TURF TOPICS, BY TARANAKI.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12970, 25 September 1905, Page 7

TURF TOPICS, BY TARANAKI.

. Mr Harry Good, one of the owners of Maniapoto, has returned 10 Ha-, vera. 'In the course of some remarks Mr Good stated^hj^ c^hey t w?n; disappointed at ihfiJßoiiU itorsoV running in the Eps^mr^ndjcap, und the defeat In that event was attributed » to the \ia\ that tha -ilm minium plates j v?ith which Maniapoto was sited ca'ised him. to slip on the ,bar<T ground. When Man»apofo »a«i *mt out for th'j Metropolitan oh ' Monday his plates were tipped,, and the ] result was that he ran a clinking j#p.ocj- . raCC ' anf * ! never^ff£ ;the issue in doubt. With^re-g-wf t" the running in the Craven

[Stakes Mr Good had little to say. Bo .added that Maniapoto had been or .would be sent to Melbourne to be prepared for the Melbourne Cup, but it had not yet been decided whether they would run him in the Oaulficld Cup van a fortnight earlier. ' Mr Dan O'Brien's brood mare, Heriot, has dropped a nice filly foal to Uhlan. Mr F. M. Mills' Tonga has also a filly foal to the same sire. There was a good deal of wagering over the Avondale and Rangitikei i Meetings. Ranana; fell in the Steeplechase at Avondale on Saturday. His owner reckoned tho . hollow back gelding- \ could not lose. v ,