SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7953, 17 October 1905, Page 2

SPORTING

NOTES BY "MOTUROA.'i Whilst riding Loirct in tho rukotapu Hack Race at. Napior last r.Thursday, Hutler got forced 'on, ta thi) rails, ami tad his boot badly ripped. Loirct was second favourite, and appeared lo( have every chance of .winning | whan tho mishap happened. Whilst O'G'onnell was giving Cavalry his preliminary canter for the llurdlo Haoe, the saddle slipped, anil O'Ccnnell was thrown. Luckily, ho escaped with a shaking, and able to rido in the race.

The New Plymouth pair, Cavalry and, Heroism,\ rani in thoir «ngagements

Mahutonga, on •the strength of liis win in the Park Stakes, was made n strong favourito for the Racing Club Handicap. Tiro big ecu of Quilt had £296 invested on Ihe machine, out of a total of £724. The local representative tor the New Zealand Cup, Mr J, George's Pnritutu, is reported te be looking fit and well, and will be taken on to Ricearton at an early date. The Castor gelding will have to show considerable improvement | on hia Avcndale iand Wanganui perform* ances to have chance against Mahutonga, Nightfall, and Co. Mr Pugakl Thompson was in town on Saturday.-

The winning jockeys at. Napior, Park werei D. Ivemp and A. Oliver, three each ; D, Barron, F. Davis, J< G'allangher, J. lluchanun, two each; K. Milne and W. Kirk, one win each. The substantial dividend of £9 18s paid by Flying Spark on the Kaikouri Hack Race at Dunedin on Saturday came as an agreeable surprise to several local punters, ivha followed the gelding on the strength of his running in the Hack Handicap, on the first day of the C.J.C. National meeting. In this event a field « of seventeen faced the starter,- Flying Spark having no less than/ £595 invested on his chance on the machine. Hq was slow off the mark, and was also lame, yet he managed to run into third place behind Jolly Friar and Stepaside. In Saturday's event he was making his second apt pearance under silk.

FLEMINOTON NOTES, FLKMINfiTO.V, Oct. 10. Kinir covered n milo in lmin 17 sec, Tartan and Warroo five fur* longs j'n Step OiVl and irarmony ten furlongs .in ,2min IS sec. ManiaplotO did useful work. The horse's colli is improving. 'MarHlonl and Mollusc went a milo Rod a half in 2niln <l(ssec.

CAI LIMELU Oil' BETTXNGi (deceived Ocl. If, 'j p.on.j MKI,I!OfHN r K, Oct. 10. Betting business over the Caullicld (Jup is the greatest known since its inception. Itoabdil is supported to win £IO,OOO at from 100 to . r > to 8, closing 'at; 10- to 1; Rollor i.IOOO at 100 to 7 and 8, closing at 12 to t. Torah is favourite at IS to 2, closing at- 6 to 1 ; Troytown £(so(.'n at 100 to .'!S ami 3. ltosomend £6OOO at 100 to 5 mid 6 Marvel Loch £3OOO at 100 to fl Steprut £4OOO at 100 to 8. Sylvanite is scratched for the Mell bourne Cup.

'(Received Oct. 17, 1.2, a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 10. There is a local run on Boabdil for ' tho Caulfield Cup. Iloabdil is backed to win £7OOO and £BOO from 25 down to 10 to J. Maniapoto has receiveii, little support at 20,t0 1.