PLAKO SPORTS.
As I hffve'seen no-report in your oolurans Oi* the races tbat took place here" on the *27t i DeenmSer, I therefore send you a brief eke. ch. The diy was beautifully jfln^andat the time the first race took pi>io^, there w»9 a good attendance of Maoris and Europeans. 'Certainly the Maon Kaee was 4n 'the ascendant:; but; notvith»taa<)ingi there was a goad attendance of Europeans, and being the. first •races that W&ro ever 'hettl up here,. they went off without a single hitch, and I did not observe but. one easa of . drunkenness, -and this ;f act, -I CQiuijider,. spoak9 fori. a district -where there .ia not a' constable. .. 'to protect us in an einergeno^. Certainly" great credit wa9 due to Mr. Crawford of ithe Pi.hko Hotel for the manner in which 'be tried to meet the requirements of the ipubluvand although the bouse he now 'Occupies ia hardly sufficient in acasa of this ! I ibeiieve that«.very shortly be intends •erecting «n addition' of seven rooms wbich>tvill meet all the requirements of the pub* llic and district. The following are the events with the ~ mama of the winners. : — .Maiden Plath— £6. Hare ... ... Mat prize Maiden -Foot Each. iHonathrna ... Ist prize 'PonekouLur-* 2nd do ( -Ho if- Stbp and 'Jump. Te O Kuro ... Ist prize 'Hone... 2nd do Settler's P-übsb — £8 JParati ... ... ... Ist prize Tiikakariint ... ... ... 2id do slOQyds Foot Eve a. Hutton ... Ist prize Takana 2nd do Four Part Back. Te O Eura . ... Ist prize iKarepe ... 2nd do Hxtrdlbßacb — £4 , ■Warren ... ... ... -Ist prize O.te Mile Foot Each. "Scratched ■ • Threb LVoasD Bace. WBoratohed |TaoTTi»a Match— £4 Fanny ... ... Ist. prize, Sack Race . iKarepe .^ Ist prize iTeOKura ...• 2nd do Half mile -Foot Race 'Hutton .. ... ... Ist prize '*Takana ... ... ... 2od do Puny Rack — £3. fParata Ist. prize Consolation Stakes— £4 '^Walker ... Ist prize — -FaoM a(.Co«;rb3Pondbnt.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 7010, 4 January 1877, Page 3
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300PLAKO SPORTS. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 7010, 4 January 1877, Page 3
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