SPORTING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10136, 5 November 1910, Page 5

SPORTING.

TARATAHI - CARTERTON ACCEPTANCES. The following acceptances have been received for the Taratahi-Car-terton Racing Club's annual meeting, to be held on November 9th, 1910 : FIRST DAY. Tararua Hack Hurdle Handicap, 60 so vs., one and a half miles. —Rosegrove 10.13, Whakaweira 10.9, Gaelic 9.5, British Rifle 9.0. Belvedere Hack Handicap, 70sovs., six furlongs.—Sea Queen 9.3, Merrie Frank 9.0, Merrie Land 8.7, Merrie Goer 8.6, Skye -.6, Pukewai 8.2, Leahora 8.1, Miss Sylvia 8.0, Goldsley 7.12, Lord Possible 7.5, Bracken 7.0, Field Fare 7.0, Merrie Emerald 7.0. Railway Handicap (open), 80 sovs., six furlongs.—Sunbonnet 8.9, Purakau 7.10, Gold Battery 7.8, Thetis 7.4, Aimwell 7.0, Merchantman 6.13, Afterthought 6.9. Wairarapa County Cup Handicap (open), loOsovs., one mile and a (luai'ter.—lranui 9.5, Clemora 5.4, Vi 7.1.1, Rauparaha 7.10, Shannon Lass 7.8, Astraea 7.7, Strathmoira 7.3, Penza 7.2, Amforosian 7,0, Mataavi and Royal Marine 6.10, Waipuiiui 6.9. Mattngaraki Hack Handicap, 70 sovs,, one milc.—HilnriaiV 9.7, First Consul 9.5, Rangikapua 8.7, Pukewai 8.0, Leahora 7.13, Embrocation 7.0. Gladstone Hack Welter Handicap, 70 sovs., seven furlongs.—Contour 8.8, Rose Herald 8.7, Bercola 5.7, Epsom Downs 8.6, Vite and Eiya 8.5, Kilsythe 8.4, Floater, Luviller and Foreshot 8.0. ' Wairarapa Hack Guineas. — Waikehua, British Maid, Rill, Somerset, and Merrie Widow. Trial Plate, 50 sovs., 5 furlongs.— St. Alma, Aurora, Merrie Gnat, Laird o' Lethe, Beulah, Ebonite, Portcullis, Lord Kilcheran, Complexity, Ahuapai, Woolnoth, All Gold, Wairoto, Eastwind, Egypt, Lady Volley, Royal Knight, Merriletta, Dogfish, Hortense, Foreshot, Merrie Widow, Vivasia, Overheard. SECOND DAY. Maiden Hack Scui'ry, 50sovs. St. Alma, Aurora, Merrie Gnat, Laird o' Lethe, Seaweed, Ebonite, Portcullis, Lord Kilcheran, Complexity-, Ahuapai, Woolnoth, All Gold, Eastwind, Egypt, Royal Knight, Merriletta, Dogfish, Somerset, Foreshot, Merrie Widow, Yivasia.

Some day the New Zealand Racing Conference will have to consider the question of starting. At the majority of. meetings in the Dominion the general arrangements are very satisfactory, but when the horses arrive at the post the trouble begins. After race meetings it is usual to read of starters being "caught in the tapes." There is something decidedly wrong when owners have to go to the expense of the training and sometimes sending horses long distances to find their chance of winning being completely spoiled by the tapes of the barrier becoming entangled with the contestants. In this respect many owners and trainers are patient and long suffering, but it is full time that steps should be taken to effect the much needed improvement m the starting department of New Zealand racing.