SPORTING.
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. OuniSTorruitcii, April 14. The Autumn Meeting of the C.J.C. opened to-day. The "weather is wet, and consequently there is not so large an attendance as in former years. The following are the results : Free Handicap. Nemo ... ... ... 1 Maritana ... ... 2 Numa ... ... ... 3 Time, lrnin. 19} sec. Naiad bolted. Laertes and Vampire were scratched. Great Autumn Handicap. Longlands ... ... 1 Natator ... ... ... 2 Mata ... ... ... 3 Ten started. It was a grand race. Time, 2min 43sec. Champagne Stakes. Idalia Colt ... ... 1 Volunteer ... ... 2 Marie Antoinette ... 3 Epsom Stakes. Fishhook ... ... 1 Nemo ... ... ... 2 <j, <j, DUNEDIN RACES. The following are the nominations for the Queen's birthday races : Hurdle Handicap, of 30 sovs, 2 miles and a distance.—M'Master's Black Bess, Gourley's Kildare, Wingfield's Exile, Envoy's Mountain Queen, Kennedy's Romance, Prince's Eversley, Ayson's Stella, Smith's May Day. Birthday Handicap, of 80 sovs, 1 mile and three-quarters.—Pollock's Captain Douglas, M'Kay's Blue Peter, Logan's Cloth of Gold, Vallance's Vampire and Lara, Ayson's Benjiroo, Smith's Wee Lad and May Day, Dodson's Sapphira, Chaafe's Atlantic and Oberon, Goodman's Chancellor and York. Trotting Handicap, of 30 sovs, 3 miles. Brenda, Tommy, Marmion, Milly, St. John, Snip, Zulu, Major, Tito Kowaru, Our Pony, Bella. Novel Handicap, of 50 sovs, 1 mile and a half.—M'Master's Larrikin, Gourley's Comet, Wingfield's Exile, Taggart's Dolly Barwon, Andrew's Deception, Smith's Hornpipe, Naumaun's Tommy, Thomson's Rosemary. Tradesmen's Handicap, of 50 sovs, 1 mile and a quarter.—Pollock's Captain Douglas, M'Kay's Blue Peter, Logan's Cloth of Gold, Smith's Swede and Sir James, Vallance's Vampire jmm 1 Lara, Ayson's Benii-'c-o, (Smith's (junior), Wee Ln'J and May Day, Dodson's Sapphira, Chaafe's Atlantic and Oberon, Thomson's Rosemary, Goodman's Chancellor and York.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 933, 14 April 1879, Page 2
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