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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 92, 7 April 1908, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN RACING. Sydney. April li. Elevation has made his appearance at | Randw iek. In company with Bright Steel !he covered sis furlong- ill 1 .Is. MiiraJ nui. with a light weight up, ran seven | furlongs in 1.2!). Melbourne. April (!. Grenadier won the Hill Handicap „l ! Vleininglon. beating I.nreiizo bv two ' length- in l.l.'ii/,. i Munjcet has been sold to an Indian buyer. The price has not transpired. PATE A HANDICAPS. Per Press Association. Pa tea. Monday. Following are the handicaps for'ilie Patca races-. Hurdles—Toddy 11.1, Compass 111.'. i. Black Si|iiall and Silver Shell 10.7, Bagatelle I<),|. HilUw 10.(1, 1-eult 0.13. Firelight and Mooshen !J.12. Lingerer !).!). OUiroa and Black Banner 0.7. Mmlgec n.:i. Waitro !1.2. Federation. Saltpetre, and Timbrell n.O.

Easier Handicap—Pearlie 0.11. King'Birthday N.!l, Aureole fU, The Dane 8.0. ('a-siopei and Te Kuiti 7.10. liuapiitere 7.0. Kilmarnock and Yerttts 7.0.

Flying Handicap—Miss Acta 00, Nnkntihi and Burton 5.7, Hydraulic .5..1. I-anlern S.J. Nicotine 7.12* Xoifa anil Red Star 7.: i.

Alton Handicap- King's liirthdav 10.7. Keciealion j0..",, .\ureole !l.l;l, fassiope i '.1.1.!. The Dane !>.JO, Laiiterii !!.!!, T< Kuiti M.S. Mi-Ire-- p.j, Highly 0.0. lied Star and Kilmarnock 8.'12, Una pet ere S.lO. Verttis, Paululus, Pierponl and Timbrell 8.7. Borough Handicap-Pearlic !I.:|. Billow S.O. Miss Vera 5.7, Nukulilii S.:t. Lant-rn SO, Toddy 7.12, Lingcrc,. 7.7, Otaraon 7.0, Black Miinner 7.. i. Kilmarnock 7.3, St. Niho 7.0. TURF TOPICS. (By -.Moturoa.") I The Manawatu llacing Club's autumn uiceiing open- to-day. I!. Ull-1..W Weill -..'ml, i f .| lTl |; ln „„ n , ing to ride l)ai-v Paul -and l,'eeiv,ni,.n in their engagement- at Awapuni. Sir George Clill'ord'- team for il,e Manawatu meeting con-i,ts of lie Witle. Husbaudniaii, and Sister Anne. As the latter is engaged in the Telegrapa Stakes, llii-bandiinin will probably be the stable's sole representative in" the Manawatu Stakes.

De Witte has been s „l,| ( 0 Messrs. Harris and Solomon, and will be handed over to his new owners alter the Palinerslon meeting. Accompanying the above-mentioned Chokebore Lodge team on their journev to Palmer-ton this week will hen two-year-old colt, a full brother to Stratigem (Nelson—Diidu). which K. Cutis lias di-posed of lo the well-known J'eildmg s, r e owner. Mr. -Tall" Walker.

The Pnrirua team for Manawatu includes Gauze. Diabolu. Kurawaka. ami Swimming Belt. It is reported (wriies ■•Augur" in the -Manawatu Time.-1 tint Maid of A-loi.i* although an acceplor in the Maim wain' Stakes, i- an unlikely -tarter at The meeting. Whit taker hiving c.uiccile,! th" two boxes |„. had hooked at .McConkev's tor the Maid aud lfiiabon. The following horse- uhiei, |,a-, v ae-ci-pli'd for .Manawatu have incurred „ Kill) penalty:-lliirdh-: Imiindatioii and Reservoir; Karcre: Ikon and Ldlican; l-ongburii: Signor and Chatterer; Takilled: Caris-ima; Kaiere Hack: Fir-t Male.

11l the weight-t'or-agc events aI. Awapuni to-day. th,. weights, will] pi'iiallics ami allowances, aiv us follow;. - Jilnnawatu Stukis six furlongs-Sister Amuand Vast 8.7, Muritai H.i). Husbandman 7.7, Aborigine 7.4, Uwlkilo li.ll. Klvsium and (ioldcn Slipper li.il. Champion llack Platc, seven furlongs-Daisy Paul, Ikon, and Carissima !U2. Rangihacta !UL Yosami a.H, Truganini '.i.ti. Waikaraka '.i.-'. .Mon Ami S.ll. Wliarckura S.lu, Ad vantage «.«. Umisdorlf 8.1. Wood he v 7.13.

Mr. Geo. (.;. Stead's side representative in the Manawatu Stakes will lie Khsiiiin. a two-year-old (illy by Stepniak--Faraway. Elysium started in the spring at Riccarton, when she ran second to St. Aidan i n tlie I'ioneer Handicap. • iri-enle.if split, a pastern when doing a trial at A'hnrst on Saturday, and in i-on>ei]Ueiße will not -tart in the Karciv Hack Welter to-day. -Maid of Astolat and Soultine have been scratched for all engagements at the Miinawatu meeting.

The Jiawku's Bay contingent for th meeting arrived in town on Satiirda.

afternoon, They comprised: T. (.luiii liwn. pin., willi Aborigine. King I',i'h 1.-nu-dorli. and An-light; R. (oio-mai

Ci,,110r,-r .i,i,l Ch.canc: .1. line. IYnukii | and Cold Thread: .1. Cameron, ikon and I -iiiinandor: .Icrrv o'Coniicll. Cold Ihi-t: L'. McLaughlin. Miss Advance and Tarina: Stuart Waddell, H<m. .1. D. OrH1..11.1V Champion Mack Plato rcprc--i-iinitiv.-, \\ ( ...(|li(.y: .1. McLaughlin. (."Mender and San I-'cniando. \My Disdain scored her iir-t win toiler new owner in tin" Stewards' Welter ■<' Timaru, (1h- parlv behind her having :. ».md uin. Tin' Tiniani Cup-w inner Lapland is in g.cal form now, and -ln>iilil go on winning at Kast.-r-ti.iK-. 11,- went oil' after lorniing tliinl in tin- Now Zealand Cuu. ;>u,l tl»- .-ll'ort seemed to have knocked tin- "go" out of liini for some time afterward,. Tin- two-year-old (inhlcii Slipper, lie Multiform Aura, i- slid in l„- the '•lightest spot in tin- Yaldhuist stable at tin' present time. Mr. I!. Patterson, tin- owner of Slon Ami, has purchased the Sou'wester K ,-1,1-inu' inu' Snip, and the clever little jumper joins A. AlUond's slable. It is reported that (.'. Parker has la-en ••ngaged to train Wee Trinket. Vitrlis, and an unlirokeu voung-ter for Mr. C. Matthews.