SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81893, 23 November 1906, Page 3

SPORTING.

SOUTH CANTERBURY RACES. SECOND DAY. I'd" Press Association. Timaru, November 22. November Handicap, six furlongs. —Volodia 1, Mango 2, Silk Web 3. A 1 stalled. Dividends, £5 7/ and 1 j/. Jockey Club Handicap, one mileSavoury 1, Lady Lyauors 2, Thunderer 3. All started. Dividends, x,i i«/ and £ s 17/. Hack Handicap, five furlongs.— Monkey Puzzle 1, Hope Deferred ->, Silent Member 3. AH started. Divi-uc-nd, £3. Stewards' Welter Handicap, six turlongs.—King's Guest 1, Rosebioom 2, Grandstand 3. Clementine and Mango were scratched. Dividend, £5,3/ and £1 15/. Seadown Trot Handicap, one milt and a-half.—Starborough 1, Prince Randall 2, Queen Mambrino 3. Eleven others started. Dividends /(, n/and £l2. '*■ Rangitata District Handicap, si\ iurlongs—Harvest 1, Bombastes alio latuna (dead heat) 2. Dividends, £3 bj, iql, and £l. Farewell Handicap, six furlongs ie sera 1, Jolly Roger 2, Lady Landon 3. Four others started. Dividends, £8 3/ dnd fr 4 ;_ TURK TOPICS. (By 'Moiuroa.") It is renewed from Melbourne thai Solution is to be retired tut ilie au- ■ umn. fne "Referee'' states tliac L. 11. Hewitt has been ottered a large retainer to ride m England tor Mi Lionel Robinson. Chivalry's name appeared among die runners at John Wrens (uniogisicred; meeting 111 Melbourne rccent- ')■• Ine geiding was made favunu or the Ascot i tiousanu, but taileu to gam a place. The'race is run over a distance of five furlongs am. ilie -take is 1000 sovs. Advices received Horn Melbourne, sajs t.ie -S.Z. Herald,' state that it " ""likely Mr Stead will send any of his horses to compete in the Auck:anci Cup. Maorilanders will hardly appieciaie the reputation the colony na>gained in America fur Sabbalhbicakmg. A .New \crk sporting paper siates that in future racing m -New Zealand .will only be permiaco on Sundays and holidays! Tne brood niare JacUith, with I'usc,idon a toal at foot at the time, Has sold u the Messrs Moses by Mr K. H. Daiigar, of Neosheld, so tnat to the latter belongs the honor of bleeding the crack unw-ycar-jld of the year. The Messrs Mose, U ad the pleasure of selling Poseidon for 500 guineas, and Mr u. R. Robertson tne profit of winning two Derbies, lira Cup-, and some smaller events wild him.—Sydney "Referee." Occasionally an owner gets so much wrapt up in a horse that he will refuse more for it than what lie know, to be Ms value, writes "Pilot." Ju-i at present R. \\. Patter-on has reason t3 congratulate nimself hat he did nut let sentiment run away with him in regard to Solution, and Uiat, attei winning a lot of money with lier 111 Sydney, he seized the o'ppoituiuty 01 selling when a goud price was luitliconung. 1-or nor ne W owner Solution nas won a couple of weight-for-age races, but as in all probability the prize money and whatever bets he may have landed, did not nearly cover what he dropped over her in the two Cup, and the Flying Stakes, it is fairly safe to assume that she now represents an expenditure of £SOOO, which will take a lot of recovering, as the mare is bound to get penly of weight in the handicaps, and in race* from a mile and a hall upwards she will find lWidon the stumbling block. When Solution won the Metropolitan, many were of opinion that, although she appeared to be ycing so well yvithin herself, she could scarcely have travelled any faster if anything had been able to tackle her just at the end. Seeminglv they were not so far out, as she wa's unable to raise much of a stiuggle when Posiedon came at her in the Caulheld Cup, while in the Melbourne Cup she wa, in trouble as soon as called upon. No importance attaches to ner Flying Stakes defeat, as she was palpably knocked out by her Cup ctfoii, and though at weight for age sue is not equal to Po-eidon, she is probably .the best ot the older division on whose terms up to a mile and three-quarters, if not two miles. Owners are reminded that entries lor the Taranaki Jockey Club's ■Christmas Meeting dose with Mr Mussell Fleetwood at y p.m. on Monday. For further particulars see advertisement in this issue. A Bill was innoduccd into the Legislative Assembly of West Ausualia oil November 1 which will have the effect of preventing any uew racecourse In wng opened in West Australia for the next iwo years without the sanction of the Colonial Secretary. Only courses in existence on October, id- '■- >• i'l be recognised unI o'er the B .■ euuency of the , measure v -, 0 yt -;, rs only, as 'he G>, v recognises dial . within ti..„ it will be necessary to bung forward new and com- ■ prehcnsiv.f legi-iation for the regu- : latiou and couirol of horse-racing. - THE KING OF SEPARATORS. The "Me'otte'' boldly claims tin-. title and is wiling io contest its right ' to it against all c»iiiers. JuH li-icn ' a moment while we tell vou the wav ' »f the light draft ; in other words uh> e it takes 33 1/3 per ccnl. !os- power V e drive ii. Of course you know thai s one of the main reasons of 10-s of pnw er is friction. Now the "Me'otte' is practically friclionless. The bow '" and spindle are suspended and self '' balancing and the one point of fric n lion is encased in ball bearings. Com " r pare this with others that have a top w heavy bowl and several plain bear K ings with the consequent increase! f " amount of friction. Anyway, yoi a sliou'd do yourself the justice of exam 'e in-ng a "Melotte" before you buy You will not then have cause to blam vouiseif afterwards. All informatioi from the local agents,—WlLSON c s ; NOLAN, Devon street, New Ply 10 mouth. re —.—™———.——~_____ THANKS ie <. rriHE Committee of the New P!j l". Jv mouth liranclt of the Unite r ;. Irish League desire to return thanks t all who assisted at Thursday night 1 p. copceri.