WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB RACES.
The Wanganui Jockey Club Spiing Meeting took place on Saturday last, and was attended by about 3000 people. The first event was the
Maiden Plate, £50 ; entrance three guineas ; weight for age ;1$ miles ; open to all horses that have never won prior to this meeting. Powdrell's eh m Miss Emma ... 1
Day's bg Chanticleer ... .. 2 Owen & Lethbridge's bg Tricotrim 3
Ten horses started, and the race was well contested ; time, 2min 55£
Handicap Hubdle Race. £50 ; two miles and a distance, over eight flights of hurdles ; top weight uot to exceed 12sfc, and lowest not to be under 9st. Nomination, 2 guineas, to go the fund ; acceptance, 3 guineas, to be added to the stakes. Campbell's b g liully-for-you ... 1 Gibson's b g Littlesthought-of ... 2 Harrison's eh g Cossack 3 fcsloper aud Junius also startod, but the former fell at the first hurdle, whilst Junius came to grief at the sixth ; Cossack fell and threw his rider at the seventh hurdle, thus being compelled to take third place. The Hack Hurdle Race for £10, with entrance 1 guinea added, was won by Higgie's King Don, Juanita 2, Titokowaru, 3. Wanganui Stakes, £150 ; handicap; two miles ; second horse to receive £20 out of the stakes ; nomination 2 guineas, acceptance 3 guineas. D. Scott's eh g Haphazard ... I Powdrell's b m Queon of the Va'e 2 Brewer's g g Folly ... ... 3 Nine started. Folly went off with the lead, but Grey Mom us soon came to the front ; at tho mile post, .Isaac Walton got the lead, all the horses being well up. At the 1£ mile post, Haphazard took the lead, and kept it to the end ; time, 3min 50 J sees. Eailway Plate, £75 ; l£ miles ; entrance, 3 guineas. Day's b h Isaac Walton \ Scott's Haphazard 2 Quiulivan's eh h Redeemer ... 3 Ten started, and a good race resulted ; thus, 2min 5 5 sees. Consolation Stakes of £20 ; handicap ; 1 mile ; entrance, 1 guinea. Quiulivan's eh h Redeemer ... 1 Powdrell's b m Queon of the Vale 2 .\] 'Ivor's g g Grey Momus - . . 3 For this event live hoises contested. The meeting was highly successful, and is pronouueed one of the best ever held on the course.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 23, 12 November 1878, Page 2
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371WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB RACES. Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 23, 12 November 1878, Page 2
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