TARANAKI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 812, 28 September 1905, Page 8

TARANAKI.

New Plymouth, September 23.

Mr. Harry Good, one of the owners of Maniopoto, returned from Sydney this week. In the course of a chat with a newspaper man at Hawera Mr. Good stated that the syndicate of owners had bad luck to lose the Epsom Handicap. The defeat of the horse in this event Mr. Good attributed to the fact that the son of Soult was shod with aluminium plates, which caused him to slip on the hard ground. The plates were changed for others in the Metropolitan, the result being that Maniopoto ran quite a different race, and proved himself worthy of the term champion. In further conversation Mr. Good stated that Maniopoto had been sent to Melbourne to be prepared for the Melbourne Cup. At present it had not been decided whether the horse would be started in the Caulfield Cup. While Mr. Good was in Sydney several offers were made for Maniopoto, but they were not tempting enough to induce the owners to part with him.

It is reported that a well-known owner down the coast, who is looked on as a deadly punter when he puts in, made £l5OO over Maniopoto’s victory in the Metropolitan Handicap.

Punters here were in evidence on the first day at Avondale, and gave the layers a bad turn. On the second and third days there was good wagering. The Rangitikei meeting attracted a good deal of attention, and there was a considerable amount of wagering.