Turf Topics.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11660, 21 January 1901, Page 3

Turf Topics.

TbeFoxtoa Summer Meeting will be COntuiued and concluded to marrow. . Thd Wairarapa R«cifg Club , made a profit of £779 over their recent meeting. Stakea-aatountiag to £910 , will be given at the Autumnlfeeting. For the Dunedin Cup Meeting 182 entries Iwie been receired for the various event* as against 168 last year. Referring to the work at the Hutt course on Friday the N.Z. Times says:— Prosser'a team, except the two-year-olds Laureate. (Raugipuhi — Laurel) and the Quilt — Maude filly, were out before breakfast. The last-named has been named Hsetheriey, after her owner's (Mr J. R. Macdonald's) estate in the Horowhenna district. Boreas trotted rouad a couple of times, aqd then went aoaguT circui* at half-pace. He hat e^Sy dp»e «.Jotbf work-ai Porra, and looks as well as erer he dpoV Whitney gaCoped twice, jpund on the grass. Ost&LjLJlnMiQe, TprtuUs, and Ngatibuia •^dWW^ 1 9W&S- iXW all appear in capital nick, and are sure to render a good account of thaWvea Blazer did ' a iroqnd on, the ploqgh. under a strong pull. Th^e best gallop from.- a time point ' of new was put up by Sfcebeloff (nddenj by Hewitt, a la TodSlpan), whp ran a; ttile on the plough in fain 46see. Mason' also gave the eariy'birds a good exhibition of'"spmting by the two-year-olds' MeMdffltoff and (>ucifonn. With a ! SyiHfsWtfKeyTy/ fotir furlong* in a tMc trader 49sec. There does net appear' tp be a great deal between this pair nt - preSeiifcr — F*ee^ Holm«*- sent bis trio, Cadet, Cameo, and Hypnotist, a mile. "They^'registeretf lmm 3Ssec from the WrW furleogj>o«t. ' Gadet Was m frofft at the finish, Hypnotist being about four; ; lengths 'bfr.- I ' Wind wbistfe was spurted wfth Scottish .Minstrel on tbe plough. Ruamahuftgs and*Merwood did fair gallops on the grass. Easy tasks were allotted' flermosa, Spider, Red Ganntlett, Canteen; Formosa*, Shelter, Art Jewel, Queen's Guard, West Guard, Fashion, Paladin, First Blood, Magnificent, Strathuliro, Dewdrop, Lady Agnes, and others. ThcWeflington Cup Meeting will be started to-morrow, continued on Thursday, and concluded on Saturday next. For the firstday there are good acceptances, and every prospect of interesting racing. The places in the events may result : — Anniversary Handicap : Firsti Blood, Sirins, Melwood. Maiden Plate: Fully Cry, Fashion, Laur-estina. Cup ; Hateroa, Ideal, Boreas. Wellesley BtaJcea: Menschikoff, Indian Queen, WindwhtsUe. President's Handicap : Scottish MinatreL Strathnairn, Lavrea--tina. Hack^latj Artisan, Gipsy Jack, Dartmoor. Nursery Handicap: Cruciform, Laureate, Kowhete. Telegraph: Advano*, Bluer, Oingo. Several Taranaki horses are competing attheFoxton and Wellington meetings this week. At Fc*ton to-day Horeka won tbs Flying Hack, paying £8 lls, and Grey Bibbon the Hack Hurdles, £3 lls.