INTERCOLONIAL.
MELBOUENE RACES. Melbourne, Thursday night. Thero was a large attendance on the course to-day, when the Austrian Band performed. The weather was very fine. Hurdle Race— A handicap sweepstakes of 10 soys. each, h. ft., with 200 added. About three miles. Sir Peter 1 Larchedon ... ... 2 Nimrod ••• ••• 3 Won by a neck. The Royal Pahk Stakes— A sweepstakes of 6 soys. each, h. ft., with 150 added. For three year olds and upwards. Weight for age. Two miles. Progress ... ... 1 Lothair ... •**.. 2 Wellington ... ... 3 Six started. Mata finished last. Time, 3mins. 41secs. Spring Handicap— A sweepstakes of 7 soys. each, h. ft., with 150 added. For three year olds and upwards. One mile and a quarter. Pontiff 1 Napper Tandy ... ... 2 Morning Star .... ... 3 Thirteen horses started, bufc Pontiff won easily. Time, 2mins. Usees. The Oaks Stakes— A sweepstakes of 25 soys. each, 5 ft., wifch 300 added. Eor three-year-old fillies, Bsfc. 101 b. The second horse to receive 50 soys. out of the stake. One mile and a half. Sapphire ... ... 1 Constance ... ... 2 Western Princess ... 3 Won by a bare length. . Time, 2mins. 49^ sees. Stdket, Thursday. The Newcastle miners have again returned to work. Sailed : City of New York for San Francisco via Auckland.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 218, 5 November 1880, Page 2
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207INTERCOLONIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 218, 5 November 1880, Page 2
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