SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 57, 1 April 1909, Page 3

SPORTING.

TUBE TOPICS. (By "Moturoa.") Ma«U'rtuu races to-day—AH-Fools' Day. Punters might make a note of the day! \alciiLiuc won a double yesterday at Manual, and was the bent miler 011 the course.

j.. :\odder and Price rode two winners apiece at Manaiu. Othens to score were: (.. aniKsOii. viiireburt. Grccihill ami .Mitchell.

I in- punters admired the way jockeys Cochrane and Price rode tiolleis yesterday, but their mounts were troubled with "the slows.' 1

The progeny <,f St. Paul Iliad a day out yesterday, winning live races. The sitcc.'ssl'ul ones were:-Valentine (twice), Maggie Paul, Taulntra and Paululus. Uhlan and St. Clements each claimed one winner.

Trotting races draw big fields throughout the province, and at Manaia there were no less than nineteen starters. Miss Ruby, by Wilmington, is very fast, and Rutland is another which can keep ahead of the Hies. The St. Paul gelding T'airhaia broke it for a win in the Kaupokonui Handicap yesterday. Taiiltimi is a. good track horse, but has let hi* party down frequently, and it'is lo be hoped t.lial now he is iqi against ■'smalt fry" ho will go 011 scoring.

The good bet of the'meeting wa- undoubtedly Clonpelt ill (he Moliiiuale Scurry, and punters went for it solidly. Tlieir money was always safe and t'lii'ipotl lauded comfortably.

Recreation went near scoria" in the linal event, but luck was agai-asl, Mr. J. O'Driscoll (:rs usual), and when victory seemed certain Hire iraqc was snatched on the post. Recreation also filled the role ot ruiuier-up in the Mauaia Handicap.

I There was great sport along th| line last night. "Johnson was beaten, was the cry at several stations and the joyful news .spread like measles. most people imagining that Jack Johnson had been slugged out by Tommy Bums or some other exponent of "the'noble art." As a matter of fact, the Johnson referred to was the sorry prad which "also ran" in the Scurry, and the pin-headed negro still holds the, board as champion

The Maslel-lo?! meeting will be a "dry" one, prohibition having been carried in .that town. Punters, like the wine virgins, will have, to cany their lubricator with them.

K. 'Hatch will ride San Fernando and Ora Piusent at Nelson to-day. Oro Pinsent is said to he capable <>f running four furlongs in SOsec. on the track as often as wanted.

The two top-wights in the Hack Hurdles at itasterton to-day are giving weight away to wry poor company. Waimaria. on ,liis Now Plymouth showing, should find the joumov rather far for him.

. A Wellington writer states tlhnt Whctnmarama is suffering 'from a cough and may not. .see the post for the Waipipi Cup. Of the others Tangeroa has heen gallo)iing nicelv and is in good form.

Paritutu may he hooked as a certain starter m tin- hurdles races nt Auckland this Master, and wall he ridden hy C. Cress in his engagements.

Kimmeriaii .lias a record for consistency, and ir= improving with every galSop. She is a likelv .starter fa the Maiden at (Ipaki. Those, who saw 'Toanga mn at the local meeting were favorably impressed by its speedy dash at the finish of each scurry and the Conqueror horse's form in the Dash Handicap to-day will be watched Willi interest.