SPORTING.
- " «F NELSON RA.OKS. [Fbom thh Pbess Agency.*] NEMO*"tf, May 3. It was a beautiful day for tSe raoos, and the attondanoo was fair. Thero was a temporary telegraph oflice on the ground, whioh «was a groat oonvonionoo to tho publio. Maiden Plate 5 H miles. Morninpr Star ... . ..,„ 1 $ir Waitor .* 2 Ganisborougb. . ... ■.'" Bandsman and Moose also started. It was 8, well oon tested raoe throughout, and won by a longth. Time— 2min 27seo. Handicap Steeplechase, of 60 soys, addod to a swoop of 4 bovb ; eleven aocoptanoes. Butcher Boy ... 1 DickTurpm .„ ... ... 2 Tapanuaka... ... .» ... 3 Nicholson rod© Butcher Boy splendidly. Don Juan's ridor fell at tho fourth leap, and tho horso bolted. Sultan took tho lead, and kept it till tho wator jump, when he fell. Nero, Whalebono and Merry Morn wero ■oratohed.
Railway Pilate, of 60 soys • weight for ago j two miles. ! Guy Fawkes ... ... ... 1 Tre'ißon ... ...,• ... ... 2 ! Folly 3 I This was a gift to Guy Fawkes. Time— 4min-88co.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2531, 4 May 1876, Page 3
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161SPORTING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 2531, 4 May 1876, Page 3
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