SPORTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11979, 29 May 1902, Page 3

SPORTING.

■*• TAKAPUNA MEETING. Second Day. 4 Continued from yesterday.) Per Press Association. Auckland, May 28. — Britannia Handicap l one mile.— Formula 1, Matamataharakeke 2, Golden Rose 3. Scratched : Taplow. Time, lmin 54 2-ssec. Divs, inside £5 11s 6d and £1 5s Od, outside £4 4s and £1 7s. Pony Handicap, 6 furlongs.—Sentinel 1, St. Loanda 2. Sea Spray 3. ■Scratched : Orange and Blue. J Time lmin -26 3-ssec. Divs, inside £8 7s and 17s, outside £3 8s and 13s. r Victoria Handicap, 6 furlongs.— Scotty 1, Golden- Rose 2, Camille 3. Scratched : Hesper. Time lmin 24 l-ssec. Divs, inside £3 and £7 6s, Outside £3 17s and £7 8s 6d. Steeplechase, 3% miles.— Rufus 1, Sultana 2, Evening Wonder 3. Scr. : Cavaliero, Princess of Thule, Bellman. Time Bmin llsec. Divs, inside £1 18s and £4 10s, outside £2 3s and £4 5s 6d. Welter, 1 mile.— 'Ragabrash 1, St. Olga 2, Moturoa 3. Scr. : Takapuna? Golden Rose, Hikipene. Time, lmin 56sec. Divs, inside £2 6s 6d and £1 6s 6d, outside £1 19s 6d and £1 13s. CTJRF TOPICS, BY "TARANAKI." Scratchings in the first two events at Takapuna : Hack Handicap, Lance Corporal ; Hurdles, Sudden, Sophia. After the Pony Race at Takapuna a protest was entered against Sentinel for inconsistent running, but nothing came of it. A sum of £6630 was machined at Takapuna on Wednesday. J. Belcher arrived here on Wednesday with the Northern National Hurdles candidate, Roseplot. Thehorse will be shipped North tonight. In referring to Weinig, a leading American middle-weight, a correspondent writes :— Weinig is a good deal of a curio. He is- a' professional cyclist, and is very much attached to the silent steed, but he follows fighting because he can make more money at it. He has had i ten straight winning fights, Dan Creedon being among his victims. He'irecently made big Jim Jeffords jump the ropes. Weinig is- a dead game fellow; and has great confidence in his 1 own ability. He has accumulated a small fortune by betting on himself. He has shown that he possesses wisdom by putting away every cen'c he has won for use when: tho rainy days come. He can do 1581 b easily, ygt he is not averse to tackle a fellow scaling over 2001 b. One of the funny things about him is that when he has no fight on hand he is to be found around tftie resorts where professional, wheelmen Bank up, and all his talk is of the cycle. If you draw him in-, to conversation he will prattle about Arthur Zimmerman instead of Jim Jeffries. They say he travels alone, with the money he intends , to bet on himself packed in a valise, and he gives a wide berth to saloons. Even in the ring he displ&ye the earmarks of a ■ cyclist more than those of a fighter. When he begins shaping he sets himself like a cjxlist 1 with his» knees bent, and his arms out as if clutching the handle-bars. It is even said that when he becomes excited ho works imaginary pedals with his feet. He stands a terrible drubbing, and bides his time, and he frequently manages to end a fight with o"ne punch.