SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 125, 18 May 1908, Page 3

SPORTING.

TURF TOPICS. (Uy "Moturoa.") The following W i'iv tliu winning owner, ,ii tilt; recent liguiuiil Winter Meeting:- -J. j-'uiviiiiiu .cl'tj, .Mr,, Godtlard CJOtl, W. P. Cull'cy ,C7l), Klnit aud McDonald XUtl, A. I,yiu:h 1.3(1. .) .Norihcoic 1011, i. Itutlcr LilJ, I- TilW COII, K. 11. CampMl .C 4.», Uw.-n X4.i \\. .1. Cm/.icr 1111, .1. .M. Currm an. li. Johnson, A. Robertson, )■' cjb1,,,,, ' 11. A. llylton, 1-'. 11. Lambert, C. Frimhn ' '•',- "■Drw-011.. ami 11. Spratt ,ClO ~,,!,' and C, E. Major «™ h ' -Mr. J. K.ruman scored tlirt-.o lir-u and •' ';'■'■""<! HUli l, !s iw„ horse,, Mahar-i-

J'", oddard's stable was renre-ent-nl W" T 'l<t"c, a double-winner it 7] . P« '"- Tiptoe is a luur-,ea -,1 ~ . one la,t s eason, in the First y C unv Wako,, at tlielarauaki J.C. <l,ri,tu ~ «•*-■ t"«s. hut aitiK.„,h udm „; 0 "^ tie madnne made no showing agains M. Mar.,, 'J l». clipper, and CyrV (the I a>or,tc), who hlled tlu- [.hues. Xi. lu- ' «>•"«»» a loi in the inlerval/and , 1, ''MT" id """era in good "t-ik. He w-ill Ik. heard of later on.° 1 In, years Haw era Cup »inner, . Mu .

westcdh'i ,k v~»p> <••«»»*; outistcd last year* event, when Ma- """"» '■»■ second to \ olumc, and Climax. Imishcd nnt.-hh- of a place Burton ran second to Wail.uk.. j'„ t |, e lawlut, Scurry at the itIUiH inter n.eeLi"g. and won the event this v.-jr. Mr ,1. (lj),-,scoll won the Corinthian Hack Handicap last year with liecrca Hon, but this time (he chestnut could do no belter than a good to Mis-

tress. «d. lieid topped the winning jockeys w.th four firsts; \\. |>ric« scored twice. and J. Clareburt, \\. Jfavnor, ,1. Lvford C. Matthews, F. Porter, W. 1.- a hcv, L.' Wilson, and y. George were up on' one winner apiece.

•\vlm Park was easily first amount winning sire, with three winners of live raens-fipto,. {i)> Maharauui (2). and ;"sty (1). St. Clements, Apren.ont. U estnu-re. Nestor, I'hoobu-s Apollo, Davstar, The DHlcer, St. Cyr, and Malalun claimed one winner each.

Malatua was sold in .Sv.lnev recent I v for 100 guineas, at which price he was I a cheap stallion.

Immolation, Showman, Compass Mi-s Wra Kareroa, Daisy Paul, Climax. •Somali, Silver Lead, and Mallet li"uro in tie principal event s at the Wnn«nnui winter meeting; and Kirsty, Imtha Hydraulic, Supplement, (iolden Dream, faupo, Miilga Bill, l'aritutu, Compass loddy, Isonlt, Otaraoa, Lingerer. 'Billow Mallet, Tiptoe, The Dane. 'Kilmarnock.' and Lantern are in the minor handicap-! The acceptances received for the principal hurdle events at the Wangniiui winter meeting are very poor indeed. No less than ten, including PariliHil. have dropped out of the Ccntm-v Hui'dlfts, leaving only eight moderates

The .Mac Hurdles presents an even worse example, eleven haviii.r been scratched, which leaves mile four < cu-te-taut-. It I'rospector could be got into anything like his old form the principal hurdle races at Nchbaiwi would be at hi* mercy. The hitherto unlucky Cross Battery won the principal race on each day of (In- Ashburton meeting, being ridden bv L. (.;. King mi each occasion.

A local "punter'' has a rather uniipic i'X|ierieiice at the Waipiikiiraii races on Easter .Monday (says the Dniinevirkc Advocate), lie was the fortunate backer ot My Darling in the last race, which was ran in semi-darkness, anil after colled ing his dividend, started across the paddock to catch the train. A lady was taking the same short-cut as himself, and they had not proceeded far when there was a shriek, and the lady found herself struggling in a barb-wire fence. Til- '•punter" helped her out of this ob--inele. and tile pair rushed on. The next ob-tacle they came to was a creek with a wry narrow bridge over it. The lady ini-sed the bridge and fell into the cre-ik. and the "punter" again came valiantly to the rescue. This time he w.i- noi -o fortunate a* on tbe previous occasion, He stepped off the bridge into a hrge i,ole of mud up to his chin, and when the pair finally managed to extricate themselves from this predicament thev presented a "pretty" sight. Both '•an'.'lit the train, but on gaining seats the ••punter'' was heard" to remark that I lie next time he helped anyone out of a creek, might he lie forgiven!