SPORTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12279, 11 June 1903, Page 2

SPORTING.

TUHF TOPICS, BY 4 'TA»ANAKI. f J ,The Nlortk -' O^bago Winter Mteeiing was opened to-day. It will he continued to-morrow. • . .Weireka, in charge of Tate, -arrived .kt Hastings on Friday last. He was oiut doing walking ©xereiSe on Satw:-da-y mbraiing.- , ' , " <A stouihern correspon,aenit writes : — The 53 noininations receiveid "for- . the . New Zealand Cup includes apparently, the majority of the horses in rtne^ colony with any pretengioias i to "Cjip ' iorm, anji this jnajority covers only . a m&serahle minority, ii such 'a paradox- caii be > allowed of the animals in training in#New Zealand. Unfortunately, we have not many of what are ktoown as stayers in- eitihet^ island. There are m,any- owiier^ whio^like to have ' a represen]tative in ■ the ,great race of tlie year, yet despite tbdfe iact; anfcl the further one aa-anany horeies are racing now as at iihisrtime "last; year, there is a falling off of no -. .less than 13 entries. Ko^weyer; tSiere are a few good' ones 'named for .the race' to be decided^ next Nosvem'ber/ inicluding last year's winner/ H^lber--dier ( w^ho will not - get in at 7.11 this season), Achilles, Lady Lillian, Can— teen> [W'airiki, Orloff, Cannie Chiel, Gfeneral Symohs, Kelburn, Shrapnel, Mjelwood, Scylla, and a few, others eo'n#trt!|ute- the flower of t,he flocjk, and > if -only those named are saddled up -on "tihe day a closely-contested .race imay be confidently anticipated/ / M^s "Petpne" and "H&wke's Bay" . Tinderflannels from 2/11 each, all pure v wooL"; "The Kash^'" Devoii-street.*