SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1600, 4 February 1884, Page 2

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON KACING CLUB. SUMMER MEETING, FIRST DAY, Steward's Handicap, of £l5O. Second horse £lO from slakes; \\ miles. Mr A, Standish's b g Normanby, syrs, 7st (Edgecumbo) ... 1 MrR.-H. Vallance's c g Salvage, syrs, Bst 101b (Williams) ... 2 Mr P. F. Tancred's r c The Ad-

ministrator, 4yrs, 6st 71b, (Holmes) 3

Minerva, 4yrs,7st 61b, also ran. A capital start was effected. The Administrator was die first to show in ; front, leaving Minerva by half a length Normanby on her quarters, and Salvage last. ; This order was maintained all tho .way under the hill. • Turning to the .furze Salvage improved his position and oil emerging they were all in a bunch.: Normanby now began to look dangerous, Salvage also came up while Minerva fell back beaten, The three' carae/.up the straight under the whip, running neck and neck, Normanby. securing the judge's verdict by a neck, Salvage -being ' second and The Administrator a very good third. Time 2rain 43§ sec. Totalisators-Inside 417; dividend, £4l7s. Outside, 470; dividend,£s lis.

SECOND DAY, Hutt Racecourse, Feb. 2. /Railway Stakes, Mischief. 1 Administrator 2 Witiora 3 Won easily. Time lmin. 21secs. Hutt Park Stakes. Salvage i Consul 2 Minerva... ■ 3■. Witiora, Administrator, and Mischief were scratched. Won easily by a length, Minerva three lengths away. Time—2mia 20secs. Totalisator— Dividend inside, £ll2s; outside, £1 IBs. Handicap Hurmes, ; Clarence.,. „. f ... i'. : . [ 2 Sorutineeiv » 3