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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 160, 15 October 1910, Page 8

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RACING FIXTURES. * i NEW ZEALAND. October 10, 22—Wellington spring meet- ■ ing- i November 5, 7, 9, 12.—Canterbury J.C. J November 5, 9, 12.—Auckland R.C. AUSTRALIA. October 8, 12, and 15—Victoria Amateur Turf Club. October 29, November 1, 3, and s—Victoria Racing Club. COMING EVENTS. • October 15.—Caulfield Cup. October 29.—Victoria Racing Club's 'Meeting. FLEMINGTON NOTES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Flemington. October 14. Captain White and Th.sllebrook did ten furlongs in , 2n:in ISsec; Olivaster a mile :n in'rii 4:)s„c; K.eglass seven furlongs in l'ii.:;i 38hc; .Maltine five furloivrs in lniin fecc; Alawa a mile in Imin S3 sec; Appltpie half a mile in 52sec. Bouadca ami Silver Hampton are unlikely to start in the Caulfield Cup. THE ORVIETO CASE. Keeeived 14, 7.20 p.m. Sydney, October 14. .In the Orvieto case, Robertson's appeal to the V.R/J. was dismissed. A.R.C. ACCEPTANCES. Uy Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ; Auckland, Last Night. Acceptances for the A.R.C. City Handicap closed to-night as follows: City Handicap.—North-east 9.3, Salute 8.8, Paisano 8.5, Advocate 8.1, Waian 7.13, Waimangu 7.10, Santa Rosa 7.10, Sea Elf 7.10, Uranium 7.9, Lochbuhie 7.8, Parable 7.0, Manapouri 7.5, Admiral Soult 7.4, Iney 7.0, Waitapu 6.13, Coromandel C.lO. After the payment of the firs* forfeit the following remain in the Great Northern Guineas:lnspection, Poictiers, Antoinette, Goklfinder, Royal News, St. Ambrose, Ekaterini, Solus, Kapanga, Ladrone, Dearest, Apellon, Monolope, St. Bees, King Soult, Master Theory and Cheddar. TURF TOPICS. (By "Moturoa"). Races at Dunedin to-day. The Wellington Racin? Club's spring meeting will be in full blast on Wednesday next. More double hurdle winners this week —Aoramri and Te Ru. No luck! The unfortunate Stayboy is still running unprofitable "seconds. Napier touts say that Kohinoor is "sparking" along in great style at Hastings.

How much did you "do" on Golden Loop and Master Sylvia on Wednesday ? Ths Bar Vons got a little of their own back. The New Zealand Cup horse, Cnn«tadt, showed signs of unsoundness at G'eraldine and may be labelled an unlikely starter in the two-mile race. Sleacombe was too see to compete at Greenmeadows this week. It will be remembered that tiu; BirkefiiiiMd gelding got a bad start at Hastings. Reported that Osiris has foUfld a buyer in Mr. Connolly, of Melbourne. At 500 guineas the chestnut was well sold. Punters rushed Dearest on Wednesdaiy and had the misfortune to see the hot order badly bea'ten by r-tahlj-mate Gipsy Grand, with Jenkins on Top. Cullman is proving a rare advt. for his "dad," Royal Fusilier. Mr. Lowry's gelding made light of 10.2 'n the County Hack Handicap and fairly romped home. It takes a lot of weight to stop a good horse when he is well. On the strength of a good gallop on Monday last Bill Davies made no secret of the fact that he expected to "catch" the big handicap at Otaki with Llanwern, and the bay horse ranked second favorite to Golden Loop when the tote closed down. When it came to racing Llan[wern just cake-walked it. | Advantage generally carries welter weights in sprints in this country, and with 7.3 against her name in the Moonga Handicap at Caulfield slhe looked well in. The daughter of Advance showed that she was "in the pink" at iMarton last month when she ran off with a double and no doiibt the crowd behind her threw in for a healthy win when she scored across the water on Wednesday. Great things were expected of Master Soult when he was taken to Sydney, and it is gratifying to see he is showing 'em how to gallop in 'Stralia. The Eclipse Stakes, which he won in good style at Caulfield, were worth 600 guineas, and now that he has struck form there should be no stopping him. Prior to the Wanganui meeting there were people who reckoned Te Whetu a better horse than Reumac. On Wanganui and Hawke's Baq form the Daystar gelding appears to ibe just one of the ordinary run of neddies which punters in their ignorance spill hard-earned wealth over.

Away back in December of 1908 old Highden gave North-East 131bs and a beating over a mile at Dannevirke, since when the Merriwee gelding has been suffering from swelled head or something of the sort. Anyway, he hasn't been paying for his oats for quite a long time, and it was rumored that Paddy Eva had had the old fellow so long on the preI mises that he didn't half like to turn him [ out in his old age. People smiled when Paddy said that there was. a good race in the old nag yet. The "joke assumed gigantic proportions when Highden was taken down to Otaki for the Welter. The Native, with Jenkins up, was voted a moral, Captain Bell and Waipunui being most fancied of the others. Highden was the rank outsider of the six runners. The favorites made the running to the straight, where Captain Bell ran out clear and looked a sure winner. Inside the distance something came fast on the outside. The Native, Waipunui and finally Captain Bell were left as if standing still. The outsider was romping home!° And

for most people that was the end of it. But, apart, might have been noticed a proud little triu—Paddy the owner, J. Eva the jock., and High den the rejuv; nflteil racehorse. There was really a race in the old horse after all!

'With spring meetings racing all along the line new horses are as thick as liquor in a norlicense district, and sports are having a bad time of it trying to keep up with the fresh arrivals. Nomenclature is always an interesting study, but how few really well-nanud prads there are. What have some poor horses done that they should be labelled like these:— Firebrll, Bolt from the l'kn\ First Robert, Oblong, Howler. Ireland, Big Blast, Embrocation, Watchchain, Periwinkle, Eggshell, etc. Such fearful names reflect anything but credit on the owners of these noddies. Just consider the good taste shown in naming a Hawke's Bay horse Sanguinary. Omi wonders if his owner knows the meaning of the word; and if lie thinks il appropriate. As a rule the "sanguinary'' horses are the ones that run last when we expect them to run first —but that is a painful subject! The Caulfield Cup will ibe decided this afternoon. The race is run over one mile and a-half and should suit the New Zealanders engag; d. Amongst the final acceptors were:—Master Soult 9.1, Aborigine !>.l, Annapolis S.JI, Artillerie 7.13, Kerlie 7.1'3, and Idyll (i.7. Of the above Master Soult and Artillerie have shown winning form rtcently and they should run well forward. Those who saw T bulation run in the Wanganui Guineas j it Mr. Bidwill's colt down as a promising sort. At Hastings he won a double in very easy fashion and gained more admirers. On the top of it all we hear that Provocation beat Tribulation by over fifty yards in a sixfurlong gallop the other morning. Then how good must Provocation be? And ■what will he do at Trentham?