NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 129, 7 December 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Handicaps for Dunedin are dtie on Tuesday week. Racing at Plumptbn next Saturday and Monday. . Chatterer and , Motoa were dual winners at Feilding. \ . Pohuiu. was sold by auction at Auckland .yesterday. There, were' twenty-three starters in' the Maiden Hack Scurry at Feildiag. P. Lind has tired of. White Star, and will most likely return him to his owner. Capulet.has again gone wrong and has. been fired and turned out for a lengthy spell. . The 'Wellington Cup . meeting should see all' Trenthanv. totalisator records broken as -a ~esult of the recent legislation. . W. Retter, who .went to Sydney and Melbourne to ride Ehaetontis m his Australian engagements returned to the Dominion last week and was present at Feilding on Saturday. During the Feilding meeting Mr S, Harrison sold Buoyant for £300 to Mr Glover, of Foxton, and the Captain Webb gelding ran m his' new owners interest m -the Maiden Hack Scurry when he was placed second to Ikon . Vincent O'Neill, of buckjumping fame, had a peculiar but profitable experience 1 at the Feilding meeting. He went to the totalisator and asked, for three tickets on number six, which was Liberator, but /by mistake he received that number on Pantaloon who won and paid a very big dividend. Mr J. E. Henrys, the handicapper to the Feilding Jockey Club,- can take ! a lot of credit to himself for the success of the recent meeting which, [ from an actual racing point of view was far ahead of anything this club I have had m the paste

Le Beau is entered, at Auckland at New Year's time. Oxtoh ran fair at Feilding, but I still think he is no good r There were a lot of triers at Feilding and a lot of the other sort as well. It will be Moloch's turn any day now, as he ran two good races at Feilding. It was bad luck for Tim O'Neill running two seconds with Daisy Paul, hut probably he will soon be> recouped. . Polyanthus is corning back to form and Jim Munn gave her a chance m the 1 Welter on Saturday, but she failed to see it out. Windage, who. ran third :in the Maiden Hack Scurry, is. a full/brother to Aeolus and- is trained by A. Hall at Feilding;: . •'.■■.. Rendrock has contracted an evil habit and seems to have lost aliform. He is to be turned out and spelled for three months. Most reports of the Feilding meeting read as follows :-— Handicapping excellent, judging ditto;' management fair, starting poor. Hipporofla is coming on fast, and should be a better horse by the time the Manawatu. and Ashhurst meetings come up for decision. Royal Blue is still a .puzzle to me. He ran as. honest as could -be wished for m the Hack Hurdles last Saturday and beat all but Pantaloon. . Te Arai galloped freely enough at Feilding on Friday last, but he: jumped ..badly and : hung out the' whole way, He wants schooling. '. '■ William ran a very creditable race on the first day at Feilding, but he was^ riot good enough, and on the second'day he was laboring . the whole way. . . : '. ' ;Tlie- Rand had two- gallops .at Feilding and both were creditable ones. If this horse goes on the right way ; a good race should fair 'to "him this' season. ■/-■ '" ' ,-. ..: Waipaku gave a series of pig jumps soon after the start of the Flying Handicap at Feilding, . but wheiK^she settled down to her work she put m a. great run. • Aborigine scampered like a scalded cat for .the first half mile m the Feilding Stakes but stopped very quickly after that and just struggled into third- place. ■ Eona ran creditably m the Feilding Stakes and entering the straight was well up to the' front, but the great run of Elevation settled every- ■ thing m the race. For the next couple of weeks the sport-loving community will have nothing upon which to engross their attention, and they can study the vagaries of <the new Gaming Act. St. Albert looked bio; and fresh af-' ter his short spell and he ran ., fairly prominently m the Spring Hurdles at Feilding.. • He finished fourth, and should run closer at some of the Xmas meetings. <. The winning riders .at Feilding were S. Reid 2, fi-. Price 2, W. MV Kay 2, L. Dannahy, J. O'Connell, W. Fahey, R. Cameron, D. Price, R. Kemp, H. Telford, T. Pine, A. Oliver' and T. O'Brien oho each. The two-year-old Sir. • Artesal will make his first appearance m his new owner's colors next Saturday m the Nursery Handicap at Plumpton. He has only got 8.5 to carry, and the jo.-iposition aarte t very weak. / What a lot .of inhuman brutes the medical fraternity of Feilding contains. It too.k 'quite a long . time to get a doctor to attend .to J. McCanibe when that : horseniau was injured, at Feilding last week. Toa .Tuhi has developed a , bad temper, and nowadays he is particularly unruly at the post. For the future a stock-whip will be behind him at the barrier, and his owner will endeavor to cure him* that way. The ■■:, supp orters of . •H . Hickey ' s stable went for a good win on Te Arai m the Wai tuna, Hack Hurdles, but for once they went down, and m an effort to get even on Saturday with Taura resulted the same way, ' ■■ • ■ Gold Dust, looked very • big before the start of the Hurdles at Feilding and probably herein lies the secret of the Jbig dividend he paid. He had evidently done the work as he battled out the first half mile as only a fit: horse could do.. Charlie Pritcliard took the two acks, Penates and Axite to Feilding and a stable commission went on both. The former failed easily, but the latter was settled by the wretched' start which was effected m- the concluding event of the meeting. The owner of 'Frisco had a very pleasant experience at Feilding. He went into the machine to put £20. 0n 'Frisco, who was No.- 2 on the card. By a mistake he called for 20 on No. 1,, which was Maniopoto, who won, and 'Frisco finished out of a place. R. Gooseman had Chatterer m great nick at Feilding, and the mare led all the way m the Kiwitea Welter and ran the mile m 1.45. Com- ; pare this with the time m the big raoe (2.39 1-5) and it is all m favor of the Hastings mare. Chatterer got a bad start m the Welter Handicap on Saturday last, and it must be allowed that George Price accomplished wonders to get up and win from where he did. There was nothing to spare, as A. Oliver was hard at The Stake and 50 yards off the post looked to have the race won. v ; There is a lot of real sympathy a- \ mongst jockeys for one of their num.- ■ her who has met with an accident.- ' On returning from Pal-merston North to Feilding on Saturday last, I was beseiged with enquiries as to the condition of jockeys McCombe and McGregor, who were seriously injured the day previously. It was a most unfortunate accident that happened m the Kiwitea Welter and the . stewards of the club should have held an inquiry and endeavored to arrive at the cause of it. Just after passing the 7 furlong post something ran across Sharkeyn (J. McCombe), bringing him down, and Rendrock (W. Young) fell over I him. The last-named rider was not ' hurt and immediately rushed to as- ! sist poor McCombe, who lay prone on the ground. Willing hands soon ' conveyed him to the buildings, and af- ! ter a lot of trouble a doctor was ob- ! tamed The doctor ordered his imj mediate removal to the Pahnerston 1 'Hospital, where it was found that he s was suffering from concussion of the • brain, the result of a kick on the iheari. He was progressing as Favr [ orably as possible on Monday but it » ! will be a longtime before he is seen lin the saddle again.

Climax finished well behind m his Feilding efforts. Moral and Irish Rifle were very evenly backed m the Manchester Handicap at Feilding. ■ A. Lord expected Routine to win a race at Feilding. but she Was unlucky on both days. Dan Leno, fresh from his victorious trip to Ellerslic, came to Feilding, i ; but m his only start he failed badly. Cambrian accompanied Peregrine to Feilding and was given a run m the Feilding Stakes but he was never prominent. Bunyan was disappointing m both his efforts at Feilding. He looked big and lusty. and the racing would benefit him. - '„',. •.:. Little Mary showed; up prominently for about three furlongs m the Feilding Stakes, but after that was well beaten. . . ; Supporters of Lady Disdain : were just -beaten. .for a dividend m the. Aorangi Hack Flat Race, and the n. vargi< "was not lunar to speak of. Saga looked very well at Feilding, but since returning from Riccarton, C; Pritchard has been rather easy on her and her next effort will be a better one. • , ' .;. - .; . . When Pardon learns to jump better he will win a hack hurdle race. At Feilding he had pace enough between the jumps, but generally pecked on landing over a fence i. ■ Cassiopea continues, to be a wretched failure and once again disappointed her connections^ She .was doing well on the tracks, at Wanganui-bei-fore-Feilding but -ran ; jbadly m, .her races, . • .< ■ . ■<■.•■■ .->' -v ■■■■-.a: 1 * : ■■••:. The Stake was seen, out twice at the Feilding meeting. He got 1 badly chopped m the Kiwitea . -.Welter, but on the second day ran a • good second to Chatterer m the Railway Welter. :■ ••■■,-. : . - A deputation of bookmakers met the. stewards of the Wellington Racing;, Club;, on Tuesday afternoon and discussed matters' m connection, with the recent legislation. The proceedings were not open to the Press. Gazeley • isa very Sunday horse and when the • - tracks sire -the least • "bit hard -tie 'will not do his- best. -He may be turned out for a bit and taken up again next .year when: the tracks will be a bit- : softer. ' ' :,: .v- V I always had a good word for Motoa^ and my opinion was well" justified at Feilding. The Foxton ( colt l "Me* furnished into a really fine four-year-old, and is capable of making the very best of them gallop up -to a 'mile." { Tai.tokO; m Jos. Frosser's stable, was given a run at Feilding m the coriclu'ding event of the meeting: H£ was- never prominent; but " the - 'big field may have hampered hini, and I will riot write him down for; -that failure. . J •'•'■■ ■•:;■« Phaetqntis was advertised ---t'of" be; sold in' Melbourne the same day that Apologue found' a new buyer,, but he broke down while« running at Flemiugton and' he is now at Mr> Alister 'Clark's stables. It is unlikely that he will- see New-Zealand again. • . ••> < ■ ' . ■>..-,: —•■ , -:• San Fernando is not as -good as '< I j thought him to-be: The owner of [this little horse pjiit a lot 'of money|on him the second : day at ■• Feilding; ! but though he had the' services of A. Oliver and had a good passage • right through he was never dangerous at any time. Munjeet ran very badly m the Feilding Stakes, and it is hard to account for her poor showing. She interfered badly *with Fleietfoot at the entrance to the straight, but.it was quite accidental - and did not: affect the Chok.ebore filly's chances, which were spoilt by an indifferent start. .. , Liberator ran a good race m the Waituna Hack , Hurdles, but was easily ; defeated by Showman: In hissecond attempt he jumped wretchedly and 1 Cairns must. have had, a, very: uncomfortable ride. At any meeting where the fences are not too severe he would be a dangerous horse over Is. miles m hack hurdle , company. Ha ; d Aborigine not- carried the field off their, feet m the Second Feilding 'Stakes I think Lord Soult would have won. As it was both he" and Aborigine, were stopping to, -a; walk, when Elevation passed them, and considering the bad start, -the latter got he must "be accounted very, lucky .to have won. He was this only horse, galloping' at tne finish.,; : '-... . - ■■■ . ' V"- ■:' -.- •-•'■' One effect of the new G-aming Act that has not been taken notice of is the fact that it is illegal to .license bookmakers at- any race meeting Where there is no- totalisator. This is the. opinion of one of our most .-, able lawyers, arid I ; am strongly convinced from a remark recently passed, by the Colonial Secretary that he concurs m this reading of the Act. This means that, clubs like Eketahuna and. Shannon will have to go to the wall. . A wretched tl hash up took ' place m the concluding event at the ■ Feilding Jockey Club meeting/: Fqr- some inexplicable reason, the compilers of the correct card did. not number. the horses engaged m the-. Maiden Hack Scurry. There were. 3l nominations, and the difficulty was, apparently, that the totalisator only: had space for, twentyrfive names, so they waited, hoping and praying that some : of the horses would drop out. When the horses were weighed out, 23 was the number, but confusion reigned supreme, as everybody- was backing ' everything, and no one- knew exactly j where they were. , As, thipgs were, ! the winner, Ikon, . had his. saddlecloth numbered 19, but his machine number was 13, and m the book his number would have been 16.. ..... The judge hoisted this last-mentioned number, but when the horses returned to the paddock he altered it, and after a lot of bother the investors of Ikon received their dividendSi

The crack three-year-old "Mountain"! King has won £6158 m stakes. " Master Delaval is being kept up to the collar at Ellerslie m view of his Cup engagements. '•'-..■■ : Wallasy was expected to perform better at Feilding, but apparently he is only a moderate. . -They put some money on the chestnut colt Tan San on the first day of the Feilding meeting. V St. Amelia : seems all to " pieces and Mr Parata's mare, was never prominent; /on either, day. at r Feilding. •The more I think out Auckland form the more I. am .convinced that the horses m ithe. North •mMSt^be. a very poor lot.- •. ' ' ' ■••■« ■-■■- Montigo ran a good race on the "first day and it ' reminded me of his early efforts this year, but he did hot improve m bis next effort. - ' ■ 'Frisco got a very : bad, run m the St.. Andrew's Handicap and he wa? not started* on the second day. He is engaged m the Manawatu Cup. Still an'otker Pine has! appeared m the pigskin; , This time it is Thomas ■who had; the winning ride on Panta^ loon m. the Hack- Hurdles last .Saturday. . „'.'/, : . , '■; , r Arc Light ran a race "behind Chatterer m, "the Krwitea. Welter, and; m the opipion of many who \ were present .the Merriwee mare should have won. • r • .; : -.:■■ ---, Uranium still continues to win, and her victory m the, St.: Andrew's Handicap at Takapuna was a simple one. Apparently she is as -good "as/her friends; -declare vhei) to rhetor- ::,\',v. ■(■; ; •t Sylvan Park presented a well-train-ed appearance at FeildinK. The cne'stnut hQrse is not a good beginner and . I -fancy he would be better suited- by a longer course than a mile. ' "'■•; ••' The owner of Tan .'jsan mustrepkW his horse Will make a ' wo" ftderfiil . itii? prdveffient m the next three/ weeks;, xis he has enterecr him' m the M^nawtu pup/; ■;;■- ;; : : . V: : . . .,. ./'-'-.• vV' : '; ;!•;■>..>. It was a splendid " finish' between Belario (A. Oliver) .and Daisy ,Paui (D. :Piice). m ".the Welter Hack Flat and it was only by . clever horsemanship that the, former gained- ,th,e verdict. \ . .'].. /.- . '.... ... "' ■. .."VfVY" - Elevation's^ win m the Feilding Stakes shows that Mr."BidwelF£vlit-/ tie champion has .not lost -Ins.-:bril-liancy. • Before being, taken to , Feirding the colt, unassisted, ran fialf a mile,: m; Slsecs. ;. r - .-,,-,., ~ :t >h ;,io ; /.Splendid Idea is a long/time displayinj». any ; brilliancy,, andil'm begihiiing to be. rdoubtful. if . J Fommy/-Wilson'. i wiH ever get her as well'ias she was", "thistimc last. year. She looked- all- right at Feilding, a bitftig perhaps^fcut she was early in 'difficulties 'm ■''•' her races,. : _■ ■"..-■ .;.■*> . \ .;, /)■■. Contender is noi;^right arid/did 'iiotf show his best form r at 'Feilding 1 -.'- ' " r Qn the first dav 'he got -put fairly-^'weir. but gbt cut put, afttf'.pn/the day he /was seating' "a 'good ? deai "..at the- post. ' v HHrc r ran well fbr r aftbu# five furlongs, but fell aw/ay :f w3iea tke^p'nieh came.--""'-;'- ■ • ;: - ■ '"■■■'■ >■ V. '~ ! ~ :t 'r ; ~The :^^W-lni6wn ,^d^e^ :i^'Hirt|pl J must foe very adrjerse to, /M^j^iM plus pins whic^ f si^ni|^ .d^aeL^ea^; 111 three.. instAJlt^.e^^AH^wU■di^g/jt:■J^i:s' generally axhuittfed' '£nishes were . so close that, .-Ij'a^'^/a " dea'cT .hpaji been the" verdict everyone! ,./wpul<j • 1 been satisfied.. .. ' . " '„.]'/' J r . /.'';' ; ';/.,':/. | y //.' r .Shpwinan is a/ much -better ?liprse; than niost people thought him to ?X>e? and Waverley- punters had a.'gQOd win over his victory, m the WAiti\na Hack Hurdles. Whilst /referring/ to this victory I must . compliment Fahey on f the excellent. wa.v^ .in..wMch, he handled the Workman gelding. He' ran a- good race oh the second day, but the increased poundage stopped him,' - ; „:'/. Verily" Paddy McLaughlin's .luck must . be rigb/b out. . ..^Cpntendei: : ,/Ms ' hot wbn a race §ince:VetHi;ning' from Australia and his pe.cent jpurchas?, : Earmark, feU and, brdke, his"neek i ,'-//in' the ; Hacl? Hurdles , at"'' If^iUing- oiv Friday last. ThasT'hdr^e ga'ye.;proniise} of ' turning • out' ; /' spirijj! " and ' -^it was the irony, Of r ,f ii;e: $)i4t; :he''sfi6^4 -r lose ' the nuirtber pi ' his nie'ss .'lihcii he," had a chance of winding a /race. /''':- Alec f Hall had Lull looking jn great heart at the Feilding meeting, an4:he. : supported him for a gopd, sum. J. Mfc-G-regor was- engaged: : to ride- him;, but at the > very,. first fenbe^ he. was, .bumped but of the saddle and. injured so seriously that he had to be taken .to. Palmerston North .Hospital. : x The; horse continued on his journey after; unseating McGregor, jumped faultless--Ily throughout the two miles and passed the judge's box -a neck ih front of, Gold Dust and Asterpid. Mori-arty galloped m both his races like the "good colt'that he is. On the irst day he was only beaten by •. St. Claimer after a very hard finish m which the: judge only could say whioh horse had won. The second day he" landed the York Stakes rather easily. In this race he was ridden behind, and came at the business end with an irresistible rush. A horse with' his pace should always be hooked back for a couple of furlongs, and if this practice was pursued more races would fall to his lot. I would suggest to the Feilding Jockey Club that they consider the advisability of starting mile events, at' the top of the course and forming a straight back m the trees at the top of the : saddling paddock. If this were done there would be a good straight run before it was necessary 1 to negotiate a bend, and this would greatly, minimise the chances of an accident. The need of an ambulance corps was also v greatly felt at . the recent meet-, ing. Is it not possible to get an up-to-date corps similar to that which has done duty under Dr/ Tripe at Wanganui for so many years ? For the sake of all concerned it is to be hoped that a repetition of what tool' place last Friday will never be seen again.

"" "Honyhnlurin ran very well on both days at Feildingj but the company was a bit too good for her. One punter had £50 m the machine on Nukutihi when that horse ran second to- Catapult at Feilding. Te Uira got badly left m the Rongotea Hack Hurdles, and his chance was extinguished from there. The totalisator was open eleven minutes , after; , the official starting time of the concluding event of the Feilding -meeting. Peregrine came down from .Auckland for -the hack races at Feilding, but he, began badly m his only outing and; was fleyer prominent. It looks as ; M we have seen the best of Paritutu. 6xt the flat, and probably the Casi^r -gelding will m future be confined to -jthe illegitimate game. S-. Messena quickly got back most of the purchase" money he paid for Motpa quite recently. The colt's victories, at Feilding were Worth £145 m ; stakes;alon&.' : : Waipaku was In great heart at Feilding and was unlucky not , to win a race. This mare has improved wonderfully, and Foxton people tell me she canfly on 1 the. tracks, Pushful was never prominent m the Spring Hurdles,, but on >the second day he put up- a good showing, • but failed ; in the- straight. At Xm'as jtime we might see him win a race. Le- Beau ran badly m the Spring Hurdles, {birtwas much improved on the second day; ' though he was easilyj beaten -by Sen= Sim. When it is soft this horse' cannot act at all, but -•'I am inclined to think that Ms downer must have been too easy with hinx since - ;. ?• On both- days at . Feilding Irish. Rifle'endeavored to win the big race from end to end. and m the li mile race :her -looked, at four furlongs irom home, -~ to :pe; -going well withjn himself. However, when Mora} -rcoyed-up itphini itwas;- all over, despit* a very, special effort, by Sid Reid. -It is a great-chance for the Manay?atu:.R.C. handicapper on Cup day. Amongst the nominations for the big race are. JSJey.cition, Maniopoto, GoHl Crestr ;Bourrjasque, Truce, Moral, VFxiscoy.. ..Gazeley. Irish' Rifle and Riflemaid. If. all these go to the post the^- race, should be a, very interest-,ing/-pn^^^' ~ " •. . .'• : . /r^After-all^iSen :Sim was not sold at the-'.-NsZ; • ' Ciipi meeting . .and- he and his ipilpt^H.-Telford, were again as-sociated'at-^Feilding. He was just headed in,.the two-mile ' event after leading the whole war, but with slfes increase on,, his back he won over • I^-inileapii-Sat-urday. The win was a very' popular one. .t-Iri !the? : Flv4ng Stakes at Feilding St. ■ 01aimet%': was m rather lighter than: he has-been for some time past and Lwas.^irite prepared for his victory. ;but "there was no margin for him at the finish, as Moriarty pressed .him surety closely. Hikaka's horse never jSijiipijed better and Milne had him Joajdligoi.in apple-pie' condition. He sjiqulclir^in again shortly. -'.'Asteroid' ran a good race m ' the Spiihg; Hiirdles and ■ her sup/porters were 'Rewarded with a good price for second-' 5 tooney. In tlie Cheltenhani Hurdles she was galloping very freeJy jM the Nearly stages of the race ai I justbii^hen: several good judges we r e picfeinjof he.f?out as a likely, winner she dropped: back and finished m the rear. The pace was solid throughout both races; - >: t.vPantaloon, was expected to run well" m the -Hack Hurdles on Friday} and not a few good judges put fivers on him as he was reported to have beaten „Te- Aral m a gallop at Hastings last- week. He ran very badly,and .>on'.jt;Ke. . second day liis form e^siiy.-'reyersed and the . horse paid th/e" biggest ; dividend of the meeting. T^re^j^ra^. nothing suspicious about tße' .-peri^rmance, and no questions we're" It was just ©ne of- those tliings,V;th,i4t occur on a raeecoursei Bti| q wl}iich^ are inexplicable^•Moral was ridden m a most peeu* iljiar-maimer- the first day at Feilding; but it may have been that he was getting. Jknpcked ' about by the other coinjietitorS,. At the business, end he came from somewhere m- the rear When everybody had given up looking for hiiri, and smothered everything but" Maniopoto. In his next effort lite. was\again a popular fancy and agajri heWas m trouble m the early stages b/f. the race, but at the eM ac won rather easily after a good race with Irish Rifle, who made all the funning bri both days. .Hugh Telford rode two splendidlyjudged races on Sen Sim at Feilding and though he was beaten on tko first, day it was no fault of his. pilot. He kept his horse well back to his field and rode a waiting race m" front, but the last 100 yards was fatal to him. The Second day Assay er insist-r ed on beins allowed to pilot the fiftld and Telford on Sen Sim agreed to this and hooked his horse m behind, him. Wheh Assayer fell Sen Sim went on aad woa easily, and Telford. Who was riding with a damaged foot, was, accprded an «vati«n from the crowd. Maniopoto looked very well at Feil» ding, and the racing he had at Riccarton must have benefited him considerably. _ Added to this the sting was out of the ground" and the black horse likes it better this way. In the big race thp first day he was not too well out of the barrier, but he put m a very fast furlong and quickly reached Irish Rifle, who was sailing along m front. These two were m the lead the whole way, and at the right timp Maniopoto went to the front and won rather easily by a length. Next day he went up to 9.9, but though he started that is all that can be said of it, and I am*d«ubtful about tke fiea.uineness of tlie performance.

St. rAnislia ran well: for l£ miles,! but she was very distressed "at the finish. „'. . , ; Golden Gale 7.11 got- a.- poor- start I or >he might have been second to Lord ! Soult. ' ; ' J. McGregor," who was injured by falling off Lull is still >m a very seri.ous. condition. . aMillenial and Joe Chamberlain were too big to do themselves justice, but the racing -will improve them .' D. Kemp, who rode Sir Benson;'at-tracted-attention to that horse by his peculiar tactics during the race. ■ . Glenullin was started m this race, but he was not m a condition to gallop four furlongs, let alone H miles. > fToa. Tuhi was not taken to the Woodville meeting owing . to the-"'diffi-culty encountered m getting a suitable horseman for him. . .•-■. - The- local bookmakers did not ' go up to Woodville as the club would not license them except at the maximum; charge both for themselves and clerks.: Waipu, who has been off the tracks since August, was a starter m this race, but he was far too big m condition, and toiled m the rear the whole way. McCombe was discharged from the Palmerston North Hospital on Tuesday last, and is now much improved. He will not ride again for some little time, Kimmer-ian, the full sister to Full. Rate, and Toatane, the- Hon? -.... Jas. Carroll's Daunt geldings ;made ; vt;their; fitst appearance m this race, but heijblier showed; any form.. . .>,,;.»:?.,< n: y. • ■•' - W'hakawehi was tailed" off : ' the whole ■fray and finished fasti but Nova; rah a good hottest race,:' though 'he ; never at any part of it had. a : chance ■■ with the first tw ; o horses; •:: . : L«rd Soult once agaiiF proved himself a ckamjrion weight-carrier. over. "- a-a' sliest course. With 9.11 in-. the sad" die he na.adfl an GxhiMtion of the field m tha ifilectxio Handicap. "■' ' r ■>• A large flplU contested the ■--"■ Maiden Plate, and Contour, who. belongs to Tdlloy's stable, led into the straight, . btii.it was.. only ■" on sufferance, as immediately Langstone allowed Lochiela her head, J&cCaiVs mare went to the : frpnt and won very easily. . ' ittot'oa won the Flying Hack Handicap from end to end. Fishermdid .i Was disappointing, m this race- and refused to gallop a yard of the way. lipn got out badly, or she might have reyersed positions with the winner, as she made up a lot of ground, after making a bad start. Xu. the Hack Hurdles, Taura and Te Uira carried most money. The former jumped very cleanly, and m this respect showed . much improvement on his past essays. -He won fairly easy at tho finish. . Johnstone's horse fortek.e a bloo-d-vessel during the running of the race and finished out of a place. ■■./■-.-■ ■ liho Wellington Racing Club stewards met the Wellington bookmakers at. the Club offices on Tuesday afternoon. Tho meeting was not open to the press, but it is understood .* that an agreement suitable to both parties was arrived at, and the pencillers will be ." allowed to bet at the -next Cup meeting m January. ;. i The Hawera mare, 1 Daisy Paul i who showed good form at • Feilding; was voted a moral for, the Grandstand Handicap, and the scratching pen was freely used on the other acceptors. She was rather easily beaten by Lomaria but had a bad passage,- during, the race. The Foxtontrained Waicola ran well m this race, and is coming on with every gallop. Aboriginal, who has not won a race since he prevailed m the Winter Cup, m 1906, appears to have struck form again and won the Borough Handicap comfortably. He was m front ' from the flag-fall and galloping .freely" won by three lengths. If not too', harshly tfreated by the weight adjusters, , he should add further to his laurels.. He is engaged at Lower Valley on Boxing Day, and should find The Stake and Splendid Idea hardest to beat' there. • ... Moral loolfed the fittest horse m the Woodvillo Handicap, and he started, a sound favorite.. Tangimoana, who had t<he services of A. Oliver, made the pace very merry, and the favorite was kep* going the whole way. He pat m a good run m the straight but could not teach Tangimoana, who won fey a couple of lengths. If the time (2m, 8 2-ss) is correct, Moral would have had. to better than he has done previously to have prevailed, and it makes out Tangimoana to be decidedly useful. " Splendid, weather prevailed for the opening day of the Woodville Summer meeting. The attendance was very large, and the totalisator put through £10,297, being an increase of over £21)00 for the corresponding day ' of last year. The fields were above the average and the racing was fair, but ane or two very strong things were served up, and these should have been challenged .by the stewards. The runring of Sir Benson and Lady Disdain particularly should have been enquired into. Apparently the stewards .of the club were the only ones who did net see anything wrong with this pair. •