TAKAPUNA J.C. MEETING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12867, 24 May 1905, Page 7

TAKAPUNA J.C. MEETING.

ITBST DAY.

TalcaipJima, (May 22.

The weather is splendid a^d tbo attendance goryil.

PUPAKA HANDICAP.-Tafcaroa 1. Kola Nip 2, ,Laidy Clement;* 3. Won by a longl X aii-'d a'lrtilf. fiivs. .CIO Hs and ,C 4 lfis fld.

TURF TOPICS, BY TATMXAKT.

On the second day of tlio Wansrnnni

Meeting the principal event will be the Century Hurdles, 2 miles and a distance, for which thirteen haye 1 been accepted. The Hawke's Bay mare Trumpery was accepted for this race in preference to the Steeplechase, winch evidently indicates that the maro is better over the small sticks than across country. Trumpery is not. ongaged the first day. Tho running in the May Hurdles should give an idea of tho chances of soim> of tho candidates in the Century nurdlos. The winner of the May Hurdles will put up a 71bs penalty in the) Con'tury Hurdles, which race may be won by Trumpery or Waiwora. Tho maro Athol Maid onded her career on tho Wanganui course last Saturday. She was being schooled over the steeplechase course, and on. the third round struck the hencoop jump in the straight and toppled over, breaking her neck. i "Multiform,"- in iho Wanganui Chronicle writes :»— M> A. Leicester, a well-known patron of tho Fordoll stables (presided over by F. TilleyJ, is retiring from the frirf. Martello, the Hotchkiss— Rose of Wellington colt, for whom Mr Leicester gave 800 guineas, has been leased to the sportsman who races under tho norn de course of "Mr Wire Tokona,/' Midia, the roan hurdle maro, has been sold to Mr Tilley, who will race hor on his own account. The Waitara bred pony Hurihurl that has been running at meetings in the Auckland district has been sold by his Waiiara owner to an Auckland resident.