THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 112, 2 May 1908, Page 4

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

HACING FIXTURES. j o and J —Uawkc's Bay J.C. Ailuiun. Uay li and J—Marlborough U.C. Autumn. JU}' IS aid 14—Ashburton Count; K.C. 3(j( Autumn. w li \Uy i 3 and 23—North Utago J.C. Winler. an June 3 and 4 —Dunedin J.C. Winter. 0{ TUKF TOPICS. (By " iloturoa.") jt< The Wellington and Avondalc meet- ,n ißg» ill be concluded to-day. I'ariluluV next cngagei it after the Avondale meeting is in tl.. Great Nor- n( thern Hurdle Kace at the At. ' 'and win- a tcr meeting. Many owners like their horses to gain 11 a name for unreliability, as it saves a ol lul ol explanation at t iues and puts the tl blame ou the poor p'.ad's shoulders. m , * • • ai U only right that a horse named Couc uaiou aliouiu win the last race on tne concluding Uay of the YVestralian meeting. ... m At the same gathering the Kiver ™ Handicap tell to Laughing Water. * • * * ci A Comet fell in broad daylight at j. Alauug.itautari on taster Monday, but jj this Comet was only a racehorse, and „ he merely forgot to jump the last hurdl e tl in the "■*»' atreak for home. f, . . • • si They an rery foad.ol racing up Mau- la ngaiauuri way. Ita FW™ tneir baster meeting included two S -sU-k-eveaU,' two "trots," » pony c race and iev«n horse-races. Twelve h event* on o* afternoon if pretty heavy n wing, and the ww» must have had f jPg wait for milking-time that night, h • • • Old Uanaoa, or Banana as he is j times called, proved that he is still a . slippery bit of stuff by downing a big field in the Brighton hurdle Kace. . * * * . « The amount invested on the totalisator ou the UrealEastorn. Steeplechase at , llnkapanna (Aust.J ran into the huge , pile of £4233- < Maranui was almost as good a favour- I ite as Bright Steel in the Uoncaster i Handicap, but the heavy going stopped tba much-fancied ones, and they ' alaioet last. Mar.inu* was aiso well backed for the Sydney Cup. Ue was always prominent, and, taking charge three furlongs from home, led into the straight; but ww beaten out of a place in the run home and finished fourth. The e\-Xew Zeulander, Kcl.ii;. tried to win the First Nteepleciia-e at th ■ Australian Jockey Club',, autumn meeting from end to ,iuil, but Kuala Lumpur caught the National winner at the last fence and beat liiin by a lnngth awl a talf in the filial sprint. , W. I'iue, the trainer of Buccleuch. worked himself into a great state ui excitement when that horse uon .th" Great Easter Handicap at the Canterbury meeting. Hushing out on to the course be threw hi- 'eadgear into thhat Unisphere, ran sixteen ways at once and shouted in a loud faketto: "Bucdeuch! Buccleiu-li! I've won a million!'' Which rtfniuds one ot the Maori who had lialf-a-dollar on a horse who paid eighteen bob! A *|wrting paper printed in Fogland coolly tells the following stretcher:— "IK '- gut his last chance," said Mr. Hare iicfore The King went out for the Minor Selling Hurdle. " I've told him that he shall be shot to-night if Ik cannot win." The King had evidently | listened, and young Jimmy Hare was ako determined to give his mount a chance for existence. He rattled hiiu away from flagfall, and never let him j alone, pressing him along down to the far turn, and stiU keeping the lead as tliev approached the turn. Jlacora, who carried a lot of money, was in pursuit up the straight, but on kept young llare minus his cap. with his "auburn'' hair flying in the breeze, an l The King got home cleverly. There waumtMial lianter and talk of the inciden*. "He wouldn't have won after all if he had known what is in store for liiin Dowi" said his rider. "He is to get plenty more rating." Fortunately the honsj* was by this tim e out of earshot. V • • • Following " Moturoa's'' advice to "get a move on and do something," old I'aritntu won the Hurdles at Avoudale in good style. But «hv a horse's form obould be exposed in a miserable race which waa only worth seventy sovereigns to the winner, when the well endowed Great Northern and National Hurdles ac dose at hand, licks creation. Paritutu carried top-weight at Avondak, and will hare a steadier to carry next time he iweighs out. i • • • Nothing succeeds like ancceaa! Sir Geo. Clifford, the late G. G. Stead, and Hon. J. D. Ormond top the winning owners over the Canterbury Easter gathering. The poor beggars who race because they want the coin are lucky if their names appear at the tail-end of the Winning payments. Mr. J. F. Buchanan lias now won the Great Raster Handicap two years in raccession; last season with Fireiron and this year with Buccleuch.

At the yearling sales in Sydney on April 21*t, Mr. B. Reid, of Ellerslie, ia jwryln awl half a dozen youngsters, of wTwm four are Catnbadello bred fillip-. I»y St. JUwyot and one by (ilaucu*, awell «■» a Havilah-bred half-brother to Caravel. .The New Zealand-bred colt, by Sonlt—^Crocy, wa* purchased at 180 guinea* by Mr. Johnson, of New '/** land. * • • • At Kjodwick last week bogu> notes were in circulation, and * !<■"> found their way into bookmaker b;i the old method of a sovereign lie! and I*4 ('lunge being tbe one adopted. ()u<* of tl* v gentry engaged in working t»T tbr>«» notes backed a winner, hut a- ii • did n collect hi* winnings, he buvf listd an idea tbit a rorUiin amount otdanjprr attached to again veiling tb» bookmaker with whom lie had IkM. the -way ot Ikey u a rocky one! The veteran di»UiK-c-hor»e Tnrtiiu further dintingui»hed himself la»t week by winning the Autuuin Stake* at Handwide from Dyed Garment*, Peru, IWi don, and three other;). A week prior to ths hn owner, Mr. J. J. Mrnktu. wrote to the papers that the horse lame, had broken down t gone wrung, H--. —in fact, only good for down, no bl«* revival almost rank r wit it the Seven Wonders of the World. Tartan afterwards ran swuiid in the Sydn -y C«p, bringing hi* rewrd up to 13 win". 3 unt of 32 raw# h 4 > liii- ctirr teated. » « • i The late Jame* Cioater Uied to tell .« j&Ost aiii»>iag incident that oirurrv i to him on the fir*t of hi- wearing l*«jrd colour- iwiitc Wry many year- au •- at Oxford ra*-e*. bird Portsmouth"trainer went to <J«wtor and a-»ke»l him it he wa* engaged for the nest race, jk »! Dot he would like Wm Ut ride « ne hii mount, gladly accepts tlie otie ; .

neighed rtit. and ultimately won, after ' a grand display of jockeyship on los part. Home little time afterward . whiH Coaler was t.ilking to a friend. 1 Lord I'ortimontli came up to him and 1 mil: "lloater, yon rode an c\cellcr.i race, and I am murk plea-ed." •b ui. who did not know his lordship bv sight considering it a great impertinence for a most sliabbilv dressed man (it waone o( Tjrud P.'- peculiarities to wear old and worn-out clothes) to hiterrnp; S him, curtly replied. "Oh, ye*, glad vm L think no" and resumed his conversation, to the great horror o< his friend, who. knowing Lord Port-mouth. «- x, limply dumfounded, and frantically enj,, devoured by facial signs to make (ion! i, e* attend to him. which Jem did n fe- understand. Continuing, Fxml l'ortS month .said. "I must make yon npr ■ B rent, floater, for winning." Tern, »e.ir<--fe Iv turning towards him. answered E "Ncvrr mind, old chap: glad yon ■"» F-i—bit on it." His lord-hill. « hj". by ili-•:. had quite grasped the situation, nalk-' away, exploding with laughter, wh'ie > npon Coater's friend immediatel. , v rlaimed. "Von fool! That'- I.or! Pn' month liinv-elf." floater, when tilliui' - this, wound np by -iving. " T didn't C, want a Turkish bath to make nie sivrat I t then-"