SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 225, 11 February 1913, Page 7

SPORTING.

V' v fuKF topics. "Jkloturoa.") . j. ...Mr. Albert Jackson is due lo arrive, to- ' froiji \V"anj;aiiui with the tbree-year-'oW Yaiikee 'Doodle. The gelding ran Vell'-'iir ; lvis' only start at llawera and should lake prominent, part in the '•Uaeb- Scurries here.

J ~Almeida,, sjiys an Auckland scribe, was WlyicgSi lipped .pu.in the Maiden Jlandi- ; yip ,;\t Takapuna, ami her fore and hind' i ,wer« ; bfidj); cut about. ...Under the < ; i>; fier_ sfew .Plymouth prospects', are not 'altogether'dasaliilg. A Southern sportsman has registered ilie 110111 <le..course of "Mark Twain." It , is. io ]ie Sloped he doesn't intend to spring ' any * i jok«» l s* y on to the unsuspecting rac--1 ing jrtubl'W:'. ' w'ill In? pleased to hear that C'drortiaridel hits got. over the effects of recent' accidents, and is now in steady Wdrk' itgain. Some people ' are never satisfied! A ' ciiiitoraporiiry his head aiid howls 'that Sir (Si&rge Clifford just missed a record of-seren consecutive victories in the Middle l'avk Plate, when Nightwatcli ran second to lmperador. Most owners I would lie satisfied with a paltry six of 'em! 1

The, religious papers are relating with ill-disguised pleasure a yarn about, a man who went ofY to the races for a couple of days, and during the intervening night bis humpy was burned to the ground. .Probably, had he been a "killsport" and stayed at home, lie would have "gone up" with his house. Hut this phase of the argument has'n't struck our friends. Kakania. wlio absolutely refused to be shipped to Sydney, is in work again at Kllersiie in view of her engagements at the Auckland Kaster meetug.

At, Te Kniti last Thursday, the Taranaki jockey,.!. Conquest, rode three winners. .1. Trigger ;ilso showed up conspicuously willi two victories. Tiresome finished up very fast in tlie Takapuna ('up, one mile and three and a half furlongs, and got within half a length of Ihe winner at the post. On that form she must lie classed as a slayer. and many sporls give her a "rough'' chance in 10-moiTow's Taranaki Cup.

An Auckland wire received .yesi erdar tnciii.ioiK ii proposii! lo incronxc (lie next Anckliiii<l Cup stake to £-1000 in view of ii, liciiifr Kxliiliilioii year. There's no iloulil lli.il sni'li ii slake would ill I i'iK'l, a fail' nnndier of horses from across (hit Tasnian iind their presence would make it n memorable meetinix for Aiicklnnd. 1ml" "New Xciilnml owners could hardly I xpecl ed In view the invasion of "cracks" with pleasure. Tlic Tvolonm meeting lakes plaee to morrow. and the (''isltornc shimmer meefin;r on Thursday and "Friday.