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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7745, 22 February 1905, Page 2

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NOTES UY "MO'ITIU)A." Sylvan-He, winner o( the A.J.C. and V.K.C. Derbys last beacon, is not entered for the coming autumn events on tho other side. Sweet Null is reported to be amiss, liegulatiou's success last wick ul Iluwern represents his lirst win since I the Easter Handicap at Ellerslic. I Pari tutu cost 120 guineas as u yearling. j 'flic ex-N'ew Zealunder Cuntc'.'ii is entered for the weight for iige eventt, at the Victoria meetings. I Gladsome figuies amongst the nuiii'bor leftjo contest the next Futurity Stakes at CutillicUl on the :2.">lh Inst. The race in question is run over s.t'Ven furlongs, al weight-for-age, with a scule of penalties and ] allowances. (Jladsoinc will have to ; carry Kill. penally, which means thai jlier imiiost wiil be 'Jut 71b. At present tlu-iv are 15 olh'ers ranged up against (iladsome, amongst which is ilhc Champion Stakes winner Hinir.

lloAiisan, who was gul'oped on in the Wellington Cup, and cut about a good deal, has recovered sufficiently to take easy exercise. I Fiel-.l Mattery is reported to have pulled up lame one morning last week [audit is very ddubtfu'i whether he I will stund another preparation. "Phueton," writing on Paritulu,

states :—Paritulu furnishes n good illustration of what can sometimes be attained under n severe course of racing and travelling, for that Jervis (ieorgo had "made" a horse of | the Castor gelding is a point that | does not now admit of dispute. In looking up Paritutu's record I find that he was last season pulled out on no less than 18 occasions. He made a start at Canterbury in August; from there he went on to Wellington and Auckland, from where he was re-shipped back to Tarunnki, and from there travelled lo F.gmont. The Auckland autumn meeting found Paritulu agujin in evidence at Ellerslie, and after a flutter at Avondnic he was sent back lo • Egmont, from Ithence travelling on to W'anganui. Tlw A.lt.C. winter meeting again found the Castor gelding at F.llerslie, and ;n the following winter he wound tip a hard season at Welliugtoi*. This season Paritulu was early | on the scene nt the Avondnle spring nieeting in Septeiubeiv Travelled to I Wellington, he comjioted at the Hutt in the following month, an.l doubling hack to Auckland], he was found at Ellerslic in November, December, nivd January. Taknpuna was his next trinl ground, and iheii the |groat amount of travelling that he had gone, through apparently mnde itself felt in a bonclicial form, for on being taken to Tarnnaki he capiured tho two principal events r.i th" T.«I.C. gathering, and gJing on lo Hawera he won the. Kgniont Cup. Jervis (Joorge is eniitl.Hl to a fustclass certificate tor patience with FaritutUj, for with 17 failures out ■)!' 18 starts last season agalust the bay gelding, there wnt\ U u'i'-t '•« udindttei, some reason for him to be 'discouraged, lly the way, in tiie course of lvseaiches regarding Puritutu's career, I have discovered that it is quite wrong to refer to hhn as a veteran. The New Zealund Turf ltegistei\, it is true, returned him as "aged" when he ran his first race. That, however, is incorrect. l"urilutu was foaled in 18<J9, so that he is now only in his fifth year. The Dunedin Jockey Club commence their autumn fixture to-day. The meeting will he continued on Friday and concluded on Saturday. The undermentioned may be worth following :

Au in inn Hurdles, one mile awl throe-*juurUTs.—Slow Tom.. | (iladbrook Welter, seven furlongs.— Heirloom. (Jhumpugne Stakes, six furlongs.— GlenuwJcl. Dumxb'n Cuj), one mile and a-huVf.— Stepdaucer, or Lady Wayward. 'trial l'late, fix furlongs.—Stepaside. .Stewards' Welter, seven funjongs.— Tirole. Herwick llock, live furlongs.—Metloid. | i'uLKicaiis' Handicap, six furlongs. —AI aster Alix, or lleulete. ' The Woudville Jockey Club's au- ' tunm meeting will be held torduy uud to-morrow. The following should | luke some beatiug in their engagements : I Alaideu l'late, one mile.—Trephine. I Hack Hurdles, one mile and vhivcijuai'ters.—Trumpery, or Tulune. IWiurili Hack, one iuMe.—-Fuucy-|work, or lliiierewo. j Woodville Cup, one mile und aUUurter.—Uokl Crown, or Stiu»!i O ot. I County Hack", six furlongs.—Cyrene or Dalky, I President's Handicap, seven furlongs.—Ngatarua, or Ziisku. , | Victoria Hack, one intye and a dlstuncej.—Waitoa, or Funcywork". | 'Uf.ephone Handicap, live furlongs. —liallarat, or lioyal Flush. Acceptances for Wanganui are duo lon Friday, 21th insl. Also nominations /or the Alanawatu U.C. Third Manuwutu Stakes.