Racing Results.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 447, 16 February 1899, Page 12

Racing Results.

PAEROA DRUIDS’ RACE MEETING.

The annual picnic race meeting of the Paeroa Druids was held on the local racecourse on Saturday last. The gathering was favoured with fine weather, and the local people made the occasion a holiday. The consequence was that the attendance was large, and among those were many Auckland and Thames visitors. The following are the results :—

Hack Race, one mile. Robin Adair ... ... 1 Puia ... ... ... ••• 2 Cora ... ... ... 3 Time, tmin 50sec. Hurdles, one mile and a half. Natation ... ... ••• 1 Orena ... ... ••• ••• 2 Woolman ... ... ... 3 Time, 3min Isec. Druids' Cup, one mile and a half. Boadicea ... ... 1 Knight of Athol ... ... 2 Yattenfeldt ... ••• 3 Time, 2min 42sec. Trot Handicap, two miles. Scamp ... ... ••• I Trotaway ... ... 2 Tony ... ... ••• 3 Time, 7min 53sec. Flying Handicap, six furlongs. Puhia ... ... ••• 1 Knight of Athol ... •• • 2 St. Ona 3 Time, Imin 18sec. • Maori Hack. Milhara ... ... ••• ••• 1 Kora ... ... •• • ■■ • 2 Navigator ... ... ... 3 Forced Handicap. In this event Orena came in first, with Yatten" feldt second, and Native third. A lot of jostling had been indulged in, and as Knight of Athol, according to the representations made, had been run off the course by the interference of Orena, The event was declared no race by the stewards, who disqualified Reuben Teddy, the rider of Orena, for twelve months.