WANGANUI RACES.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 46, 18 November 1867, Page 3

WANGANUI RACES.

First Day—Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1867. The weather, although too windy and dusty to be agreeable, was, upon the whole, favorable, to the sports of the day. The following is a list of the events and the winners. Produce Stakes of £SO. Myrtle ... (G. Walker, jno.) ... ], Crinoline ... (J. Day) 2 lung Dan ... (C. Potter) 3 'Wanganui Stakes of £3O. Policy ... (J. Walker) ... ... 1 Volunteer... (Hayward) ... ... 2 Corsair ... (Candy) 3 Welter Stakes of £ls. Native ... (J. Day) 1 Lord Lyon... (Stevens) 2 Military Cur. Myrtle ... (R. Walker) ••• ... 1 Lochinvar... (Beard) ... ... 2 Lucy ... (C. Wall) ... 3 The second day’s racing took place on Thursday last, and passed off with eclat, the weather being delightful and the attendance large. The first event was the hurdle race. £25, two miles and a distance; four horses entered. Mr Day’s Native ... l Captain Daubcny’s Echo ... ... 2 Mr Thorpe’s Clown 3 Mr Stevens’ Lord Lyon 4 JOCKEY CLUB PLATE. £6O, two and a-half miles, secondhorse to save his stake. Mr Day’s ch m Policy, 5 years ... 1 Dr Mussen’s ch m Myrtle, 3 years ... 2 Sir Hayward’s b g Volunteer, aged ... 3 THE MAIDEN PLATE £3O, one and a-half miles, 9 started. Captain Daubeuy’s b m Lucy, 4 years 1 Mr Small’s Florence Nightingale ... 2 Mr C. Dime's g m Crinoline, 4 years 3

THE SCUEV RACE. One and a-half miles, catch weights. Mr Day’s Native ... i Lieut. Jackson’s bin Nourmabal ... 2 LICENSED VICTUALLER’S PURSE £43 added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Eight horses started. Mr Gundy’s ch g Corsair, 5 years ... 1 Mr Day’s Policy Mr Harrison’s Hermit .... mi , 3 The Patea Hurry Scurry, for which eleven started, was won by Mr M’Donnell’s Maggie. A match for £3 a side between Mr Stevens’ Lord Lyon and'Mr Broughton’s Retribution, was only easily by the former; and the Consolation Stakes fell to Major Ebcke’s King D lfra: ,0, ■ - :.J -A .1- . , I