SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 25 November 1907, Page 3

SPORTING.

TAKAPUNA ACCEPTANCES. FIRST DAY. Per Press Association. ■n, »11 ■ Auc hland, Saturday. deeWi!? g acceptances have been nun, fl m c , fir6t *"* of «» Takapuna Jockey Club's spring meeting:irial Handicap, one mile.-Inglis 8.7, La C.galc 8.3, Advocate 8.3, Xapenape i.U Henry Havelock 7.10, Dardanus 7*B, lort Light 7.3, Salvadan colt 7.3. Tits 1.0, Catastrophe 7.0, English 7.0, Philosopher 7.0. Caraporia Handicap, four furlongs.— Talepitcher 8.10, Master Soult 7.10 John <■», Rarata 7.8, Roosevelt 7.5, Pairawatu

Fuua , ocKey flub's spring meeting:irial Handicap, one mile.-Inglis 8.7, La C.galc 8.3, Advocate 8.3, Xapenape i.U Henry Havelock 7.10, Dardanus 7*B, lort Light 7.3, Salvadan colt 7.3. Tits '.O, Catastrophe 7.0, English 7.0, Philosopher 7.0. Caraporia Handicap, four furlongs.— Talepitcher 8.10, Master Soult 7.10 John <■», Rarata 7.8, Roosevelt 7.5, Pairawatu St. Andrews' Handicap, one mile and a-quarter.—Uranium 9.0, Paritutu 8 1' Akarana 8.4. Scotty 7.12, Lord Seaton /.-. Soult Maid 7.0. Syren 7.0, Bully a.13. Lady Kegel (J.ll. ' Tiri Hurdle Race, one mile and threelCMf7l"T PU p- 3 - 1 SWag,man 1U ' Omati 10.3, Aqua Regia 10.0, Cachuca !».i, St. Harp 0.3, Reporter fit) hj, f° n n ! lan<lica I > ' fiva f '"-'»ngs and ~ half-Octoroon 9.11. Manapouri 0.0. Hugh.e 8.4, Xeektie 8.2, Hoplcotcl, 7 8 Agneta ~;!, Mahinga 7.3. Balgonie U, Ngakapa ~3 , Carmania 7 3 I Handicap Maiden Hurdle Race, one mile and a-half and 100 yards.-Omati 11.,, (onvoy 10.0. Lady Lama «.I0 (irev I)awn !..!.. Catch-en, 9.0, l. a dy Clement's 0.4. (.00,1 raith 9.0, Reporter 9.0, TangleCheltenham Handicap, foy f„ r lo,i», and a-half.—Black and Cold 9 1 Miss Winnie 8.11 Tui Cakobau 8.5. Luc'rece 8.0. 1-rederick 8.0. Lochhuie 7.13 Waih.ika 7.13._ Syren 7.13, Notenrini 7.11. Quadroon ~10, Dorcerhank 7 8 iw™.

j Tiri Hurdle Race, one mile and threeOmati 10.3, Aqua Regia 10.0, Cachuca !».i, St. Harp 0.3, Reporter fit) hj, f° n n ! lan<lica I > ' fi ™ f'Tlongs „„.] ~ half-()ct„ r „on 9.11. Manapouri i).O. Hugh.e 8.4, Xeektie 8.2, Hoplcotcl, 7 8 Agneta ~;!, Mahinga 7.3. Balgonie U, Ngakapa ~3, Carmania 7 3 Handicap Maiden Hurdle Race, one mile and a-half and 100 yards.-Omati 11.,, (onvoy 10.9. Lady Unu „ I() ( I)awn !..!.. Catch-en, 0.0, Lady Clement's 0.4. (.00,1 Faith 9.0, Reporter !).0, Tan.de-

I Cheltenham Handicap, fny furlongs j and a-half.-Black and Cold 9 1 Miss I JN. innie 8.11 Tui Cakobau 8.5. Lnc'rece. 8.0. 1-rederick 8.0. Lochhuie 7.13 Waihnka 7.13 Syren 7.13, Notenrini 7.11. Quadroon ~10, Doggerbank 7.8. Devonport , , Engraver 7.2, Mighty Atom 7.2, Lady Crcssy (U2, Henry Havelock f1.12. Melrose Handicap, five furlongs and o-half.-Freebird 9.0, Lira 8.3, Kaitanpita 8.3, Veronica 8.3, Explosion colt -7i V"", 1 7 - 13 ' L,lro, 713 - (•3, Lady Dot ~13, Tito 7.13, Jolly Tar iI3, Cyreniac 7.13, Carmania 7.13. '

SECOND DAY. Steeplechase, two miles and a-half Khan 10.1, firey Dawn 9.12, Aqua 9.12, Lady Lanta 9.9, Reporter 9.7. B TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa"). Akarana is unsound. Hiro has broken down.

Achilles' half-sister, Dora Grev, won the Kings Handicap at RoseUifl Australia) on the 11th inst. in hollow fashion.

Xaumai, who was -hot stuff" in town for the Electric Handicap on Thursday, went sore, and was not given a run It is not often that A. Olliver rides a twenty-to-one chance, but he was up on the outsider Sweethill in the Electric Hack Race at Blenheim on Thursday and won all the way, paying the good price of £23 14s.

111-luck .-till dogs the footsteps of Clarence O'Xeill. Tlie Xew Zealand horseman had his collarbone broken iu two places through Swimmer fallinW with him in the Steeplechase on the concluding day of the Y.H.C. Sprinrr Meetings. " E. Cutts arrived at Wellington with Fleetfoot and Red Rain, who are engaged at the Feilding .Spring Meeting next week.

Xaumai, who scored in the Scurry at Blenheim, i.s fairly fast over four furlongs.

I Phaetonitis has broken down badly, and may not race again. Faritutn and Waihuka have accepted for their Takapuna engagements. Grey Dawn figure, in the Hurdles at the same meeting and also in the .Steeplechase run on the second day. The pony Frederick pulled off the Spring Handicap at the Otahuhu Trotting Club's meeting last week. Ben Deeley steered Hopscotch to victory in the Tramway Handicap at the same meeting.

The St. Clements mare Clementine had a very easy win in the Members' Handicap at Tiniaru. h. King got her well away and won from start to finish. Probable, who won a double at Tiniaru, could have been picked up cheaply a few months ago. THE GA.UIXG BILL,

(By "Moturoa"). Sportsmen arc generally too busy studying to-morrow's 'card" to bother reading up political paroxysms, and it is as probable that there are many who have not even heard of the recent amendments to the Gaining Act, as it is that there are inany who have already heard too much almut them. Tli<- political gentlemen who drowse wearily on the ljcnehcs of our House of "Mis-Representatives" have turned thair intellects towards the world of sport, and these fatherly persons, "many of whom gambled gaily in land, in mining and otlier shares, ana on the dashing "neddy" in the days before they had qualified for the auovc'-naniieii TloiYse, and who, as a matter of fact, wouldn't know a racehorse from Balaam's ass. have ruled that we, the generation at present in its prime, shall eschew the sporting life and go the pace no more. Xow, what every sport i.s asking hims.df is, "How does this affect me?" As clearly as I e-an paraphrase the new sporting commandments, thev are as follows:- '

I—Thou shalt not send money through an agent to •'Tattersalls." 2—Thou shalt not bet bv '"messenger, agent, post, ten-graph," or telephone." 3.—Thou shalt not "conduct any house, room," etc., or "place" aB a gaming house, viz.. for betting or lotteirjui running, nor shalt thou enter such" a place. 4.—Thou shalt not bet in the street. 3—Thou shalt not bet on the sports ground. ll Thou shalt not publish odds or dividends, or any "advice, information. or stiggeston as to the probable result of" a rape. 7.—Thou shalt not usp a ''double" to«e. • i -ft) B.—Thou shalt not receive investment ' on a totalisator "after the notified time for starting a rape." !).—Thou shalt (to raping dubsl "from time to time, license bookmakers to enter on any racecourse used hy snob club and there carry on business as a bookmaker"' for a 'eonsideration "not exceeding twenty pounds per dav." in.—Thou shalt not (the ijoehsed bookmakers! bet on a horse race "after the time notified for tho starting of siieii race." " And thpn the fatherly persons stop. pod. or dropped off to sleep. or something (p.'rhajw it was sometningl. the | l.n-v reporters turned thefr shorthand j into everyday English, and tho deed was done.

Vow to analvse these awful injunctions, the commandments appear fearsome enough to frighten the sporfin" eommr.nitv unto the third generation", and the bookmakers hive received such a blow (bat some of them are reported to he jrnin-r vet. The amendments earrv enon»li fines to bankrupt Tar- " hundred- :,,M hard labo.lj "i band in hard to friditen winter-: i„tn | •he Anfi-fia.iiblin- At first -•■ht if reads a, if bookmaker, are , dw.mlified for life. I„,| as n matter of fact the Act gives fhem a standing, re-rr...-u-ieif them as no other Coverniuenf

in the world has done, and alisolutolv forces Iheiii upon rielng clubs. After the "honn.l the dog"' antics of racing clubs in the past, this is rortainh- ii distinct victory for the odds merchant. "Tip-" are gone for evermore. The onl.v tip "Moturoa" can give his reader- is that before the next election the I sporting community will want to know who is going to vote for the restitution of a Rritisher's right, and who. if t no v go! the chance would vote against thorn. Sportsmen will perforce put n-Me die odds sheet, the race-cards, and "anticipations" and will take a big interest in politics to the discomfiture of many ofl the weary ones. Tattorsall's agents are cast into oblivion, but the venturesome one may still put his investments through the "banks. The Post and

j Telegraph Departments will have their hands full of trouble under the new regiin-. and it will ho interesting te see , hj" i- they will oope with code messages. I not,,,- ;ind layers have kept the game going under disadvantages for mi|tlv

;;' , j a ."", ,n " r penalties will only ". ' o '' n r '"*° '""re cunning, more vcturcomo. and more crafty. The "I'.te of flic adver-e cir<nm-taiie o . „,,. |J.» few | Will P',v the penalty of the davin r of (lie many. The abolition of open Mt m „ wi ,| merely mean the institution of underhand w-ork. ami this will continue until j th» whoTe multitude o< sportsmen r i, f . , as one man and overthrow the pariv whn. wore „,ey flowed, would '„, x r v..,r sii.fc, (he pipes form our mouths J" 1 ""• ?! ai -" from «,„■ hands, ami leave us cringm? on th o ground our , hands ™*'. l skyward. praviii" for at ; least the right to do a. little'wrong. A SUCCESSFUL STRTKE lAiainst luntr troubles can he engineered by Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. Price ; UodantJ3a, ObUiaatls^ejjjiftfj,