WAKANUI RACES AND SPORTS.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7737, 17 December 1890, Page 6

WAKANUI RACES AND SPORTS.

The annual races and athletic sports held at Wakanui, near Ashburton, took place yesterday, in a paddock kindly leut for the occasion by Mr James Brown. There Was a* large gathering of farmers and their famili-s, together with many visitors,from Ashbur on and the immediate vicinity. "The programme for the day consisted of four horse-raclug events and a number of athletic sports, all of which were successfully got off, the gathering resulting in a very pleasant outing both for tbe town and country folk. Mr J. Cod-born, Mr J. Jamieson, Mr Dickie and; others of the' Comuiittee worked very, hard, and are deserving of praise for making the meeting a pleasing success. The Wakanui Cup, the principal horse event, was won by a nice stamp of a horse King of Ulster, by St. George out of a Traduce?; mare. Tbe tollowlug.are the reßulfc#t— < The Hurdles, a sweep of 10s, with 6 soys added, second horse 2 soya; minimum weight list; one and a half miles—Mr E. Osborne's Master Haven (John.) 1, Mr G. M. Hardwick's Tommy, (Owner) 2.' Inchkeith also ran. luchkeith led to the third jump, where the rider, M. Patterson, came a nasty cropper. Master. Haven then came up, and won all the way as he liked. -.'•■ Wakanui Cup of 10 soys; one and a half miles—Mr J. M. Hampton's King of Ulster, by St. George, 7st _lb<MCCouaeh.e), 1: Mr A. Richards' Titwiilow, 7st 7lb (Healy), 2. Kilmarnock Bst 21b, Zealot 9stl2lb, Zest 7st and Nancy Ost 71b also ran. Nancy led for four furlongs, when. King of Ulster was brought to the front,' and going away-won easily by a number of leugths. The Handicap , Trot of 5 soys, second horse 2 soys, three miles, was won easily by Mr P.Stewart's Belle, Oosecs; Mr R. Cass' Montrose, 60se., second. Minuie scratch, Cascade 40sec, and jenny Sosec, also started. - A Hurry Scurry was won by Mr S. BrownV John 111 beating seven others. McFarlane was first past tbe post in a three mile handicap bicycle race for a silver cup, value. £o, bat a. protest! waa entered on account, of a mistake in the starting. Some of the athletic events were well contested, and afforded good sport. ,-:,.■.•■■/:-. • r- ■