SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 314, 13 January 1908, Page 3

SPORTING.

PAHIATUA WEIGHTS. Per Press Association. Paliiatua, Saturday Kight. The following weights have been declared by the handieapper (Mr Henrys) for the annual jucotiug of the Paliiatua Racing Club:— Handicap Hack Hurdles, one mile and three-quarters.—Pantaloon 11.13, Royal Blue 11.0, Dulcinea 10.10, Tc Kainui 10.0, Pap.itawa 10.7, Maida 0.9, Laud-o'-Xod and Sylvan Park 0.7, Hatley and Voucher 0.0, Concussion, Brown Belt, Mussen, Mount Cook, and Porangi 0.0. Railway Handicap (open, six furlongs. —St. Claimcr 0.0, Gawaiu B.U, Splendid Idea 8.0, Aboriginal 8.5, Silver Shell 7.13, Thera 7.12, Golden Gate 7.0, Ton Tuhi I 9.4, Platypus 7.3, Golden Kagle 7.0, Scotch Reel C.9.

Flying Hack Handicap, six furlongs.— Mcrrie Zealand 0.0, Gnleic 8.7, Golden Eagle 8.8, Waikaraka, Signor, and" Ikon 8.5, Miss Vera 7.12, Greenleaf 7.11, Hillspring 7.10, Royal Maid 7.5, Niteheyo (1.12, Bluebell and Diplomatic (i.lO, ftan Lass 0.7. Paliiatua Cup Handicap (open), one mile and a-quarter.—Aeolus 9.0, Aberration 8.!), Xarcotic 8.2, King's Lynn and San Julie 8.0, Sherlock Holmes 7.13. Lady Disdain 7.12, Sandix 7.0, Nova 7.8. Waipaku and Saga 7.7, Rosegrovc 7.0, Signor 7.5, Gaelic 6.13, Rangihcta 8.12, Naphtha and Loiret 6.7.

Welter Hack Handicap, one mile.— Wnipunehu 0.13, Buoyant and Belario 9.10, Truganini 9.2, Mikotahi 8.13, Robin Link 8.12, Te Kuiti, Monsieur, Beaucaire, and St. Ludlam 8.9, Refine 8.8, Prince Hassan, Teotane, and Anemone 8.7. Telegraph Hack Stakes, live furlongs. —Carissima 9.0, Golden Eagle, and Tnrina 8.9, Ikon 8.8, Miss Vera, and Axite 8.1, Hillspring and Advantage 8.0, Kaikomako 7.9, Royal Maid 7.8, Oblivion 7.5, Bonnie Doon 7.4, Niteheyo 7.3, Seatoi Dale 6.13, Hutiwai 6.10, Hydraulic, and Lctehan 6.9, Sweet Lethe, Tainui, and Full report 0.7.

Konini Welter Handicap, seven furlongs—Aboriginal and Splendid Idea 9.9, Arc Light 8.13, Eosegrove 8.11, Golden Gate and Platypus 8.9, Bounce 8.8, Hatley aud Carissima 8.7, Buoyant 8.5, Naphtha 8.3, Belario, Rangihacata, and Tiwliia 8.0.

WHANGAREI MEETING. Per Press Association. FIRST DAY. Whangarei, Saturday Night. The \Yliaugarei summer meeting was held in magnificent weather. There was a record attendance. Results:—

Railway Handicap.—Loch Buhie 1. •Tolly Tar 2. Only starters. Time, Imin 17see. Hurdles.—Catch-Vm 1. The other starters, Lady Lauta and Quebec, both fell, leaving Catch-'em to finish alone. Lady Lanla rolled on her jockey, Pope, fracturing his collarbone. Cup.—Sweet Alice 1, Port Light 2, Lady Regel 3. Also started: Sir Gilead and Franklyn.

Kensington Stakes.—Hopscotch 1, Discoverer 2, Rotoiti 3. Also started: Hen Blair, Tunewha. and Soultstonc. Won by half a length. Settlers' Handicap.—Lnscombe 1. Ben Blair 2. Oallc Iris 3. Other starters: Franklyn and Lady Ellen. Won easily by two lengths. Publicans' Purse.—Port Light 1. Mnnaopuri 2. The only starters. Won by two lengths. Flying Handicap.—Hopscotch and Discoverer (dead heat) 1, Loch Buliie 3. Viva also ran.

SECOND DAY. Tradesmen's Plate.—Sweet Alice I, Tunewha 2, Franklyn 3. The only starters. Won liy a length. Second Hurdles.—Quebec 1, Wluingarei 2, Cateh-'em 3. The other starter ran off. An inquiry into the running was held hy the stewards, who disqualified the jockey Horn for twelve months, and the horse for twelve months. The owner was exonerated. After the race Ncary, the rider of Whangarei, assaulted Rayncr, the winning jockey. He was suspended during the stewards' pleasure. Summer Handicap. —Rotoiti 1, Jolly Tar 2. Discoverer 3. The only starters. Won by a length. Park Handicap—rort Light 1, Sweat Alice 2, Loch Buhie 3. The other starters were: Sir Giload and Franklyn. Won by half a length. Marsden Stakes.—Manapouri 1, Tunewha 2, Ben Blair 3. Only starters. Won by a neck. 'Hack Handicap.—Bushman 1, Lady Hllen 2. Rapper 3. Other starters were: Viva, Ruarangi, and National League. Won by four lengths. Farewell Handicap.—Rotoiti 1, Hopscotch 2, Discoverer 3. Other starters: Soultstone and Jolly Tar.

TURF TOPICS. '" : : (By "Moturoa,"). Tho Hawke's Bay Jockey Club made a profit of ..£llOO over their summer meeting. ■> Armistice and Fontenoy (who is now sound again) will be put into work at

Wanganui shortly, The term "cup winner" counts for littlo these days. Outside the New Zealand, Auckland, and Wellington Cups, moderates seem to score frequently. During the holidays we find such poor horses as Immolation, 7.11 (Stratford). Lomaria, 7.0 (Ashhurst), Moloch, 7.12 (Wairarapa), Kiflemaid, 7.2 (Manawatu), and Tangiiuoana, 8.0 (Uangitikei), placing their names on the scrolls of cup-winners. When one turns up tho recordß and sees the names of Nonette, Marguerite, Armistice, TorUlla, Coeur-dc-Lion, and Boreas amongst past winners of these races it makes one wonder whether the cup-winners of the 1007-1908 season are not very much be-low the. champions of days gone by, The brood-mare Roie, who passed her twentieth yeaj on Christmas Day, was the dam of Miss Emmy, Rosella, and Golden Gate.

Operetta, by Mcriiwee—Varety, lias been sent to the stud, and will be mated with Signalman. Operetta raced with fair success in the Eawke'a Bay district for several Beasous and last year won twice out of a dozen starts. .

Word comes from Wanganui that Mr G. i\ Moore will probably send two or three horses across to Australia for the Victorian and Australian J.C. meetings. Dusky Morn, who has rapidly made his way into the first fligWfc jdfr New Zealand sprinters, has been nominated for the Newmarket Handicap, and, if the liandicapper treats the Sou'-West-cr gelding reasonably, he will probably measure strides with the best of 'em across the water. No doubt his m-e----senco at Flemington would cr«at« s deal of interest, and a heap of Maoriland coin would go to shorten his starting price-but I forgot: the poor old Gaining Bill prohibits that, doesn't it' That_ silly Gaming Bill j 3 really the funniest thing in the whole wide world! Percy Johnson is giving up running horses, and at a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Metropolitan Committee last weekwas granted a jockey's license, subject : to cancellation of lease of any horses he may have.

It's it great thing to be born luck and have plenty of cheek! The HawkeV, Bay Jockey Club committee considered the applications to two nersons who alleged they had torn up, evidently by mistake, their -tote" tickets on Chicane, tlie winner of the Christmas Handicap at tiie late meeting. The decretory reported that only one ticket was outstanding, and ih 0 committee resolved that the outstanding amount be paid, providing the two claimants agreed to division. A further resolution was made that in future no application for dividends be enttertained unless flic-. torn ])a rts of the totalisator ticket are produced. No doubt hundreds of winnings are lost or destroyed by accident, 01 mistake during tl lc ycllr but i( seem, s t rangl , Ihat im divide one dividend on the strength of llieir own "nerve" and with nothing "•ore tangible to prove their elai ll J. st imagine the bull-dog rush these M»o™m„.t have mde for ttat«SvS If things like that happened every day manv HIT t0 ,et h, '»' k «™ *«" put n a elmm and ecoop the pool. Ihats the way t 0 «g c t r ; c u quick!./ The same committee were called upon to consider a letter iron, another geieman ••with a hide," who complained that a bet had been made with a book iiiaker on Eobin Link j„ tho Flyine llaek Handicap and that the "bookie* r fused to pay, on the grounds that the 'ot was entered in hi, book under tho heading of Kosclothe. The commitlo* udently scouting endless trouble ahead, refuse, absolutely to adjudicate in disputes between bookmakers and their clients. Hood stakes my. being offered at the hginont meeting, and the Egmont Cup of .lOOsovs. and Atkinson Stakes of 200 sovs. should attract local horses, and Aiieklandors who will 1„: working down to (he Wanganui meeting which opens a fortnight later. TJapfond, who van info third place in (be Xcw Zealand Cup. h reported to be doing good work at Iticearton, and, barring accidents, the Finland gelding will start in the Wellington Cup.