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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 319, 9 January 1909, Page 4

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ll.C. Annual. R.C. Annual. ■PJffuary 10 und U.—Eginont K.C. |T~suuinier. Tuitf TOPICS. (By "Moturoa"). ...pahiatua weights are due about Tuesday next. / Mul>ri Rifle cannpt be classed amongst " the guns." Tanekaha. should quickly run out of hack company. IV>rward was very backward at Stratford. ''The appropriately named Scorcher \von the Perth. (W.A.) Cup on the 28lh ult. "Why did they sell Killarney?" The old hurdler is now doing duty as a , >trap-norse and appears to like it. Punters may. now rest their brains until the Wellington R.C. Summer meet opens on the 20th inst. Master Douglas was very sore at Ellerslle, and consequently failed to pro 'duce his best form. As wis only to be expected, man) '& the "dead birds" were well "pluck ed"at the Christmas meetings. Tumut bas won eight races durbj this season, and with 7st. 131bs. in tli< Telegraph Handicap must be accountei well Ib* The hurdler Master Douglas does no take on stick events at Pahiatua, bu: ■will test his pace in the Welter Handi ''.caps- . XMew are prad3 nominated at Pahia - tua named "Merrie Christmas" am ''Happy New Year." We may expec "Happy Boxing Day" next! "Joe" Prosser's Stepniak geldin; Faux Pas won two races at the Wai kanae meet on New Year's Day, am had the services of A. OUiver. Handkapper Pollock places Gold Cres and ffenate» on the same mark in tli Telegraph Handicap at Trentham, bu on Palmerston form Gold' Crest sliouli prove the better of the two. Mikotahi, Golden Eagle, Cyrenc, o the local horses, and lady Mcnschikofl Kilmarnock, and Langsban figur amongst the Pahiatua entries. The old stager Paritutu won £lB5 a the Auckland meeting. His running i the Cup and Salisbury Handicap sui ' ' jiriseiDmost people, and the old horse i not done yet. Bad luck has stuck to the popula horseman,'A McConnon, like.a leec this season, and he received anothe 'nasty fall when Yosanri blundered a Bulls. ... Sir Antrim has been showing winnin form recently, and the way he won tli Clifton Stakes at Eangitikei - suggest - that he will' turn out as good as hi full-brother, Lord Soult. ' /' s Yes, 1 like scenery," said a loca sport to a stranger going down to Strat ford, and it wasn't until the latter ha gone into raptures over the beauties c Milford Sound, and Tongaporui dropped to the fact that tli Blporting gent, only referred to Scencr r, f n the Hack Hurdle Race. '." * Eclogue, with a minimum against hi name, was a hot order in the Greatfor ' < Stakes at and Mr. 1 O'Neill's flier had the race won fro: 'end to end, winning without na effor bv three lengths. Several of the "als ' *yan" divison lost "without an effort, it might he added. .Both Waioriki and Waikaraka, wh *' v scored at Hastings on Saturday, clain Waiuku as sire. A yearling full-brothe to Waioriki changed hands for MUg- ' at Spencer Gollan's sale, and the young ' "ster is said to.be full of promise. t The popular "Cerise" jacket was t -, the fore on the second day of tli Jay meeting, North Head ' ' Hon. J. DTtttmond, while North !Poi and Martvrium ran into places in tliei ■ respective races. The Auckland Plate, run over twcrfi furlongs, was the best of good thing for Bobrikdff, who won comfortably b; three lengths from Zimmerman ii 2.382-5. The first six furlongs was rui lit a very slow pace, 1.252-5 being tin time, but the pace brightened up ii the last bit, and from the six furlonj ' post to the finish only occupied Inr.u The hurdle race at the Takapau meet ing on New Year's Eve was an excitinj event. There were only two starters and when Atanui fell at the seeom fence the race seemed all over.... Bu Atanui was remounted, and gave chase to Brown Belt, who hatl gained a bii 1 lead. Bro»n Belt fell at the second tc t last hurdle, but got going again just h time to cop the prize. J The loss of a few bob is quite sufii cient to. convince many punters thai they haven't had a fair run for theii money. Coming home from a iuectin;. ,k l»»* week a luckless punter put thi> poser to a carriageful of sports: "Hon the- deuce could a cove win money whet . jou could see that they had the Read} Reckoner going on every race." Tin crowd said nothing, but' thought hart On New Year resolutions. Consider the bleeding of the Bar Vons This year's total of £3130 10s received from the Ikeys easily beats last season's A.R.C. summer meet record of £3130 And the poor punter has to make it up by accepting cramped odds all the tune. These t2O •• touches " are a great game •for the racing clubs, but where do we come in?

'■-••■'; A good word may be said for Jlerriw; % (llerriwee —Lady Helen), who won tlu -..Sylvia Handicap at EUerslie on Satur i-:' toy. Sharpshooter, was in the van wher ; the distance was reached, and lookei like winning, but Buchanan called or llerriwee colt and the latter re . sponded gamely and came with a brill i ant run on the outside, winning a pretty race by three-quarters of a length. Leonator was seen at his best in tin Grandstand Handicap, running freely ir front for most of the distance. Jenkfri* brought Master Sbult along at the turn out the Treight told in the run home and Leonator won comfortably in tin good time of 2min. 83-osee. 'When 'Broadsword won the Great ... Northern Foal Stakes in record tiruc for the race, Clifford's colt was proclaim ed the best two-year-old of the season but he failed to produce his best form . in : the slower-run Royal Stakes. As usual Armlet was out in front making the scenery slip by at a rapid rate, hut at" the turn for home Broadsword dash ed alongside the daughter of Jlensehi'koff und appeared to have the race won but ia the run home he steered a nwt erratic course, shirking punishment in no uncertain way, and Armlet, runnin;; very straight, won by over a length •from Elysian, who heat Broadsword by a head for second money. "There passed away on Christmas morning a very old sport in the person of 'Mr. George Hal!, of Lowgarth,-Tani naki. Mr. Hall, accompanied by his j wife, came out to Wellington in 1857 "by the ship Alma. He did not stay lons in Wellington, which was then a very small place, but went to the Uppei Hutt, and started in his trade of blink smith and wheelwright, and afteniardf combined farming with it. About 18SI he removed to Xormanby, and for souk few years past he has resided with lib son. *3fr. Hall was a great lover of th« ; thoroughbred, and ia his day bred smni Very fair horses, amongst which may hf mentioned Barbard, Lady Helena Zephyr, Merman IT., Lady Jewel an.i others. -'.-' The annual statistics furnished by tlif respective Bacing Associations in lh< district of New York arc of much interest. The total amount! ' paidout to winning owners for stakes handicaps, etc., during the year lftOi ■aggregated £323,000, while last year'.' j'dlstrjbutioni amounted to £321.000 yfhese figures in their importance art more convincing tlian arguments for a ,i'l yigahMt racing, with the usual enclos-ures,-in conveying a general idea of the present state of affairs in Xew r'Sorlr, and proof that the .public will holdttself aloof from such pastimes and iSport iwhen the means of enjoyment are saddled with uncalled-for restrictions, .-,' An English sporting writer who claims to be a strong partisan of and a firm Reliever in the Mntuel form of 'hotting. Jon!the grounds that cash is required for extravagances and debts are pre--ieSted, states that its only drawback js.thiit it minimises the excitement <lurjjng.each race, and that its votaries ••lift armies that the French Government is iilly not to adopt the same means that Itfeviri."force in Austria and Belgium, Ke>e-|th'e*-(bookmakers are licensed, and Sdi to .e'onttibute-a fixed percentage ftnj'tl*cir operations to the State, the l^yWoursea," anil to breeding! This ftlcfe. like" one of the most rational sugyet made in connection with question, writes "Scout,'' which shonld recommend itself jpltnfse. responsible for the amendment tettlfganiing laws throughout all . where gambling on horsela,