DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB SPRING MEETING.
[By Telegraph.J [united press association. I Dunedin, 29th November.
Tho Dunedin Spring Meeting commenced to-day. The weather was lovely, but the attendance rather small, there being probably 2000 present. The racing, on the whole, was good and interesting, the favourites winning in each case. Betting was very limite J, most of the business being done on the totalisator. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 35 soys. ; second horse to receive 5 soya. from ihe stakes; one milo and a half; seven flights of hurdles, 3ft 6in high. Mr. Butler's Agent, 12-t 131b 1 Mr. Proudfoofs Isaac, lOst 2 Mr. Christie's Katerfelto, lOst 3 Time, 3min. lo3ec. Of .£399 in the totalisator, ,£l9B was on the Agent. Maiden Plate of 40 soys. ; one mile and a quarter ; weight for a.re. Me3srs. Maaon and Vallance's Kawdon ... 1 Mr. .-tevenson'B Eugene ... ... ... f Mr. Kirby's Mama^uke f Rawdon came in a winner with a lot in hand by three-quarters of a length, Mameluke and Eugene running a dead heat for second place, having run a rattling race together ; Teviot fourth. Time, 2min. 253ec. Of in the totalisator, JBLII was on the winner. St. Andrew's Handicap of 100 soys. ; two miles. Mr. Goodman's Chancellor, Bst 91b ... 1 Mr. Kirby's Adamant, 7st slb 2 Mes3ra. Mason and Vallance's Volunteer, dst6lb 3 Tasman, 6st 13:b, and Legerdemain, Gst 91b, also started. Chancellor won a very interesting ra.c.3 by fu'<^y two lengths. Adamant was second, half a length ahtad of Volunteer, Tasman fourth, and Legerdemain last. Time, 3min. 47sec. Of .£403 in the totalizator, £170 was on. Chancollor. Handicap Time Tbotting {Racb of 50 boys. ; thr^e miles. Mr. Hamilton's Peg^y, 32sec. ... .. 1 Mr. Fairley's Belia, 225ec... ... ... 2 Mr. Anderson's Billiard Ball ... ... 3 Seven others started. Peggy, who broke once, won all the way. Spring Handicap of 50 boys. ; one mile and a distance. Mr. Cutts* Naut.lus, 7 it 4lb 1 Mr. Williams' Talent, 83t'21b 2 The rase was reduced to a mitch between the two. Nautilus won easily. Time, 2min. 4isec.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 128, 30 November 1881, Page 2
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336DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB SPRING MEETING. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 128, 30 November 1881, Page 2
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