SPORTING NEWS.
WANGANUI TRAINING NOTES.
Press Asscoiation Electric Telegraph. Copyright.
Wanganui, March 3.
Training operations were watched eagerly this morning for the Wanganui J.C. Meeting, there being a large number of horses and good gal!op3.
St. Lyra ran a mile in lmin. 49sec. by herself; Mars and Oingo covering the same distance in lmin 48 2-ssec, the Cup horse shaping best. West Guard did six furlongs in lmin 17 l-sth sec, moving splendidly. Shrapnel! Shell and Hately ran the same distance ia lmin 211 ssec; the former galloped rather short. Advance galloped comfortably twice round by himself, the last mile in lmin 54sec. Shrapnel! ran six furlongs in good style in lmin 18 2-ssec, Queen's Guard taking a second longer. Halberdier did twice round the plough pleasingly at three-quarter pace. Orloff and Machine Gun were restricted to light work; both are very fit. Fakir and Sunfish ooyered a mile in lmin 48 l-ssec, the best gallop of the morning, the Cup horse finishing first, apparently on sufferance. Windwhistle and Deerstalker did serviceable work on the plough. Oatiak and Achilles had light tasks In rugs, doing th* mile in lmin 49|sec. A lob of others did useful wotkl
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 50, 3 March 1903, Page 3
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197SPORTING NEWS. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 50, 3 March 1903, Page 3
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