SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 81, 9 April 1904, Page 2

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES, April i:i—Waipa Racing Club April U, 13, Hi—Auckland Trotting Club DATES Oi' COMING EVENTS. April 2—Great jNorthsrn Chanipagns Slakes. April 2—A.R.C. F.aster Handicap. April -I—Great Easier Handicap. April 4—A.R.C. Century Stakes. April s—Great Autumn Handicap. April G—AJI.O. Autumn llandku]). April at—North Island Challenge Stakes. April 23—Now Zealand Ht. Loger Stakes. May Jl Hawkcs liny Cup. WELLINGTON KACINO CLI'H, ('UOIUlposWy- 55.1.1,[ .1,1,1) WELLINGTON, April 8. The Wellington Racing Club has decided to run a live shilling totalisutor at the autumn meeting. The stewards have taken exception to the Weekly Press, Christchuwh, commending on the Con-voy-Gladsome protest prior to a decision iyrfng given, and have instructed their representative to take action at the July meeting of the Racing Conference in order to prevent a recurrence of the same, WESTLAND RACES. HOKITIKA, April 8. The autumn meeting of the Westland Racing Club was concluded in showery weatheii. Results i~ Miners' Purse-A walk over for Magnilicent. Electric Handicap—Sensation 1, Ohio 2, Craftsman ;,!. Dividends £2 His and £3 Ts. First Trot—Dolly Vni'den 1, Fichu 2, Hiscovgry li, 3. Dividends tii fs audi ill 4s. liurdles-Edairl, Dr. Bill 2, Jloeraki 3. Dividend £,% BSi Racing Club Handicap—Abiaydos 1, Craftsman 2, Artillery Maid 3. Also started—Magnificent and Apprentice. Dividends.£2 Is ami £1 2s. Second Trot—To Ilau 1, Security 2, Darwin 3, Dividends £8 9s and i7s.

lit the Disposal Handicap Hlneifiu beat Oracle., i\o investments, Farewell Handicap— Abaydos 1 Sympathy 2, Artillery Maid 3, Dividends £J Ha and 19s, A sum of £!)272 went throuHi the machin* (or the two day*,. TOTES, (By Moturoa.) lieg'ulntion was bought as a yearling for XO srultteafc May, tile dam of nidation, was a twin foal. Emir, followed up liia brilliant eflorts at the v.H.tl. meeUag by easily accounting for the A..J.C. ' St Ledger .Stakes. , Regulation, thu full sister to flt-t-Tului If. won the .A.U.C. • Eu f ster Handicap on SaiUirday in very line style. siu,rsh.*>i was bought as a yearling for "T-IO gMuc,as. Spalpeen's half-sister. Air Motor, won the Kawson Stakes, one mile and a furlung, at the last lloselnll meeting, iV.S.W., carrying her easily by three lengths from iielah. in tho fast time of lmin S:JJ lllne Paul, the Senton l.VlavulLuily Ledger j)on.v, that went to South Africa after a good career here, reowntly met with an accident ut DiirlAm thai necessitated his destruction. Cressy, by Soult, won tho principal event, nl the Jiosehill meeting on March I'JUi. Thu five, shilling totulisator proved a popular Uiiiovution ul Iticcarlon on Monday and during tho day 5502 tickets were issued, the live shilling investments totalling £1;-I90 10a, Tho Purirua horses, Ostiak, KawIri.l Sea Ijion, Clovelly, Whanglanioana, Position, Sir Galahca'd, Hamuli, KliUank, and the yearling will bo olfered for sale in Wellington on the 22nd instant. Vladimir has won three of the most important handicaps nt Jticcarton, viz, the Stewards JUmdioap, the Winter Cup, and the (.'rent tiaster Handicap.

iu JI ' KS ll'iiu forty-seven well perlonucd horses have been engaged m the Thompson Handicap including representaliics from nil pails of the colony.

I'.lspeth, the full sister of Cordon Itoiige was made fuvourile for tile Onslow Stakes drilled at Ellerslie on Saturday lasl, but she never got up with (he leaders. Macro and I'aritutu, who each curried the colours of Mr J, George, sulVered a head and neck defeat, respectively in the races they contested at Ellerslie on the opening day of the A.U.C. autumn meeting. King Log, who was taken to South Africa some time back has not so far earned winning distinction there. The well-known Australian horseman, W. Southull, met with a serious accident while riding the New Zealandcr Northumberland in India recently. Something nearly sensational endue oil over the Tramway Handicup ut Auckland, on Saturday. liolhcr, i'aritutu, and Geologist, iinishing in that order, fought out the closest finish of (he day, tlie race being won by a neck, and the third horse. Geologist, living only a head behind I'aritutu. There were only nine tickets on Geologist, which meant a divident of iU(i(J had he Mr F. Walson has issued a writ nguinst the Crown, claiming £5Ol damages for injuries sustained Jiy his mare Okouii recently. The mare l||ecame enlangled in the loop of a telephone wire whilst .being walked on a road at the Hull. The case is to be heard in May. Some marvellous times were recorded at the Wainiatu lI.C. minimi meeting. Happy Homo is credited with running six furlongs in Jinm Usee, or lijnal to the. New Zealand record. They say that either the timekeeper had n slow watch, or the last inins must fiinw diiunk the course a bit.