THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 136, 30 May 1908, Page 4

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

RACING FIXTURES. tV'V'S' " j by SI), June 3 antl o.—A.lix. frteqde- - iliase. 3 nnd 4.—Duucdin IX'. Winter. June i> and 4.—Otaki .M.iori ll.C'. W intiT. Juli. 17 aU'l IH. -Hawke'n Buy .I.C. WinUT. Jbih -I and -"i.—Xapinr I'.irk lt.C. W in Jj July 9 and It).—liwborue II.C. Winter, fb TURF TOPICS. r - (By "Moturoa") The Great Northern Steeplechas? meiting open* to-day. R.M'i at Auckland. Uunodiu, ami Otaki on Wednesday next. K.inana is reported to lwve broken down. and is an unlikely starter at the Urea. Northern Steeplechase meeting. What a pity it is that what we think to-day is so different from what we know to-morrow. New Zealand horse* were to the fore at Sundown Park, Australia, la-t week, when Canticle won the Trial, Natalie the Welter, and Swimmer ran second in the Steeplechase. A horse named Trumper. by fnvermay—Cricket, ha« been scoring well at small meetings in Victoria. Charles Cochrane got Tiptoe out- lir-t in the Farewell Hack Handicap at \\anganui, and the Sylvia Park gelding made no race of it. Canuie Chiel, who has ton off the acen»' for some time, won a race at the North Otagu meeting. Compaq ran a great race in the Century Hurdles and Unified in front of Mahoe, Prospector, Showman. Aeolus, and The Stake. Compass should pay bis way thJb leaeon. Tauriki, by St. Crispin—Freedom mare, won three races in three *tart» at the Takapuna iHeeting. and in her last attempt carried top-weight in ahead of Tut Cakobau and a decent field. She won in very easy fashion, and her next engagement i« in the Jervoi* Handicap at Lllerslie to-day.

The Soult gelding Sol put up a very good performance u hen he won th" I'akapuna .Steeplevluise on -Monday carrying th* bigge*t in4»o-t to victory in the event since Mi-- Nelson won in IIRW. records of the race bring to mind some sterling performances in Douald MtKiunon, Mi-* Nel-on. we-t. \oitigiier H„ Kufu>. Princess o4 Thule. D ngo. Inni-killeii. Swimmer, and Jlaydn. who ail won the event. Mi*» Nelson and Sof-vtit winning it twice. The j.iincipal winning owner- at the Wangauui meeting were:—Mewr*. J. Orr. CUTO; Johu Clarke. Cliio; A. V. Douula.-, Ruli, jun. r £:£fKt: J. MjHit, £UO; Mrs. -1. Rull ? XIl'O; W. lloiiH'S, £100; R. W". rater-on. ,CI)5; C. Kingston, £00; Goddard. C&>; A. Riirclay, 0. D. Reat»on. and J. Covle, JCW). T. t'liuu, übo rode Rudgeree <«nnvah in lite steeplechase at the reeent Pn«nalia (Vie J meeting, eredit- to the wearing of a ?4aill cap bin from serioil- injury wiieu 1k» came to grief at the last uljHtack' in that event. A- il the cap was fplit for alxmt tv » indies We never hear of jockey- in Maoriland wearing skull ea|M. Perhaps their heads are so hard that they iie»-1 no protect km. * • • t Xb'Te is something in being a jockey in Last month W. Sax by reInsctl an oifcr of £2UOO a year for twi» year- from Baron Oppenheim, to ride fa (iermany. At the time the offer warnade Saxby -was unattached, but the patrons of W, T. Robinson's Fox hill stable, for whom he has «been riding, being apprised of the situation, decided to pay *Saxby a retainer >ufli -iemly liberal to ensure hh remaining in Kng-1 land. Waipu U the pronounced second day hurdler running thi- r-ca-ou. He lai ed badly on the opening dav of the reeent Hawke'a Bay meeting, but won easily the ttecond day. In the 3lay Hurdles Waipu started favourite and i lini»-h*-d well back, but on thilav be came with a great bur-! of >jnvd ' in the straight, and -mothering everything. picked up the well-endowed (.Votary Hurdles. On Monday's form the Torpedo gelding made many friends for the Great Northern Hurdle-. From the agony column of the N'ew Zealand Herald, 20/5/08:—"A lady in poor circumstances lost pur-e. containing money and Bey, on Takapun Racecourse. Finder handsomely rewarded;' etc. These sort of thing* tret one think ing. What was the lady "in poor circumstances" doing on a racecour-e? .Was -lu» out to get rich quick bv picking the flying neddie«? And was she the only (ne who loat monev on the cour-e! lon may light your pi]** with the Gammon Act aud bet your bottom dollar that -be wa-n't. Rut very few put the pur«e and the key in a- well a-? the coin; *he was a rare plunger! We often hear of the money mad;* by lacking leading jockey's mount-., boi the following computations relating to jockey Maher, the well-known crack, are worth reading. If any lighthearted backer who did not want to !«' bothered with detail> hid telegraph* d to his lK)okmaker when the =ca-oii opened: " ill) on all Mailer's mount- j this week"—a bunne?- which would not have occupied two minute—would have had C)'» 4 11- 8d to draw last Monday. If. on the other haml. our backer had started with ju-t one humble sovereign on Madden'- mouniat a certain period la»t year, dmibliug after each loss, lie would have had } back tin- laht of the »< > rie r> of b»rer- f««r j and unh -- j he were quite a rich man he might ha*, j had difficulty in finding lite tenm t :•* j Infill batking Maher thi- - »-on. -"R.-- i pier.** in tin* illustrated S,»ojihig ..mi Dramatic News. A* a rule racing |H.opir do not place many Ijeana on testimonial-, bearing in mind ibat anyone ran write a refeiviKv. and iVoni the fat bookmaker to one - big brother it H the recognised thin:, to give a fellow a help along if \.ni can by testifying to hi* honesty, ability to work and a iiuihlkt of other thingwhich the victim has proUibly never heard of before. The tale i- t«»!d of . t Taranak* who tool; a Maori lad into hi- employ to make l.i r,- ■ ftelf g-ncrally U-efuL ihit the dn*!.. j youth wa> not a micc«.«*: he had tli • \ knack of doing everything wrong, anil the trainer'* rage wa> mounting rapidlv. j On th- fecund day things came to .i | head. The Maori left a gate open, an I 5 old ?>!takey b-g- down tieftreet. knocking him-elf about *ome what. "Rv gad. I'il yon." roa-ed the trainer, ru-lnng round the yai«i. '*But youll give n- a recomnienda-lmn. bo*s. Won't yer." wailed the brown youth. "Recommendation!" -norted il:.- i boss: "by Jove. yes. I'll give you a! recommendation.*' and iu» went in-ide } and painfully penned the following mm I committal reference:—-'Hie hearer ..i thi>4 letter has worked for me two da>- ! and I am satisfied.--Your-. J. Islaii ! <. ; P.S.-I .nil (H'ITK -ali-fied.- -1. R." And : tlie Maori u quite proud of hi- rr<<im • ' A ca-e of intere-t to -poniug folk i was heard at the l)i-trict Court. Ma--j Vrton. la-t week, before .Tmbje Ha-* 1 den. when Albert Si*»:i 1». «'\ecut . r »i ihestate of the late T. F. Smith, pi" ••• i ed again-t lames ( re--, hotrike* per ; o ] the return of the ramcour-e f.i dir. »• in the alternative th" -inn «>f value of the horse, and t'H«> for alb 'M-: illegal detention. A receipt i"i s._ ,, r» for the purchase of thw hor-c v.i- found nmong deceased'- paper-. 'Me- delV i' ant alleged that Smith th ■ liorv? on hi< own and dct'-o- 1 • half, aid that drfendat;! |ui<l S.urh : £ll7 RI-. half the pur -ha-e. i -r the : ' pihftre. I i'l'v had reim»n-| .i:.-l i, 1 intitr to.- paving -i-b ' 1 ' ! : "• K was .ho-vii that ph'in'ilV h IJfriiliinir heavily i-efi.i.- >. 1 •aid he paid 'i ■:t ';T:i>r> !-•. ' Smith promi-ed to un »b n' .i ie.-. p, t later on. WitlK-"- ».;'id tl"« <r 1 in connc.-jion .>itii c.i.lritinnincr at Pahiatna. (he iv.i-on 'li--j horse w•« imt coupled It h s. u daiie > j Pahiatna wa- becai;-e \e.. had noti::<d|' Hie secretary at Pabialim that be b.' ! . < ,old the hor«e to Smith. Judgment \vas for defendant Crets. -