SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 101, 18 April 1908, Page 5

SPORTING

STUD STABLES DESTROYED, NEW iOKK, April 15. A lire broke out at Ibe Klnttlorji stud ♦-iitl*lc*s at Lexington. Kentucky. Thirtytwo thoroughbred brood mares. including lo<|ue, halt-sister to llubio, and eleven t'oaU perished in tlio Ila;ues. KLKVATIUN'S IJIIKAKD'AYX. Per Press Association. Wellington. Thursday.

Advice r«>f«»|v«>i| by iii,. Keening po-i from .Mr. W. K. liiiiucll. owner ol \<:\>>- * alien. :il»'> that tlif hor-e lu-> broken down badly. A tendon lias gone.

TURK TUIMCS. fF!y "Moturoa.'') Cambrian has Iwen »lnu*k out of the Easter Ifamtieap. On Wednesday afternoon Pari tutu liui-hetl in front of !/• IJeau and Hanam. after negotiating live IlighN of hurdler in fir-l-nite -tvle. The Taranaki hor<e i- iu »re.il l"l t If. Cnhl : 'kin- -i \l.- al Kller-lii-. ami uill ..1,1 in ill., i:I- I i:i riilir.tp 111 da v. A. 1:I.M,1«.-- pair. l-a-le ami sturitia. li.i \<• Ix-en freel\. an.l -hould pick up a bit of foreign capital in the near future. The .Ylanawalu Stake- wimie,- Aborigine will probably start in the Chafnp.igne Slakes at Auckland to-day. Waihukn repre-ent- Taranaki in 1 h.Men Handicap. The Hon. -I. D. <inuond's team for the .VIM 1 , meeting comprises Dawn. North I Dead. Woodhey. and Diamond Star j The lirst two are in great buckle. I Aberration ha- quite recovered fro;.: | the effect* of hu fall at ilasterton. am' | will -tart at the Wairarapa meeting to 1 dav.

The Taranaki (.'up winnc I'hlandi liiis a lot of friend- for the Kast'T Handicap. ami. despite l,is penalty, malic expected to vim well, lint I fancy 111" distances of tlie i.lg handicap- mi I lie -eeoml ami third days of the inccling'. tlie St, (Jeorge's Handicap, I'/, miles, and the Antunin Handicap. l'/ s miles, will lie more to the likinji of I'hlan's lie-t Mill. 1!. Harlow went up last evening to l-ide him in the Kaster Handicap. The Pa tea lU'. animal meeting lakes place on Kaster Monday, and as special cM-ni'Mon trains have been put on. in ilonlit a liig crowd of local racing «u----llinsia.ts will make Ihe journey. Tli,, Dane is said to lie a greatly improved horse, and claims a couple of engagements at I'atea. Xukutihi. Hagalelle. anil llecreatinn ; .ull most likely lie seen out under silk i al lire same meeting. The ii-nai liinlget of tuvf topics aiv i nears i:i 10-ilay's supplement.