SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 13 December 1907, Page 3

SPORTING.

MAXAWATU ACCEPTANCES. . FIBST DAY. Per Press Association. Palinerston North, last Night. Highdcn Hack Hurdles, one mile and a-half.—Kaipctipeti 12»'l, Etaura 11.0, llurimoana 11.2. Matakokiri and Waipu 10.13, Playmate and Pantaloon U).->, Dulcinea a. 13, Compass 9.5, Papatawa, Pardon, Ataaku 9,0. Summer Handicap, one mile—Grand ■Slam 8.2, Chatterer 7.12, Medallist 7.7, William 7.5, Roseal 7.1, Merric Hose 0.10. I'enuku (i.O, Sandix, Sada, Lady Disdain, - s tri;;t;_-rni 1i.7.

Tirifea Hurdles, two miles—Black Revnard 11"). Sen Sim 11.4, Gold Dust 10.11, Lull 10.10, St. Albert lO.li, Hurimoani !UO. Black Squall il.li, Matakokiri Dulcinea. Moeraki 0.0.

I Awapuni Handicap, six furlongs—Lord Soult 0.2, Full Rate ft.l. ISallarat 8-4, Kaironia 8.2. Gawain 7.11, Dusky Morn 7.10. Splendid Idea 7.0, Sunbonnet, Golden Gate 7.0, Waipaku fi.l2, Dewittc 0.10. Chartreuse 0.7. Terrace Hack Welter, one mile— Gauze 10.0. Waipmiehu iU-'i, Tc Arai 8.13, Ikon 8.12. Simplex 8.11, llonyhvnmn 8.0. Tangeroa. Tan San B.S. Buoyant. Speeiousa B."i, Ancvcle B.L Ataahau 8.0.

Him.itangi Welter, seven furlongs— I Whakawchi 0.3. The Stake 8.13, B?aek I Reynard 8.12. Medallist, 8.11. William 8.0. Wnitapu 8.8, Moloch 8.3. Pokanthus land The Rand 8.2. Mnrtvrium 8.10. MilI lenial. Strathcona R.O. Ilosegrovc, Prism. Arelight 7.7. The second payments for tile Mnnnwatu Cup. 1 1 , miles, to be run on December 2lith, .ire—Maniopoto 0.."), Grind Slam 8.2. The Laird SI. Truce 8.0. Bourrasque 7.10. Chatterer 7.8. Tangimoana. Montigo 7.7, Roseal, Ritlemaid 7.2, Kurawak i 7.2. Polyanthus 0.13, The Rand fi.l2. Sandix fi.O, Merrie Rose. King's Lynn 6.7.

TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB. CHRISTMAS MEETING. Owners are reminded that acceptances for the First Handicap Hurdles, First Welter, Christmas, Flying, and Stewadrs' Handicaps, and the Ladies' Purse, close to-night at !) p.m. Also nominations for the lluatoki Plate, six furlongs, and the First and Second Scurry Stakes, each run over five furlongs.

TUKF TOPICS.

(By "Moturoa.")

Air. Henry & is lepoiim iu na\e e.v prcssied tHe opinion uaut, lor ilia uriics, £JuV<UK>U 19 luc Ui'si, hOI'SC He iliis »cvi» racing. iiiu ciiesmut lias won over iooi luriougs aoii up to two miles, and Jus brilliant performance iu tUc bccoud Feildiug ts>akeij stamps the little son 01 San Francisco a* ihc best three-year-old of tiie season.

Mr. G. G. Stead's Bouiforiii has been j bowling along iu good style at Kiccarton, and seems to have got over his | Handwick troubles. The -Multiform colt : showed great pice in Australia, and j meeting between him and Elevation : would be brimful of interest. ifr. Stead lias been unfortunate to lose Boniform's services early in the season, but he has only to keep sound t<o quickly pay his tucker-bill. The tout, the tipster, and the grandiloquent " turf commissioner " are said to reap an everlasting harvest in United •States of America, but the game does not always yield them the golden dollars and they often get " posers " such as the following. The writer was a lady, and her communication was not accompanied by the usual cash, but she appeared to have imagined that she had struck a "can't lose" system. Her letter ran put me every day on the favorite as much monev as will win --> dollars. Continue this in every race until a favorite wins, and then stop. As one favorite is sure to win every day, please mail me the winnings every night, less 5 dollars, which I allow you for commission. I am your sincerely, Mrs. Blank." The Turf Commissioner immediately went off into a state of typhomnlariopnenmophthisicotrvchinopithosenisis, but the doctor says that if another disease, the name of which I dare not write down lest the unhappy compositor should go on strike or ask for a rise, does not intervene/ he may recover.

GRAND BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

In another column is advertised the (Yiterinn Billiard Tournament, nomin:tions for which clo>e to-morrow (Saturday) with the lessee of the Criterion TTotel Billiard-room. Mr. C. Fa v. Thitournament should draw a fine enframe of exponents of "the greatest of indoor games." as entrance is free, and with the handicapping in eipalile hands e\ervone will have a show of winning a decent prize at little or no exponSe to himself.