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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 18 February 1907, Page 3

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RACING FIXTURES. Feb. 20, 21, and 23—Duncdin J.C. Autumn. !T;!s, Feb. 21) and 21 —"W'ootlvillc District J.C. Autumn. Feh- 27 and 28—Taranaki J.C. Au-. tumii. * March C> and 7—Dannevirko J.C. An-| nuftl. March S and 9—WangMiui J.C. Au-' tumn. I '' March 1;! and M —Napier Park R.C. Autuuin. March 13 ami 14—.Stratford R.C. Alt nua!. 'V March 10 and IS—Grcyinouth J. 0., Autumn. March 30 and April 1, 3, and G—j Australian J.C. Autumn. April 1 and 2—Fielding J.C. Easter Meeting. '* ' , April 1, 2.. and o—Auckland R.C. Autumn. > .-'I Vm, I

RACING IN AUSTRALIA. Received 10, 8.4 L p.m. Mei.uouine, February IB The Oakleigli l'latc resulted Berosiua 1, Red Clover 2, Splash 3. There were 19 starters. Betting: 3 to 1 (J.iptain Shannon, 4 to 1 Beresina. Won by a short neck in 1.9}. Bond Ouu: Alii'a 1, Realm 2, Kallir Pan 3. Twelve starters. Betting: 0 to 1 iladir Pan, 14 to 1 llealiu Won b] half-a-length in '2.-2 DI'NICDIX J.C. ACCEPT ANC'lili Per Press Association. Dtincdin, February IU. The following acceptances aiul entries have been received for the first day of the Dunedin Cup nijotin<;:— Hurdles. —Wonderful 11.1, Wii.l Cat 10.!), XareUsus 10.7, Pipe 0.0, Royal Shell 0.4, Antony 0.0. Gladbrook Hack Ilandicap.—lTarvest 8.5, Gypsobel. Cirosettia B.'-), Orosvcnor 7.7, Count Gorton, Soniati'i'iji, Ouidaforni 7.0, Sahara 7.11, Flavour 7.0, llio Grand (i.12, Lone Star, Souia, l!cd and Black 0.10, Prince Lnri*. Cavloa 0.7. . . . ( S(ikf : s\ —Oletoicuijioen, l). 10.( luidw ife 0.3, Bonny Glen, JalianDuiu'd'n Cup. Signalman 8.13, CrosKaticry H.li, Sti-p.liinn'v 7.», Laplaiul--7.3, Thunderer, Mollis. Tirole 7.2. 11c-roi-in li.ll. Secret. Astrakhan 0.7. Trial l'latc. —Flavour 8.7, (iolid Si);!it. Ara l<ei<rli. Imaginary. Order Caveolu, Knya'l Shell, Aiarania 8.4. Chameleon. Taliu S.O, Khania. Lone Slar. -lack Ashore, l'vetly Face 7.11. Antony 7.4. Steward*' Welle,iv—Rncelij'ncli 10.8, Oewiile 0.0. Scrap Iron .luck H. 13, Brighton 8.12. Kind's Guest 8.0. Aiwce Sonlt. 8.7. Speculate. Abusive 8.3, Apprentice S,O. lierwick Hack Handicap.— The Seer 0.0, Curiosity 0.7. Sun Severo 8.1: i, Disappointment 8.11. A: 'T 8.10, Stepaside 8.0. Order 8.8. Takam 8.8, Good Sijrht 8.0. Ta nu 8..">. Lady Devere 8,2, Imnjiiniiiy, Oliver, .lack Ashore 8.0. Publicans' 1 lan<lk;t[i. —t'fos* Battery O.IS. Bel Gauntlet. 8.12, Replete 8.10, Manjc.ss, (lolden Cairn 8.3, Kosebloom 8.0, Apollodoris. Firciron 7.12, Grand Slaml 7.10, Balsam 7.0, Aiujee Sonit (>.13, lied Horn 0.0, Tessera 0.7.

WANtiANUI WEIGHTS. Per Press Association. Wanganui, February l.">. Cup.—At-liilli's 10.7. Advance 9.7. .Multilid 8.13, Marguerite 8.12, Paritute 8.4, Armistice 8.3, Master Delavel 7.1:!, /.miniernmn T.'.l, King Billy, Apa 7.7, St. Joe 7.(!,Hlar Kosj 7.5, l'olvcastf and I'olvantlius 7.4, (ihoorka 7.3, Hour a»<|iie 7.2, Tnu-e 7.1, Stepdancr 7.0, Jl.o«DiKo, ((iriimJit, Ffelaml, Kill/' ilaid, l-'onlciioy, llly.heniaid 0.13, MlW* 0.12, Seal Hock, Lapland 0.10, o;i,sis liaitclcv, SunthiTii Cross 6.7. J'lvin" 1 .—Achilles 10.8, Isn't !, ..S, In nil 0.1, .Mar-juei-.tc !).0, King .U'Hy 8 13. Mr Trwtiam 8.0, Ooldon Gate and Kitehcnmaid 7.13, Medallist 7.10, IJelaand Intcliifince 7-7, « Claimer 7.0. ljcguatiiii, 7.:., Lollu* and »H >»'■' 74, M-.utello 7.0. Ttipono 0.12, Helm l'ortlaml and PcMes (i. 10, N'">iki 0.8. DAXSHVIIIKJi J.C WKLCiIITS. I Per Press Association

Uiristchurch, February 13. ill- Henrys as declared tiie fodo\vi° D r " ulck'llnrdles.-liold Dust 11.3, Uvin:!i 11.0, Oryx 10.3, Fretwork Mo»; slien, Aoraugi 0.7.. Matanki, Piiddv, Nubian Uou I).U. Mikirikin Hack Handicap.—lupono i,.U, Sweet Helen 8.0, Ma! iari, Marali"i Milb'iiia'i 8.2, TruUitnl, ( hicane uVrriwim.' 7.11, Vouchor 7.0, Marse 1lai.se, Te Uira 7.8, Merriu Kose 7.7, Moloch, iNaphtlui 7.0, Wailelho 7.4, Ke"ia 7.2, -Maid of Aslolal 7.11 (VJ.I),, llmiynhinn 7.11 ('- '>• Vaiura 7.0, I'lower Girl, I'lnck V . i> Daiuievirke Cup. - ; hanthns 8.0. MvsWic.itioii 8.3, Black Hevnaril 8.2, Probabe 8.0, Assayer 7.12, Ito'val liliie 7.10, Makikihi. Moral 7.0. Nova, Aboriginal 0.13, Silken Skein i;.]2, Ilimioliition. Kreeland 0.10, White

Star anil l't'Jivl Diver 1i.7. Tatmraile Vl-.uk VVeller. —lleserv.u', l)a:i Len.i !l.j, I'iinlaloon, Moloeli 0.4. 'IV lialmi !).:!, Lii.lv Null 9.2, Lomaria S.l;l. 'l'c Aiai !i.U. llf'n.ii'o.'k 8.11, liilt lev 8.«. Silti.s, Tiwl.a 8.8, (ioldllcld H/>. Ki'ist Imii.l. itoutim. 8.4, W'iiile S|iml! Slavey. Ai.i.ili,., T»|.11n5...' |sriH.k <;.-1d:n& 8.3, TiurisoiiiU AliiSnvi-ii. I'mlily, Speeiosa 8.0. Flvinu Stub'- - I.'. i.l Soull H. 4, 'l'.iiick ti.'viiavil 8.11). Si Claimer. Almriijiii:. i S.-l'. .1 S.:s, Declmali-m. Ot toulcr 8.0, Sweet Uolcii 7.7, S.oieli Heel T.2. Silken lU'iu <U2, WiH- Star 1,.11. Silver Shell ii.lo, Olivetti', Vunchrv (ill. Taim.ki \VcIU-r 1 lundic-np.—A.--ayer lli.l, llipponilla. 11.11, Ali.niyiiii.l !'.<!• ' Moral 0.1, E»RP«rov« 8.10, Jiiweal Ten-let 8,!). Immolation, Chatterer 8.8. \t:iu*«in ! .«l IU, Uiilrfiuu s.:i, Silver slid I 5.2. MerrUvinfr, Dan l.cni) 8.1,

I Mnloih J'earl ]cv, Wairakaku S.O. Hlpctra lla.-k liaiuli.ap.—Miivan-i H I. Ka'..ki\ 8.1:5. Chicane 8.12, Celerity 8-8. Tin- s'lUiiltiT. Knjfinw. 8.4, SI. Mara 8--. Slrnt'iliHan. >Sle|»roir 7.1:1. ,■ 'hartre.i-e, llaiiira 7.12. Lupelite 7.11. nun,' FuHinn.'.. I'lii.'U 7.10, 1 'Aiiiknkii 7.», I'apaiawa T.'i. Culinina;i.ni Via hi 7.1, Kiitcri*-, Tihi 7.3, Clin• Lcli Little Mary, Investment. Proma, Creent.y, firey.lawii, 'Mrs Crawley «.10 t ltewligo 0.1), Secretary, Miss HiWiik;'. Laily I'et, The Dove, A'luuii;(.'laying Jiiue U. 7,

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l»y "iMoturou' ! At tlu! J'gmont .Racing Club's iMeeting, C. Jenkins rod*.' live winners anil (J. Price four. Hie small lields contesting the Produce Stakes was eauseiFJ-l am informed, by the prevalence of inlluenza in some o ftlie Hawura stables. Jlr O'Connor is an ideal starter, as was exemplified by his excellent starts at the Kgmont Meeting. The Tara* naki Jockey Club are to be congratulated on securing Ihe services of such au official for their i'orthcoin'ng meeting. Sonic owners complained strongly of the dirty condition of some of the horse boxes which the railway authorities provided for conveying their horsc.; io the IlawiTa meeting. H is ;rather unusual for two horse;; in one event to be disqualified for not drawing tlie correct weight, but such •was the case in the lnana J hick Kaee. This sort of thing must' be rather annoying to an owner, because his horse receives extra weight for winning without receiving a stake or a dividend. It is rather tbjlk'uU to understand how a rider can weigh in correctly without loosing or adding to any of his weight in the meantime.

Envoy, a winner or tiie Egiiiont Produce Stakes, is by Musketry out «t Sijiiit). dam of Convoy, and anil appetfr:n>ces slioiild luve been made favourite, bu! instead of thai the gelding was tho .mlsider of the lleld ami returned tlie "ood div'deml of L'-l 17 s. For r..mc reason other tlie l'niduee il-.es is generally (-.jntested by .1 small lieM. and lee Club may take into consideralion the matter of deleting t hi.. event from their programme later on. Marguerite won the Cup with apparent ease. In sombe quartet?) the ;iuave is considered to be equal, if not superior, to tlut good mare Solution. Seaman, who is in llie Davies' stable, was lucky to lie returned a winner on the Kiicond Uav. The. gelding is by Sylvia Park—Pretty Polly, and (ban' only be classed as a moderate animal. The excellent finishes witnessed, at tiie meeting rellected great credit on the liandicappcr, Mp Geo. Morse. The race for tli'e Cup wasone of the [ best events at the fixture. On entering the straight live horses raced in line for some considerable Uistaneo, eliciting a cheer from the spectators. ' 'ln the last nice Pcarlie was backed ;as if she couldn't possibly lose, and •wonid have returned a very small dividend had she won. The mure has vet io show that siie can negotiate six furlongs successfully. ' The peculiarly-named White Lie is a ■ black mare by Merriwce—Fib. ' Of the successful horses seen at the meeting The Lark and Rustique should each earn a winning bracket shortly. Those who witnessed Gleimllin's two performances on the first day would have nothing to do with the horse on the second day, when he ran quite a 'different race. Evidently the longer ilistanee was more to his liking. l'olycaste was made favorite for the Atkinson Memorial Stakes, but never once Haltered the hope of her supporters, as the male ran second to last most of the journey. On tiie lirst day Capulet ran last in

the Wiiaroroa Hurdles, which was won by Aqua but on the second day Capulet had no diiliculty in winning the hurdle race run over the same distance in 2 l-sscc faster time. It c«rtainy appeared to be a case of ineon"sisteut running. Inconsistent running, foul riding, pulling, and other objectionable practices associated with the turf 'havc been mucn too frequent dur- ! ing tlie present season. There is scarce I Iy a meeting held without something of ! the kind taking place. | livery owner does not run for the -takes alone, for, in fact, many could not nlfovd, to do .so, 'therefore the} naturally look forward to receiving ae large a dividend us possible when they invent money oa their horse's chance, in order to obtain this the animal is allowed to inn on several occasion? when, for the beiielit of the public he should be labelled "'not wanted on the journey,*'' but the simple public do not know this and are led to muler-rate the horse's ability, and consequently when the horse is "wanted''' a good dividend is the result, which only the knowing ones participate in. This class of owner appears to be getting rather venturesome lately, and there is a chance that hefove long a steward with a more watchful eye will call -onio of these men to account, and the blow wiil fall with a sickening thud, !:iit uo' L undeserved A Meiboiirn.' admirer -of Caibin® has compiled a of the winnings < f ihe Imise's in various par!* of the world. It amounts to Hie substantial sum of C 128.170. made up ns follows: — £'(>(> Australia.. £40.201; France, £10,008; llelgium. C 1500: New Zealand, £B7B