THE ASN RACING GAZETTE

Sylvia Handicap

Official ASN replay · January 2, 1900

St. Olga takes command in the Sylvia

C&D game used: PLAAY at the Races · PLAAY Games · ASN historical adaptation.

Sylvia Handicap · Ellerslie · 6 furlongs · 8 starters

St. Olga wins the six-furlong Sylvia Handicap under J. Chaafe, jun., ahead of Motor and Minerve. The replay has eight finishers.

Matamataharakiki leads at the first recorded checkpoint. St. Olga heads the order from the second furlong onward and stays there through the finish. The historical report’s disputed placing is separate from this ASN result.

Recorded leader after each furlong: 1: Matamataharakiki; 2: St. Olga; 3: St. Olga; 4: St. Olga; 5: St. Olga; 6: St. Olga.

PlaceHorseReported jockeyStatus
1St. OlgaJ. Chaafe, jun.FINISHED
2MotorW. StewartFINISHED
3MinerveTateFINISHED
4Lady AvonAbbottFINISHED
5Cannie ChielHolmesFINISHED
6BeddingtonJ. GallagherFINISHED
7LandlockW. GallFINISHED
8MatamataharakikiBuchananFINISHED
Sources and replay limits

Original scan uninspected; names and numerical OCR are provisional. Aleger withdrawn and excluded. Contemporary result lines and narrative disagree over third place; later appeals also exist. No historical placing enters these cards.

Card abilities, neutral styles, equal rider priors, NORMAL going and the randomized draw are Estimated ASN setup. The recorded replay pace is SLOW. No historical finish was substituted. Horse identities remain provisional and event-scoped; jockey labels are not merged into named careers.

Elapsed time and margins: unavailable. The leader checkpoints are derived from the verified replay journal.

Auckland Star, 3 January 1900, page 3, Racing News. Full indexed OCR; original scan unavailable. Fields, investment figures and some spellings remain provisional.

New Zealand Graphic, 6 January 1900, page 14. Indexed race-report cross-check; original scan not inspected. Conflicting readings are retained rather than silently resolved.

New Zealand Herald, 3 February 1900: Mimoa spelling cross-check only. No later performance enters ratings.