CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.
NEW ZEALAND CUP DAY.
To-day the great annnal spring racing carnival o£ tho Canterbury Jockey Olnb commences, and judging from the large influx of visitors, tho excellence of the fields both in the matter of all-round usefulness and numbers, the meeting will be quite up to the standard of previous years. The faot of the meeting being honoured by the presence of our new Vioveruor, and many members of Parliament and representative* visitors from different parts of tho colony, has uddod to the interest of the gathering. Trains leavo f< -v the eourai at U.lO a.m., 11.25 a.m., 11.40 a.m., 11.50 a.m., 12 and 12.50 p.m., and we fully antioipato seeing a large attendance. The following is the card :— 12.30 p.m.—THE SPRING HURDtE HANDICAP ol 150 soys. Two miles. st li) at ib MissHre .. 11 9 Haiti ». 9 8 Social Vest .. 11 9 Dundee ..9 2 Clarence ..11 5 Nat ..9 0 Ilex ..11 2 Nicholas .. ». 0 Violence .. 10 0 1.15 p.m.—THE MAIOKN I'LATH, of 150 sove. Oα* < mile. Windermero i. 713 Kiihuen .. 7 7 Crescent '.. V 13 Mountebank ..7 7 BanKOrtnder .. 7 13 Dotterel ..7 2 Female Franchise.. 7 11 Miniature .. 7 3 Staraaot .. 711 Bloomer ~ 7 2 2.16 p.m.—THE NKW ZEALAND OUP, a handicap of 1500 soys. Two miles. Day Star ..9 0 Kpauleu .. 711 St. Paul .. 8 7 Haria ..7 6 Waiuku .. 8 6 „ 7 5 Skirmisher .. 7 13 Venue ~ 7 * Lord Kosslyn • .. 712 Primula „ 7 3 . Strath Braan .. 712 .St. Oonon ..7 3 The Brook- .. 712 Sir Lancelot ..7 3 3 p.m.—THE RICOARTON , WfiLTEK HANDICAP, ot 150 soys. Minimum weijlit, Bst. Six luriooge. Boreas ..10 5 Hcmorae .. 8 9 Jewel .. 10 3 Weary .. 8 9 Double Event .. 10 2 Alcestis ..8 7 Marino ... 9 9 PnJudin if ». 8 S Manawanui ..9 6 Vulcan // u_JL..& A Defiant ..9 5 Zephyr/ « 8 0 Bizarre ..9 1 Colebeok ' .. 8 0 ' BemoraeH. .. 810 Argon • ■ ..8 0 3.45 p.m.—THE WEU3OME STAKES, ol 400 SOVfc' For two-year-olds. Oolta Bsfc .51b, fillies Set, geldings Set 21b. Four furlongs. ' Nihilist* .. 8 5 Prenaz Garde .H Oonspirer .. 8 5 Olrolet .. 8 0 Conqueror .. 8 5 Laßeino *. 8 Q I Altwr ..8 5 Proposal ... 8 0 i Moncrieff .. 8 5, Morezo .. 8j tt I Duiulosi , ..8 2 'Oornea .. 8 0 4.25 p.m.—"NIK LADIKS' PURSB, a handicap ol IOT sove; minimum weight lOafc. One mile and • hail. . Double Event .„ 12 7 Bimetallisfc .. 10,11 Chaos .. 11 9 Black Eagle .. 10} .5 • , SUrshot- „ 10 15 Stanley .. 10. 8> BeggM-man . ... 10 13 Powder Monkey .. 10 t>" Oactua .. 10 12 General Wolfe .. 10 < 5.10 p.m.—THE STEWARDS' HANDICAP, o< 3QQ $ ' BOV9- Six fortunes. ■ j , -.•■■. Vedettw ... 8 9 Jewel' ..7 15 Belle Olair ..8 8 Borea»(lnc.Slbpen) 718 Vanilla „ 8 7 Blassw ... 718 Daunt(inc. 101bpen) 8 7 Arline ..7 9 Acone ..8 6 Gulverin . H Cannon Shot „ 8 5 Target ' M 7 7 Uniform ..8 4 Molly Darling M 612 ! Bracelet ~8 2 St. Oonon — 614 Vandyke „ 8 0 Remorse 11. ~6 8 Sedßebrook .. 8 0 Or»od Shot •«. ft T 5.40 p.m.—THR; SHOKTO, of 60 cove. AQnimooi weii;l»t 7sb 71b. Four turlonge. Wedlook Windermere \ Saf&din. latly George Jib I St. Mellon Rftncor Mauser I Speateum I • v
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9879, 9 November 1897, Page 5
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