SPORTING.
The Wellington Racing Club's Meeting. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Thursday, The first day's racing of the Wellington Racing Club's Summer Meeting took place to-day. Tlie weather was all that could he desired. The attendance was about 3000. The racing was poor, and the Cup a fiasco, Dudu winning with the greatest ease. Wellington Cop of 400sovs. Two miles. Mr E. Cutt'sDudu, 7st7ib I Mr H. Hammond's Sultan, 7st 81b ... 2 Mr G. Hunter's Lenore, list Sib 3 Steward's Handicap of lOOsovs. One mile and a quarter. Mr P. Butler's Adulation, IJ-t 71b ... 1 Mr A. J. Parson's Marlborough, B<t 71b 2 Mr P. F. Tailored'« Tim Spv, Bst 71b ... 3 Welter Handicap of 7osovs. One mile and a-half. Mr P. P. Tancred's Cupid, Sst 101b ... 1 Mr W. Russell's Krin-go-Bragh, !>st 71b 2 Mr T. Thompson's Lancer, Bst 3 SECOND DAY. WELLINGTON, Friday. There was line weather and a fair attendance, at the second day's racing of the Wellington Racing Club. Local Handicap. Sylph 1 Giriri 2 Orongoi'ongo ... ... 3 Won easily. Dividend, £-1 Is. Handicap Huudles. Peter Osbeck 1 Orlando 2 Gladstone 3 Capital race, but won easily at the finish. Dividend, ±'3 Is. W.R.C. Handicap. Sultan 1 Dudu 2 Bmd 3 Strenuous anil Cupid also ran. Grain! race, Sultan winning by a head. Time, 3min. lOsecs. Dividend, £4 18s. Selling Rack. Clyde 1 Lancet 2 Repose 3 i Won easily. Time, 2min. losecs. Dividend, £io 13s, Hutl Park Handicaf. Escapade 1 Forester ... ... ... ... 2 Chudleigh ... 3 Won easily. Time, Imin. lfisecs. Dividend, £3 13s. £8,500 passed through the machine in two days,
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2587, 9 February 1889, Page 2
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