TURF TOPICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 25 February 1907, Page 3

TURF TOPICS.

(By "Moturoa.")

• SU'p<laiieei\ who won the Dunedin Cup lust week, wa s also successful in Hit' siuno event last year. Secret some linio ayo was the ruling iavour.tc for the Dunoilin Cup, but started at an outside price. The yti'jmmk—Ambush iiily. lieriHiia, who wa-i purchased from My (I. (.J. Stead by Missis Nell U fold ami i'rice fur I lie purpose of racing in Austral a, managed to fjuuiv a win in iho Pla.e, wlik-Ii ojmprised a field of nineteen, and in wliieh anolhe. New Zealand; r in Captain Shannon was made favour.le. i). J. Price ha-> also a veariing brother to Urrisina in lusj stable.

Another pr is:i iiug uuiro in .Mis, A<leliliill' recently sllceilinliril to mi utlaek i-{ liiliainuliun of Ihe lnr,,Ls. caused, H. is -i,ill-1, ttiroiiji'h cal.el-mj; a cii II aftc.h«r two ai'.it 11 half miles bolt nt tin' Aliuiaw.r.u .Meotiiij;. It is stali",l Hint her connections had recently refused JJ4M) f-r the mure. It is reported that 11, Knox's team Opiiki are nil m ureal nick. All

going well in the meantime Koya; )>!uc .diould i.ave something to say in the dueisio.i of I lie? Danncrv rke '(Jin, on Alarch vise (i!h.

'iiii: Auckland Jtae'iijr (Jliili have pur i-lm-i'il ulKiut four and a |i;il|i' acres o: land adjoining the Ellcrdi.' rancour.,' with Ilic iiiiei'lon of carrying mil fur Uler iinprovemeits. Tin' priii' is sla U'd tn In abou',. .CiiOUO. According to hiM'si, English dies, II .Miijc-ly tilt- Ivng has tw.-nly four hoi sos iii trailing' at tlio present time. an article by ".Sentinc-i" in ihe OI;i" W'i'iiics.-, in which the writer mfcrs t< that rcgreUable incident at tin J'>in„n! .Meeting, when two hows were, diqualilis'd i.-ir i'ailuig |o draw siifficicn: weight (partcuiurs which will still 1> renieinliercl). Ti u . writer slates: "li one side of the case is true the matter demands the fullest investigation bv the raing authorities. It appear, thai 'ihe horse which was awarded tilrace was freely supported nt starting price in the various centres, and thv fielders who laid the commissioners their money was strongly inclined to tin! belief that the fact of two placed

horses failing to draw weight was mort than an accident. The fielders held a meeting to consider what action the. should hi Ice in the matter, and H iunderstood that some of them decided to pay everyone, except those win. placed what wan believed to lie com mission money. Others again paid everyone. Continuing he says:— "taking Jiis case with other liapp'enin■• in the North Island it appears ahso lutcly necessary that, if the sport is Jo retain any prestige or respectability, it is imperative thai a closer watch should be kepi over some of the northern meetings. <) ( f course, if th • horse dial Was awarded the race Im.i not been well backed, no doubt nothing further would have been heard ol the matter, but it is the wemht of money which is al slake that gives fore • to the argument of the fielders thai jthe turf in the .\ ()r th i s i al „l is , |of all that it should be." The local track has been in good order lately for training operations. Nothing of a sensational character ins been done, although most of the horses look well. A. Shearshy's team is looking in great nick, and the stable should secure a win at the meeting. Now that the acceptances have been received interest in the local meetin" has considerably increased. The Hotels report that accomodation is likjly to be '(axed to its utmost, and evorv-

tlmig points to a -successful fixture providing the wealher holds line. Xoa Tuhi, who was such a stroii" order locally for the Hack Scurry a 't .he Woodvillc Meeting on Thursdav, won with the greatest ease by four englhs. Waihuku-Swect Lethe, and Mons.Lieaura.ne were also eyuallv wed backed for the same event. The totalisator investments at the m<j'Z-y fo o»i!».i,i,,p I. p.jAions .Suii,i,,iii us compared with last year's figures.