SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 198, 11 August 1908, Page 3

SPORTING.

KACIXG IX AUSTRALIA.

v AUclailc August 10. v,„ atlolwl Hurdle fiace resulted: p!H« J > -Matumba, 10 8 »• rt,rtr " U ' 2 ' 3 - lllCTe wcrc tcn nniitin"' ■ i? WMmor > «Iter occupying a iin eIV" rei ' V Ull uoar tlle le "tl, r" g , iUUI wo ° llalf 11 Jo "ota. lime, 4nun yOsec. XUKl'' TOPICS. (J'y "Moturoa.") . lilt Canterbury limml Xutiona! nu>et- »{,' opens 10-day, [|„. prinoi,,,,! ril( . es SSi"? X 't«oiwl Steeplechase an [ \\ inter Cup. h.I'T 'V"'""" ''fpreventative, Xorth <' j put U]> a great gallop on Saturday morning, vasily settling Kairoma over seven tiirlongs. I'G lieau jumped the Steeplechase course at Kiccarton on the same morning, pel lonning proficiently. • 11 W 'H be up on All Keil m the » inter Cup to-tlay. (ihoorka, who has been withdrawn from tne Jumpers' Flat Kace, still iv-

imiins in the Trial Hurdles, and is .-?!• loping ami jumping well at Eicearton. Great interest is being taken locally m the (,rand National Steeplechase. The . New llyinouth-trained Kiatere is a great' '. horse over the course, but has a steadier m list Blb to carry.' Loch Fyne and ', -\adador represent recent winning form, .' and are said to be very well. Tilson is . hardly likely to see the journey out, bur, . Le lieau won at Taknpuna anil is goim* , well at Kiccarton. This year's field is t a very small one, and a poor response to the thousand pounds stake offered bv the Canterbury Jockey Club. Paritutu was moviiig in taking style prior to leaving for Riccarton, and carries top weight in the Jumpers' Flat h Race this afternoon.