SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7760, 11 March 1905, Page 2

SPORTING.

RACING f'IXTunES. liKKj. March 15, IG—Napier Park Racing 1 . Club March 10, 17 Stratford Hucing < Club I .March 17—Waimate It.(J. Annunl '( March 17, 18—Horowlienua Hack 11. >, C. Annual r March 17, 18—Ohinemuri J.C An-', nunl | March 17, 18—(Jreyniouth Jockey « dub ■; March 22, —Nelson Jockey Club !j .March 25—Thames J.C. Autumn l.arcli MO and April I—Wellington ' Hacing Club April :i, 7—Avondale J.C. Autumn April 5, G—Manawatu J{.C. Autumn April S;~10—li«:fton J.C. Autumn April .12, i;j—Southland Jt.C. Aui (li inn I April 12, i:>— South Canterbury J.C Autumn April 22, 21—Wairarapa It,C. Au- | tumn I April 22, 2-1., 25—Auckland Itacinir i Club \pril 21, 25—Canterbury J.C. Autumn April 21—l'ateu K.C. Annual April 21, —Feilding J.C. Autumn April 21, 25—Kumara B.C. Autumn April 27, 28—West I and B.C. Autumn May li, -I—Marlborough . K.C. Autumn May il, I—Hawke's Bay J.C. Autumn Mny 6—Christ church K.O Autumn .May 10, 11—Egmont R.C. W liter ilay 11. 12—Ashburton County K.C. Autumn Mny 2(1, 24—Tnkapuna J.C. Winter Mny 21, 25—Wanganui J.C. Winter DATES or.' COMING EVENTSI- - Zealand i March I<s—Stratford Cup April 21—Great Easier Handicap April 25—Grcnt Autumn Handicap KELSON RACING CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING. HANDICAPS FOR FIRST DAY. NELSON, March 10. The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Nelson races : First Hurdles, one mile and threequarters.—Magnificent 11.13, Defoe ai.l2, Valkyrie 11.6, Dr. Hill 10.10, I Warwick 10.0, ltino, I'uraki, Ktvl j9.0. . I We|}er Hack, six furlongs.—Cerise lund Blue 10.9, Itlesbok 10. H, Black Squall 10.4, Fancywork 10.2, Tynan 0.11. Trwha 9.7, Bekapai 8.8, Merrio Bell, Gold Guard, Naikawa, ChevaT, Monitress 8.7. Nelson Cup, one mile and a quarter—Sandy 8.10, Tercelet 8.9, Ngatarua 8.7, Free land 8.0, Count of Kolmar 7.7, Benefactor 7.0. Coxswain 7.0. District Hack, six furlongs.—Blesblok 10.1), 'lVna n 9.12, Rekapai 8.10. Gold Guaixl B.S), Cheval. Mars»illes, Monitress, l'urakai, Waiwest, Keel 7.7. | Grandstand Handicap, six furlongs —Sandy 9.4, Narcotic 8.8, Kudu 17.13, Coxswain 7.12, Count of Kolmar, Rose Petal, Contingent 7.8, .Ceriso and Blue 7.7, Cure 0.11, 'Glory 6.10, Tiwhn 0.7. Hope Hack, one mile.—Defoe 9.11, Black Squall 8.9, Fancywork 8.7, Merrio Bell, Blue Rose, Scrapiron, | Jack 7.0, Cheval 0.10. Harness Trot, two miles.—Czarine acr, Scotia 4sec, Dick Stevens Bsec, Tornado 9sec, Companion 20sec, Glen (late I'ilot II.) 2.'isec, Dick Allien i!2sec, Brokleigh 30sec, l'lough Boy isosec. Guy .IGst-c, King Teddy 38sec, Temile 40sec, Elia Huon 14 sec, Tableau 15see, Corbett 52see. NOTES, BY "MOTIItOA." Ballurat's performance in the Flying Handicap at Wangunui, lmin 11 1-ssec, is a record for Six furlongs on the Wanganui course. Judging by Trumpery's f|performoncc in the two hurdle events at Wanganui, the grey mare should have royal time during the winter meetings. No less than eight meetings will be in progress next week—Napier, Park, Stratford, 'Horowhcnua, Waimato. Tologa Bay, Ohinemuri, Northern Wairoa, and Greymouth. I Tulune and Mocassin have beci. nominated for the Onknparingo Racing tyuli's meeting next month. I The Hon. J. I). Ormond has purchased the mare llinetaura and the fielding Tonderghie from the executors of the late Mr G. E. G. lticliardson.

Quarrymnn is the tenth four-veai-u old that has succcoded in the Want ganui Cup. e The figure paid for Maniopoto by r the syndicate of local .sportsmen was 1 £llOO, The registered owners are' y Messrs' H'. E. Goofl, H. B. Curtis, e and W. T. Glenn. I Young John Rae, who met with a s painful accident returning from the t South Auckland ruees, necessitating ' the amputn'tion of his foot from bor low tho ankle, is a son of the vetepian trainer of that name. The un- ' 'fortunate young "fellow had shown - coord promise as a rider, and aitr ready had several winsi to his crods it. fl Mr S. John Buckley is getting a - largo string together, bis latest pur- . chase being Phuetonitis. Hapids' ran well at Wanjranui, and . I properly placed should achieve winf :ningi honours before long. One of the latest methods in Eng--1 land for little backers is what is the "first away" system, viz 'I to be on the horse mentioned by an -1 agreed report as tho first oIT. Few i bookmakers will take it—and the [ majority of those who do don't scti tie. II Uliyl, the half-brother to Moifaa, [ made his re-appearance at the Dan- . ncvirkc meeting in the First Hack | I Hurdle '.Hacjp. He run very disappointingly, finishing last. , Gold Dust, winner of the. Dannc- • virko Cup, won the same event two years ago. He has shown no form : for some considerable time, his last success being us far back as January of last year, at Hastings. FishermaKl (Fiske —Waitouia), winner of the Trial Hack at the abovementioned meeting, is a stuble mate of Shrapnel. Turejio came to grief ill the Fixing llandicup. S. Reed, her rider, escaped with a shaking. 1 We hear a good deal about popular wins, but nineteen out of twenty 1 times the favourites prove successful |« their victories are popular, no mat- * ler to whom they belong. t The Waaganui Cup has furnished c many surprises since it was first es- 1 tublished in 1871, but only on a c Jew occasions during the time the 3 totalisaios lias been in u.s_> has a < better dividend been paid than that t on (iuarryman lust week. a Quuiryniuu'.s' trainer told many n who asked him what chuncc that H horse had of winning the «i Cup that, although -lie was putting w on some money for Sir (ieorge L'lif- In ford, lie considered it (ike throwing ,11 money away. lis

The weights fo> the Thompsort Handicap are due next Monday, the 13th inst.

No Auckland owned horses are amongst the nominations for the Thompson 1 lamlisnp. Xervine, in winning the Trial Tlan-i dicap at the South Auckland meeting last Saturday, scored his iirst victory, r;1 1' a field of IT started for the Thompson Handicap. This veal* the nominations' for , this race number only -0, as against 17 last vear. The alteration in the date of llio meeting, which now comes before the C.J'.C. and the A.It.C, and other lOaster meetings, may not have operated to the advantage of the Wellington Hacing Club, who are Iho least fortunate of all the metropolitan cliflte in tho matter of racing dates. Hewitt has' hatf 'JO mounts in New Zealand this season, and has ridden 20 winners. Ihe weights lor the Metropolitan Handicap, the principal event lo bo tfSpidcd at thp Ureymouth Jockey Club's autumn meeting are :—Submarine 8.10, Cairngorm N.O, l'reolontJ 8.0, Clanburn 7.12, Abavdos ". 10, Idasa 7.(1, Will-u'-Wihp 7,': S. Hewitt talks of leaving ,\'ew Zealand and going either to America or England. He is very sore indeed over his disqualification. It is stated that noli less than £2OO was wired from Auckland 011 1 Thursday for investment on Scotl.v J in the Wnnganui Cup. * - K. I>ee)y, who has been attached ' to Koss Ilea ton's stable for a mini- ' bor of years, has severed his connec- ' tion with that stable. ] llaltic (Crack Shot—ChiquiUi) win- ' ner of the Telephone Hack at J>an- 1 novlrke thu second day, was former- ' ly known as N.A.1)., a«(i raced In 1 the Oisborne district. * A NEW ZEALANDIOIt WINS A 11 HIU I'HIZK. J 11 IIOHATIT, March 10. « M. Denniston, of Wellington, won 0 |(hu first prizo of £6OOO in Taller- 1 sail's \o. 1 consultation 011 the ? Australian Cuji. ii