SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 95, 18 May 1909, Page 3

SPORTING.

WANliAMl.'l ACCEPT AXCKS. j % Telegraph.—Press Association. t Wangaiiui, Last Night. ( Tin' acceptances inr tiie Wangiiun Jockey dun's winter meeting lirst (In. are as follow:-- ( Borough Handicap, six furlongs,--I Bull,inn 5.7, Mull Ami 5.5, Waikaraki j 8.3, Irish Itiell B.H, Kaivroa 7.13, Hip*, , Uelie 7.12, Hennia 7.4, St. Hill a;ul 'loi *, Tnlii 7.:1, Cyreiie 7.2, Nicotine 7.1. f Wangaiiui Steeplechase. aiiout tlire' ( miles.- iKintere 12.0, Kurus 11.3, Tilsoi . 10.2, N'ogi Jack Pot IU.U, Mocassin 9.13 Aroha 0.12, Oryx anil Pawn 11.12, Clara ' Belle and Playmate 9.10, Ballance 9.9 . Whimper 0.8, Northern Star 0.7. . I'.lectrie lluck Handicap. live furlongs t —Nyhnid 9.4, Overtime 9.3. Mulga lii: 8.1, Strategist 8.!), Clemency 8.0, Punv : kau and Guiding Step 8.4, Toanga 8.3 , Brilliancy 8.1, Seilgeinoor 8.0, Red Win" . 7.!), Cauldron 7.8, Singer 7.5, Flying Willi) 7.5, W'uita 7.5, Captain Bell, Sea Wind . Slippery Queen, Jinnie and liilleshot 7.0. Kuitake Hack Hurdiea. one and threequarter miles.—Stayboy 11.5, liiuigihaeta 11.! , Claremont 10.12. Anratus 10.7, Taupo 0.10, Moose 9.7, Waione 9.6, Indian Mutiuv 0.5, Moscow 0.2, Feu d-j •Joie, Tokoroa and Lothair 0.0.' Century Hurdle Handicap, about tw miles and a distance.—Master Douglas 11.8, Maidi 11.7, Kxmoor 10.5, Kairoma 11.2, Wnipu 10.8, Aorangi 10.5, Xavier 10.3, Snip 10/2, Rangihaeta 10,0, Compass 9.12, Whatnkura 6.10, Prospector 9,'J, Dellario 0.2, Ciiase Mab 0.1. Connolly Handicap, one and a quar ter miles.—Maniapoto 8.0. Wnodhey 8.1, Roosevelt 8.0, Maliuta 7.0, Waitapu 7.8. Daisy Paul 7.4, Gwendoline 7.0, Astraea 0.11, Lady Meiischikolf 0.10, Wee n'inket 0.10, First Mate 0.8, Lamsdorfl' 0.7 Purua, Hack Handicap, one mile.— Mendip and Research 9.1, Strategist 8.0 Mallet 8.3, North East 8.2, Anemone 8.0, Paione and Shannon Lass 7.0, Ma mthon and Vinco 7.2, Marshal 7.1, Quick March, The Riever, Montpelier and Adopted 7.0. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa"). Gold Lace has gone into Lowe's stable at Trentham. Ilighden, who is now a stablemate or Uhlando. is being spelled. Mr. Eva has had Wee Trinket in hand for about six weeks, and the daughter of Westmere is moving along nicely. She will probably be given a flutter at Wangaaui on Saturday. Chamade, the full sister to Het Volt, won the Liverpool Mile at Warwick Farm (Aust.) on May Bth. The 3-year-old daughter of Uhlan carried 7st and won by half a lengtih in 1.42. Mr. Dan O'Brien recently leasfed Chamade to Mr. A. Gollaa. A sporting item from the Bulletin: On April 30, 1810, the first horee race in Australia was run. The cours'e .was at Paramatta (N.S.W.), and the two horses (only two) contesting were named Parramatta and Belfast. The race was won by Parramatta. The chronicles state that the proceedings of the day were enlivened by cock-fighting, wheelbarrow-racing and jumping in sacks. A publican gave enough calico to make a chemise for a prize "to be run for by three vestals of the current order," that is, currency lasses. The race caused great amusement. The Auckland Racing Club has' reason to be pleased with the splendid nominations received for minor events at tli» forthcoming meeting. This year's lists total 332 against 323 last fear. Paritutu, Durability, Maika, Highden, Glenulin, Valentine, Starboard and Tanekaha 1 have been freely nominated. In the Maiden Hurdle Race arc Rangihaeta, Stayboy, Maharanui and Waionc. There are a number of horses after the double at Auckland this year. Audax, Maidi, Waipu, Cuiragno, Kremlin, Sol, Jack Pot. Irish, Oryx and Creusot nave paid up for both tflie Great Northerns. Lull has been scratched fcjr all events at the Wanganui meeting. Dunborve, who, it will be remembered, scored a sensational win in the Great Northern Guineas of 1907. lids proved a failure on the flat and is to he given a chance to distinguish himself aoross the small sticks. The Hon. J. D. Ormond holds a strong hand in Audax, Kairoina and . North Head in the Great Xorthurn Hurdles, and the fact tihat the Hawke's Bay sportsman has paid up for the trio will puzzle "double" pickers somewhat. At Tauriki case has conic to a head. For long weary months the Takapiina, Jockey Club has worked quietly on the matter and certain parties wrote letters to the papers asking why in the name of goodness (or something else) something wasn't done. And then the club awoke and rubbed out the horee Tauriki, owner Dnrragh, and Grant, in nviiose name Tauriki won three races, and it is safe to s'ay that we can all pick a couple of nwsons who are not satisfied with the Takapuna Club's decisions. But one does not take much notice of these very occasional disqualifications. If stewards only knew their duties they would stop the little tricks of hundreds who are taking risks raceday after race-day. The air is simply putrid with in-and-out performances,