THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 154, 20 June 1908, Page 3

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

w - Tt'RK TOPICS. > (By **iloturoa/') K« e* at Napier Park on Wedne&dav ' . and iliuixlaj- next. » • - • Ildlur (irav's appeal .Tpjiii-t the two jr»r*" di«|iialitk-atiun Mutnl out to bin, b}' Ihe Aurklaml Trcittinji Unli was si t i> for biaring at -Napier ji-stenlaj. •• • » •Mtlmngb a tarn meeting seems imt ■ ,of the question, a trotting meeting at Alf v.nilra I'ark will. probably be arr»ug« i for- the American Fleet. • • • • Aftonting to \\eltingtou papers pony racing at Miraraar is now about as deai •» a«"ine of the lilliputiau.s running a: iU U»t meetiag. ■ • • « • A .-.outbrrn writer describes the sotalfcti hurdler, who race down Dunediu Mfi ' n these terms, -They galloped in « lisc to the first hurdle and knocked it dov uF- • • • • An Australian hurdle-horn-, Moreover, eeeuis to be an appropriately named aniukil. 11c has fallen in each of his » lut t'iere runt) over the battens! • • • • ► 3V Kngltsh rider Trigg had an unk pfewifat experience at Alexandra Park recvnJy. UU saddle split immediately alter .be atart, and the jagged edges of the st I'l tree penetrated so deeply into but tl igh that be reumcd to scale , «motlr?red in blood. Despite the disadvantage at which Trigg was placed, Ma mount won. ' Old Eclair won the First Steeplechase at tin- Auitralian J£. Prince of Wales' . Birthday meeting. Dingo also started. Eclair carried top weight and was a ■ warm favourite, winning comfortably by a length. The Second .Steeplechase all to Kendledale, who got home a coupli of lengths in front ot Swimmer. The I tier was the public l'ancy and was giving away nearly three stone to the winner. • • • 9 ' Mr< (foot, who goes to Treadmill next jeasot: recorded six wins, one second, ear third, and once unplaced since August la .t, winning b stakes £2325. Other good stake-earners amongst the two-v«ar-.l<is include:—Armlet, £2125; Abori/inal, , £1200; ftolden Slipper, w JCIOO' ; (invitation, £sl>s; St. Aidan, £SBO. Armlet's Kandwick win is included in her total. • • • ♦ Fra.ik Burns, whose retirement from the li~t of riders Js reported, has been , ai ihr ganiQ for close on thirty years, and f.'tt were his equal over country. For nan.v years Burns' mounts had a - regqlif following, aad' barken knew that .hey hot only bad a good horseman i(i. but that they were on " a trier/' Burns' record Ims l>een an abfolitte v clean one, and tbe popular boEtewau was never once iu his whole careet called before the steward*. A fashionably-dresaed young man ' namA Hoolrv was brought l>efore a Magftlrate, at Sydney the other day chan(A.| with being an idle person. Hi said he was a Inolcmaker. The Magis- - tnte; It has been decided by the Supreme Court that though batting under certain.circumstances is legal, it is un'(awful to obtain a living in that way. Actuwd: If that is so there are hundred* of men in this State who should be in gaol! Hie Magistrate: Just so. WeH make a beginning now. You will *o tbrre' for a month. • * * • Sydney papers record the death from • lock-jaw of Malt Queen, the champion ' , two-year-old of Anstralia. By Malster out of ller Majesty, Malt Queen «a., a particularly well named filly, and her record this season was a remarkablr one. She started on six occasions and , arver tasted defeat, winning for her . owner (Mr. H. Brcnnan) close on i'itfHl . in stakes Her latest and most notable victory was in the Champagne ' Stake* at Uandwick, when she carried a lfllli., penalty and "lined" a good field. It is exceedingly hard luck to lose such a promising filly at so carly an age, and champions like Malt Queen are not bred everyday. • • • •

Mr. VermU (says the London Daily Mail), as clerk of the scales, was weighing urn the riders for a particular race (the Household Brigade Steeplechases), and «i long them waa a gallant young officer who dropped mechanically into the " ( liair " witk nothing but his personal < quipinent of breeches, boots, ami jacket. Mr. Verrall waited a few momenta in the expectation that a servant was coning with the aaddle, but nobody ■appeared. " Where is your saddle, sir:" Be ask-d the officer. "On the horse, ot counr.' was the astonishing reply. *X«vo-mind the saddle—just weigh me obi quickly." Mr. Verrall could nut reprux an inward chuckle at this airy indiffeieice to rale, but with due ollicial gravity he pointed out the irregularity of shell a proceeding, and said the •addle nliut go into the scale with the -, rider. Again the young officer protested, re iiarking on the trouble of un.®a<lillnt.t the tune; "and, my dear fellow," lie .concluded, *' 1 give vou my woni J m overweight without the beastly ead lle." So he wan, to such an extent t at when thi» part of bis c<]tiipment vas ultimately brought in he had to lie declared a big " extra." Somebody e.se won the race.

In ihe London Sport* Supplement. " »Spea mint" writes as follows on the Bulijei of ** liookie v. Backer":—"!* may b a glorious sight to *ee a * well* known and much-respected metallieian' (choice freportorial phrase!) proudly walk littired. or not attired, in a lion tamerV cuat) into a thousand-pound car, l«r. whether it is so or not depends largely on disposition. There is always the otier side—of the backer poshing into a penny omnibus. and wondering why. 1 "*t. tho horse lie supported ran 101b. 1* low its form, and. secondly, how «otne the gorgeous ltookmakers knew th* an mal was going tu do it. And it in Ihtj i-e the average man knows that frequently the bookmaker plays with loaded dice that he dMike* him. even while ie deals with him. 'But why bet!' t!ie piliist may pointedly inquire. Why. i/ideed? As well a*k wliy drisk when \ou are not thirsty: why .-moke; why « w»nd on a dinner when ">d would -atisfy your hunger; why do anything tuat breaks the grey monotony ot bed anil work and work and bed? None that bet like losing. M«*t. honexer. can lose with ii semblance of grace when ! they h.iv« fair price*, fair play, and a : lair run for their moue\. These thing- I are o< t possible while the liookmaker* j control the prices, and in too many in- ; etancei- also the running." • to • * The risks that rider* in hurdle race* take a»*e not often fully realised. From the jrr. nd-tand the l»»»r-#- jn*i -eem t" riM* ai d come down mi their leg- again and ril-h on to the next üb-taele. and so on. It looks dead ea-y and a- *a!e aequattng in an arm-chair, and even when iui accident dot's occur the public onlv if it i* their I**l that i- " down and if it i*nt. well —"that* OHf to l«*at. anyhow!' And even if a jo* key hw- hii tieket occasionally, noltodv rjeem* to rare "a tuppenny, and tii»' game gm- on as joyou*ly as ever. Several years ago I witnessed an awful -ma*h on a racecoiir-e up North, a horti striking a hurdle in front «»f 'hbtand, and the inifortiinate jmk w.ihorled titrrmjfh the atnn»*phere like a liphtnii ii -*truck sack «t ehatf and touched Hot her Kartli with a bump like Bill Squire* experienced when Tommy l>urn* outwl iiui in tlie lirst round. The rider wan kited outright, ami the croud eruslM , » round and shut out the air. A parVIII ;i|»|»«'aretl on till' *ct*m\ ami. ~"i orer t.- tin l prostrate jmkfV, imittrri>l. -IVnr' IVar! I h<.|K- tltv i»«>r Mm/ win )I1 ivpiirpil f'r ilratli." " Imlnclc li<wui, ;'r rivi-reine." a Ipysl.imli r wtm >v - .'itliatnl -.vittiin a f.-w f"' t tin- j.* " Inilailc inpr'vparnl f'r 'U'atli. t'r n'-t a- I" va>Ki'il lII' hr -aid. N"» f'r Hi.' tilanky immp" ! .\ti'l riohi'il »ir t'> pi' k •' ** mora " for the next race.