SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 78, 6 April 1904, Page 2

SPORTING.

'AUSTRALIAN RACING. (Per Press Association.) ADELAIDE, April 5. The Great Kastern Steeplechase resulted Syringa 1, Isis 2, Drummer 3. Eighteen .started. Mirriwu dropped ileal) at the start. Won by lifleen lengths. Ti»i« limin l,"ise('. Dividend £5 45. : SALK OF YEAULINGS. tltcceived April ti, I.IH a.m.) SYDNEY', April .j. AL the yearling sales a GraftoriPatrona coll realised 50lJgs, a Uaut-iiiii.ii-lliU'le.y colt 050gs, and a Wal-laco-.St.ui Alice colt llOOgs. The latter was pm chased by Sir liupert Clarke. A full sister to Sweet -Nell was passed in at 150Ugs. AUCKLAND AUTUMN MEETING, AUCKLAND, Apvil 0. The Auckland 1 lacing Club's meeting concluded to-day in line weather. Totalisalor receipts were £D2B3, liosults : Maiden Hurdles, one mile and three quarters —Ttthoe 1, -Native Uose 2, '1 urn a. All started, Won easily by four lengths. Time ilmin 25 3-ssec. Dividends £2 15s uivd jl'i 10s. Criterion Handicap, six furlongsLady Hose I, Woo'dmount 2, lloeo Madder 3. Scratched—llolf and tnatoniu. Won by a length. Time imin 10 l-ssee. Dividends £7 8s and £2 Us (id. Autumn Handicap, one mile and a huli—l'loat 1, Kumeo 2, Miss Lottie 3. Sci'atched—Wuiriki. Won easily by three lengths, 'lime 2mm 38 2-5 sec. Dividends £3 -lb Od and JU Is. lit. lleliera' Hurdles, mo miles Up-KMlute 1, Aku Aku, 2, Princess of Thule 3. scratched—Huydn. Won easily by three lengths. Time Smiii ISsec. Dividend £2 Is (id. Wulter Handicap, one mile—Newtown 1, Numa 2, Geologist 3, Scrat-i:lrt-d—Wuiktilo. Won by a leugtli and a half. Time lmin 11 3-ssec. Dividends £l2 and £1 lis. J'ony, Handicap, live furlongs—Orange and Blue J, Sonoma 2, Forth 3. Scratched—Annoyed, Avalanche, and Vulpine. Won by half a length. Time lmin -lsec. Dividends £2 12s ami £1 7s. ilucklaiid Handicap, seven furlongs —Madrigal 1, iltiuLupu 2, Lady, Annie 3. 'Scralt'.hitb—Crecy. Won by. a nose. Time lmin 28 3-ssec. Dividends £5 3s Od and £5 lis. Victoria. Handicap, live furlongs— Gwcnaid 1, lleuu Seuton 2, St. ltomness 3. Scratched l —Promotion. Won easily by three lengths. Dividends £3 2s od and lis. C.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING* CIIIUSTCHUKCH, April 5. Tlve C.J.C. meeting was continued to-day in gloomy, weather, rain falling at intervals ami making the course heavy. Totalisalor investments for the meeting amounted to £'.13,071 ,->s against £22,51'J last year. Kesults : Peerswifck Hurdle Handicap, one mile and three quarters—Catherine Gordon 1, lioller 2, Slow Tom 3. .Scratched—Scottish Minstrel, Levant. Won by two lengths. Time 3 mill 2.") l-.jsec. Dividends £7 (is and £1 (>s Od. Autumn Nursery, five furlongs— Golden Lily I, ltiibia 2, tliiryseis' 3. Swatched—Signalman, Somarotl' and (Juicklire. Won easily by half a head. Time lmin 1 2-">sec. Dividends £2 and lUs. Valdhurst Welter, seven furlongs— Djin Djin 1, lllackatone 2, Jtoyal Crown 3. Speculate was scratched. Won by a length. Time Jmiu 30 'l-o aec. IHv'i'denils £l2 lis, £1 Os, and £3 Ids. (.'real Autumn Handicap, one mile and a half—llulawuyo 1, Grand I.npiun 2, Welbeck 3. Scratched—M/irtian, Sychem, Stepdancer. Won iiy three parts of a length. Time 2tnin j 3(i -l-f>sce. Dividends £3 12s Od, 10s ' Oil, and £1 ss. Twelfth Challenge Stakes, seven furlongs—Martian 1, Treadmill 2, Machine Gun 3. Scratched—Golden Lily, Signalman, Tessera. Won easily. Time lmin 2D l-osec. Dividends £2 Js, £l, and 11h. There wns a hostile demonstration against the winner. Templeton Handicap, six furlongs— j I'etrovna 1, llapi>y Home 2, ICrem- I Jin 3. Cerise and Blue was scratched. Won eusily. Time lmin 16 4.-5 I sec. Dividends £7 Oh Gd, £2 12s and £2 2s Oil. Addington Plate, five furlongt*Ciirickllru 1, Conul 2, Onlnunce 3. Zeechino was scratched. Won easily. Time \ min 3 l-ssoc, Dividends £7 3s, £2 7s Od, and £3 lis tkl. Final Handicap, one milt—Secret Society "J, Terrapin 2, King Stork 3. Scnrtehed—Djin Djin, CUnburn, The Mohican 1 . Won b,y a length, 'lime lmin -11 sec. i>iv'i'dends £5 lbs Od, £1 15s Od and £1 335. FEI LDiNG-SEOOND DAV. FEILDING, April 5. The weather waa showqry, but attendance good. Results ; Denbigh Stakes—lilack KeynardJ, Uullarat 2, Heliua 3. All "started. Won by 'half a length. Time lmin ID l-osec. Dividends £0 2b and'£l ss. Awahuri Hack Welter—Kalpetlpeti 1, Waipawa 2, Gold Trip 3. Scratched—Tomoiraii'gi. Tiuw lmin 59 3-5 eec. Mivideii'ds £2 5s ami £] -Is. Kinil>olton Hurdles—Midia 1, Mourner 2, Killarne.v n. All started. Won by a length. Time 3inin 21) 2-ssec Dividends £2 Us and £3 15s. Oroua Hack llurdles—Lurcher 1, Lissn 2, Pushful 3. Scratched— ToU<dn. Lurcher led «U Wllv . Tilna Jinm ,)0 J'ivhlomis £.7 (}s »uw! J7K. I'-astor Jliiinlicap—('onvoy i, Mdodeou 2, Shra|inel 3. Scratched—Halberdier, 'Vole. -Kid'den in heavy 111111, and won by three lengths. Time -una "sec. Dividends £2 Ills ami £-1 Kewa Hack Handicap—Gawain 1 lioldwai 1!, t:,,| ( | |i r ,.,|g,. ;i .seratch-eii-Kaipetipeii, Tomoirangi, The (■'in. Time lmin lis l-risw:. ' r»i\ideuds £l2 (Is and £1 4 S . Hack Scurry—Land o' Cakes 1 •VA.II. 2 llimirevva 3. ScratchedMm mga, , )M Trip, Delamere, Triolmin"')'!; • "J','""- , C!,slly ' Ti "»e J.™ 1 J * 1 - Dividends £0 ins nn d Makino Welter Han'dirap-Kvhna I i.as.so (.owrie 'J, Si. AH,,, ;i . "lulled. Halberdier and Maxell Ml 'l'y """■•■ A ,i„ish. M j- Dividend* .tfi

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Jufft aa the plMtft ipWW Had raft l tied past the post in one of the Hfeaflr I at Feildlng 011 Monday an ''absent* minded beggar" started to crow the course. He was promptly bowled over by one of tho "also startdds/* which was careering after the vanguard. The man turned over languidly, gazed vacantly round, th«o grabbed his watch from the grqiuui* ami retired to meditate on tie upp> and downs of life. Says tire Hawke's Bay Herald Tho victory of Mr S. 11. (Jollan'g- ; horse Moifaa in the Liverpool l grand' National Steeplechase haß aroused l some curiosity and not a little argument us to the moaning and ties correct spelling of tire horse's nattier* Ah 1J it 1 name as registered with the Hacing Conference was Moifaa, and tho horse raced under it for two seasons without question, and as 110 application has apparently been made to have it chunked', the name remains as registered. And It U as Moifaa that the horse is entered for all his engagements. But we are informed that the name selocted tow the horse was tho Welsh word Moifind (swimming), a name chosen as being apiiropriato both to the sire, Natator, and tho data, DeoMgh (tho name of a Welsh town). Another name, suggested, which might'have been still more appropriate for tho diflicultios of promulgation was the word Moifadwar (a swimmer), but it was considered that a Welsh rarebit of thla description would. scarcely be appreciated except as a linguistic duriosity. Apparontly in the race Moifaa got over Valonthie's and Beecher'a brooks and other water jumps without his natatorial proclivttiea being broug-ht into play. >