TARANAKI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 813, 5 October 1905, Page 8

TARANAKI.

New Plymouth, September 30.

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Taranaki Jockey Club was held on Friday night. The committee declined

to recommend Henry A. Jury for a jockey’s license. Gentlemen rider certificates were granted to Messrs. H. and L. George, a trainer’s license to E. Vine, and jockey licenses to J. Barlow and W. ielford. The programmes of the Waitara and Opunake clubs were passed. Mr. D. Laing was elected a member of the club. Mr. A. Wood, of Hastings, was appointed starter out of six applicants, and Mr. J. Chadwick handicapper out of five applicants. The committee thought that Mr. Chadwick might personally secure the club good nominations. Several minor matters were attended to by the committee. The success of Mr. Dan O’Brien’s horse -. Multifid and Grenade, a; Wanganui, was well received here, as the owner is looked upon as a genuine sport. It is to be hoped that the rose and black stripes will be carried home in the van in more events this season, as not much luck has been attached to them for a long time. Speculation over the Wanganui meeting was pretty brisk throughout the district, and I think that honours were pretty equal between punters and layers. Mr. A. Champion seems to be having a bad run of luck with his horses lately, and it is about up to him to register a win or two. Judging by the number of horses in training in this district this season, I think the district clubs, which rely on local nominations for the early meetings, will not have big nominations. The number and class of horses in Taranaki has been steadily going down in this district for some seasons), the reason no doubt being that the men with the money do not care to become owners. J. Barbour, the rider of Uhlan when the Cuirassier horse won the Auckland Cup, has not ridden for some time, but he evidently intends to take on the game again, as he has been granted a license by the Taranaki committee. He must scale a decent weight now. Waiwera received fair support here for the Hurdles on the first day at Wa-

nganui, but he was missed by the ma jority of punters on the second day, when the Gipsy King gelding scored a longdue win.

The committee appointed by the Opunake Club to ascertain if a new course could be made nearer the town than the present one, sent in a report the other day. The committee was instructed to report again to a full meeting of members. Personally, I think the club would be acting wisely if they secured a course nearer the town.