RACE COURSE, HUTT.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 33, 10 February 1877, Page 2

RACE COURSE, HUTT.

Friday. There were several very heavy showers during the night, but the strong south-east breeze that was blowing all the morning got the ground m fair condition. The attendance at 12.30 was only moderate. The first race was the Hurdle Race, 50 soys, two miles, seven flights hurdles. Six came to the scratch. . It was a capital race, all jumping well until at the fifth hurdle Blue Jacket fell. No injury was done to horse or rider. St. Albans got ahead, but coming up the straight Tommy Dodd closed up all the distance, both plying whip and spur, but St. Albans managed to win by a bare neck. Coining home Whalebone threw his rider who seemed hurt. For the Hack Hurdle Race, 15 soys., post entry, five started. Both the riding and jumping were very indifferent, there being several spills. Won -easily by Murtagh on a Maori horse named Phoenix, Straight Tip second. For the Maiden Plate, 100 soys., 1£ miles, four started, Lady of the Lake, Lady Mary, Stirabout, and St. Albans. The others were scratched. There was a good stai't, Lady of the Lake getting away with the lead, which she improved to ten or twelve lengths, and was never caught, running as site liked. Stirabout cut the others down and made desperate efforts to catch Lady of the Lake. He came second, Lady Mary and St. Albans last.