WANGANUI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XV, Issue 878, 3 January 1907, Page 10

WANGANUI.

WANGANUI, December 31. There is little or no local news this week in the racing world. The great sporting event of the week has been the Stanbury-Webb sculling match, which kept hundreds away who wou d otherw.se have gone to thjj Manawatu Meeting. ■ Armistice was fairly well supported for the Auckland Cup, but the fact that she did not get a place did not surprise many. Lord Soult again demonstrated what a brilliant little horse he is by annexing the Awapuni Hand'.cap at Palmerston. The pony has put up a great record this season, and it is safe to say that there is nothing in the colony more brilliant at present. , Handsome Rose has at length credited his owner, Mr W. Chapman, with another win, which was long overdue. He beat a good sized field in capital, style at Palmerston, and paid 2S a n * ce P^ ce< St. Joe was withdrawn from the Cup in favour of Apa, but the latter was not qi|jte good enough to win, being beaten by Bourasque by a head. Whether or not St. Joe could have won is hard to say, but he would have been well backed had he started. Apa ran a good race, and so did Truce, who was only a head behind the second horse. Champion had been doing capital work on the training track, and had a good number of local supporters for the Hack Hurdles, but though he was well ridden by Frank Lind, who also trains the Crackshot ge’ding, he could only get second. Although General Peel had a “knee” he managed to score in the Ladies’ Purse at the Taranaki Meeting. Another Wanganui owned and trained one in Tonderghie, scored in the Hurdles. The winner, who belongs to Mr A. Tucker, paid £2 ios. He is trained by Boyd, who also rode him. Mr Vivian, the well-known local amateur, was on General Peel when he won.