SPORTING.
BAND WICK AUTUMN MEETING-. [Per Press Agency.] Sydney, April 4. MAIDEN STAKES. Signor ... ... ... ... 1 Fcrnhill ... ... ... ... 2 Faith 3 THE CUP. Kingfisher ... ... ... 1 Viva ... ... ... ... 2 Spark ... ... ... ... 3 Time—3min 3G 2-10scc. A splendid race. TARANAKI RACES. New Plymouth, April 4. Jockey Club Handicap, 150 sovs ; distance two miles. Firetail, Ada, and Opawa showed in front on entering the straight the first time. Bide-a-wee and Opawa raced each other past the stand on the second round, and then kept together till the rise of the hill the last time, when Bide-a-wce held slightly the lend, which ho maintained till half-way up the straight, when he swerved across the course through distress, but his jockey held him, and he came in and beat Opawa by a head for first place. The owners of Opawa and Elsa, who was third, have lodged a protest for crossing.
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 867, 5 April 1877, Page 3
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142SPORTING. Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 867, 5 April 1877, Page 3
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