THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 36, 1 February 1908, Page 3

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

KM.IMI FIXTIKKS. IVIi. I.—Takapuna •'<'. Summer. I i'li, ti and i*. -Alaiiiulo l.«. AIIIIII.II. I ili. ii and ..-tiisborue R.C. Aiuiu.il. Mi. Ii .ml S.—CI.C. Summer. reb. 12 .mil lX—Eginont ILC. Summer. Feb. l:t and U—Poverty Bay T.C. Aunuat. Feb. Hi and ii".—Wuodvilic .I.e. Autumn. Ktli. l!) JU, and £!.—Dunediu J.C. Autumn. Man Ii ■> .mil 7. —Waug.inui J A'. Autumn. Mar,li 3 ami 7.—Wrstport -I.e. Aulunin. Jlarcli 17 and 18.—Napier Park li.C. Autumn.

TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa"j. Races at Takipuna to-day. "Theie, nothing like race- loi put ting a fellow on lii-i twt; he gm- out in a e.ilT. and—walks home! "—l'osli leiikinr, in •• Luly Madcap." Kntiie- for events to be decided at tIK Wellington l'otiv aud iialloway Club's uieeliug next month elo-e on WVinesday. February jth. The Au-tr.ilian two mile- hnilb- !•- cord went under last week, when He »lgner cut the distance out in 3miu. 4'i',. •eii., at Moonee Valley. The pteiioubeal wa- Waralah'a time, Jmin. Jf jstc,, nude in August, liKKi. Mr. Dan. O'Brien has taken over the large Victoria Cate, in (ieorye Street, Sydney, and no douui this house will be much patronised by .Sew Zealand as well as Tbtraliau -purlmj; folk iu the luture.

The Hon. Wi l'ere, M.L.C., lets him>cli out on the bookmaker tpuk-a niakai question:—"i got something to »ay about te puk-a-maka. In my opinion I give all them fellows who is not on te course a license to make te pel. Hut ki> him have te ollice in town, so that we can go in and make ic pet. VVe t-jo pi-y making le law lor pakeha lo g<i le race, "bur, all same, we make le pet. But te strolling puka-iuaka you see round te public house corner, you catch that man and put him in gaol. He no good. Suppose you loose, he come ijuick lor te utu. Suppose you win, you t" tind liim. He go quick. 1 say put him in gaol. I like lioneet puk a-iuaka- put up his sign and pay up. 1 not quite understand te Fill, but I say license every man that has te pluc to make a puk, so that we can get all te money out of him we can to penetit te country. Tr puk-a niaka does nut always win, and when lie loose, then his clients win; so I say it is a penetit to te country. 1 consider if he pay te license fee he penetit le country—and we want as much revenue as we can get. I*'t ulegislator- have te oauie pluck, and ere ate a- many puKanuka- a- >ou can. as it will penetit te Dominion generally. But we not want te -pieler puk a niaka. who run away ami not pa y te time .-.•■ lov-*.'' Xe\l, please!

Kr»twhile .Maoriland ptad Kawrnore went .uron, to Australia some time agand turned up as the winner of a hack race last month, under the cognomen 01 Komsey Jack, but somebody •• blew the gall, and Bawniore was disqualified for •u months and hU owner for a like period for ringing-in:

We hear very lilllc liul abuse from rlrrgyinen up llifc way when the sporllug life is the topic of conversation, and il is pleasant news to read that Hastings has a parson, the Kev. J. Ilobbs. who for miim time baa interested himself in the s-trial welfare ot youths connected with raring stables. Recognising the good that the reverend gentleman is .lying, the sum of JtiMKI hag been collet ted by stewards and other* connected with racing and handed over to him to form the basis of a uuilding fund for a clubroom lor the youths of Hastings. It is said that this rector i» doing more 0 purify sport than the laughable Gaining Ait!

A Sydney paper reports that Lclair, the New Zealand National winner, wuo i» at present in Australia, has been great I* troubled with his feel and pulls up biue after whooling. ft is extremely doubtful whether the old fellow will stand up to fab work on the hard tracks over there. A I'ress wire from llunedin state tin: the racing ware Soma (by Stepniak-Yaul.r-a) dropped dead while being e\ ereistd at i'orbury on Tuesday inorumg.

Apa* ill-luck L> something tu luarvii at. Chariot Jtnlam, who in engaged lo ride the gelding in the Mew Zealand Cup, met with an accident and m, unable to ride at the Canterliuiv meeting. A. OUiver, who was engaged to pilot the nag in the .Auckland tup. n idisipuluifd, and only had hid disqualification removed shortly betore the race. Ullivtr %u to lute had the niuunt on the unfortunate prad in the Wellington Cup, but met wiltt an accident and lul to aland down in favour of D. Price. The gelding a Ul luck seems to be remniunicating itself 10 the riders, and -\pa will soon be a marked horse. T. Julian U going over to Australia to steer Jiuter Dekvai and Sol in their tugagenwnU acrona the Ta»nian. • • • « "Charlie" Jenkins- has applied to the Wanganui Jockey Club for reinstate neat aa a licensed jockey, and there ino doubt his enforced retirement n:il make him more careful when he ye;, lite papers back. • • * »

Anti-gambling legislation is causing a mud-lie all round. The latest iiistanic ul the i|Ueer results oi a queerer A t being launched upon a ' dead silly ' rruw 1 oi magistrates cuui.» irom \ktona. and is referred lo in a recent 11-il-lelia tliiuly:—-it a recent decision holds good, Bents AnnUarubliog it »eeiu- Oi hate thrown some oi the jc ceptrd n<>Uun« ol lair play otrrbuard in dealing with Christiau '.Uo-e-. The Act makei it illegal lor Cohen to h.-t with a woman; but apparently u docin t mak.- it unlawful i,.r j woman to b.-t with Cohen. In thi- ia-e Ih- »ouun give !ier taonev t., a man »Lo pu; r. oti it her. i i»,li i-nuu -.iw her guiiiit to the man. W *l,.il»r Mo-v IJ.-.; saw l»r i., it ... ;,-• d '-a • ji.;.. j, Xewtbtle- he Ir, „,.., ~,. ~ .. . ,

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