RIVERTON.
INVERCARGILL, 9th April. On the first day of the Riverton Meeting the totalisator put through £17,962 10s, compared with last year's; £16,090. Balance of results: — Riverton Cup, of 300 soys; one mile and a-half.—l Rorke's Drift, '9.11, 1; I 5 Sister Regis, 6.10, 2; 2 Marsa, 8.3, 3. Also started: 3 Gunrest 9.12, 4 Thaddeus 7.7, 6 Magdala 7.5. Won by threequarters of a length. Time, 2min 41 3-ssec. 'President's Welter, of 100 soys; one mile.'—2 Wild Pilgrim, 8.2 (inc. 51b penalty), 1;- 3 Spanish Princess, 8.9, 2; 4 Partisan, 8.10, 3. Also started: 1 Highwater 9.5. Won by four lengths. Time, 1 Imin 44 2-ssec.
Great Western Steeples, of 300 soys; about three miles.—2 Recharge, 10.8, 1; 3 Palladio, 10.4, 2; 4 RoUing Tide, 10.5, 3. Also started: 1 Heatherlea 11.1, 5 Caseshot 10.1. Won by ten lengths. Time, 6min 36 4-ssec.
■ Flying Handicap, of 130 soys; six furlongs.—2 Mohawk, 9.1, 1; 1 Golden King, 9.12. 2; 3 Redshire, 9.0, 3. Also started : 4 Benzowen 8.0, 5 Martel 7.7, 6 Obolus 7.0. Won by a length. Time, Imin 16sec. '
Wallace Hack, of 110 soys; one mile. —3 Hot Air, 9.1, 1; 4 Jock, 9.5, 2; 6 Dorian, 9.1, 3. Also started: 1 Palamon 9.6, 5 Placid 8.13, 2 Night Alarm 6.8, 8 Takedown 8.6, 7 Verdun 8.4, 9 Canrobur 8.2, 10 Fable 8.0. Won by a length. Time, Imin 44 4-ssec:
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 85, 10 April 1917, Page 5
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