WELLINGTON'S WINTER MEETING
PARIS SUCCESSFUL IN STEEPLECHASE
¥ The fine day predicted for the opening of the Wellington Racing ,-; Club's Winter Meeting on Saturday came after an uncertain morning, and the sun had burst through when the horses paraded far the first race. The day remained fine, and conditions were much better than earlier they had promised to be. The track, naturally, was • heavy, but it stood the racing well, and, unless further continuous . rain falls meanwhile, should be in fair order again for the final Idays' racing on Wednesday and Saturday. The attendance was much below" the average for a first day, which is usually a Tuesday, and ihe totalisalor turnover of £22,188 represented a decline of nearly 50 per cent, on last year's figures. ' The principal event of the day, the Wellington Steeplechase, was won by the Iny,ercargill-owned Paris, a comparative novice at the game, after an excellent contest, in which all except four of the ,■■'■'iifteMi starters completed the course. The Whytc Handicap went to the favourite, Mahora, owned and trained at Dannevirke, and the ■fjtrentham Hurdles and Stewards' Handicap were won respectively .', Jty tfto northerners, Singleton and Prince Val. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 11, 13 July 1931, Page 6
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