Waimate Races.
postp.Oat;hh. .titurs-;. That' unfortunaio- .• ii.vi.mvi, i lie: Waimate Races met with, u Paddy’s Luck ”• Again, vesteuh y. a howling so,u’. wc tyr'dib 'yte,;. In ’ Zdm; sixo-’clooi. apd uripyii-g i-p a etuuiiy rain,- which/, at- •iu.ter.vals .increaecd ; to a perfect downpau’r. ‘The people of Oama.ru and TimuriVhad dothrhiined. to; ‘ patromse ;'tho, meeting in o £C°, jmd_ there was 'an exceedingly long train, so long.-in fact-that the engine wo/ ima-bIA to '• inako the station, -and made i two trips fr(su| the bend. There was a consider-* able number' of ■ country' people in, most of them sporting the green, but nothipg approaching, the crowd there ■ would have been on a dry day. ' 1 ' . At twelve o’clock, as the rain showed no' sign of abating, the commuter decided to pospone the race ‘irveoting. 1 Had there been any likelihood of clearing-up for to-day Tuesday would have boon selected, but as therQ;,: wag.- not,,, .it,,was decided to’ hold them over till Thursday. ■ :
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3
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159Waimate Races. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3
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