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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 274, 29 April 1915, Page 7

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WANGiAXUI NOMINATIONS. Following arc tlie entries received for the principal events to be decided at the Wanganui Jockey Club's winter meeting: ' ' Wanganui Steeples, about three miles —.Taftknian, Addnougbt, Supreme, Appin, Euroco, Vestal, Tnie Blue,' Golden, Glow, Sportsman; Proxy, Waterworks, Daylight. Bill, Lcapuki, Soporific, ' Bonny, Morning, : The Pole, Dorando, Sandj.Paul., 1 Century Hurdles; nbout flnd; a-half—Blaak Northern, Cloudy Dawn, Toreadtfil, .Styrax, Sam Pan, Leonta, Glenorchy, Sir Donald, The' Rover; Queen's Tost, Birkful, Hereford, Immensity, Waipunoa, ' Cornelian;'' Aratiatia, Aruake, Monologue, Sauci,i Come, Bracr burn, Huraka, Moutoa. Girl'. Connolly Handicap, one mile and a quarter—Gold Fran, Maniaroa,' Bonny 'Helen, Leonta, Phosphorus, Multiply, Colonel : Soult, Emperador,Banksia, 'Patronale Mctiiy Roc, -Crawford, Gold Soult, Stepney l , 'Daily Louisa, Ineuru, Byron, Mummer; Tinopai, Bonny Rigg, Sauci, Ratana. . Grandstand Steeples, about two miles' and a-half—Addnougbt, Black Northern, .Jackman"; Supreme, .Appiit, j The Diver; Tarero, Xita, Fireworks, Euroco, Vestal, True Blue, Grey Renown, Golden Glow, Sportsman',. Proxy, Waterworks, Daylight [Bill, Clemency, Captain Dick, Soporific, Serenityv..J3.onny, Agatha. Green, Araiiatia, Morning,, Gplden, Water, General: Webb, The ,Pole, Taliora, Black Queen, Stockade,' Dorando, Sandy Paul. •, May Hurdles, about a mile and threequarters—Black Northern, Jollic Fille, Cloudy Dawn. Toreador, Okahau, Kk-v, Styrax, Sam Pan, Leonta, Glenorchy, Sir Donald, The Rover, Queen's Post, Birkful, Katua, Hereford, Immensity, Waipunoa First' Consul, Cornelian, lAratiatia, Aruake; Monologue, Sauci, Corrie, Snowraker Braeburn, Huraka, Moutoa Girl, St. Gate. "'•>:';'■ Empire Handicap, one mile and a distance—New York, Gold Fran, Maniaroa., Bonny Helen, Leonta, Phosphorus, Mul-' tiply, Colonel Soult,' Emperador, Play-off, Sylvan, 'Dale, "Patronale, ' Waiorewa,,Meijry tjpe, Peroneal, Princess! Moutoa', Crawford, Gobi Soult, 'Stepney, Goorge, Ladfr Louis,a,,lneurn, : Byron, Miimmbr, Tinbpaj, Gallup™; Bonny Rigg, Sauci;' .Bariksia'.'Botanist, Zeus, Ratana, Royal Dragoon. '. t ', '

•■.'■ :•: .:,.. '. '',.' L , /: - i, ffiy " Mpturoa") t ~,.,;'..' ■-. , 1 The -entries'received-on: Mohdity nigM for the, various event's' to'he iHin-'at tlx. ! Wajngaiuii Jockey CJiib'sf'whiter meeting ■:■ '.were' very 'mimordus, and practically V •every juniper i>f importance in the Dumiriion is ejigagcVi; • ■"/.'-..-■' i Td'ie';Wangahuf Steeplechase has drawn j Jaekmaji r (last 1 , year's winner). Golden j GloliV {%- double-winner ■ at Ayondale), j Waterworks, DaVlight -Bill,- Morning Tho j .Poljj, i)orando,| .Sandy Paul,- Appin aiid ; others,' ...while '.tjie Crairdstiuid • Steeples [ has! attarcted, !in addition to -the.-above, 5 ] Black ■SortheTh,, TH<!' Diver, j Aratiatia, Col'den 'Water ' tufd others, j Tliq "big" fences at Wangamii are iiot J very dangerous—hencoops excepted—and. almost anything that' is capable of go% j ing; round in a hurdle' race, unci has il * das)i of cleverness, as. well, can "stand at Wanganui. j ■ A fine crowd figure in the Century Hurdles.' Black Northern, Cloudy Dawn, Styrax,' Leonta, Sir Donald- The FJtfver,! Hereford,'. Birkful,: 'Aruake and Moutea. Girl are. all horses, of some class! The surprises of the entries are Toreador and' Sauci. An equally hot crowd are flown for the May Hurdle Race. "■','' [ ,'■ There is hardly a bad one-amongst the j twenty-two horses', engaged- in the Con- | nolly Handicap. ' The'most -notable eft- - tries include Emperador, Merry ,Rpc, J Bon'ny Helen, Leonta, 'Phosphorus,'Mu! J J tiply,' Colonel Soiilt and' Mummer.' The' same lot is angmerited l>y some'-promis'-': ing sorts in the Empire Handicap, '■■ The minor events have all filled well. The Borough Handicap closed with 23 entries, including Ardent, Astor, Playoff, Binicter, Waioiewa, fcloldstream, King j Lupin, Peg. .'and, 'Avon. Park. Twenty- j five! including Katua, Clemency,. Sandy i ■Paul, The Po!e, etc., are in the Mack Steeples. Thchack hurdle races have drawn twenty-seven and twenty-six respectively, and include Awahou, Ngapoto, Toreador, Queen's-.Post, Birkful, etc. Twentyone are'carded for the Winter Oats, and Astor, PtayolF," Zion, Tree. I Luc&rnc, Waiornwa, -Coldstream, King j 'Avon; Park, Yeronekl and king Chiara 1 appear tb-'bc filie bes't'of the r tearn. j As usual, the hack'flat feces 'h'ave' at 1 -' tracted numeroiis entjies.' Twenty'-iilrie;-ar« jin the'Punia Hack Flirt, tweiity-frvfl t ,in the Balgownie Hack Handicap, an&, twenty-two in the Earewell Hack Han-, dicap. Class jis als'o well represented , herej such' good ones''as felient, Multiplicity, Hereford, Majtegarde,, Sir Fisher,.) Zion}, Sylvan Dale, Cold Fran, etc,, being'! engaged. ' V.'.V ..'.'" ".. I ' The meeting promises to. be a very i successful oiie, and the' large 'entries'' in', the big steeplechase .tn'd'"hurdle events | augilr well for a'fine': jumping 'season j thi'sj winter. '. .Weights for the principal . events at Wangahui are due lo'n-Saturi-j dayJMay 8. ■■■' : '■' r > • '■■•■";." ' : /'.