SPORTING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 800, 18 January 1910, Page 3

SPORTING.

[“By Eari.y Bird’’]

Lord Soult is striding along pleasingly at slow work, and may be a starter at Foxton,

Alf. Wright has the half brother to Rangihaeta in work, and he seems to take to the business well.

Jim Hathaway and George Walls brought two horses each by last night’s train, to compete at the local meeting. Darkey Peters, who had charge of Lord Soult in his early career, is among the visiting trainers with Moree and Red Seal. The former strides out well, and on Waikanae and Pahiatua form, seems a likely sort to pick up the Scurry here. Lady Medallist and Crucinella are two speedy mares in the Wellington Cup, and both are being supoorted by the heads. Equitis, another of the feminine sex, is coming in for much support for the Railway.

Kilindini may repeat the Auckland Railway dose at Wellington on Saturday. She is good, but has still Armlet to defeat, though there are no Salutes in the party, Foxton acceptances, which close to-night, promise to be' fairly large. Local punters are sore over the likely defection of Sir Antrim from the Wellington Cup. The pony did not pull up too sound after exercising ou the local track yesterday morning, and even if he can be got to the post, this scriba will not have him to land the bullion attached to the Wellington Cup. Clarence O’Neil put in an early appearance at the meeting with Conquestiua, Captain, and a two-year-old by Sir Laddo. Captain has plenty of size, and O’Neil says that when the big fellow only strikes form he will show that he can gallop as fast as his size suggests.

Waipaku is said to be well up to the collar to run out the Wellington Cup race. Billy Price will have the mount on Toney Messena’s crack mare on Saturday. It is said that with age Waipaku is not so flighty away from home, aud accustoms herself to distant surroundings with more ease than in the past. Foxton possesses at least one budding Mark Twain, if the humor of an utterance hulled at the alleged writer of these columns can be seriously taken. Said scribe, in a deadly combat with the tonsorial artist, became relieved of the hair that flowed majestically ou his upper lip. No sooner had the alleged “ Pfarly Bird ’’emerged from the hairdresser’s saloon than a Foxton urchin, noticing the absence of the once fascinating “ m 0.,” ejaculated with some emphasis to his bosom pals, “Book, chaps ! Here comes the ‘ Karly Bird ’ without his feathers !” For up-to-date wit, this takes some beating, and on behalf of the alleged “ Early Bird ” this scribe bows acknowledgement. There is a future before that lad !