Blenheim Sports.
'*■ ' O f (PEE PBESS ASSOCIATION.J i Blenheim, This Day. The sports were held yesterday under exceedingly favorable condi- : tions. The weather was beautifully : fine. The sports were first-class ; ' close finishes were the rule. In the first run (220yds) for the big money, St. Patrick's Handicap, $ C. Blair, 20yds (who nominated from i Wellington), proved himself a " goer " and, aftor winning his hoat, came home in the final, with I. Watts 15 yards (Feilding), second, and Detten, 16yd8, third. The second distance, 350yds, was an easy ona for Webster, 17yds (New Plymouth), with Flana gan, 15yd8, second, and A. W. Watts, 1 lyds, third. Detten, 9yds, McPhee, » 9£, Redwood, 10$, Blair, 11, 1. Watts, 1 9, and Webster, 6£, were in the final I for the 100yds, the third event for the \ handicap, with the result — I. Watts first, Blair second, and Webster third. r Time, lOsecs. The 440yds (4th and : last event of the handicap) was a win for Webster, 24yds, Blair, 30yds, 7 second, I. Watts, 22yde third. Time, 3 51 2- sth sees. Points for handicap — " H. Webster 12, C. Blair 11, I. Watts 10. 3 The mile race fell to Oust. Time, t 4min 35sec. Hurdle Race— A. Watts, scr., 1 ; H. Knight, Byds (Hawke's Bay), 2 ; John O'Dwyer, 3.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 221, 19 March 1895, Page 2
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215Blenheim Sports. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 221, 19 March 1895, Page 2
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