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SPORTING.

WAVERLEY ACCEPTANCES, By Telegraph.—'Press Association. Wanganui, Oct. 10. The following are the acceptances for the Waverley-Waitotara Racing Club's meeting: BREWER HANDICAP (six furlongs). —Hushman 9.0, Avon Park, Glcnroy 8.6, Lady Middleton. Starengo, King Chiara 7.13, Interlude 7.9, Tree lucerne 7.6, Cora Ora. Hushabve 7.3. Bivouac 6.10. MORTON MEMORIAL (seven furJongs, w.f.a.). —Trench Wheel, Reparation, Royal Reign. Approbatin, Wai Loan. Ladi; Mvlchrest. First Line, Trombone, Tiranga, Warmth, Sartoline. Marble Crest, Compel, Lady Glide, Staccato. Oika. HURDLES (one mile and a half).— Zetes 10.12. Flying Camp 10.11, Colorado, Otter 10.fi, Simple Sam 10.2. Combustion 9.10, Ascalon. Calais 9.4. Silvei Tim, Palthogue, Son. Mattock 9.0. WILSON STAKES (four furlongs; weight 8.0). —Mimire. King's Court. Bernice. Revocation, Golden Nugget, Pergola, Royal Chef. Munition, Madam Ristori, Miss Ora.. Awarua. King Shimose, Inan, Coolpan, Movement. Kaimawanui. Humorist, Rawakcre. Dasher Boy, Certain Day. Klyshna, Manialiere, Lady Glide. CUP (one mile and a quarter).—Toa Tere 9.9, Analogue 8.4, Iceberg 8.1. Moulu and Crawford 7.10, Golden Grafton 7.9, Maid o' Gowrie and King Chiara 7.8. Alteration, Haumakaka. Lady Beaufort, and White Blaze 0,10. Fore and Signorella 6.7. _

FLYING HANDICAP (six furlongs).— Cora Ora 9.0, Pergola 8.2. White Hanger and Vladineau 7.13. Munition 7.12, MystWed 7.11, Rewarewa 7.9, Torangapito 7.3, Gipsy Gem 7.2, Compel. Little Ann, Renourtce and Primato 7.0. MOUMAHAKI STAKES (1 mile).— Nobleman 9.0, Lady Beaufort 5.6, Alteration -— » "-"- 8.5, Dingle 8.3. Henry uard and Fore 7.12, ■it. Rewarewa and Coral i 7.2, War Loan and

STAKES (S furlongs).— : "« Munition 3.11, Goldrewa, Humorist, and Shimose 8.0. Primate ■ble Crest. Maniahere ?rgola 8.1, Royal Trombone, Klyshna MWAYS. of 23,251 passen- _... *,u)9 19s 4d revenue biiow a slight decrease on the previous week's figures 0 f 23,580 and £IC2 15s 9d. The daily totals were: , Passengers. Revenue. £ s d Monday (Oct. 8) .... 3008 20 2 0 Tuesday 3151 21 7 10 Wednesday 3482 2-3 11 1 Thursday •■ • 3304 22 18 4 Friday .". , 2053 20 0 1 Saturday 5055 35 1 0 Sunday 2208 10 10 0 23 251 £159 19 4 I HILL KRMAX BLOOD, mies in the Field, August 24-. aptly named. From "reneh line was—n its slopes—ahead .nch of the ground the blood of Gerilacc is a shambles. r a vestige of vegefnl scene. Bits of uuinan llesh have been ground into the Very soil itself. It is as if some gigantic convulsion had ground the earth together, leaving a smear of reddish tinged dust. A few yards down behind the former French line, wild flowers blossom. Their colorful blooms bring out even more horribly the track of death above.

The French victory at Deadman Hill ia a monument to the destructive and accurate new French artillery. To render Deadman Hill "impregnable" the Germans had constructed three tunnels. One, named the Crown Prince, traversed the hill; another, named Bismarck, connected the two summits; and a third, Corbeaux, ran under Goose Hill. French 400 millimetres (15.75 inches) shells pierced each tunnel. In the Crown Prince tunnel alone wore found to-day the bodies of more than a hundred dead Germans, the victims of a single shell. When the French swarmed over they took seven hundred German prisoners from the same gallery. At Corbeaux tunnel the French took an entire German regimental staff, with its maps, papers, and material. To-day, standing on the summit of Deadman Hill, I saw the French gradually advancing right and left of Hill 304, on' the left bank of the Meuse, This ridge has not yet been completely captured. Over our heads there were constant aerial battles, German airmen constantly strove to hover low enough to send splashes of machine-gun fire on the victorious poilus. 'French flyers fought incessantly to drive them back. Sometimes the battle raged only a few hundred feet aloft. There was never any possibility of mistaking the Germans, because all their machines fired flaming incendiary bullets. At one time a score of aeroplanes were engaged in deadly combat in the skies, just around where we stood.

Major j General John Pershing, Com-mander-in-Chief of the American forces, had a splendid view of the Ave days' operations at Verdun from a position near Le Mort Homme. There was an interesting meeting there between the American commander and the French General Corvasart, who was a fellow military attache of General Persliing during the Manchurian war. The coincident was still further accentuated by the fact that the German commander facing this part of the line was General Retzol, who also was a military attache and knew General Pershing during the RussoJapanese war. General Pershing was able' to witness the wonderful handling of the French troops which conquered Dead Man's Hill, Gonse Hill, and the adjacent woods and captured about 4000 prisoners, besides taking a number of big guns and destroying many others.

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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1917, Page 8

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SPORTING. Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1917, Page 8

SPORTING. Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1917, Page 8

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