SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 157, 24 June 1908, Page 3

SPORTING.

TURF TOPICS. tlly " Mottiroa"'). Tlie Napier'l'ark R.C. winter meeting opens to-day. In the Napier Mecplcchasc the riders of the different horse- will probalily !-c

us follows:—Faro (•!. Hall|. Pi-frc 1..1.1 Divide). Post Haste (Crcylanil-). X»gi (.1. Dchuiev). llacriki.noa (11. ifavii.i, Fretwork (W. lliggin-i. and Valium «'. ONcilll. The Auckland Vhas.-r I'i.nc inociFaro on 411 m bettor twins t«i-tl:iy thin when tin.' pair rim ii close lini-li in tin.linn' Steeplechase at ll.iwkvs Hay. Sir Fri-co showed g 1 f"i".ii at (>ta.;i : and is engaged ill tlic I VI a lie HacK lliiiiilii-aii to-ihiy. Thi' going will ur->-bablv lie suit and therefore mm-li in hifavor. Tlic Auckland pony Mighty Atom li'tt fnr Svdni'v on Monday to compete in tli>. l'lichiiioiid Thousand at Melbourne next month.

~ hite Lie ;M a bad start in the lleretaunga Jlandieap, her only run at '.!'>'■' llawkc's Jlny meeting, but will probably face Hie barrier in tile Stewards' Slakes this afternoon. Sid. Kcid will ride the daughter of Merriwee. liniibuu and Whatakura showed best form amongst- the hack hurdlers at Hastings, both jumping splendidly. Lctheriu jumped wildly, but will soon settle

down to the game and will then be diri-

gcrous. Jlimipai ran two seconds last wi"», but is coining on, and a win is long overdue in that ijuarter. Waipunehu surprised the majority ' t punters by easily winning the llauwaka Handicap from King's Post oil Thursday. The Waitiku gelding had the services of F. D. Joncs'aud linislied full 01

running. Lull carried 10..". when he won the Hawked Bay Hurdles from Repulse. The winner won very easily, and was the least distressed of the runners vvh -n thev returned to the weighing machine, lie "carries 11.3 in the Ahuriri Hurdles I to-ikiv. The Waitara llai-iug Club, which iisni, 11 v- holds its annual race meeting in December, has decided on having this year's race meetin- in October.