C.J.C. METROPOLITAN MEETING
.V.""! ; -.;: v'is»i.J_)j.;.^-- U ;; , , , . ("Per Press Association.J - : , ()hristchurch, October 80. i Training for , the Metropolitan : Meeting i§ nbw ; gfoing : on .-briakijr..This morning the; wprk commenced jby Chaff e —giving- Necklace a trial -with Soa'nwester, the mare getting the best of it. Outts sent Sjtoneyhurßt a fast hal& m^le gallop With t^o |>t|er Iwo Uhe bigrcne|tnnt; geftingMe feest^ofthe fiiaiijhi Major^Ge^eVjfeljion "an* Wapiti did two fast rounds, fipiih* ing at tap speed. D. s O ! Brlen> jbhnny^aiid gaUopgd t>BJ6j rounds at three-quarter speed, fipistmigrat top. r^Water Bang atd Ju^^mpisesedv al#ice round $pin ;ajb a good strong pace. 'The jumper, ' twice, rpund insioTe the* plougn. Bate's pair, Minerva an,d.^e Ppet^icL |wo uiseful, rounds, Qje gelding goihg/tery sjtronjg,-.'. Bu.tl^r'si/Tal.ebearjer; and Mfißket-iWai'-iii-coit perform^ thecircuit, finishing fast. Derwent aid Tasmania ratf a Bule!f|nd a half itpgether, at half Buck' |wm jienfe; th^ee^ miles,, apd brought home ihe Usi half By W hitbadhi ;Tim Whiffler did two miles at mo* derate speed, and was joined by Fusilier, the pair doing a three quarter mile at a strong ■ spacer. Red-{ wood's derfey horse Efepse wasj csWeared three tijmes r rouDd, Her* .mitage and the Rupee jglly did a Sprint half mile, and worjk wa)B ibtecjur^ipeiv^Cop^tQdjruni ; knd Ijinwooa, who wfent twice rdpnd' £j.t half pace,. „ ... ! At Ran^fp^Bl Kale? to«day,/t^iej .j^ortb Ca.nterpury" L Cup~was won % Rubina, Kingask bjßing seco^dj,. ,a^4, Farewell third. j Some excitement has been caused, j tn the local market by the backing of . Welcome .lack forltlle ..^awlZ6fil»nd Cup and coupled with Liverpool for the .Derby. ; Qnly a, few hundreds have "been laid'^gainst Mm straight <j>ut, but poniewnere between £1^)0 and ■ < £17Q&9iVi bbett bbbk^d'agaiiißfe the doubla. Captain Web ter has written for between £800 and £400 o» account of his stable for the Cap f - -I
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1336, 1 November 1884, Page 4
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