SPORTING.
»+_-. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) HAWKE'S BAY STEEPLECHASE MEETING. NAPIER, June 20. About 2500 people were present. A light shower fell just before tbe first race, but there was no rain afterward. The ground was soft from the previous day's ram, but not greasy. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE. Uranus 1 Echo 2 Rimu ... ... ... ... ... 3 Four others ran. Dividend, £3 11s. ladies' bracelet. Mangahake 1 Warrirneo ... ... ... ... 2 Voltigeur 3 Eight others started. Dividend, £14 6s. Hawre's Bay Steeplechase Handicap, of 500 bo vs. Maogaohane, 9st 121b (Redmond) ... 1 Owhaoke, lOst 101b 2 Romeo, lOst 3 Denbigh, Orient, Victor, Erebus, and Waitaogi also started. From a fair start Orient led until reaching the stone wall. Coming into the course proper for the last time he fell, and left Mangaohane, who had a prominent position, with a lead of about two lengths, to came home an easy winner, Silvio, the favoiite, being last of all. Victor and Denbigh came down during the race, and lost all chance. Dividend, £1 4s. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Romeo ... ... ... ... ... 1 Rimu ... ... ... ... ... 2 Othello 3 Dividend, £3 ( Js. Blackbird also started. CONSOLATION STEEPLECHASE. Echo 1 Orient 2 "Waitaugi 3 Flyiug Jib also started. Dividend, £2 lGs.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1656, 22 June 1887, Page 2
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193SPORTING. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1656, 22 June 1887, Page 2
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