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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8784, 11 April 1907, Page 3

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\ Wellington R.G. Acceptances. j Per Press Association. t Wellington, April 10. The following acceptances have been received: — Hurdles, lf-railes. Aasayer ..11 0 Bl'kßeynard 910 Pawa .. 10 5 Kangitoto .. 9 0 Levant ... 10 0 Watwetu Handicap, 7 furlon<rs. JEolu3 ..94 Eoyal Blue "84 Mahuta .. 8 9 Seaman .. 8 2 Probability 8 6 Blazer .. 710 "VVirral ... 8 G Scotch If eel 7 5 Grand Slam 8 5 Kurawaka... G 7 SILVEESTIiEAM HACK, 7 flU'longS. Merrie Rose 9 0 Moata ... 7 8 Armamento 812 Hiro .. 7 8 Truthful ..8 2 Molocli .. 7 7 Mataari .. 713 Swim'ing Belt-7 0 Gaiety .. 710 Gold Guard G .12 Thompson Handicap,; one mile. Mnnjeet .. 9 2 St. Joe ..78 Piuk'lhi .. 812 PasSuel ... 7 2 Marguerite 8 10. Mahufca ... 7 2 Lord Soult 8 4 Helen Portl'd 7 1 Audits ... 8 2 Pontenoy .. 7 0 Contender... 7 12 The Lark .. G 9 Sulimarino 711 Sliorl'k Holm's G 9 Mystification 7 9 Chatterer .. G 7 llailway Handicap, six furlongs. Pull Bate ..90 Martollo .. 7 G Lord Soult 8 13 Helen Portl'd 7 5 Contender... 8 5 Sunbonnet... 7 4 Gaivain .. 711 Sea King ... 613 Volume .. 710 Platypus .. Gl3 lady Annie 710 Savoury .. 613 Medallist ..7 0 Chicane .. 611 Pldnket Nuesery. 5 furlongs. Gold Crest... 9 1 Happy Maid 7 6 Oxton ..8 4 Pair Sand... 7 3 Tinakoei Hack, five furlongs. MerrieEoso 813 Gauze ..7 2 William ... 810 Ancycle .. 7 2 Kaiuku ..8 7 Waihuka .. 7 0 Erl King ..8 5 Saga ... 7 0 Moata .. 712 K'inloch ... G 7 Compass . ■ 7 8 Clem .. G 7 final payments, N.Z. St. Loger Stakes—Blazing Star, Golden Cairn, Grand Slam, Volume, Mijngista, Seal Bock. N.I. Challenge Stakes— Glonculloch, Gold Crest, Chinivag, Downfall, Achilles,

By “Turf.”

Mr Henrys’ adjustments for autumn meeting of Manawatu R. 0., 24th and 25th inat., ara due tomorrow. Acceptances close on Tuesday next, and not on Friday as intimated in the “Refer e.” The Feilding J C. made a hapdsorae profit out of‘its recent Easter meeting. The exact figures are not available.

A. Attwocd, of Feilding, has ap exceptionally strong, numerically speaking, string of jumpers under his care at present. Aorangi is one of them who promises to score ere long. The Mahaki horse Mahpta, 7.2, is considered by most tho pick of the Thompson Handicap. In straight out quotations ho figures at 8 to 1, The Lark, 6.0, also reads particularly well in.

The failure of iEolus to capture a race at the recent Auckland Easter meeting same as a surprise to a good many down the South end of this Island. In the Autumn Handicap on Saturday last he was sent cut a better favourite than Master Delaval from whom he was in receipt of 14ibs. The best yEolus could do was to get intp fourth position behind Master Uhlander and Jferitutu.

Betsy, by Euroclydoh, who has been on a visit to Boult, and the orphan foal by Boult by Dedora, which has been reared by hand, are to be brought to Manawatu witl) jEjlus during the next few clays from Auckland.

Volume, oa Feilding form, should make things interesting in the N.Z. Sc. Leger, |o be run at the forthcoming Wc-liington meeting. The crack sprinter I sole, owing tp wind aff- otioa, has, it is paid, finished her racing career. She is to be taken through to Hawke’s Bay, witfe k view to, after wintering tfisre, being mated with Birkenhead. W. Price made a special trip tp Auckland last week to ride ißolus ip the Autumn Handicap laet week, but the combination was an unsuccessful Final payments for Manawatu Stakes and for Champion Hack Plate are due on Friday* April 10th, Rongoa, who was destroyed as the result of a bad fail in a steeplechase at Eandwiek last Saturday, was formerly a well known performer in New Zealand. He was by HiochnessMagnesia, and last' year won the Wellington Steeplechase. That onee- brilliant mare, Murlwai, dam of St. Joe and Ana, has succumbed to the ravages of the botflyFeilding totalisator figures aggregated for two days at recent Easter meeting, were ahead of Auckland. They were respectively £31,436 and £29,345 10s.