SPORTING.
OERALDINE RACES. Timaru, September 25. The Geraldine Races, the first important one of the racing season, commenced to-day, and were a great success. The racing was first-class, tlie only draw-back being the unsettled state of the weather. The attendance was large, many visitors from a distance being present. The fob lowing are the results : ,\jAiDKN Plate, of 30 sovs., 14 mile. R. Ray's Lonehaud (Australian)... ... ] !). O'Brien's FenclLi ... ... ... 2 A. (<•. Gibson's Maori Boy 3 Lonehuml hau this race all his own way, and won eventually in a canter. This was his first appearance on the New Zealand turf. JLwi.hjap Hpkjjle Race, of 70 sovs., 2 miles. J. Osborne's Black Prince... ... ... ] It. Ray's Lonchand (Australian)... ... 2 P. Butler's Te Whet-u ... ... ... 3 Two others started. Black Prince won this by being splendidly ridden, while the crack Australian horse lost it through holding him too cheap, and keeping back too Jong. PauwcANs' Handicap, of 50 sovs., 1 ; } mile. R. i'ay's Maritana... ... ... ... i W. Smith's Rangatira ... ... ... 2 C. W. Bourne's Seven Bells ... ... 3 Si:lux« Race, of 20 sovs. C Storey's C'astout 1 C. \W Bourne's Seven Bells 2
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1072, 26 September 1879, Page 2
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184SPORTING. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1072, 26 September 1879, Page 2
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