SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7752, 2 March 1905, Page 2

SPORTING.

NOTKS BY "MOTU'UOA." The Wanganui aulumn meeting >mmences to-dey, ami will be colluded to-morrow. The fields for t flay's eight events are well up to tin; veragc, and should result in some iteresting racing l . The first ..event, he Stewards' Handicap, has twelve ccoptors, Black Reynard heading he handicap with 9.2. Last week i the Woodvillo Cup, the son of leynard, with 71b less weight, cut mt the ten furlongs In the record j imo of 2min 7 l-.">sec, making all | lie running ;■ und without going into urther details I shall take Illnck leynard to win, wit-h Ngatarua and vnraroa close handy. Tl'.c Juvenile Handicap, six furongs, may be won by Multifld. The West mere Hurdles, two miles md n distance, should provide an nteres-ting go, and to make a sulecion 1 shall take : Inniskiiton 1, I'rumjiery 2, Miss King 3. Then follows the Tayforth Hock iurdles, about one mile and threeluarters, for which Valkyrie, Stepliar, and Irish appear to have a :hance, and may finish in tie order lamed. Klevpn remain in the Cup after the inal payments, j-Scofiy occupying the post of honour with 8.7, just 41b more than hj« carried in the Auckland Cup, when he acted as runnerjp to Mahu tonga. J'aritutu has shown some good form, hut I [ancy with a difference of 21b Scotty fiolds him safe. Melodeon ran a sterling race in the Wellington Cup, ivith 7.6. Ho neat has no performances of note to recommend him since being taken up after a long spell. At the sumo time he is reported to 1)0 looking very well. Uhoorka, judging by his performance at Dunedin, appears to have struck form again, und his chance looks very bright with 71b more than he carried to victory last year. Heroism has been whispered about us the correct pea, but he is such an unreliable customer when the silk is up that I am afraid I must pass him and give any vote to Scotty, 0 hoorka. Melodeon. The Pet re Welter, one mile and a distance, may be won by Sulnnarin* or Regulation. The field for tho Wlritoa Hnck, on< mile, promises to lie the largest foi the day. This race appears oi»on Noteorini, Grenade, and Maui shoul< run well up. The Flying Handicap looks verj open. Solution, Stronghold, Hal larat. Aurutus, and Muniqpoto havi all won races within the jjuwt weel or so, and no doubt this race wil provide a close go. I will name So lution, Ballarat, and Stronghold. The Ha wife's Bay Jockey Cluli'i Hustings Stakes, 1900, and Hawke' l)oy Stakes, 1407, will require th attention of owners to-morrow.