TARANAKI SPORTING NOTES.
(BY WIRE. EROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Plymouth, Dec. 28. The Taranaki Summer Meeting was held today. It being glorious weather, there was a large attendance. The following are the results of the various events :—Maiden Plate, If miles: Maroro, 9st, Crozier, 1 ; Atlantic, 9st, P. Johnston, 2 ; Bradshaw, 9st, Peachey, 3. Dividend, £2. Time, 2min 25 2-sth sec. First Pony Race: Storyteller, Brown, 1 ; Poppy, Reilly, 2 ; Fly, McLauchlan, 3. Dividend, £4 13s. Time, Imin 7 2-sth sec. Hack Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs : . Elukem, Stevens, 1; Volley, Wilson, 2 ; Tattler, Cudd, 3. Dividend, £2 6s. Time, Imin 19fsec. Handicap Hurdle Race, about 1J miles : Recruit. P. Johnston, 1 ; Atlantic also started. Dividend, £1 7s. Time, 2min 37 l-sth sec. Spring Handicap, 1£ miles: lonic, Stevens, 1; The Orphan, Reilly, 2 ; Tattler, Cudd, 3. Dividend, £2 Bs. Time, 2min 50sec. Second Pony Race, 1 mile: Storyteller, Bst, I ; Poppy, Bst 71b, 2 ; Tanariwa, 7st 81b, 3. Dividend, £2 Bs. Time, Imin s£sec. Welter Handicap, 1 mile: lonic, lOst 111 b, P. Johnston, 1; Nugget, 9st, Cudd, 2; Thunderbolt, 9st, Stevens, 3. Dividend, £1 Ils. Time, 2min 51 l-sth sec. Farewell Handicap: lonic, 9st 71b, Johnston, 1 ; The Orphan, 9st 51b, Stevens, 2 ; Nugget, 7st 31b, Reilly, 3. £1,741 was put through the totalisator, worked by Cosen and Stock, of Napier. The Manaia Meeting on Saturday was well attended, £1,500 being put through the machine. The following are the principal results : —Hurdles: Baccarat, 1; Recruit, 2. Cup: Tattler, 1; Javelin, 2. Dividend, £4 14s. Time, 2min 50sec. Tallyho: Sirius, 1. Dividend, £8 4s.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume II, Issue 75, 31 December 1891, Page 4
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264TARANAKI SPORTING NOTES. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume II, Issue 75, 31 December 1891, Page 4
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