SPORTING.
_ r __ . , TURF NOTES. (By "Zetland.") Los Angelos proved himself a first rate milc'r by winning the principal handicap .at TivnUuun on-Wed-nesday in linin. 40 2-ssec.,, carrying 9st. Tlie San Francisco gelding is decidedly on the improve, .and during : .the iaie summer and autumn may add to Irs winning score. Obsono, winner of two six furlongs events at .the Wellington meeting, is a type of -.racehorse that should be capable of showing to ,ev.en better advantage in the near future. If specially trained he should be .able to gallop a mile fast, .and .at the same time carry a fair share of weight.
By running second- in the Dis- : persal Stakes., • jit Txentham, on j ! Wednesday, Ptutakau secured for his' owner., Mr Walter Tully, 55 guineas! [in iprize money. The conditions of ; ! the race provided that, the .winner! should he sold, and the proceeds divided .between the Club ;and the owner of the scjopnd horse. L . ' !' '■■ The bookmakiiig 'fraternity, of; whom twenty members were licensed | to. ply their calling at flie TV-eHing-i ton meeting on Wednesday., have j now ceased to exist m far as betting! on racecourses is concerned. In the' \absence of the din caused by.' the continuous, calling of the odds by: the vociferous pencillers, a-ace meetings in future will he considered decidedly quiet. Miss, Mischief has heen scratched for the C.J.C.. Midsummer Handicap, a. race in wliich, shewould Tnrve heen ■a'very-.'firm 'faswnrrite. The Hawera trained l Sir Prize is.to , be-schooled over-hurdles when the. racing tracks become somewhat soft- j er than they arte just now. ! ; Bobrikoff has been hrought in. after an extended spell, and. will be put "into commission for autumn racing,';--
' 'Now that the bookmakers are de--1 hatred from attending "race-worses, i many racing clubs in the Dominion . will have to con sic] er the question of ,; providing* 'greater totnlisator■ .adeem-: j modation.
- for- -the '■' Newmarket Handicap, .the Victorian R.C. meeting on March j die, Motoa, Gold' Thread, Chauvelin, Ngauruhoe, Broadsword and Lord Kelvin. These horses were all bred in New Zealand, but only three are (now owned by sportsmen of this Dominion. \
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10149, 27 January 1911, Page 7
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349SPORTING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10149, 27 January 1911, Page 7
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