SPORTING.
WAIAPU RACES '(Special to Gisborne Times.) Tup iron, Inst night. Tharo wns bonutiful woathor for the I Wniupu -Racing Club's annual mooting, I hold on tho Mangahnnea racecourse, and a record nttondauoe. Tho raoing wns good throughout, thoro being only ono protost during tho day, in tho Distriot Walter, which was dismissed, aud tho owner having lodged a notioo of nppeal ngninst tho decision of tho stownrds, the stakos wore impoundod. Tho following wore tho results :
Handicap Hurdles, 31 miles. Local Option 1 Morohu 2 Lady Osina 3 i —Also started : Senfortb. Won aftor a' good race. Time. 3.58. ~ Maiden Plato, 6 furlongs. Lynoh... 1 Pihareinga ... ... ... 2 Brist ... ... ... ... 3 —Tbo only starters. Timo 27 2.55e0. Waiapu Cug,.3£ mi|es. Hauiti... ... ... ... X Borax ... ... ... ... 2 Waimaori ... ... ... 3 —Also started : • Local Option, Quilted, Spysbot, Whitiroa. A good raoo from start to finish. Won by half a length. Timo 2.47. Distriot Sourry, 5 furlongs. Sergeant-Major ... ... X Wnitai... ... ... ... 2 ; Signet... 8 —Won easily. Time, 1.8 2-5. Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs. Ladylike ... ... ... X Te Uku 2 Morebu ... ... ... 3 —Also started : Hauiti, Seafortb, and Lady Osma. A good race. Won easily at ihe finish. Timo, 1.21. Distriot Welter, X milo. Waimaori - 1 Nukurau ... ... ... 2 Whiterea ... 3 —The only other starter failed to draw the weight. Time, 1.50. Owing to the appeal against the decision of the stewards | on the protest of Nukurau’s jockey against Waimaori, the stewards have impounded the stakes. Farewell Handicap, 1 mile. TeUku. ... ... ... 1 Mozart ... ... ... 2 Sergeant-Major ... ... -8
—Also started : Melton Lad, Taitai, Borax and Lady Osme. A good race all the way. No time was taken for this race.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1416, 29 March 1905, Page 3
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266SPORTING. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1416, 29 March 1905, Page 3
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