SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7842, 7 June 1905, Page 2

SPORTING.

ANTICIPATION a FOR AUCKLAND (By "Moturoa.") The (Jioat Northern meeting willfoc continued'to-day, thb priocipnl event being the Great Northern Steeplechase. Through th« surprise victory of Irit-h in the (J rout Northern llurciie Hate must of the double combinations are knocked out. ! The l rogramiuo opens with tho ' Orakci iiuriDe Knee, ono mile ivjid( ' thruc- iutti tcrs. On Saturday's running l«i<ly llunc and Newtown must ;be hard to bent, and the finish may lind —Lady Hunt: 1, Nowiown 2, Morehu 8.

Of the eight acceptors in the Ilnnfurly Handicap J like the chancos of St. Harp, I'earl Neclilet, and, Nervine, who may linißh in that or-" der. Then follows the Great Northern Steeplechase. L'i»-to.date has been doi 111; good work since his return j from Australia, and, is looked .upon, to run a good race- ilpjdn is reported to hav« come on since the Talnpuna mooting. He ran tifth in the Great Northern Hurdles, and slio.ild render a (food account of himself in to-day'K race. Kaitera will liavo the Kervic.'s of I'ercy Johnston, if started, but has been under the suspicion ot unsoundness lately. Defoe does not appear to possess much ol* a chuncj, as he lias failed Imdly in his schooling essays and baulked at his first obstacle in the Maiden SteepJt'Chaso on .Saturday. Inniskillen and Wai'iurero will be bard nuts for the top weights toi crack, the latter having bud luck in not securing lirst place in tho Great Northern Hurdle Kuce, for when the inishap occurred Irish was under tho whip whilst Waitarere was gaining; gjround fast and was not under pressure. To sum up * difficult problem I should pllacc—Up-to-dato 1„ Waitarere 2, Haydn 3. Tho tissue of the Itanuem Hundlo Race, two miles, l o oks open. Trumpery, Cavalry, Irish, and Levant should make an interesting go of it. I like thorn in that order. Backers are set a stiff projjilcm in the I'rince of Wales' Handicap, seven furlongs, nineteen having paid up. I have great respect, for Chivalry. Others that mual run woll ore Full Cry, Homeo,' Exmoor and Geordie. I wiJl give jny vote to—Chiiv«li-y 1, ltomeo 2, Full Cry 3. In the Tally-ho Steeplechase, throo miles, Major, Dingo, and Tuni are a. likely trio. If Nor'-wcst is reserved ho would take a lot of beating, fcut he is more likely to go for the big event.

The X'ony Welter, six furlongs, ia the last item on the programme. Tho finish may find Fashionable, (iirton Girl, amd Sonoma in the lending; positionSi (Received June 7, 1.18 p.iu.) The Epsom Handicap entries in* elude the New Zealand hordes -Monijapoto (who is also entered for the Williamslown meeting) and Machine Gun. The Metropolitan entries Include Maniapoto, Mahutonga, and, Golden Knight (?)