Forbury Park TCS Winter Meeting Concludes
Dunedin May 26 heavy going marks final day of the Forbury Park TCS Winter Meeting. Peninsula Handicap winner King Pirate leads a 1 2 3 finish with Lady Wild and Royal Rothschild. Improvers' Handicap sees Lilly Dillon prevail. Park Handicap goes to Dunspey over Ade laide Direct and Moorland. Farewell Handicap prize goes to Willie Lincoln with Will of the Wisp and Inwood third. Total investments across two days fall versus last year.
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Dunedin
Peninsula
King Pirate
Lady Wild
Royal Rothschild
Smin
Lilly Dillon
Oxendale
Kiwi
Park “Landicap
Dunspey
Adelaide Direct
Moorland
Willie
Lincoln
Wisp
Inwood
Qurin
Wanganui Jockey Club Winter Meeting Concludes in Cold Showers
Wanganui May 26 The J C eight winter meeting closed in cold weather with a large crowd despite showers. Totalizator turnover for the day £27,554, compared with £29,960 last year, bringing the meeting total to £54,823 versus £54,030 previously. Concluding results include Rata Hack Hurdles Kohinahina Waioture Montana winning by three lengths. May Hurdle Handicap Bon Reve Leonta Sir Fisher won by 2 lengths in 6m 28 25s. Kimpire Handicap Gang Awai Kauri King Lady Middleton placed second. Farewell Hack Handicap Endure White Ranger Pohehe won by a length with a half-length between second and third in 1m 22 45s.
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Wanganue
Wanganui Jockey Club
Waioture
Montana
Bon Reve
Leonta
Sir Fisher
Gang Awai
Kauri King
Lady Middleton
Endure
White Ranger
Pohehe
Imin
Stokes Gun Gains Fame at Front in War News
Reports praise the Stokes gun as a fierce short range weapon feared by the Germans. Inventor Mr Wilfred Stokes of Ockham near Ripley explains how a friend's view of total war inspired his design.
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Times
Stokes
Ockham
Wilfred Stokes
Ripley
Surrey
Lloyd George
Daily Mail
France
Race meetings kept despite wartime strain at Trentham Camp
At the opening of the Trentham Camp Hospital ward Wellington Racing Club president Mr J B Harcourt spoke against reducing or halting racing during the war. He argued cessation would harm owners and workers, deprive the State of revenue, and that railways and manpower needs justify continuing races.
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Wellington
Trentham Camp Hospital
Wellington Racing Club
J. B. Harcourt
England
Doan's Ointment Cures Piles Says Christchurch Testimony
Mrs G. F. Scott of Addington reports long relief from itching and bleeding piles after using Doan's Ointment with permanent results. The advertisement urges immediate purchase, noting cures in thousands of cases and offering post by Poster McClellan Co. Sydney.
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Dean
G. F. Scott
Cotterill Street
Addington
Christchurch
Doan
Scott
Poster-McClellan ,Co
Pitt Street
Sydney
Doan’s
Children’s Hacking Peppermint Cure Sales Note
An 18th century advert lists a “Great Peppermint Cure” for children described as helpful against hacking and woes. The price is shown as 1s 6d, with an additional 6d shown in another column.
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Foster Clarke
Symington
Cross and Blackwell
LEGGO
Nestle
Atlas Block
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