Sporting News
A mistake was made in receiving Waituna's nominations for the Rangitikei Races. It was intended for the Hack Hurdles, and not the big Hurdles as previously stated. Utiku Marainaru's Rangipuhi has been scratched for all engagements at the Manawatu Summer Meeting. The Secretary of the Wanganui Metropolitan Club has informed the Manawatu Racing Club that Dr Skertnan, of Marton, has been elected to represent the county racing clubs at the Conference. Mr Rathbone's Merganser is under orders for Australia, and quarters have already been engaged for her at Caulfield. Says " Cranbrook " in the Melbourne Sportsman .-—What sort of a Newmarket Handicap candidate would Loyalty be likely to prove ? In the Flying Stakes, which he won so cleverly, he ran the last 5 furlongs in lmin OAsec. The lightness of aluminium plates for horses may be estimated when it is stated that the four shoes of that metal worn by Liaiht Artillery in the V R.C, Derby weighed only 2oz. The two furlongs from the mile and a half post to the mile and a quarter post in the Melbourne Cup race took 27^sec to cover, but the last mile and a half was a cracker, as the twelve furlongs were traversed in 2inin 37-£seo. The concluding uiile was got over 111 liuiu443sec, and tho last six furlongs woro ruu iv lwin J7eec,
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 134, 6 December 1893, Page 2
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