TE AWAMUTU RACES.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 409, 29 December 1874, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU RACES.

According to custom tfi»» Gfvrl neonie of T* A wamntn cloUratftl Taxing Div with r-io^s. A«i ii^nal th^rn w ig a con^i l«nWfl crow 1 to witness the sport : Tie following w M re the events ;—; — 1 Hu'lte Race—F >- € : nnfr<»nr..>. £1. ,H InH;1 n H ; o"i->tn>ifv. H "''<•': fi '.in" ll.'«, 3 P » 9'n; rfplt.T weight for iigp, top «• -rr' f TJ .it >ni> ; « nrvi ) 'ini^o *O '4rp V|» o'likm. Mi* RutVrfor l's Tommy Dj-H, easily Hn^lo'l hn o vn«?r^ col Mirt fir »t na««t tli" nost. Mr TC-iv'a C >stdlo lunlkM at a hurdle, and from that time was out of tho race. J 2. Mnhlen Plata —F»« € ; pn»rnn"n£l n^ 'c ' ; rli«tinor. ' li 'nip, fir lmr<"-< thnt 'taro np» twi-i » iMio -n^'V to j th« <im 'tint of £5; wfig'it for a 4*« j s'c »n 1 liorao to -are >t ken MrT. Bwi's Don, took this rac^. Mr "Roches Dick and Mr Ri^i'iso'i's Lutv st-irto 1. This wis i a splendid me, it was never lost till it was won. Larry ran a very close third. | 3. Oaltotoii/ Race — F>r \\nr*<>* 14 2 nnd tin W ; for £ ; rrifrjine- 10^. nrid" I ; wpig'it ftriwtw, top wpiglit 10 I ; rli*t nll^.n 11^. 1 mil* ; «f>c>nfl lior«o \r\ vjivp liin «' >l(p«. Mr McCirthv'R Lanty was first p-wt t'te po^t Mr. : Biwpri's Liffhtfoot KPt'omi. The owner of Skittlds entered protests nj? tinsf both first and second horses on the ground* tnilfc tne Y had either not c.irried | sufficient weight or had run outside the poles. ' 4 Te Aina>nutti Plata flandicap — D «tinf«i«, 2 '-iil»-« : for £ ; enlranr't* £1 10<, 10a on nominal ion, 20s nn H^-ptunoe : ncfpntiince add>>tl ; wcon I horse to r-o-irfl on«'-fonrtli o f Mr T. B>nd'i Don, won the stakes, Mr Reynold's RuH.'in, ran second but on the grounds thifc he ran inside the»course th" money was awarded to the third horse Mr Rutherford's Tommy Dodd, Tliere were seven stirte r l for this race. 5. Comolatinn Jtnre—V»r £ ; d »tanco 1 milr ; cntrancf 5- 1 . n'lflwl. fur nil hn it 'n l>or«e* L.irey's first, Co^tello's second. 6 Hack fface-¥iv £ • pnfmnpp 10*, aduVrl, di-fnnrr. 1 mil«-; 10 <tonp up, winnoi* to be sold for £20 : surpiu*. if tmv, to co to tlio fun li; seconl horse tare h a stak ■ j pnat i>n>rii>«. There Avere zicrht on trios for this r.\ce, first money, was won for Mr Taylor, bv Rawbones, ami the second for Mr Higginson bv Spec. 7rof//nr Afa/cA.— Mr Tjljlo^s Kate was first and Haj»p' j second, Maori Race. — There was a large field for this mcc, we have been unable to learn the name of cither the winning horse or its owner.

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