SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 193, 13 February 1914, Page 8

SPORTING.

POVERTY HAY RACES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. The Poverty Buy Turf Club's Summer Meeting opened to-day in glorious weather, There was a record attendance. Tlu; going was hard. The totalisator handled £12,414, compared with £10,202 last year. Results: — WEI/I'ER HANDICAP —Multikoff 1, Gazette 2, Fark Tide 3. Time, lmin 44'/>scc. FIRST HANDICAP Hurdles—Morrlc Lad 1, Rongomau 2. The only other starter was Eiyiv. Time, 3min 21scc. TELEPHONE HANDICAP.-Our King 1, Blue Lake 2, Multiplicity, Arosene (dead heat). Time, lmin 7 4-sscc. TAURANGA STAKES—Mistie 1, Vi 2, Tatima 3. Time, 2min 7 2-ssec. MAIDEN SCURRY—RoyaI Scout 1, Te Huhuti 2, Soultie 3. Time, 50mm 2-ssec.

COUNTY STAKES—Hima 1, Despatch Carrier 2, Arosene 3. Time, 1 min 15y.see. FIRST HACK FLAT—'frieze 1, Hiwitapu 2, Patti 3. Time, lmin 42 3-ssec. FLYING HANDICAP—BIue Lake 1, Waiorewa 2, Faith 3. Time, lmin 14 !-•> sec. TIMARU HACK ENQUIRY. WHOLESALE DISQUALIFICATIONS. The adjourned enquiry into the running of Toatere in the Timaru Hack Handicap on the first day again engaged the attention of the stewards yesterday. After lengthy deliberation the decision of the stewards was that the owner, Mr If. C. Curtis, trainer (Mr R. Johnson I, jockey (C. Price) and hprse (Toatere) be disqualified for six months. The decision will come as a bombshell to Taranaki sportsmen. The persons concerned have always borne a high reputation, and the public cannot do otherwise but consider that harsk treatment has been meted out in this instance. A Wanganui wire states that the d ; =- trict committee of the Wanganui Jockey Club removed the disqualification recently imposed on Thos. Pritchard, as from last night.