SPORTING NOTES.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4381, 22 February 1922, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

THE COUNTRY CIRCUIT. ■ ■ I THE HAMILTON MEETING. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Hamilton Racing Club’s meeting from a racing point of view was a most successful one, but from a financial viewpoint was much below the record gathering of the preceding year, the shrinkage in the totalisator receipts being no less a sum than £29,429. Good fields prevailed throughout the two days’ programme, and the officials worked hard to ketep everta thing up to time. . ; The Hawke’s Bay trainer, G.i Jones, was the only mentor to claim more than one winner, and succeeded in captuiing the leading event each day with Truthful and Riadiant Light, respectively. ■ Rente was made favourite for the ' Hamilton Cup, but ran very disappointingly. Tinohoro made the pace a cracker. Until the distance was reached Boomerday, Pine -Arch,' and Tinbhoro seemed to have the race botween them, but Truthful came along with a fine run, and, finishing up her task |in attractive fashion, drew away and won by about.a length and arhalf from Pine Arch, in the fast time cf 2m 325. . . Radiant Light counted sufficient admirers to make ,her a warm favourite for the Waikato Handicap* and she won somewhat comfortably, after being badly placed at a critical stage of the race. The victories of Euphoria, on .'the opening dhy, and Pentagram, on the second day, were of the surprise or-; der. Golden Bubble ran - .two sterling races under welter weights, but met with interference on both days, 'and should catch, the judge’s eye in .the near future. . , Mountain Lion can be credited with running two good races under big weights, and on Thursday was just beaten by Finelli, was in receipt of 41%1b. Rathlin, after being well placed in. both of his hurdle engagements, faded out when the final struggle was entered upon. Tinokaha in his last five starts has scored four times and been second once. He jumps cleanly and is on the improve. The English-bred Callaghan, who has three wins to his credit this season, did not acquit himself creditably when called upon !for a final effort in , the Karam a Welter, and seemed to resent the use of the whip. The Thames Jockey Club holds its annual meeting at Parawai on Saturday and Monday next, and the popu; larity of the goldfields fixture is so well established that it goes without saying that a strong force of sportsi men will make the journey to. assist at the gathering. . With the Northern Steamship Co. running a special trip from Auckland it should only require the weather to be in keeping with the season to register a. complete success under all headings.

The Te Aroha Jockey Club’s gathering, which eventuates on Saturday ana Monday, March 4 and 6, is popularly known as the “Sportsmen’s holiday." A new concrete road leading to the course is among the scheme of recent improvements, which should do much to relieve the dust nuisance caused by the heavy traffic. The Ohinemuri Jockey Club’s meeting, held on the local course, yill held on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) and the following day, and, with prize money offered to the extent of £4785, it was to be expected that the nomination list would be a heavy one. For the first time the O.J.C. is catering for the two-yeari-.old division, a race for the youngsters appearing on the programme each day. With the new stewards’ stand and improvements completed those at the head olf affairs have adopted the progressive policy, and it should only require fine weather for Paeroa to be invaded, in strong force. , Boomerday,"who raced so prominently at headquarters at the holiday fixture, will not fulfil h-is engagement in the Wanganui Cup, but will be raci ing at the Thames Jockey Club meeting in preference. T. O’Shea, who has an engagement at Wanganui, will only be present at the fixture for the first day, and will return north for the Thames meeting. O’Shea, who had the mount on Radiant Light, Sunny Jim, and Bute Sound, was the most successful horsei man at the Hamilton fixture.