FOXTON MEETING.
SECOND DAY. {lit TELEGEAPH— PBESS ASSOCIATION^ FOXTON, This Day. For tho second day of the Foxton races the weather is perfect and the attendance large. Results :—: — Hack Hurdles, of 80 soys ; one mile and a-half.— The Lark, 9.5, 1; Merry Lawn, 10.5, 2; Eiya, 10.9, 3. Scratched — Himatangi, Impossible, and Conorus. Won by a length. Time, 2min 49sec. President's Handicap, of 130 soys ; one mile and a distance. — Irish Rifle, 8.13, 1; Teotane, 6.7, 2; Golden Loop, 8.4, and Flingot, 9.1 (dead heat), 3. Scratched — Silva and Merozc. Won by a length. Time., lmin 56 2-ssec. Handicap, of 65 soys ; five fnxlongs. — Lady Doris, 8.9, 1 ; Boronia, 6.11, 2; Sea-weed, 'd.2, 3. Won. by a. head. Time, lmin 2 3-ssec. Maiden Hack Scurry, of 60 soys; five furlongs. — Herrington, 1 ," Melalogue, 2.; Makara, 3. Won by a head. ,Timo, lmin 4 l-ssea The fourth annual sale of the Waikanae- yeariings will be held at Mr. laii Duncan's private stables, Thorndonquay, at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. Intending purchasers who have not already done so, may inspect the yearlings either this evening or at any time to-morrow prior to the sale. As the field for the Nursery Handicap at Trent-ham on Saturday was rounding the top turn, Aloia appea-red to stumble, and her rider, Emerson, parted company,., with her. Fortunately the accident was unattended- with serious result. . "Nominations for the Taranaki autumn meeting are due this evening, and tomorrow entries close for the Wanganui fixture. Second forfeits are declarable tomorrow for the Jackson Stakes.
"Rough estimates of the holiday traffic, on the railways to-day show that stations along thie Manawatu line, notably | Paekakariki and Plimmerfcon, a,re much j favoured by excursionists. The bookings to-day were about 20OO— a decided increase on Hie figures for last Anni- I veraary Day. The Jgntes for Trentham reveal & decline of abont^soo. The num~bef of' riassengers to stations as far as tlie-^per Hutt-was-abont normal for a i
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18, 23 January 1911, Page 8
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321FOXTON MEETING. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18, 23 January 1911, Page 8
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