WANGANUI MEETING.
(Per Press Association) Wangamji, March 5. Spiendiil weather, a lame attendance aud exciting sport were the features of the opening day. With exception of the Cup race aud hurdles, the finishes were not very exciting, but the former race alone was worth going a loug way to see. Ngatuere was going the fastest at at the finisli, and a. furlong longer the stake would have been landed by him. Results : — Wauganui Cup, l.j miles — Spindrift 1, Lady Zetland % Nyatuere 3. A grand race all the way. Won by a head ; Ngatuere a leugth and a half away third. Time oinin 4 4;">sec. Dividend, £8 19s. Wanganui Two - year - old Stakes, 6 furlongs— Annilla 1, Defiance 2, St Paul 3. Won by two lengths. Time, lnain 18scc. Dividend, £3 18s. First Hack Race, 1 mile and a distance — Disraeli 1, Splinter 2, Dummy 3. Won easily by two lengths ; a neck between second and third. Time, 2min 2 2-sscc. Dividend, £2 16s. Flying Handicap, ■} mile — Sedgcbrook 1, Flying Shot 2, Orion ;.>. A protest was entered by the owner of Waiulcu, one of the; unplaced horses, on the ground that Sedgebrook's rider had struck young Russell (Waiuku's rider) over the face with his whip. The stewards uphold the protest, and the race went to Flying Shot, who paid £'4 10s.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 208, 6 March 1896, Page 2
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220WANGANUI MEETING. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 208, 6 March 1896, Page 2
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