SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 12 September 1907, Page 3

SPORTING.

ASHBURTON RACES. FIRST DAY. Per Press Association. Ashburton, Last .Night. the Ashburton County Racing Club's spring meeting opened to-day in wet weather. Results:First Hurdles, one mile and threc-'juarters.-Livsidc 1, Casabianea 2, Taasa 3. Also startcd-Tirole, Wahine, and hiorm. Won easily. Time, 3min 30 2-5 sec. Dividend, £2. _ Trial Plate, live furlongs. English Aose 1, Gio»-.;-'ni 2, Spinning Flight 3. Also started—Merry, Oiyoi, Pretty Nell, Castiron, Jacket, Thu, Salaam, Benzolene, and Heck. Time, lmin 3 4-ssee Dividends, £4 (is' and £2.

I Dreamer Welter, seven furlongs.— White Cockade I, Disastrous 2, Czar Kolohol 3. Also started—Blythemaid, Jolly Roger, Outlander, and Gypsobel. Won by three lengths. Time, lmin 31 4-asec. Dividends, £4 4s and £2 10s. Ashburton County Cup, one mile and a furlong.—ldealist 1, Gwendoline 2 Medallist 3. 'Also started—Probable, l'as Senl, Lapland, Fandango, Amboisc, Silkv.eb, and Ruapchu. W r on from tho J jump. Time, lmin 5!) l-ssec. Dividends t-.l Ids and £2 2s.

line.. Handicap, six furlongs.—Volodia I, Lady Orizoin and Golden \,ay (dead heat) 2, Saint Eosalier 4. Won by two I'iigths. Time, lmin 1!) 1-Ssec. 'Dividends, Volodia £3 4s, Golden Way £3 2s, and Lady Orizoin £4 10s. Longbeach Trot, one mile.—Claremont 1. Tornado 2, Imperialism 3. Also started—Eulogy, Elsie, Prince Handle, Scottish Mac, Lord Kuc, Kelso, Opiehi,Nellie, Bess o' the Barn, Lady Jack, Wakeful, and Northcot:>. Won all the way. Time, 2iuin 38 3-5.-ee. Dividends, £1 IGs and £2 12s.

Spring Handicap, six furlongs.—lngleneuk 1, Tremulous 2, Eous 3. Also started—Replete, Zetland, Numa, Vardo, led all the way and won by two lengths, Time, lmin 17 3-ssec. Dividends, £1 12s and £2.

HOROWHENUA RACES. SECOND DAY ACCEPTANCES. Per Press Association. Weraroa, Last Night. Oliiiu Flying.—Secretary 7.3, Bunyan 8.4, Tawhera 8.5, Naumai 8.7, Galahad 7.!), Clem 8.7, Lotliair 7.9, Pronoun 7.0. Levin Handicap.—Liberator 7.1, Toney 7.11, St. Claimer 9.B,'Flotilla S.O. Moutere Handicap. Marsaillesc 8.3, William 9.0, lielario 8.1, Saga 8.7, Annamen to 7.10, liiro 9.3, Rendroek 8.12. Second Hurdles. Aotea 9.11, Playmate 10.3, Matarikl 9.0, Tikainui 9.3, Voucher 9.12, St. Amelia 9.0, Compass 10.7, Gold Guard 9.0, No Shot 9.5, Poplar <).<>. l Weraroa Handicap—Moata 7.7, Mahoe 7.7, The Lark 9.9, Tangiinoana 6.12, Mahuta 9.G, Flotilla 7.13, MakikiM 7.11, Roscgrove 7.1, Malaari 8.7. High-weight Handicap.—Truthful 10.S, St. Ludlam 8.5, Clem 9.2, Poplar 8.5, Snowshell S.O, Lady Disdain 8.3. Scurry Handicap.—Tawhera 9.0, Naumai 9.4, Add Not 8.0, Miss Oglo 8.0, Lothair B.C, Mrs. Crawley 5.13, Pronoun 8.0, Heroine 8.0, Chattell 8.0, Secretary 8.0.

TURF TOPICS.

| At the annua) meeting of mem'.iers of the Auckland Trotting Cluh on Tuesday last the affairs of that liody were shown to be in so highly prosperous a state as to constitute a record, and with the nice little nest egg of £IOOO at fixed deposit the outlook can be termed decidedly promising. In referring to the satisfactory position of the >'lub, the chairman, .Air. John Lowe, paid a welldeserved compliment to the secretary, .Mr 0. F. Mark, to whose good management the club owes very much. Discussing Poisedon and Ca.-bine, a Melbourne writer says:—"With the <xception of a few inequalities toward the end, for which excuses were found, Poisedon's career last season was extraordinary—so extraordinary, in fact, that some began to look upon him as a second Carbine. But Poisedon lias not attained to the eminence yet, whatever the future may determine. I think it probable that Carbine was the best horse that th? world has ever seen. Carbine was never beaten as a two-year-old; he beat all sorts n! horses over all sorts of courses, carrying all sorts of weights; and surely there never was a horse that won races in the face of such difficulties as he had to contend with. Still, Poised™ is entitled to take rank as a great horse, anil distinguished from a good horse, and at !>st 31b in the CauMic'ld Cup his ihance is to be respected, although it is a weight that no four-year-old has yet succeeded with. When Paris won the second time he was an aged hor-e. and he carried 9st 41b." Colonel St. Leger, in whose honor the great three-year-old race run annually on the Town Moor at Doncaster was instituted, is credited with having expressed the wish that when an owner won the race three times it should be for the future called by the name of the lucky sportsman, but this wish has not been carried out, presumably on the grounds that "the St. L?<;e.r" has won a good place in the hearts' of British sportsmen.