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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VIII, Issue 370, 26 August 1897, Page 8

LUr" t~nU ‘iN ati on a 1 ' Meeting, had to be content with second place, being beaten by Manakia, Little Minister third. The race was full of interest owing to all the horses, with the exception of Walrus, refusing at the fence opposite the stand. Walrus then established a long lead, but his rider unfortunately took the wrong course, and before he discovered his mistake the other horses got over the fence, Nanakia winning by half a dozen lengths. There were no serious accidents. Note of the Canterbury hunters have been nominated for the Dunedin Hunt Club Meeting, having engagements in Canterbury at the time of the Dunedin meeting.