SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 208, 18 September 1903, Page 3

SPORTING.

?B PBXSS ASSOCIATION. Sydney, September 17, The Herald says the bittle in the Craven Plate was a great one. Wakeful did not have a smooth passage {along, and was beaten inside tbe distance, but had' Cruciform come on from the borne turn instead'of waiting for the favourite, it was more than probable she would ba*e turned the tables on Ibex.; The race was tun at a clipping pactall tbe way, .and the Telegraph says unfortunately Wakeful was the vietio. of some inteif jrenoe after passing the six furlong post. It appeared in attempting to improve her position a* that l point she was disappointed, and dropped back to last, and was ; never able to recover the lose ground; so tlu suspicion may linirr that she was not fairly beaten. G. ueifnrm was giving Ibex-perttaps"two length? start'when the last furlong was en'ered on, and when called upon at that point Waftf ul could make no impreesioo, but Cruciform'slficfc 66 the task with such grim determination and gradually overhauled Ibex, and only failed to win by a shor: bead. Received 18,0 59 a.m. Sydney, Sep f ember 17. Mr Stead, with Cruciform, OrLff, Cnrfew BeA, and Barley Bree (half sister to Malster), his latest purchase, leave for-New Zealand on Saturday. Awahuri is scratcheJ for Saturday's ttespleohase. It is reported he has broken down so badly after yesterday's race that possibly he will never sport silk again.