SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 261, 2 April 1914, Page 8

SPORTING.

-MASTKRTON MEETING TO-DAY.

NOTES BY "MOTUROA." By Telegraph-Special to New*. Wanganui, Last Niglit. The Mastertou' autumn' Dieting opens at Opaki to-day. GooiJ; Jiejds. are carded, and the racing .should; ibg. .interesting. Winners at Bulls vyil^p^t,,up penalties as follow:—Cup, loll); Ruamahamra jiajvdktap, Orleans 71b; Opaki .Welte'iv'Handicap, Ratana 71b. . . .< «, !| 1 '

Rain fell at Opaki •cajrly, ; fcjtis 'weelc, and the course should? be; in -fine order.

Taranaki horses engaged .include" Ratana, Innoladdo,, Wat,in<y;aiid/. Sha!mlon Bells. ,"i ' i

The Mnsterton Cup, ,a mile and a quarter, has drawn only eight, acceptors, and of these the- twoitop-weights, Leonta and Passadena, may claim most supporters. • The April Handicap, run over six furlongs, will see smart- sprinters like Makara and Blue Lake unijer silk. The minor events should- draw good fields, including well-fanci&d, ones like Orleans and Rene in the Ruamahanga Handicap, Stockade and-Pil-palitz in the Bracelet; Vocation; in:.th<j -Opaki Welter; Papamarama and Firing Line ia the Masterton Haclc: Handicap, and Lady Vladiniar and Poroporo iii frhe Dasli Handicap. ,

PAHIATUA'S RACING PERMIT

Pahi;itua. Last Night.

Tho Pahiatua. Racing Club, which was deprived of its only' two days' gatherins l>y the Racing Commission over two yearn ago, and lias 'been agitating for a. restoration of the permit ever dince, has decided to apply to the Minister for Internal Affairs to hold a non-total-isator meeting in May. .