WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 151, 15 June 1893, Page 3

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

Following on the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s gathering, the Wellington Racing Club will hold their annual steeplechases on July Bth. The nominations received on Tuesday night are very satisfactory, there being 15 in the Trial Steeplechase Handicap, 24 in the Hurdles, 26 in the Wellington Steeplechase, and 17 in the High Weight Handicap on the flat; but there are only 7 in the Ladies’ Bracelet ? Can it be that we are short of gentlemen riders nowadays ? Perish the thought! The South Island horses engaged are not remarkable for number, and I am sorry to see that neither Norton nor Kulnine have been nominated. The pick of the North Island nags are, however, in the Hurdles and Steeples. The weights are due on the 26th inst.