SPORTING.
HAWKES^AYIUCES.
Second Day. The following was the concluding event: — Dxstbict Plate —Of 50 sors; ly miles. Mr Murray’s Mavis, Bst lllb ... 1 Mr Wheeler’s Matau, 9st lib ... 2 Mr Douglas’ Primrose, 7st lllb ... 3 Hailstorm, Hero, and Addition also ran.
Matau was first away, but was soon caught by Hailstorm, Mavis taking second place. Hailstorm was beaten when half the distance had been covered. Mavis and Matau ran a grand race home, Mavis staying longest, and winning a capital race on the post by a neck, Primrose a good third. Addition bolted.
A protest has been entered against Angler winning the Ladies’ Purse, on the ground that his rider, Murtagh, is a professional jockey. The owner and jockey of a horse engaged in the Hack Hurdle Pace was disqualified under peculiar circumstances. His owner backed him in a totalisator on learning that the money was paid to the first horse past the post. He then instructed the boy who rode to run across the course, so as to get in first. The totalisator man refused to pay, which led to an investigation, when the boy stated his instructions.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2447, 21 January 1881, Page 2
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189SPORTING. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2447, 21 January 1881, Page 2
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