HOKITIKA EASTER RACES.
The Westland Racing Club’s Easter Meeting commenced yesterday, and proved a success. The booths did a fair business and Mr Linn’s band performed during the intervals between the events. The sura of £723 passed through the totalisator, which was worked as efficiently as usual by Mr Lynch. The following are the particulars of the races : Open Handicap—£2s, 1 mile; second horse to receive £5 out of slakes. J, Caution’s Wee Roddie ~, X
Adamson’s Maggie... 2 Furness’s Lady Ellen ... ... 3 Cameron's St. Leonards and J. Clarke’s Wanderer also ran. Hokitika Handicap s s; second horse £5 out of stake; 1| miles. Matthews’ Comet, Bst. Ift. ... 1 Clarke’ Wanderer, Bst, 6ft. ... 2 Selling Racing— £2O; 11 miles; selling allowance; post entry £l. Lynch’s Never Mind, 9st. 4ft. (Crowley) ... ... ... 1 Peake’s Barney, 9st. 3fc. (Freeth) 2 Thurogood’s Playboy, 9st. 2ft. (Barton) 3 Handicap Hurdle Race.— £3o ; second horse to receive £5 out of the stakes; 2 miles. Ready’s Young Barbarian, 9st. 3ft. 1 Cameron’s Harkaway, 9st. ... 2 Howell’s Banjo, lOst. 12ft. ... 3 Fieeth’s Lillipie, lOst. 6ft., Cameron’s St. Leonard’s, lOst. 2ft., aud M'Counon’s Black Prince, 9st. 6ft., also ran.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2666, 7 April 1885, Page 2
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189HOKITIKA EASTER RACES. Kumara Times, Issue 2666, 7 April 1885, Page 2
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