SPORTING NEWS.
THE MASTAWaTU PRO- j GiRAMME. H l£fyi '^Eclipse " m Herald. ) ; The Manawatu Racing Club have! issued an excellent programme for theiri annual day's racing on Boxing Day. The programme consists of eight events, includiag a Handicap Hurdle of 60bovs, Maiden plate of 40sovs, Manawatu Handicap of 200sovs, and Flying Handicap of 60sovs. ( Mr A Higgle has again been entrusted 1 with -the' duties of h-ndicapper, a position whioh he satis--factorily filled last year. Racing men wiM observe with satisfaction that the distance of the principal event has been reduced bf quarter of a mile. Races of l£ or 1| milea are much more suitable to the majority of horses m this district, and, if our local clubs would shorten the distances of many of their events, they would find that, more horses would face the starter. A grpat number of horses can get a mile and a half, who have no pretentions whatever to run a two mile race. _Tbmiriatibns for the principal event at Manawatu olose with the secretary, Mr Thomas R. Walton, on the 17th November. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 249, 22 September 1883, Page 2
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180SPORTING NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 249, 22 September 1883, Page 2
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