Sporting.
—♦— CHRISTCHURCH RACES. August Handicap, of 115sovs. Six furlongs.—Boreas 1, Double Event 2, Manawanui 3. Time, 1.20. Div. £2 6s. Hunt Club Cup, nf 60sovs. About two miles and a half.—Coastguard 1. Puketoi 2, Rambler 3. Time, 5.26.1/5. Div. £3 3s 6d. N.Z. Graud National Hurdle Race, of 500-sovs; second, 75sovs; third, 25sovs. About two miles.—Uinsloposiaas, 9-5, 1, Misfire, 9 5,2, Fireworks. 9-5, 3. Beaufort Steeplechase, of 150sov3fc two and a half miles.—The Friar 1, Violence 2, Morag 8. Time, 5.11.4/5. Div. £3 3s 6d. Second Hunters' Hurdles, of 50sovs. Once round and a distune".—Knkn 1. Roslyi 2. Tatnarangi :>. Time, 3.1»>. Div.' x'2 2s. Final Hurdle's, of TOsovs. Once round and a distance.—Fireworks 1, Flirt 2, Arquebus 3. Time, 8.7 1/5. Div. £3 13s 6d. Islington* Handicap, of 115sovs. Once round.—Maremma 1, Sir Agnes 2, Swordfish 3. Time, 1.475. Div. £1 16s 6d. Hunters' Plate. One mile and a half,—Piccolo 1, Walrus 2, Balcairn 2. Time, 2.575. Div. £4 8s 6d. August 15. • In the steeplechase yesterday, three riders had limbs broken. Six horses fell.
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Opunake Times, Volume VII, Issue 307, 17 August 1897, Page 2
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175Sporting. Opunake Times, Volume VII, Issue 307, 17 August 1897, Page 2
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