SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 163, 16 December 1914, Page 8

SPORTING.

' MANAWATU MEETING. FIRST DAY'S ACCEPTANCES. By Telegraph—Per Press Association. ' Palmerston North, last night. For the Manawatu Racing, Club's meeting the acceptances for the first day are:— TOKOMARU HURDLES HANDICAP, lj miles.—Leapuki, Rustic 10.13, Glenorehy 10 10, Bravest, Sir Donald 10.7, Papador 9.13, Lamsdorff 9.7, Rauparaha 9.2, Captain Macky, Waipunoa 9.0. GILLIES HACK HANDICAP, C furlongs—Despatch Carrier 9.0, Gerberga 8.9, Ngarua 8.8, Powder Fox 8.6, Orleans 8.2, Invader, Golden Sky 7.12, Marimba 7.9, Martlet, Ramanuwhiri, Gold Soult 7.8, Papalitz 7.4, Janitor 7.3, Mirac- . ulous 7.0, Botanist, Otter, Shepherd's , Bush, Melodist, Ormesby 0.11, Moral—- , Energy filly, Hinemoana,"Ruapara l! 9. ; MANAWATU CUP HANDICAP, H | miles.—Kilrain 8.11, Ladoga 8.9, Kooya ! 8.0, Awaliou 8.0, Quarantine 7.10. Byron ■ 7.9, Peroneal, Fair Rosamond 7.-. Kimbombi 7.1, Moutoa Girl, Guidiv." Way 7.0, The Rover, Victons 6.7. JUVENILE HANDICAP, 5 furlongs.— Rangitcro 8.13, Botanist 7.9, Gold Bear- [ ing 7.7, Happiness 7.0, Pacific Slope 6.11, | Amphora, Mount Eden, Lady Frisco, ■' Loreto G9. I TARARUA HACK WELTER HANDI--1 CAP, one mile and 55 yards.—lmmensity • 10.2, Firing Line 0.11, Lady Nolan 9.4, ! Want 8.12, General Webb 8.11, Soporific , 5.3, Master Strowan, Mystified, Komako : Lanar, Seaplane 8.0. FITZHERBERT HANDICAP, 0 furlongs—Pavlova 9.0, Play Off 8.7, Zeus, Our King 8.3, Chakwana 7,13, Gladiole, Peronilla 7.13, Denise Orme 7.11, Pari- ,' form 7.7, Adroit 7.3, Lady Alicia 6 11, Evadne 6.10, Epworth, Gold Stream, Master Achilles, Martian Princess 6.7. GRANDSTAND HANDICAP, one mile and 55 yards.—Awaliou 9.3, Pursefiller I 7.10, Stepney 7.9, Lubrilino, Square Deal . 7.9, Sandstream 7.7, Sunbird 7.4, Matlow , 7.3, Montana, Victoris 7.0. TRIAL PLATE, 7 furlongs.—Tangihou, Prince Laddo, Happy Jack, Awapuni, Sir Fisher, Multiplication, La Motte, Danger Signal, Komako, Master ' Moutoa, Seaplane 8.2, Ohan, Namur 8.0, Kalmmangu, Teararoa 7 10, Ararat 7.5. NINTH PALMERSTON NORTH • STAKES, 6 furlongs. Final payments. —Rangitero, Flying Start, Floweret, ■ Court Martial, Autummis, Gold Shot, Gold Foil, Emperador, Formaliter, Sara- • cello, Arapora, Legal Tender, Chillies, Gladiole, Our King, Multifid—Erin C, • Happiness, Dinner Gong, Roumania. THE MARTON MEETING. j Marton, Last Night. Corrected weights for the Marton sr.m- , mcr meeting are:— NEW YEAR HACK, one mile and a distance.—Master Lupin 10,2, Square [ Deal 10.1, Firing Line 9.1, General Webb . 8.11, Queen's Post 8.8, Record 8.5, Te Hou Hou 8.4, Tangihau, La Moite, Sca- . plane 8.0. The German Crown Prince has left an unenviable name for himself at the front; wherever he rested, a broad trail of destruction and looting spread over the immediate vicinity. In one place, he not only looted a chateau but left it in an indescribably foul condition; nothing in the place remained intact. A village called Villiers-aux-Vents, in France, where he stayed with his staff, was reduced to a heap of ruins in a spirit of wanton destruction. But, from evidence gathered at the latter place, the royal body is a coward as well. There was a pitched battle between Villiers-aux-Vents and Revigny, which, from the German side, was directed from a village on a hill. .In order that the prince might receive no hurt, an elaborate scries of excavtions was constructed at the back of bis house, with a tunnel leading to a thicket some distance away, so that when things became too warm, the royal looter might take to his burrow and hide in safety. The excavations were about five feet in depth, covered over with boards, earth and turf.; inside, they were comfortably lined with dry grass and straw. The total length was about 100 feet, so there was room for the stall' as well. The house behind which they were constructed was the largest in the village. All that was left standing when the Germans retreated was three and a half walls, witli a pile of wreckage inside, conspicuous among which was a half burned arm-chair, upholstered in red velvet, which was part, of the Crown Prince's field furniture.