LATEST SPORTING.
ONEHUNGA SPRING MEETING.
The Onehunga Racing Club opened the season this afternoon with their _Spring Meeting, which is being held at Cotters Paddock. Better weather could not have been desired, and when the first race'started there were fully I,o* 0 spectators present.
Hack Race, of lOsovs. Weight-for-age. The winner to be sold for 15sovs. 71b allowed for every reduction of ssovs in selling price. .^Distance, seven furlongs^ Mr J. Carnegie's eh m Dollar, by Ster- " linerworth (Skirving) ... ... ••• 1 Mr E. Gunning's Snider (Carey) ...: .2 Mr J. Chadwick's br g Black Joe (Lang) 6 Also started : The Kid, Tommy, and Forsaken. Snider led until rounding the home turn, where Dollar assumed the lead and won easily at the finish. Dividend, 10s tickets, £1 7s. The winner was submitted to auction, and bought in by the owner for £15 10s.
Spring Handicap of 50sovs ; Becond horse to receive ssovs from stakes. Distance, 1 mile and a quarter. • Leorina ... ... ... ••• 1 Landeeer ... ... ... ■•• 2 Pretender ; ... ... ... 3 Also started—Catesby, Lioness* and Clire. At the fall of the flag Landseer rushed to the front, and he led the field till nearing the turn for home, when Leorina got on terms. An exciting1 ■.•ace home ended in Leorina winning1 by half-a-length. Time 2min. 17secs. ' Dividend (£1 tickets), £2 10s. A protest lodged against the winner for alleged crossing was dismissed.
Handicap Hurdle Race, of 40sovs. Second horse to receive Ssovs from stakes. Distance, If miles. Over seven flights of hurdles (3ft 6in high). * Kangaroo... ... ~. »'.'." 1 Ma Petite Fille ... 2 Don ... ...... ... 3
Also started : Orangeman and Shillelagh, Won easily by three lengths.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 230, 29 September 1888, Page 8
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