TO-MORROW'S RACES AT WHITFORD PARK.
The Whitford Park Race Meeting comes off to-morrow. If the day is fine, the gathering, will no doubt attract a number of turfites from Auckland, who can combine the pleasures of racing with a holiday outing in the country. The s.s. Waitoa leaves the Queen-street Wharf at 8 o'clock in the morning, the return fare being fixed at 3s. Mr Thos. McEwin, the well-known caterer, will provide luncheon in a large marquee on the course. The following are the names of the horses engaged at the jPieeting : — Whitfokd Cup Handicap, one mile and a-half— Deception, Pat 10lb ; Prudence, 7s t 51b ; Memorandum, 7st 51b ; Premier, 7st; Revenge, 6st. Handicap Hukdlk Race, one and threequarter miles.—Ma Petite Fille, lOst 41b ; Cloth of Gold, 9sb 101b ; Tini, 9sb 71b ; Whalebone, 9sb 51b; Gazelle, 9st ; Mantana, 9st ; Cleopatra, 9st. Handicap Maiden Plate, one mile.— Premier, 7st 121b ;Tuna, 7st 121b ; Forget-me-not, 7st 101b ; Kate, 7sb 81b ; Temuki, 7sb 81b ; Prestissimo, 7sb 41b ; Ika Vuka, 7st 21b ; Mellifera, 7sfc ; Bon Voyage, 7sb ; Revenge, 6st 101b ; Otau, 6sb 101b ; Gazelle, 6st 101b; Marifcana, 6st 101b; -Gannet, 6sb 81b ; Wairapa, 6sb 71b ; Luna, 6st7ib. , ... . | Handicap ■ Novel Race, three-quarters of a mile.—Comeb, Bsfc 101b ; Tini, Bsb 51b ; Mattie, Bsb ; Carnation, 7sb 101b ; Tommy, 7sb7lb. ■ Ostrich Stakes Handicap, one mile.— Deception, Bsb 10lb; Prudencb, Bsb 81b ; Ma Petite Fille, Bst 51b ; Tuna, 7st 121b ; Temuki, 7st 81b ; Ika Vuka, 7st 21b : Mellifera, 7st ; Revenge, 6st 101b ; Otau, 6sfc 101b ; Cleopatra, 6st 101b ; Wairapa, 6sb 71b. Flying Stakes Handicap, three-quarters of a mile.—Prudence, Bsb 101b ; Memorandum, Bst 71b; Deception, Bst.7lb; Ma Petite Fille, Bsb; Premier, Bst; Prestissimo, 7sb 101b ; Forget-me-nob, 7sb 61b ; Luna, 6sb 101b ; Otau, 6st 51b ; Sybil, 6sb. Settlers' Race.—Deception, Whistle, Kate, Ganneb, Coryphee, Winnifred, Temuki.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 35, 11 February 1891, Page 3
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294TO-MORROW'S RACES AT WHITFORD PARK. Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 35, 11 February 1891, Page 3
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