Canterbury’s First Steeplechase – 4th August 1864
As ‘The Press’ reporters made their way from their Cashel Street offices to the Riccarton property of Edward Jerningham Wakefield, they noted the sudden increase in traffic – especially difficulties being caused around ‘…Triangle Corner…’. It was such a reoccurring problem that the area (the intersection of Colombo, Hereford and High Streets) had earned the …
