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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 406, 8 March 1879, Page 3

TURAKINA RACES. The following are the events of the above races, which came off on Wednesday last : Handicap Hurdle Race of 35 soys.; entrance, 3 guineas ; distance, 2 miles, over eight jumps, 3ft Din high. Mr D. Frazer’s b m Rangatira, aged, 9st 81bs ... ... ... ... 1 Mr Heaton’s b g Victor, aged 10st 41 bs ... ... ... ... ... 2 Maiden Plate of 4C) sovs.; entrance, 3 guineas ; weight for 4 age ; distance, 1£ miles; open to all horses that have never won an advertised race prior to this meeting. Mr A. Rasau’s b g Whioi, 5 yrs, 9st , Gibs (Heaton).., ... ... ... 1 Mr W. Gibson’s b g Tamouri, aged, 9st 81 bs (A Walker) ... ... ... 2 Mr C. E. Brewer’s b g Gazelle, aged, 9st Blbs (Atkins) ... ... ... 3 Railway Plate of 40 spvs.; entrance, 3 guineas; distance, 2 miles; weight for ago. Mr J. George’s bhj Resolution, 6 yrs ... 1 This race was a walk-over for Resolution, Uira having been scratched. - Scurry Race of 20. sovs.; entrance, 2 guineas ; distance, . 1 mile ; ’ catch weights. Mr J. George’s b m Confident, 4 yrs ... I : Mr J. Laing’s b g Stanley, aged ... 2 Mr Goodison’s ch g Fox,'aged... ...' 3 Turakxna Handicap of, 80 sovsV; distance, 2£ miles; nomination,.2 guineas;, acceptance, 3 guineas”; second horse’ to. save' his stakes. - n , Mr H. N. Harrison’s b g Peep-o’-Day, 4 yrs, 6st lOlbs (Scanlan) ... ... .1 Mr J. Belcher’s b in Expectation, 6 yrs,.. Bst 31bs (Belchef)> • ... • ■ ... 2 Mr R. Mclvor’s gg'Grey Momus, aged, * V. 7st 121bs (Robertson) ... ... ,3, Consolation Stakes 0f..15.50y5.; entrance, all Beaten horses. Mr J. Belcher’s b m Expectation ' 1’ Mr R. Mclvor’s br g Lochlomond ... 2

A WASTED LIFE. TTuder ihe above heading, the Wellington Chronicle of the 4th instant says :—There died yesterday morning at “The Old Men’s Refuge,” Ashburton, in the Canterbury Province, a man wno but for one sad failing, would have made a lasting mark on the page of New Zealand history, and risen to some of the highest, offices of the State. Edward Jerringham Wakefield, * whose death we recorded yesterday, had been in his day a colonist -of note. He arrived in Wellington in .1839, in the surveying ship Tory, commanded by Captain Chaffers. Mr Wakefield came to the colony as one of the New Zealand Company’s settlers. His uncle, Colonel Wakefield, was the managing agent for the company, and his father was the deservedlv famous Eward Gibbon Wakefield, once a leading Wellington Colonist. The deceased" Mr E. J. Wakefield took an active- part-in * Wellington politics in the early days. ’He was elected as a member of the Provincial Council, and at once,was made leader of cl the Opposition, the Provincial Government ■! then consisting of Dr Featherston •as Superintendent, and Mr Fox and;. Mr Fitzherbert as his, executive, Mr Wakefield organised his party; carried a vote of “no confidence” against the ProvincialGovernment, and drove them out of office. For some nine months, Mr Wakefield held office as Provincial Secretary ; but ultimately the other party defeated him. Of the other features of Mr Wakefield’s career, we'need not say mech in detail. He explored a large portion of the North . Island, and the record of hie jouneyinga is to be found in an interesting book entitled “Adventures in New Zealand.” After remaining a number of years in Wellington, he .went to Canterbury, and took up land there. In that. province he became a patron of the turf, and took an activepart in racing. Originally possessed large means, an extravagant —— not to