RANGITIKEI AMATEUR STEEPLECHASE.
(f'liOM OUR CTO CORRESPONDENT.) The great event of the week has been' the Rangitikei Amateur Steeplechase, which came off at Parewauuj (Lower Rangitikei) on Thursday. Though not of so much importance as to demand an elaborate report, X may as well furnish a condensed one. The day w.is just the one for a steeplechase, the weather brilr liantly fine and the ah- clear and bracing ; and when I add that the ground was in capital order, and many lady equestrians among the company, X have said enough to show that the meeting was held under highly favorable circumstances. Of the races, per se, not much can be said. The first event—the Steeplechase, for .£SO ; three miles ; twice round the course —was certainly a very pretty race, although after the first time round it was confined to Mr. F. Palmer’s Butcher Boy, and Mr. 11. Stevens's Gazelle, for at the first fence, the second time round, Mr. Gowar’s Warringate, who was loading, baulked, and Mr. W. Hammond’s General Macmahon fell. Then, as I said, the race lay between Butcher Boy and Gazelle, who ran neck and neck all round, the ■ former winning by a short half-length. For the Maiden Flat Xlace of £2O there were: five entries, aud all came to the post ; but the racing was confined to Mr. T.. Fraser’s Minnie and Mr. W. Moßeth's Steel Doer, the former winning by two lengths. A hack race (flat) won by Mr. W. .Watt’s Polly, beating Mr. McEHllrick’s Banger aud six others, filled up the interval between the Maiden Flat Race and the Hack Steeplechase—the last on the programme. This brought out a field of seven ; but the only racing was between Mr. W. Hammond’s Rangitoto and Mr. D. Scott's Ireland, the former of which won by between two and three lengths. The one noticeable feature in this race was the clever way in which all the horses took the leaps. :The affair passed off without any serious accident. There were, of course, the usual number of spills ; but no one came, to serious grief.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4459, 5 July 1875, Page 6
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347RANGITIKEI AMATEUR STEEPLECHASE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4459, 5 July 1875, Page 6
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