SPORTING

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9162, 20 April 1926, Page 4

SPORTING

l I (I TV TAITEHSALL'S MEITTING. i Sydn y April 18. j At the City Taltcr.-all's meeting, j the principal events resulted as fol- ! lows : j Youthful Stakes. —Royal Tea 1. Rosa. ! line 2. Hnnkum 3. Wen by two : lengths. Time 1m 10s. City Tattersall's Cup.—Resume 1, Tibbie 2. Night Heron 3. Sixteen i stiirted, including Te Monanui. and ; 11 immnie.le. Won by two and a-lialf | lengths. Time 1m 2l;Js. i .NOTABLE STEEPLE: HASKU DEAD. i London April 17. S rgeatit Murphy, the winner of the • Grand National in 11 >23, broke a leg j in the West of Scotland SteeplreJia.se ! j to-day and had to be destroyed. ! | NOTES. I Money Order, who has had a month or two of exercise on the roads, is again a regular visitor t ) the Rieeartou tracks. After failing twice at Tieiithani, Mr I J. S. Barrett has deeded nit to send Count Cavour further North, and. the chestnut will he allowed to forfeit his Awapuni Gold Cup engagement. 'Hie following paragraph, is from an American paper, but applies with equal force in other countries“lt is some, times mystifying how a successful 'business man, who has during his life-time, perfected a business organisation of well-trained, capable employees, will outer the horse business, and entrust his wealth and his prospect of success to some man he would hesitate to use as messenger in his office, therefore the trainer is a very important factor in any well-regulated, successful stable, and to not fully appreciate this fact, is only to invito disaster. The idea that almost anyone can train a racehorse is I'aUueimis, and has proved to he a very Costly experiment to numerous business men who were persuaded to try it out.’’