AN AUCKLAND RACE MEETING.
. "ATramp, Esq," reports in the Weekly News.tho following details of a meeting up north which he attended.—
President's Handicap,—Lottie is tile favourite for this rcoe. The favourite wins, Hurrah I hurrah I The public paid into the " machine " £B4l, and the inaohiue paid out j£298155, 104 persons.got £ll6s each, and 177, like the poor little piggy, got none-boorab I—and the " tote "took £42 6s, Hoo 1 Welcome Stakes.-For this race Eve was mado favourite.' But Eve is a jilt, and sold her lovers. £546 was • totalled on the " tote" £478 was paid to £l7l persons, £2l6s oaoh for picking Pegasus; 375 said good Eva -ningto their quids; £67 4s was jj retained by the machinists, ■'***
Auckland Guineas looked a moral for"BrownAlico," but Alice, alas! was done brown by a Jenny Tit—not a Tom Tit; and two nice littlo tit bits of £lB 8s and £ll 5s were handed out to tho 32 winning ticket holders, and the "tote" only oharged £SO 15s for doing it. The 411 that were off Titlost all interest in the Auokland Guineas'—and their own. Handicap HuRDLEi-Tha favorite again went down, but it was not the fault of the horse-as I have said there is i good deal in a jookey, And the fishmongers out up the stakes. 140 piggies got roost beef, and 504 got nouc, and the tote "copped" £74 4b for its pound of flesh.
Shorts HANMOAP.-St. Clements was installed; and the Baint kept faith with his followers. There were only 356 unbelievers that suffered martyrdom. The faithful received • their reward of £577 l'ti in dividends of£27sind£2.Bs,and the blessed -> "tote"smiled a saintly smile, andji stowed away 83 pounds 4 shillings, 'yy Prince of Wales Handicap.—£B6o was loaned to the machine for five minutes, and £750 17s was 1 handed back in a " Coalscuttle" • iin parcels of £2 16s and £217s, The "tote" oharged £loo3a for interest; and the band played "God Bless the Priuco of Wales." 394 disappointed candidates for musioal honours swore the other way. [ Selling Steeple.—A Hurricane ' [swept over the course and brought down Jhe steeple. The "tote" claimed £46 4s for its part in the .' performance, and added thirteen shillings to the pound invested on the favourite, •
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4280, 21 November 1892, Page 2
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371AN AUCKLAND RACE MEETING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4280, 21 November 1892, Page 2
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