SPORTING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 804, 27 January 1910, Page 3

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACES. The following are the results o the third day’s events : Wallaceulle Welter Handicap, six fin longs.— Toanga 1, Faunus 2, Kildonian 3. Time, 1.15. Melrose Welter Handicap, seven furlongs.—Sharpshooter 1, Mataari 2, Swimming Belt 3. Time, 1.28 1-5. Hopeiul Slakes Handicap, four furlongs.—Tenterhook 1, Saxifrage 2, Tribulation 3. Time, 49-

Summer Handicap, one mile. — Bobrikoff 1, Effort 2, Merrivonia 3. Time 1.39 r-5. Kaitoke Handicap, five furlongs. —Arabala 1, Glenspring 2, Te Roti 3. Time, 1.2. Consolation Handicap, one mile and a-quarter. —’Taskmaster 1, Osiris 2, Iranui 3. Time, 2.7 2-5. City Handicap, six furlongs. — Ivquitas 1, Silk web 2, Full Rate 3. Time, 1,14 3-5. Selling Plate, six furlongs.— Expansion 1, Ideate 2, Simplex 3. Time, 1.16 x-5. [“Bv Eakj.v Bird”] Clarence O’Neill must be given credit for having worked a wonderful improvement iu Windage, who won the hurdle double in Foxton in such masterly style as to suggest that much larger stakes over the battens will come the way of the chestnut. It is said that it is only nine weeks ago Windage went under the gelding knife, and since then he has raced at Awapuni, Pahialua and Foxton, no less than seven starts, with three wins.

Arthur Olliver had a good innings at Trentham, where he landed several races by superb horsemanship.

Don Carlos was made the hot stuff in the hack hurdles at Foxton on Monday, but was never very prominent, and appeared to pull up slightly lame. He appears to be a light of other days. Light weight lads were much in evidence at Foxton. Little Wallace Young, a brother of Billy and Bobby, steered Adria to victory in the Cup —his first winning ride. But the midget of the b unch was little Kemp, who rode Parable home a winner on the second day. He may well be termed a “pocket jock,’’ and absolutely fell down under the strain of the lead bag and saddle which went to make up Parable’s weight of 6.0 odd. Fact! This lad is credited with riding more horses work at Hastings each morning than any two other horsemen in the Dominion. Something like 30 odd a day, 1 am led to believe. The shrewd Foxton heads went for a win with Himitangi in the hack hurdles on Monday, and with Billy Young in the saddle, the Leolautus geldiug made a bold bid for the stake out in front. But he made one or two bad jumps and Windage brought about the undoing of the good thing. It is marvellous the large percentage of owners and trainers there are at the game who know absolutely nothing of racing laws and conterence rules. However the Messena connections made the mistake they did on Monday with Waitoto, is a mystery. For not only has the point been threshed out in all the sporting papers time and again, but similar cases have been dealt with in racing circles which should have placed old racing heads on their guard. The rule is very hard and fast. The happening only goes to show that there should be some sort of an annual class gathering, where owners and trainers could be instructed in the conditions under which they race their charges. Numbers of them never trouble to become possessed of a book of rules, let alone open it. In cases such as that of Monday, the pity is the paying public who cannot be expected to be up in racing law, should be compelled to be financial losers when supporting such animals Kither make the club responsible or return tote monies. Fred Tilley took away a Foxton lad with him to join the Fordell stable. A promising sort ot a lad too, who has weight, age and tact on his side, three necessary qualifications to make a successful jockey.

Repeat, by Renown, performed very consistently throughout the F'oxtou gathering, running two seconds and a first out of three starts. Rather on the small side as yet, hut may improve in condition with age. Leolanter, who won the Maiden Scurry, is a nice cut of a nag with plenty of size. Tommy Nolan purchased this chestnut at the Stevenson disposal sale for odd, and the sale promises to turn out a benefit financially for the Bulls sport. Tommy was a fair winner over the nag, and the price it paid was a “stunner.”

Lord Possible looked a moral in the Scurry at the turn, but in a hard finish his rider was not seen to advantage, and the promised victory went down as a defeat. Rather green yet is Lord Possible, but he should turn out alright. Strathmoira, McMana way's Soult nag, is an excitable brute and takes some managing. Is not very well suited to short courses, but can put them in with some vim after five furlongs have been traversed. •

Many of the solid Lord Soult punters stopped off the pony the other day when he absolutely flew in with 10. S over the five furlongs. The win was a popular one, and after the event Joe Chadwick put the measuring rod over him and found the Soult pony to be 15 hands exactly. Truely, what a marvel for his diminutive inches. Owner Jim Symons was over from

Hastings to witness the “flying cripple’s” victory. Sid Reid was seen to advantage when he absolutely lilted Strathmoira home a winner in the Telephon Hack on Monday. Rather a goo I idea has been suggested to the writer for colours which should he worn by jockeys —that of having a uniform set tor New Zealand, For instance, black for No. i, white fore, red for 3 and so on ; sufficient colours could be found alright. The scheme seems workable, and may be tried with advantage. The Foxton Racing Club at tomorrow night’s meeting intend to come to some decision re the unruly jocks, trainers and others who are being carpeted for having fallen from graceful ways by partaking in the noble art of selfdefence on the racecourse ou Monday last. Bobrikoff established another New Zealand record yesterday at Trentham, when he won the big mile handicap in imiu. 39 3-ssec. with 10.1 on his back.