SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 167, 6 July 1908, Page 3

SPORTING.

\ ICIVUUN tJKAND NATIONAL.

lti'e°ived uth, 4.30 p.m.

Melbourne, July i>. The \ietoriiin Grand National Hurdle Jlaec throe miles, resulted—Lady Quiz 1, Mercury ■>, Wollara ;l. Tile only non-starter was Waratnh. The race was run in thick misty ram. Lady Quiz was first away and practically inaintunied wmniaiid. throughout the whole journey, winning i,\ four lengths frDni -Mercury, with a length between second and third. Time omins 551/jsec,

TL'UF TOPIC'S.

(My " -Uoturoa'') The presence of ,U,e New Zealand hurdler Waipu hi ] :lst Saturdays race tor the V ictorian (!raud National caus-

Ed a great amount of interest throiHiimJ"nVv"''' r' 11 " 1 hiS . cost New Zealanders a heap Of fom Fresl, f,,, tn i|js l)r i|j iauj . vi( . to| . i( , s 'n t ie.On.tnry Hurdles and th« Great Northern K„r,IW, Waipn appeared to be pitch-forked" into the big Victorian '"'die nice with lfist 31b. At the beginning of last week he was.quoted a warm favorite in Australia and tha>e who witnessed |,ij victories lit Hawke's I-"}', Wiingiiniii, and at Auckland, look'if upon tile race as a moral. Ilowrh'M'" m" " ,il - v l " lVe nlrMtp 'l ''"■f-"' 1 Uls f»ll«wcrs will atixionslv rf { I of the event, wi reach „s in the course of .lie week. Waipu i* engaged in the lav /T* ° U le ' WOll<l 1,11,1 third .so the meeting, and mav not return empty-iuuulod.

The much-raced White Lie has been accepted for in the Win tod Oats llandicap ;*.t (rishorno. -Maui had the had luck to sustain a <ut heel in his last race at l''lemi„ K ton l-i't uiontli and will have to be spelled. ihe veteran Scotty figures in tn« Gruml National Hurdle llaee and the U inter Cup. "Tartar" Julian will ride mm in the former event.

At K °i> tl u r '\* tlU ' ,lils lM;en l ,m 'ellased bv Jlr. D. Rutherford, atid «ill be .riven a clmnce to distinyiiisa himself over tiie small sticks.

is in great deimind for the Grand National Hurdles, punters keeping in niiiid the prominent position he was holding when lie fell in the Great -Northern hurdle ilace.

A. .AleC-oniion litis be f, n to pilot Kapakapa and Xui in theu- (Jisborne eiiya^enieuts. Will tlic publication of weights for t'lie Grand National meeting, folk, who have been having a partiei" laily slow tune lately, will have someto engag'- their attention, and the liig handic.ips at Kiccarton should provide snliiciently tough nuls for their digestion—it is to be liojicd not fir their indigestion! Kaitere lieads t'lu- list in tile Steeplechase with 12.8. and the o | ( [ |,or S e will have to be at his very best on the day to do any good with that weight. Uicii Kyne has caught it strongly for Iws double win at Auckland, the handicapper having apparently disregarded the Lochilcss gelding's poor showing at Ihtwke's liny. Slow Tom may not stand tile preparation, and Hxnioor was only an iiulij;ert'nt jumper when last out. kaipctipeti U leniently treated, and is ii sale juniper. Lull, Tilson, fretwork, I'ierre, imd Kapakapa have all shown good form this season. It will be noticed that Lull ln\s not been nominated /or tile National Hurdles. ■ 111 tlic Grand National llurdle Hace Taritutu is not unduly burdened with ll.il, and Hie local champion has a host of followers. V> ith 11.4, he ran second to Shrapnel (1U.8) last year, and this time meets the latter on lllhs b'-'t-ter terms. besides which-, l'aritutu 'has improved wonderfully in his jumping, and l'ercy .I'ohnson may he depended upon to land the Castor g?lding at the post in good nick. K.vmoiu (11.2) is a great weight-carrier, ans Lady lltnie proved her worth at tne recent Auckland meeting. Letheri?/ appears hadly (roated alongside (fold IJnst, Sen Sim, and Aorangi; indeed, the latter has got oil' very lightly after :li:is brilliant showing at Auckland. Of the others Defeat and Ucpulse appear the most likely ones.

The Winter Cup has drawn a splendid crowd, of "milers,'' and the winner is well concealed. Dusky Morn, Dawn,

Mystilication, and llotoa 'nave all earned their loads, but Liipuljtc, Irish Rillc, Cross, Battery, Truce, and Wailethe are higher up in the weights tlinn most punters imagined. Penates, |Si r J.'nsco, Miiharamii. and Allei are sure to iiii'.i

favor with punters, and taking it, right through the handicap is a good one, and oue which will take punters all. their time to "pick."