Wellington Spring Meeting.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7939, 21 October 1904, Page 7

Wellington Spring Meeting.

First Day.

(Per Press Association)^

■WELLINGTON, Oct. 20.

A doable eveDt totalieator was opened on the Wellington Handicap and the Flying Handicap, and attracted an in. yeßtrnent of- £786. No tickets were taken oat on tbe winning doable,' Terce-. let and Lacs-o'Growrie, and the money was rotnrned to the inyestorsi le?slOper cent. The totalisator turnover; for -the day amonnted to £8578, as compared with £10,029 last year. Concluding results:—

Wainui Handicap—Blazer 1, Bounce 2, Kaharoa 3. Scratched: Lass o* Gowrie. ' Won by a neck. Time, lmin 33sec. Divs, £5 12s and Ml 14b.

Nursery Handicap—Boomerang 1, Medallist 2, Mulnfio 3. [Scratched: Canticle, Kaiuku. . Won very eaaily. Time, 50 l-ssec. Divs, £2 9a and £1 7s. . :■.•-. :

Flying Handicap—Lass 0' Gowrie 1, Ballarat 2. Promotion 3. Scratched: Solution, The Stake, Auratus. Won easily by a length and a half. Time, lmin 18 4-ssec. Divs, £5 lls and .£2 11s. . ■ . . -. ■ ■ •. • •

Spring Hack Handicap—Chivalry 1. Laertes 2. Coxswain 3. Scratched: Patuna, Togos, St Winifred, Hippodrome and Delhi. Won by : a length. Time, lmin 44-sseo. " Divs,1 £2 2a and £5 6s.