WELLINGTON NOTES.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7524, 14 April 1890, Page 2

WELLINGTON NOTES.

[from our correspondent.] : April 7. ! Although the Wellington Racing Club refused to pass the programme of the Island Bay Hack Racing Club f6r a ing to have been held to-day, they have seen fit to pass a programme of a similar nature (with a less amount of stakes added) to be held on their • caoeco)iwe the 26fch met. This is;, the third aunuaL meeting of the Hutt Hack Racing Club, and at the last nearly £2000 was put through the machine/ and a handsome balance resulted. The stakes are not large compared with other hack prizes, and the money is not sjpenfc in Improvements as the Club only rents the Hutti Course for the day. It would be Interesting to hear the Wellington Racing Club's reasons for this distinction between the two clubs. -

, Alex M'Cdrmick brought Montrose 11. 'arid Cheque from Reef ton on Wednesday last, and took them on to Feildlng Che game day, where they are engaged to-day. The local visitors to Blenheim did not; return till Wednesday last, and Sincerity and Angler went on to Feilding. Wanderer has a bad leg and did not go. . . ; ~" H. Peters bought the hurdle racer Dangerous out of a novel race at Nelson for i>2o, and he is now at the Hutt. I consider he is dear at a gift. " ,j7 ' : ": ' Stoat, who was killed'in the Autumn Handicap at Reef ton, is a four-year-old \mare by Korari—Zealandia, bred by'Mr H. Redwood. He took her to Christchusch last . November and she started in the ■ Maiden Stakes, but ran out of a place. She lias since passed into Mr Birkett's hands, and Mr Birkefct, junr., rode herin her last race. . She won over £100 during this season. ' . - ■.; .I- . . .•..■;.•.;: ■:'

The committee's handicapping at the Nelson Meeting was very bad, and in one race a horse carried leibs overweight and won. '; ' Mr K. McKenzie's blk m Waihora, syrs, by the Traducer horse Nanikea, who was killed while cbmpetinpr in the Maiden Plate: at Woodville, was likely to f urjaieh fritb a flrst-clasia hack. At tfeatK efston, November 11th, ehe ran secbuii'in the Flying and Forced Handicaps. Jack Huxtable, I hear, will probably ride for Mr S. H. Gpllan from bow fouVftitd." .......,...,