SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1922, Page 3

SPORTING.

MARTON SPRING MEETING. Horse-owners and trainers are (riven a final v n ' rieS tOT a " ” aak te) “ ,he ab< ”' l ’ meeting dose to-night at 9 p.m. The Marton spring r 1.7..“. n” ° n Sa,urdav . September ». and la the Grat or the regular spring raee caTdel r" . " rth Island Elßht "™ IS carded or winch two. the Marton Handleap, the Rllw.T’n°”i. mile and 3 , ’ u ««e r - »nd the Railway Hnndieap, of 225 sovs., six furn ar X OPen Hacks are well catered for, on the flat, over hurdles, and over steeplechase country, and the stakes attached to these th en ? flrst ' clas9 Mr. H. Coyle will do the handicapping, and the starting will be in Took?v an^ S Mr ' C O’Connor. The Marton Jockey Club has acconwnndation on the course for sixty persons and flfty-eight horses, and those desirous of availing themselves of same should communicate immediatelv with the secM s’ ArthUT Wav ’ P Box 3 - Marton. Moturoa was over the Marton course this week, and found everything in good order. Tn fact, owing to a remarkably small rainfall during July and August, the racing tracks are much better than usually experienced in Marton at this time of the year. Mr. Percy Johnson has had the misfortune to lose his well-known stallion Hallowmas. The horse was playing around in a paddock and by some means broke a leg. which necessitated its being destroyed. Hallowmas has left some good stock, and his loss is particularly unfortunate to Mr. Johnson, who had just about concluded negotiations for his purchase by a Wanganui sportsman.