SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 311, 8 January 1908, Page 3

SPORTING.

DO.VC'ASTKR HAXDFCAP \vn •SVIJXKV CUP. Received J ;ln . 7, 11.20 p.m. \- , . , Sydney, .laniwry 7. eight entries luve i K .,I .... JSSJSirsf """-i'- 1 meeting ° a lh ° recent 6Ummer :

• ; , turf topics. I (By " Moturoa.")' . , rale of lfr John Marshall'' Wood stock on Saturday, Waipuna run neT o P f ft 'lf mitto ™. T' Cup at the Bam < V Jtr w - ns mv four this value if 'if^ 8 > «* -late ran inio ' W " m,ng3 to Pn J hree -^ ar -oM «0n of r orm „f w ' 10 showed pood Z7 the ™>7 nnin e. flf ti.fi season. wAirLsr"° n " T" conceded, >erl,v V ™ °. r thP Grrat Knrß »™ •' aa °nlv a matter of standf MnHif" worlc - Ttl ° brilliant son f Multiform proved liis el ,i ms to brilz y *rv he won , his «<■« !n A,;;'. ,ad a trv ?■ meD,Or ' Mr R- «>!■ s5Z£ » of -? slnce hiß ret » r " allv n" lir i" j Coniform was praetiSl tor M 7*°"'" °° U - and U S P raks , r /»' tra 'ner that the horse lias £lloi> nf? at °I e I,USC in cuud ' t "-'» tu n t | e , 00 a hard track. UoftWalJ made the pee in the Derby, m Was a,wa >' 3 w 'thin striking distance, and when called upon he quickly nude no race of it. 80 far out ahead of the field in the County Handicap that the ST/ST 1 aU oTer bar shouting, hut she faded away to a walk in the last furlong, and Ouidwife got up in time 1 by h"l an apparent, >" for 'orn hope 1

That King Bflly is a really good horse he P roved beyond a doubt when he won the Glasgow Handicap, carrying the lmfn '9O i°t 9?t ' the good time of Imw 29 l-3sec. On the fourth day of the Auckland meeting the Merriwee bone ogam performed attractively b v winning the Grandstand Handicap, run over a mile and a-qnarter, carrying Bst 3H>. and getting over the distance in 2mm 9 l-ssec. The heads" reckoned mn g v C ,°" d not !ta y Wond a mile, but he knocked that idea on the head when the Gr.mdstand Handicap came his r Miss Winnie is very Fard to heat over five furlongs, and die covered the distance m the good time of Irain 2sec. *n«n she scored fa the Visitors* Handi(ftp. o

Olaremont fell in the New year's Htmdle Saw. and would have troubled thewjnner. I* Bean, bad ho stood up. Thp action of th» Str-tford Raein<* nnb in charging the limit of £2O ner day for liookmakers' licenses, has raised 'he ire of the Bookmakers' Association and that bodv intend to bring the mat-. f»r trader the notice of the Minister for' Internal Affairs.