SPORTING.
WELLINGTON RACES. LADY MEDALLIST WINS THE HANDICAP. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The first day of the Wellington Racing Club's spring meeting opened at Treiitliam in fine but windy weather. The attendance was fair. Twenty-five bookmakers were licensed, and £9858 passed through the totalisator, as compared wtih £12,344 on the opening day of last year. The results were:— Rimutaka Handicap. Six furlongs. —Dearest, 8.6 (Jenkins), 1; Merrie Frank, -"7.13, L'; Tor point, 7.9, 3. Also started : Morecombe, Poictiers, Directoire, First Battery, Inspection, Vi'ima, Rongouias Merry Time, Bracken, Ladrone, Wild Bird. Won by a length, two lengths between second and third. Time, lmin. 17 l-ssec. Shorts Handicap. Five furlongs.— Boanerges, 9.9 (Oliver), 1; Penates, f1.13, 2; Bally Shannon, 7.11, 3. Also started: Naumai, Kobinoor, Theodore, Lord Kelvin, Sea Queen. Time, lmin. 3 2-ssec. First Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase. Two miles and a half.—Don Carlos, 11.3, (W. Navlor), 1; Mahara, 10.12, 2; Hill Lass, 3.4 Also started: St. Amelia, Waiohika, Whimper, Castout, Star Lass, Sylvia Maid, Sir Mac, Teinona. Time, smin, 42sec. Wellington Handicap. One mile and a quarter.—J. F. Prosser's Lady Medallist, 8.10 (C. Jenkins), 1; Sir Antrim, 8.2, 2; Wimmera, 7.10, 3. Also started: Sir Frisco, Iranui, Sir Tristram, Cullinan, Kopu, Merri* vonia, The Lark, John, Royal Marine, Master Laddo. Time, 24min. 10 1-5 sec. Spring Selling Plate. Six furlongs. —Grand Jewel, 8.1 (W. Price), 1; Succession, 8.8, 2; Idealism, 8.8, 3. Also started: Bourbon, Moreykoff. Time, lmin. 18 2-ssec. Wainui Handicap. One mile.— Bridge, 9.11 (H. Gray), 1; Tribulation, 9.2, 2; Teotane, 8.0, 3. Also started: Diabolo, Merriwa, Coronetted, Ambrosian, Kilostere. Time, lmin. 43sec. Wellesley Stakes. Four furlongs.— G. D. Greenwood's Pierene, 8.2 (H. Gray), 1; Miscount, 8.7, 2; Avarice, 8.2, 3. Also started: Sea Pink, St. Petersburg, Aroha. Time, 49 3-ssec. Final Scurry Handicap. Four furlongs.—St. Toney, 8.12 (Coleman), 1; Bow Bells, 8.3, 2; Ebonite, 7.7, 3. Also started: Poictiers, Inspection, Kathara, Longstep, Tuma, Subdue, Merriletta, Complexity, Deploy, Toapango. Time, 49 2-ssec.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10123, 20 October 1910, Page 5
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326SPORTING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10123, 20 October 1910, Page 5
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