SPORTING.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5475, 21 February 1910, Page 2

SPORTING.

■ o ■ BAY OP PLENTY JOCKEY CLUB EXCELLENT ACCEPTANCES. Tfee ftAUywing! _«iri*i the accejituni'es aitd geiiernl entrios for the above meetiftig, t*ji -be held on Mhursday next : — a ' Tauranga Cup. — Afarangai. (Jnton by, ltosette, Mont*>elier, Royal !>»>'. West, Naj*nape. 'Flying Handicap I.—3ltu*angai.1 .— 3ltu*angai. Oateroby. Jtosewood, Montpetier. Ko«ftte, Kotiro, Keira, Ko>al Day, Nfip'.-napc Henry Havelock, Koihu. ? County Handicap.— Marun.aru. Hosewood, %est. " Royal Day, Kntiro, Henry Havelock, Napenape. Te Rengti Trot.— Scamp, Mack, Lady Rothschild, Royal Mail. Paradise, Mangere. Haiku, Red Rambler, Kate, Ethel, Gate Pah-; Gate PaW Trot.— S camp, .Mack, L-a-dy Rothschild, Royal Mall, Paradise, M^infirsre, lied JRanHjler, Kate. Ethel, Gate J'anL Maunganui Trinl Plate.— Cuiiraform. Tvotiro, yi-adivoSt'ock, Apato, Bump. MRETIXG OF COMMTTTEK. A meeting of the commit t « of tho Bay of Plenty Jockey) I'lu! <™ s held m the Star Hotel an Saturday evening,/Mr McArtliur presiding. 'Afteri transacting general business it was decided to ask Mr JJ rooks to net as timekeeper for the meeting 1 on Thursday. The order of tho racing was fixed as under :— Mnung'anui: Trial Plate, To Renga Trot. Ttuirangu Cup, W«iron Maiden Handiaaip. Tnurnnffa County Plate. Gate Pah Trot. Otumoetai Flying Handicap. Forc«l Handicap. It was resolved to srtnrt thw first race at 12 noon. NOTES. The racoliorsc. Gaton;ly (Strowan— Manutukc). full brother to the famous Pinto 'In, •which, is engtigod at the Taiifranga. meetting* arrived httre last weok. M ontpclier (Esploskm— Keepsake) which is cn>ga'ged in thei principal' events -l 'iat the Tauranga meeting 1 , appropriated the Maijden Race at tho Rotorua meeting last weolc. Montpelicr arrived here' ycjsterday. In addition to Gatenby anrt Montpelier other highly-bred horst<» which ha,ve ieompcted in par La of tho N-ortih Tslanxl ami arc engaged «I,' tihe Taurarvga jnceting; include Lcira, Kaihu, Cuiraforvn. awl Vladivost-ock. Ape'to, which has been nominated 1 for the Trial Plate, hails from the southern |> or lion of tA'hc Ray «f I'lenty. It is many yeoi's aihee sueh 1 a. number of outside horses hove 'Ijecn nominated for a Taiuvanga meeting as is the case onitiie present occasion, and if fine woather r.fev-o,ils Thtirs■dqy's races should be" the b«st that haVe been held here for the last decade. Secretary Macimillan has every! reason to feel gratified at the excellent acceptance® received, and as the committee have left no stone unturned to ensure .an enjoyable day's sport, it njow T&ataipa ftor ihe piul* lie to do tlicir part and thus belp> to raise tho TBiur^nga fixture ta tho high plane which it formerly •occupied in tho provincial racing arena.