CANTERBURY RACE MEETING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 263, 6 November 1877, Page 2

CANTERBURY RACE MEETING.

r , The Racecourse, 1253 p.m. j The Metropolitan Meetiug opened this morning, the weather being fine and the attendance good, though the suspension of ! traffic on the north line of railway, consequent on the recent floods, prevented a large number attending. People were conveyed on to the course by railway for the first time. 1 lie line, which is 72 chains long, cost £3000. There is a telegraph station on the course also for the first time Templeton and Equation are favorites for the Eree Handicap, the belting generally being even on the field. I*so p.m. Eree Handicap of 50 soys, added to a sweepstake of 5 soys. One mile. Mr Delamain's Templeton (Holland) ... 1 Mr o'LJrieu'sXautippe (Allen) ... 2 Mr Eraser's Equation (Clark) ... 3 Traitor and Parthenopoeus also ran. A false start occurred, in which Parthenopoeus, traitor, and Equation went the whole distance before they found out their mistake, n lushing in the order named. At the next attempt they got away well together, but iemp.eton soon went to the front, and won in a canter. Time, lmin. 15secs.

Shortly after the Derby Race (the result of which our correspondent has omitted to forward) a heavy hailstorm set in, the hailstones being the size of small beans. The start for the C.J.C. Handicap waa delayed. The weather promises to clear up shortly.