SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

WKSTHAUAX KACINi!. iiv r: tt blc—Press Association-Copyright. I'evtli. July lit. At the Coveriiinenl's i;:a I ion liie i uri Club is considerably »•<■<!n*-in u' th 1 fixtures for the eiisuin<; m\ months. iiUKSKS KKti.M KNCLANI). ]>y Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last \bjbt. ( 'i-or'M' I'riee returned from KieJund by the llUiihnie with four purchases, which lie has made on behalf ef the Stable. These are; Crown , Imperial, a two- year-old bay i oil, by Alartagor, Macroon; IViimnri', a three year old chestnut colt by Forfarshire - l':ilincca; Tame Duck, a two-year-old bay (illy liy I lai'liinmr Duckshot, ini.l Hevalentii, a two-year-old bav lillv liv Troiitbcck— Panacea. 111/ XT CLVIi HACKS. Fur the North TaranaUi Hunt. Club races: oil Thursday next, .Inly :>!). citrsitm rates will be charged from lliwcra, and tlie. afternoon train from X"\v Plymouth to Whanganiomona and ll.twcrc will lie delayed until ,"i.:i2 p.m. Those wlio went to tilt* starting post, to see the, horses sent oil their journey in the >l>i£ steeplechase event at the Park racecourse recently witnessed a novel and unexpected performance by .The Mouse (says tho Poverty Hay Herald). Instead of using the barrier, 'Mr. Wood ran out a 7 thread of white cotton for I.he horsc< to ibreast. When the word "go" was given, the other horses went away as usual, lint The. .Mouse, bavin.;- apparently espied the thin white lii: '. thought it, one of the obstacles of the race, and ioa.ped the thread of cotton in /rood stvle. The Mouse recently iVA the same tiling at Napier.