INCREASED STAKES
WELLINGTON RACING CLUB. NOMINATIONS NEXT WEEK. The Wellington .Steeplechase, the big cross country event at the Wellington Racing Club’s winter meeting, has been increased to £750, while several of the other events have had appreciable additions made to prize money. Other cross-country events at the meeting ar«? the Marin Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase, of £259, about two miles and ahalf; Matai Steeplechase, of £.’500, over the same distance; and the July Steeplechase. of £450, about three miles. The class hurdlers are catered for with the Trentham Hurdle Handicap, of £350, one mile and three-quarters, and Winter Hurdles, of £5OO, two miles and a-quarter. The chief attractions on the flat are the Whyte Handicap, of £30(1. one mile, and Stewards’ Handicap. of £3OO, six furlongs (first day) : Parliamentary Handicap, of £4OO, one mile and a-quarter, and Members’ Handicap of £3OO, seven furlongs (second day i and Winter Oats Handicap. of £350. one mile, and Onslow Handicap, of £3fH>. six furlongs (third day . The highweight. on the middle day. is run over a mile and three furlogs. Nonmations close with the secretary. Mis* D. E. Bray, at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 19.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 6
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