The price of flour was raised L 2. per ton in Canterbury, on the 22nd ult. The Wellington Races took place on Wednesday and Thursday last. Th<? attendance was considerably smaller thaji on previous occasions. The Jockey Club Plate was won on Wednesday by Fly, beating five others. Numa was an easy winner of the heat for the HuttPark Stakes., when the two other horses retired, and he was allowed to walk over. The Ladies.' Purse was won by Corsair, Orlando having been drawn after the first heat. Corsair was, also the winner of the Duke of Edinburgh Cup, which was expected to be the great event of the second day, but though eight horses were entered, only three came to the post. Numa carried off the Wellington Cup, with Star of the South an indifferent second.
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Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 360, 5 May 1868, Page 2
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