THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 160, 27 June 1908, Page 3

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

July 'J and It)—l.UWnc ll.l'. Wiui. r. July IS. i!, anil —Welliujituii lt.i. " l , inirr. .7u!v North 1 antcrlniry l l . Winter. Augn-t 11, 13, ami l.i—C'anteiiinry J. 1.. '•rami Natiniial Meet in jr. Septviubrr t) and III—Horn« licuiui ll.n t l!.t. Annual. • TURF TOPICS. (By ".Moturoa.") <Mtnrrii whosi- liorse, are "{.-noil in the muil" ittvariulilj put |jy ill!- " a rainy day.'' The niiint notable absent*'.' from tin- • Melbuurnc Cup noniinaiiuus i, Muuutai:i King, and tile kgion of ■ long >ho, punters who backed him li.n i- becu bauHv left. Can anyone ' explain tin- .lilfirciil pluae- of meaning of " doing ' ; Ahen there is no money for a lior»e lie "doe.i nothing," ami when liis owner ii.ii the bet of hin life tlK' Jir.ul "doe-, n.ithwith hi. opponents!

Apologue has arrived in India in splendid condition, but it is doubtful whether the sun-Isikid <nurses of ihal tropical dime will not cause the ex-New 2eaiiud«r to '• eraek-up." lie was bouj:ht by the Rajah of Thinginimebob to win the Viceroy's Cap. ' • • . >

Xb* 1 sale ol the late Mr. t:. (i. Stead's blood stock, fixed for (irand Xatioaat timv, promise* to be au iiiterestiug alfair. Mr. Nil GreeQ and a number uf leading "Stwlia kor»ey men are coming over to th« *\\e r tod the very tin** collodion of slm mid brood mares should draw bomo spirited bidding.

Thi l " form " of hack hurdlers at tiie Bay and Napier Park nie»'ting-> was v*»ry lard to follow, aud the strange part of it all wa* that the dinner* pai l auuall dividends. Somebody on the most have "known something," but punters on this aide of the island were completely nonplussed aud dejectedly i»hook their bead* and asked tor one another, " What's it feel like to hack a winner, Bill!" * • * •

The amateur riders at the Hawko'-, Bajr meeting hare bevn de<*cril>od a 6 a »liockingljr bad lot, and their exhibition** would have been discreditable to beginners. Luckily in Taranaki there is no dearth of gentlemen riders, anil suck men a* Mr. A. Mitchell, Dr. Paget, Messrs. 0. George, C. Matthew*. I). Xoak<' and several other- who* 1 nain<»s do not at present occur to dip, can hand!" a horse better than many of " the boys." Anyway, w« have very few amateurs whose only use is to ~ knock a horse about.*

A 'Stralian paper records the death of that etui-iron horse Avalon (JStrathniore

► —Chintz). who contend no ies* than 2011 cjf-ent*. Avalon foaled in 18!»>. • and as a two-year-old raced a dozen times; at three year*. 2'A time*. As a seven-year-old he started ou 32 occn- . skm*; at eight and nkie years. IV.t times; at ten years'2o tinier; at eleven veaff, and during this sen-on he ha > sported »»lk about 8 time*. He was game t.> the last, and wan making' " no race "* of a box of oats when Death hoisted hi* nnrnbef and he threw his allev in.

The name of Si»a s iek 11., who one of thr dead-heater-, in the French Derby, ha* excited a k 4M>, I deal of curiosity among Kagtfah sportsmen, who hav - I»een wondering how Mr. \V. K. Vaiidcrhilt hit ufKxi such a name lor his coll. The following version of the affair iRUpplied by ** Thi* Tatler":—We believ-.' the christening came aliout in this way: w \niat *hi»ll we call him?"' said Iriowner. Mr. W. K. Vanderhilt, to tintrainer. Duke, who was formerly located ir» England. was the reply, "c-all him 4*ftor me; call him Sea Sick. !>ccau*r that's hov.- I am always when 1 citM< fo Kngland.** »So 3rr. Vanderhil: having a rather grim of humour, accepted the suggestion.

\l*e rarely read of "strikes" on rolmr al racewnrees. but such a thing took place on the second day of the RockJumpton Carnival, when horM'-oM ners and went out on strike owing to the starter. who«e livor was evidently out of order, 'impo-ing fines totalling €lB on riders of hor-e- «?» the tirst raf 1 '- Thi- steward- nu*t . hai-kr I ilown with a lmni|i. r "iiii ting all few. Then tlw »ti»tr«T ilt i lan ! that lir would nut start anotlii'r rai ■ until the fines were paid, ami thr w arrin rose «» one man and ljumpcil hlai Tight out, pirking up anotln'r starter !»v the ri-nilining eveut-. ami a chei rfn! crowd of horse-owners and jockeys juMlantly saddled up for the next race.

Ihe Xew Zealand hurdler Waijm Inarriwd safety in Mellnmrne, and. a t faring well, will content the Victorian frniQil National Hurdle Race run on JnJy 4. With only lOsfc. 31b. to carry Uaipu has been treated wry lenient iy, And the distance, thrw mile-, should ih>t trouble him in the least. Both in the Century Hurdles (two miles and a distance) and the Great Northern Hurdle(two milts and a half) he finished ven* atronply and as fre»h as paint. * The hope* of Maorilanders will be centred on when the day arrives, and th ■ Dominion has in him a powerful representative . Other New Zealander- engaged in the big hurdles are:— Heart Hat. 21b., Maui list.. Ataahua Iflst, Cachuca lost. t a&d Kin" Paul «M. mb.

There is no doubt, .writes " ifo-tyn,' about M'bich is the most notorious of all the thirty Adelaide Birthday CupMataV in 1881. He hailed from New Zealand, and was a most sensational bor«e. To bepin with, there vrja an abnormally profuse growth on his ie»-. ami he was a very ragjjed customer !.» look at. He wais brought over from Maori land for thi» Melbourne Cup «; 1880, and despite the fuel that a eonplof days before the £n*at event he jiut up one of the best Cuj* trials ever wi',nessed at Flemington, he ran badly In the Royal Park Stake* Yet in the fa<c of th*«e ingtoriou* peTformanci -. i» .- .clever division who had control of him put the money down solidly in tlu- V.U.c. Handicap, and he ma«le an exhibition *-i tlie others. Du*|uafitication falh.wc!. and tF»i-* led to pre?.ene<- in thi- State. The a r'.ion of tlk» tteirard or the VJ!.( was n«»t on thi- *ide 'it in the days when \he A.K.t. and tin- S .\. J.C. wrre at fnjrp>rh»ad*i. and Han Halne» the si-rvici-- of the !i.,r~'.t(» race in thl\ State. The vi-ilor \va-weijrhl-'d at 'A2. but he '.u»i .til atad defeatect a strong ii.-ld. in'-lndiii: that j:-hhl but uniu ky i-oh As a matter of fact it wa- "♦•nerally ' ..lcei!e<l lhat tin* event wa- reallv ;i tu—!-■ between the*e two. and that wa- v.hi. the Wttinjf market showed. .Mata won easily.

.. Ilv tl«-4vMy, "(.li-iitiiri'hiin hi- i,i!. rslinj: of tinf im-nmn.--. ii-li- .. smart amnioti- in ii<>ll with Al.ita'a Birthday I'up. Hi- -ai -: I ivi-.ilic i a very livi-ly -reue on tin- l.ilil (..ui-• on the iiiiiriiiiiL' Miure Ui<- ( up. wln-n i'n In dealer of tlut period, the inible \Yet-k-. auil I'hi! liengaged in a heated di-jeu.-ion aic re»po"iivi' chance. of Mut.i »is.i re-, tli-" 1 nuliiiiiic lirin- th.it i laid t.vm to twi.-e .m I'ro-ugain-t Mat a. il.n.i v.ii- -I'm i.; ss od the cour>i' proper ii a . link ood gallop.gettiujr .>v«-r hi- mihBill. 44 l /2'«.'e. Tlii- lull j -i ri'>n- j o" the opposing party. ami 1 thin.; tight in that the .r;i-. 'O'.tots felt nun" tini proud of l.i----r after wit»»-,.ii v -<• pwl « ga!i»p. : up-hot wait Progre-. v,.i- -trijn,. i, mid thru and M-nt uvi-r tin- miii • < pby James Wil-on ill.. uika taking the colt aluii;: at a i< r- I pace for the lir-t mile, tintiinjf a half V tilflf. IfcUli wvrr near i., h-avr tin- f iw lartion* in a >-tat•• ot f»>-vy.\* \i• .. i for.- thfre \V;I- ail ;!ini;-lHi- ,t;i itl ■ 1 or tiling iH-toiv i!i» da'. lut-.wi Urr awl Wwkf I cannot -ay w 1 iu. Unt to uliow t!ir kcfii » i\;-tin# twtwwn (ho rival cnnti-i n that particular morning Mi.-v < to my mind of 1 lani*- !»*in_L' dply nitxioux to u*hetli"r q Jtii' gallop carried won- titan [ll j>|wara 111 indicated: a'id *<< 1 • ovt'tfd li'- \m<! -

gavf 'i"»« . i- ■ ' v fe4l» th f, «dt. a atf'- an [flhsfbb laijf - d 'rf tlir Old Tiirr v 1 v : •>« l«w«t' , d tor tin* H>'i ,? ia -. I • rintu jnfrinsriiK'n? <■: >'•' of trainrr. I ni :t|xdo«v and avowal of ina/"ii H|M awrtl'd a roM>rt to forr-p. and t