NELSON.

Otago Witness, Issue 2409, 3 May 1900, Page 46

NELSON.

Thir city tised to lord it- over the other townships of the "West Coast in the matter of racing. Nowadays the sport there is neither better nor worse than that which is provided at 20 or 30 lesser towns in the colony." It is all a question of getting the horses, and that depends upon the value of the stakes. I aia afraid that Nelf>on cannot expect to get the better clasg southern horses yet awhile. It is too long a journey, to a place that leads nowhere. But the trip to Nelson is only a. short one from Wellington, and when the Nelson folk can afford to double their stakes they will, I think, attract many Lor.-es from the North Island. It is from that quarter that nio-t of thp visitors went to the meeting reported in this issue. The Cup winner, however, is locally owned, or, to be exact, he belongs to the adjoining district of Marlmorough. Hotu, ov. Ned by Mr A. Rore, is a five-year-old gelding by Foulshot out of Westlind. The next day the Wairarapa horse Ruamahunga got a turn in the chief event, ami then, trying to give Holu weight in the V/aimea Handicap, was defeated. ""These are hor&es of fair second-rate quality, and as hinted above, T have hopes of this meeting in the future. The meeting immediately under notice was somewhat unlucky in the matter of weather. Rain fell on' the first day, and the second day was dull. Owing to this cause, and the absence of Mr H. "Redwood's horses (which were isolated on Rabbit Island because of a flood in the Waimea River), the totalisator takings were smaller than last year's, the totals respectively being £3793 and 54004-.