SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 131, 25 May 1908, Page 3

SPORTING.

TAKAiPCXA HACKS. • ■ FIRST DAV. Per Press Association. Auckland, Last Xiglit. Maiden Plate, seven furlongs.—Tauriki 1, Cyrcuiac 2, Lord Crispin a. Time, 1.3 X Pony Handicap, five and a-half fur-luugs.-Ngakapa 1, Waihou •>, Octoroon :!. Time, LIS. Empire Handicap, one and aquartel' miles.—Cranium 1, Lcouator 2. Malirno X Time, 2.13. | Hurdles, I'/ s miles 100 yards.—Xoteorini I_, Paritutu 2, English 3. Time, Hauraki Hurdles, two miles—Cachtiea 1, Omati 2, llaulapu 3. Time, 3.51 4-5. Maiden .Steeplechase, al>out two and a-half miles.—l.,. Beau 1. Cood Faith 2. Huliworth 3. Time, 5.14 3-5. Itoyal Handicap, live ami a-half furlongs— Lady Frances 1, Wauchojie 2, Miss Winnie 3. Time, 1.10.

WANtiAXC'I STEEPLECHASE MEET INC.

i- FIRST DAV. f Per Press Association. Wanganui, bast .NigM. There wa 0 beautiful weather and a splendid attendance for the lirsil il.iv's ' racing of the Waiigauui Jockey Club's steeplechase meeting. Results: Borough Handicap.—Little .Mary 1. Uallarat 2. I'M King 3. Scr.. Marlellu. 1 Won by a length. Time, 1.15. WaUganui Steeplechase. --Tilson 1, Kaipetipeti 2, Xadador 3. Scratched: Faro, Cloudy Morn. A good race between lirst and second. Only four finished. W. Fahey, the rider of Arahura, was seriously hurt in the head and eventually died. Time, 6.4 1-5. Electric" Itack.—Penates 1. Advantage 2, Hydraulic 3. Scratched: Miss Flirt, Won by a head. Timel.3 2-5. Mav Hurdles.—Prospector 1, Immola- j tion 2, Aeolus 3. All started. Won by two lengths. Time. 3.18 2-5. Kaitoke Hack Hurdles.—The Slake 11. Snip 2. Mount Cook 3. Scratched: Repulse, Toddy, Lingerer. Won easily by four lengths. Time, 3.15, Connolly Handicap.—Daisy Paul 1, King Hilly 2, White Lie 3. Scratched: Ballarat, Ikon, Carissima. Won by a clear length. Time, 1.57. Puma Hack Flat.—Waikaraka 1, Wailethe 2, Tiptoe 3. Scratched": Carissima, Nicotine, Yosami. Won by a bare neck, two lengths between second and third. Time, 1.44.

The amount put through the tote was £11,474, as against £11,i113 on the lii'st day last year, a shortage of C-2.«!i. Forty bookmakers plied their cnlliiifj.

TO-DAY'S ACCEPTAXCEP. Per Press Association. WaiiKauui. La-t \i»hv. flrandsiand Sleeples. two miles and a

jialf—Euros lO.ltf, K;i*pcti|>oti 10.10: Til-on 10.ft. Faro 10.1. Frotwi.il; 0.12. Vinal Steeplechase, two mile*—Eurin 11.0. Kaipotipeti 10.11. Faro 10.2, Fretwork 11.1.'1. Toddy !>.!>, Mnnsken. Kin.!,' John and Mudgee ft.7. Winter Oats, one mile—Kin" Billy S.S, Waitapu B.7,'Signor, Irish, and Daisy l'anl 7.10, Kairoma 7.5, llallurat 7.0, Toa Tnhi 7.0, Rendrock and Probability (i.ll, Climax (i.!l, Silver Load, Gli'ii'ra, and The Cinder 0.7.

Rata Hurdles, one mile and five furlonas—lmmolation 11.3, Compass 10.0, Repulse and Snip 10.2. lit. Cook 10.0, Defeat 0.11, The Dane and Maidi 9.5, Firelight, Otaroa, and Nethorliy 0.0.

Balgownie Hack, one mile and a distance—Wailcthc 0.5, Waikaraka 8.10, Mallet and Belario 8.0, Seaton Dale 5.7, Flingot 8.0, Lamsdorff 7.7, Tangaroa and Kilmarnock 7.0, King's Birthday and Virtus 7.5, San Jose 7.3, Mistress 7.2, Anemone 7.0.

Farewell Hack, six furlongs—Penates 10.2, Rangipapa 9.0, Tiptoe 8.12, Hydraulic 8.10. Wharekura. Yosami. and Miss Vera 8.2, Chasf Mab 7.10, Astraia 7.0. Virtus 7.7, Research 7.0, Nightmare and Mulga Bill 7.4, Marathon, llapuka, Adventure, Mouse, and Utopia

FATAL ACCIDENT. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN HOUSEMAN. Per Press Association. Wangauui, Last Night. The fatal accident to W. Fahey, the rider of Araliura, in the Steeplechase on. Saturday, was caused bv Araliura .rushing him. The lens,." struck the top of the ''hciicc-op,'' and Ealiey slipped out of the saddle oil lo til" woodwoik. The horse tlu-n turned a somersault and fell upon the jockey, fracturing his skull aud iiijiiriim him internally. TRIBUTE FROM "MOTUROA." The Steeplechase season of 1008 claimed its first victim on Saturday last, when the well-known 'J'aranaki horseman, W. Fahey, mot his death through Araliura falling with him in the Wangauui Steeplechase. "Billy'' Fahey was wellknown throughout the Dominion, and reached the height of a hurdle-rider's fame when he steered Haydn to victory in the Grand National Steeplechase of 1001. He was a clever horseman, a good judge of pace, and as fearless as they iiuike 'em. but bad luck clung to hini closer than a shadow, and his accidents and periods of unconsciousness ("holidays" he called them) were innumerable. This season he has been riding mostly for Messrs. 1). Wil-on, Geo. Brown, G* O'Reilly, and P. Coffey, and ha- been up on .Showman. Mooskcn, Taupo, Compass and a number of others. Three or four winning rides was his record this season, his latest success being on Compass at the Egmont R.C. winter meeting. He wont down to Wangauui with Mr. P. Coffey to ride Compass in his engagements but came to grief in the Steeplechase and died shortly afterwards. Always a good sportsman and a quiet young fellow, he made many friends, and his unfortunate demise at a comparatively early age will he much deplored by race-goer!-.

TURF TOPIC?. (By "Muturoa.") Daisy Paul 'put up a decent performance on Saturday when she won the Connolly Handicap from King Billy. White Lie. ami ten others. The time lecorded, lmin o'sec.. showed (hat there was no waiting in the journey. She paid a handsome price, and her new owner would probably get more than her purchase money hack in ''one hit." Penates proved ' himself a good 'u» when lie gave Sir Frisco weight and a heating in the Belmont Handicap at the ■Wellington It.C. autumn meeiing, and his victory in the Electric at Wanganui on Saturday under the welter weight of Ost (fib shows the imported sou of Kuenalf up in attractive colors. It was feared that he would not stand the strain of hard racing, lmt his recent ketones under hcaw imposts rather discount (he idea and he .-hoiihl pay his

1 "i'li,- s nr|ivi-i; 01' the iiicetin:; i- llii' li'turn to form of Prospector, wiinn-v of tin; Sydenham anil Trial Hurdles at the Grand National meeting, l'rospcrtor was ln'ius ridden liy Clarence O'Xi'ill in liis schooling work at I'iilnicrsion. anil he would probably have tin- mount, mi the Gold Kent Kfliliiiß in the May Hurdles. A win for (lit! unfortunate Clarence was long overdue. Tiptoe carried a lot of Taranaki innInev ill tin- Puma Handicap, but could only Ret third fi'Om Waikaraka and W'ailcthe. He may do better very Junn. Kin? Billy ran a jioud race in Mu> C'lnnnllv Handicap and meets Daisy ', Paul oil alb* betler terms ill (lie Willi cr " Oats Handicap Ihi-i nflernoon. Iminolalion ran btrond to l'l'i'-peetm' ," in the May Hurdle*, and lias dropped '" back to hark company today. Sin ,1 i, in }:o'«l nick ju-d, at present. „ llalloe won the Century Hurdle, lasl t , year, and he will probably contest llii; event to-day.