WELLINGTON R.C. MEETING.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 21. The \v;ather in the early morning was threatening fYr the first day of the Wellington R.C. meeting. The attendance w*as fair. As the meeting advanced light rain fe 1, accompan ed by a strong wind. The course was somewhat heavy. The totalisator investments! wore £11,538, as against £11,464 for the corresponding day last year. Book- - makers' fans- were £362^r.V;. First Hurdles.—Exmoor 1, Whatakura 2, Kairoma 3. Also started—Aorangi, Eurus, Paparaehi and Narcotic. Won easily by four lengths. Time, 3.19 1-5. Waiwehu Handicap.—Toa Tuhi 1, Martyrium 2, San Fernando 3. Time, 1.34. Also started—Maiora, Probability, First Mate, Whistlecraft, and Moscow. Won by a short neck. S lverstream Handicap.—M'ss Mischief 1, Vinco 2, Black Pearl 3. Also siart<?d—Wraiwareware and Togo. Time, 1.31. Led all the way and won by three •lengths. . , Thompson - Haijidicap.—-Aborig'ne 1, Consolation 2, Sir Tristram 3. Time, M 3. Also started—All-Ited, Master Soult, Fiitaway, Los Angelos, Czar Kololiol. Waipaku, Sunbonnet, Ballarat, Snndstream, Effort, Merrie Rose, Roosevelt, Aboriginal, Abferbrotbock, and Perolina. Wron all the way by two and a half lengths. North Island Challenge Stakes.— Provocation 1, Bobrikrff 2, Eiysian 3Time, 1.29. Also started—Taskmaster, Thistledown, Diabolo, and Maori King. Won easily by a length. . Plunket Nursery.—Xylophone 1, Nautiform 2. Kilwinning 3; Time, 1.3. Also started— Perle DOr, Boanerges, Glissade, Ainbala, Aema, Royalty, Mas-. terful/ftac? Collar^ChiiuveMn and Undecided. Led all the way and won by a head. " ■ . Railway Handicap.—Mon Ami 1, Advantage •§, Wimnwra 3. Time, 1.16 1-5. Also stu-ted—Courier, Gipsy Belle, Diamond Star, Sir Antrim, and Rockferry. W:on by two lengths. Courier fell 100 j'ards from home, hut the rider (Deeley) \yas not seriously hurt. Tinakori Handicap—Hilarity 1. Nylatid. 2, Ulufitrious 3. Time, 1.7 3-5. Also started—Te Ru, "C nqueror, Miscast, and Ukraine. Hilarian came away with a, fine run in the straight, winning by a length.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12203, 22 April 1909, Page 5
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