SECOND EDITION. SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8542, 24 March 1908, Page 8

SECOND EDITION. SPORTING.

The nominations for the pi ircipal races on fho first day of the Wellington Club's autumn meeting 011 April 29th are as follows:—■ Railway Havlicap. of 200 sovs; six furlongs.—Gol Ibor.ier, Sister Anne, De Witte, Sea Jving\ Cross Battery, Sunbcnnet, White Cockade, Cambrian, Moriarty, Kitchen Maid. Mctoa, Ballarat, Mart.yrium, Dawn, Kairoma Chicane, Full Rate, Merrie Rose, Gauze, All Red. Truganini, All Guns, San Fernando. Rose Noble, Probable, Gawain. Loongai.a. The Thompson Handicap, of 500 sovs; cno mile.—Soultine, Chnchattaa. Glenculloch, Goldbeater, Wharekura, White Lie, Sea King, Cross Battery, San Julie, Sunbonnct, Cambrian, Mciiarfy, Mcc cow, Flamen, Mystification, Irish Rifle, Aboriginal, Rifleniaid, White Cockade, Mamapoto, The Rand, Wpitapu, Celtic.. Ballarat, Zimmerman, Si;JQa wn, Kairoma,.Chicane, Chatterer,- F-ull;Ratc, Merrie r, Rose, Marguerite. Swimming Belt, Gold Crest, All Red Truganini, Tangimoana, San 'Fernando; iiek'ii Portland, Aimamento, Tupono. Signor, Carissima, Probable Gwondoiina. 'Frisco, Grand Slein, Moloch. Crueindla, Looigana, Te Aroha, Merrie Zealand. Sir Frisco is now a member of J. Lowe's team at Trentham. 1-le has been having an easy tiino of it since last seen out in public. Several buyers have been enquiring the prices of M&ui and Ataalma, among the number being the Wan garni i sportsman who races as "Mr W. Spires,"' and Mr A. F. Douglas. The latter gentleman is anxious to get a couple of good jumpers to take to Australia. Mr W. Homes, of Bulls, purchased Gale (by Tupuhi—Storm) after the Warrengate meeting for 90 guineas. Wirral, Kremlin, and Lull are now being worked on the Wangarmi tracks. Hall having taken them to Wanganui in order to take advantage of the firstclass tracks there for training purposes. Amongst other trainers who contemplate shifting their quarters to Wanganui may be mentioned Percy Coffey, who has Lyrist, Compass, Black Squall, and Pearlio under his charge, in addition to one or two others. Coffey has just taken up a likely looking three-year-old colt by Daystar out of Prisoner's dam.