TARANAKI TALK.

NZ Truth, Issue 935, 27 October 1923, Page 8

TARANAKI TALK.

The Waverley meeting proved a great financial success. The tote showed an Increase on last year of £ 10,000. The club must eflfeet some improvements if It wishes to hold the patronage of the public. More ticket boxes should be provided at tho gates. The rush to get tickets on Monday when the train ar- ! rived was a acandal, and it is a wonder someone was not Injured. An up-to-dcto number board is also a necessity and should be Insisted on by the authorities. This year Ristorl lias been sent to Daniloff nt Wftverley. Tho Stratford Racing Club la Riving 1 nway .€3300 m stakes for its New Year meeting. With the £2650 or so given away by the T..T.C. Nt Christmas there should !>c something- doing. The Cup will be worth £COO. Stratford is including a Juvenile handicap on its programme. The number of promising youngstPra now m Taranaki certainly deserve consideration. Alf Morse whs m good form at the harriur on Monday at Wnverley and with possibly ono exception got his fields away well. Muraaht won tho Cup like a racehorse. Beginning slowly, ho was soon Bomo chninn m the rear, but over tho last bit mode tho fteld look like hacks. His host of supporters had un anxious moment at the bottom of tho atnrisht and .ihor« waa. n. possibility tho New Zealand Cup candidate zuisht l**vo tfot blocked;

Sunny Jim ran a great race m the Cup. His run m the Brewer Handicap earlier m the day did him good. Pirouette stayed on well m the Cup ari% finished fourth. Snatcher tried to win the Cup from end to end, but did not stay on. Karaeo looked very, big, but finished on well and should again pay his way this season. Rotherglen, a nice-looking Absurd gelding m W. Pine's stable, should be heard of later. Velociform covered a lot of ground m the Cup and -finished third. Pou'ma again proved her worth by beating a good field m the open six.Halgina, who was made favorite, did not get out quickly. Inah still shows a lot of pace, out after four furlongs the aged Coronet mare dies away. Eerie was made a hot order for the Hurdles and the Nassau mare this time did not disappoint her supporters. The veteran Iceberg tailed away badly at the start but he finished sixth. Miss Mickey was made the medium of a very solid punt m the Wilson Hack, but could only get third. The Stratford -owned Roche nearly brought oft! ' a surprise m this race, only being overhauled by Empyrean, m the la3c fifty yards. Haligan got a bad passage, but finished close up fourth. Marqueteur, looking very big, was never, prominent m the Brewer Handicap, r He is said to be troubled with rheumatism and may, not be gone on with. ' Sunny Vale was well supported both starts, but did not behave too well at the barrier. The Flying Hack was fought out by the two Bisogne fillies, Avola and Ora's Delight. The latter prevailed over the last bit and won by half a length. Red Helen was produced m the Moumahaki Hack Stakes, but evidently wants a race or two. A. Alexander pulled Ora's Delight out of the last race as his son was running Lively Fire, who is trained on the farm. Lively Fire won and- paid a beaut. Mangawhero, who ran a good race j earlier m the day, was allowed to pay a good price for second. Mark Time's win was a facer to the •layers m Taranaki, especially m Hawera, where backers of the King Mark gelding were lined out m queues. A trainer got into a heated argument with an official at . Waverley and it looked as though there might be trouble m store for the trainer, but he later apologised and the; incident closed. \ Thunderclap is again m work at Waitara. Ristori has dropped a nice-looking filly foal to Acre. The future of this youngster will be watched with interest as the maro was en route to Warplane at Palmerston North and was put off at Waverley m mistake. Settlers of Awakino are getting ready for the local beach races, which are to be held on November 22. Nearly every one has a horso m training 1 . The new grandstand at Opunake is to be commenced this week. Secretary Riley will see that it is ready for St. Patrick's Day. Skylight, looking very big after a spell at Tarata, has been sent to W. Pine at Hawera for preparation.