SPORTING NEWS.
WANGANUI JOCKEY lOLUfcl ■ SPBING ' MEETING/ F I (Condensed from Friday's Herald.) As fate would have it, thsrain came down m one continuous drizzle, and all the enjoyment, such as could be gained from meagre fields, /was fflarred, Notwithstanding/the feet, of ,the elements, ho.weVer,, tHere/.y^as.-aifair sprinkling; of visitors,! t&pughipfj course there was a great falling .off in the attendance of former ( ye^rs,, there being perhaps SO^Q,/ persons less than there would hftye. beiep/./^ere. ( was; npti,.a: great /deal of getting going on, and the only /tot alwator.Qn the, ground was. not too wellpaironis: d, but dividends- on, were\yefy /fai£,/tshe big moneynwaga splendid race, and /showed /that Mr Eyett was/riot so far. out of ;his freckon-. ing m the handicap,, Dan, the much-tafked-of, /being np. ; .nearer than third at (the best. The win was again popular and the wiriner ( ,was greeted with hearty cheers. The^otalisator/showed a very fair dividend, /.keeping;, up,, with the average of the day. y The handicap ncr was heartily ckeerecljat the. weighing m, 1 and certainly it must, be said Mr Eyett deserved the/praise. ' MAIDEN - PLATE. Aiua ... "<,«'. r ,;' ; .Vj.:.- ... 1 I^onessa ... ' ' vi^ '*- 2 Wjitiora )2 8 son's, SweetfHomer 4 y t ears,Mr Newland's Patients, v 4 years, also started. I , HANDICAP HURDLE EACH. . . , Chevalier ... ... ... ... 1 HiilU! ri A H,<.?A'Al:. A v \ tWK •;_,.; 2; Bugler;,. 1( . ...,..;,.;.; V...V; '..; >;■';.*.,,.. 8. Mr Maurice O'Brien's Beliance also" ran, ...".'"/ ] "..,'.. /, . I WANOANUI STAKES JLAITOIbAP. jßayard ... ' .... ... ... 1 4 ;.. '"' ".'..' ... "... 2 Din... ... ... , ... ..... 8 A a jWitiora Ilqw^'"-&ffe'-* 71b, Patiencel6s : 71BS, also ran.' Fame was scratched. Bayard won comfort- . ably by' a length and a half, "' Hippona " Seating Dan by a bare length,^jpitiora Itourth, the rest pf tb/e~njso} beaten off,* Tiriie~ : imin. 1 2-sth/s sees, I — •"••'''•;'•,'_' J'/ 1 ' " j (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH- r-OOPYRIGHT.) i ;,- ! (reuter's telegrams.) i Melbourne, October 19. ; | •,; Ten plml, the weather tonight is unsettled, and appears- unfavorable for .th'e Caulfield Cup Meeting to-morrow. The following is Atbe latest betting for . that event :— Calina, 6 to 1; Footstep, 7to 1 ; Fryingnari, 14 tb'l > Josephine, 14 to 1 ; Norfolk, IS to 1 ; -BeJtnont, 20tol. r;.'::;.-.; § -.:'A I Boscaw'en is scratched for the Melbourne Cup. i
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 272, 20 October 1883, Page 2
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348SPORTING NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 272, 20 October 1883, Page 2
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