberty, Mutineer, Nan -»kea, Moon- ' raker and Judas made mistakes. TJnion Jack won all the way Time, Bmin 2secs, -:f Dividend, £5 19s. ,.*■,■ y. .. Hack Hurdles — Pumau, T; Desdemonia, 2; Primus, 3. AU but Waikama * started. The placed horses ha| the raceto " ' i themselves, Pumau drawing ©tit in the' " * last furlong and winning easily by- two l lengths,^vTime Bmin lOsec. Dividend, £4 6s. Hnrdles-rUnity.clj Auroa, 2; Langley : < j The Devil; 8. All started but the Idler ' Unity and Auroa were in the leading division all the way, Won by four lengths. Tune, 3min 34eec. Dividend. £2695. .' ' Steeplechase— Victrix, 1; Waterbury, 2 ; Gondolier, 3. AH started. Victrix . led almost tbe wbole way. Time 7min 52£ sec. Dividend, £8, Chester,- Em. ph-e, Dromedary, and Cyrus either fell or baulked. * - Ladies' Bracelet— St. Anthony, 1 ; The Joker, 2; Mariner, 3, All started. Won io the easiest manner. Time. 4min 15 2.5 th seo. Dividend, £1 12s. Selling Hurdle Race— Lord John, 1; Viola, %', Disturbance, 3. Lone Hand was scratched. Won easily by three (; lengths. Time, 3min lOsec. Dividend, £8 14s. High Weight Welter— The Idler, I; Thalia, 2; Prince Goal, 8. Won easily. All started but Auroa. Time, 2min 28see. Dividend, £B 10s. A sum of £ MM went throngh the * totalisator, being £329 less than last year. ■^— — ■ — i— •mmmm ; ; ;i : ' ■ * .
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 9, 11 July 1893, Page 2
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268WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE MEETING. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 9, 11 July 1893, Page 2
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