SPORTING.
THE 11ECOKD SUCCESS OF NEK ZEALAND HORSES, ' SYDNEY, Sept. 13. ino phenomenal success of the Newi Zealand horses yesterday is the ono topic of conversation in sporting circles. Machine Gun, despite hig thumping impost, made light of the opposition and acted up to his New Zealand; reputation of being a sprinter of unusual excellence.
The field for the Metropolitan was the smallest since 1897. Maniapoto allowed Fashoda to load him on suf. ferance, and instead of knocking un at the mile, as his Epsom. Handicap indicated, in a twinkling, and witn a brilljancy hardly deemed possible atf the tail end of n. bitterly won raoo, he left his followers as though thej! were hotfoled.! To all but a comparative few, Maniapoto's success: was a prodigious surprise, culminatt ing In groans os ho entered the ctm closure; but if Inconsistent, 'hd proved himself a great galloper, The Herald says : "Never in tho history of the turf of Australasia has suoh a scries of successes been achieved, ami in future the day will probably be known] as >Ncw 2ea« land's Day.' "■>
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7924, 13 September 1905, Page 2
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180SPORTING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7924, 13 September 1905, Page 2
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