NOVEL JOCKEY CLUB.
The Maoris ProgJraiiiiiiel I M ■ I ■ """" 1 •< BY TELEGRAPH.) ' ! TEfSSISSOCIATIO^.) W&NGAmnr, This Day. | A novel Jockey C I ub has been intioduced in this- district under the of the Kai Iwi Jockey Club, all the members of. \vbidh' are Maoris. The programme tins' been issued for the races*lo be held on "the 14th March, in \fhich 7 added f tnohey to the extent of £80, will be 'g'iven, consisting of Handt ; cap Hurdles, 15 sovs /Maiden Flat, 15 sbvs; Kai Iwi Handicap, , 20 sovs; living Stakes,' 10 sovs ; District'Handicap, 15 sovs ; and Consolation Stakes, 5 soys. The tirst three and fifth races ate for Maoris only. The horses are | to be ridden by Maori jockeys only in ! ctolors, the rest being open to Europeans. All the ste-warda and officers are Maoris. In anticipation of, the, event a number of Natives have, horses .in training. Kai Iwi is about 10 miles from Wangatfui. Sdyetal Native settlements are in the locality:
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 54, 1 February 1884, Page 3
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162NOVEL JOCKEY CLUB. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 54, 1 February 1884, Page 3
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