SPORTING.
TOKOMAIRIRO RACES. (Feom Oub Own Cobbesfondbnt.) •". Milton, January 27. '•■■ The weather to-day for the Tokomairiro raceg rras all that could be desired. About 800 were present. The racing-was very indifferent, with the exception of the Trot. Close on £1100 was passed through the totalisator, but there were no sensational dividends, the public spotting the" winners almost every time. The following arethe results:— HUBDLB RACE, • Of 30«OV8. jMr Greener's Trapper, 12Bt 101b ... ... 1 Archie, Bst 71b ... ... .:. ... 2 Only the above two started. Dividend, £14s. MAIDEN PLATB, j Of2osovs. One and a-quarter mile. IMr Turnbull's Mokoia ... .... ... 1 Mr Coorabe's Toko ... ... ... 2 Mr M'Douald's Mayflower ... ; ... ... 3 Lady Ellen and Malbay also ran. Mokoia won in a canter. Mr Coombe-lodged a protest on. the ground that Mokoia belonged to the Hon:*" G. M'Lean and was not nominated as 6uch. . Dividend, £1 6s. Time, 2min. 31sec. . TOKOMAIIUKO HANDICAP, Ofßosovs. One and a-half mile. Mr Stephenson's La Hose, Bst ... ... 1 Mr River's Don Jose, 6st 101b ... ... 2Mr Greener's Trapper, 7sfc 131b .... ... 3' Riccarton was scratched. :■ The winner waV " never stretched. Time, 2min 50sec. Dividend, £115s. HANDICAP TROT, Of3ssovs. Thrte miles. Mr Poole's Bvangeline, 65sec ... .«.•' 1 • Mr Beaton's Foremost, 50sec ... ■ ... 2 Mr Craig's Jimmy, 78sec ... ... ■ ... 8: The other starters were:— Duchess (scratch), ' Jack (50sec), Folly (55sec),Boojum (6Qsec), Reefer (75sec), Maniac (75sec), Maggie (80sec),7 Antrim (85sec). Evangeline won easily. Time, 9min36|sec Dividend, £4 12s. The Novel Race, of 40aov8, was won by Mr Cotton's Hector (Bst 81b), Mr Kett's Jack Spratfc ~ (6st 31b) being the only other starter. DISTRICT HANDICAP, " V Of2oaovs. One mile. Mr George' 3 Shamrock, Bst 81b : ... ... 'i~ Mr Oudaille's Louis Phillipe, Bsts!b ... ... 2 Mr Dunne's Uucle.Tom, 7sfc7lb .... ... 3 Land Leaguer (who was a hot favourite) and Toko also ran, but the latter bolted off the course 200 yds after the start, and Shamrock won. Time, lrnin 58sec. Dividend, £4 7s. PUBLICANS' HANDICAP. - ■ ' OfSOsovs. One mile. Mr Stephenson's La Eose, Bsfc lib ... ... 1 Mr White's Jealousy, 7ct ... ... ... 2 Mr River's Cheap Jack, SEfc 81b • ... ... 3 Molly Bawn (Bst- 121b) and Riccarton (7st 21b) also started. Won in a canter. Time, 2min 54seo. Dividend, £110s.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 7782, 28 January 1887, Page 2
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