SPORTING.

Otaki Mail, 7 January 1920, Page 3

SPORTING.

‘ W. Bowden, jun., at pies' ai at the West Coast (5.1.) race ding?, is doing splendidly, and riding; great form. He dead-heated on Glorify as Well as getting into a set-old place, he won on Greksoh, after riding n fine face, and has won no* loss then four hurdle races on Arlington, despite the fact that he had to borrow a poli.efiian ?r. saddle and saddlebag:- : the fceeesisary weight (well over lst.l. Mr W. If. Bowdon, at prese.ii.ioit the retired list, has been holiday im 1- ing. .During a sojourn in Welluvgt j-n he visited the Bynll Bay carnival an-/ competed in the sack race. Des;-- the .competition of top-notchers liwh-j though they could not. be bcai - ho

5 won the event with ease, and beat Po' * lock, who had won all similar event; 1 The pace was a cracker, but our loca , townsman, in sporting parlance, wo | bands down. t j Mr F. Easton’s Dcuiosthenes geldinj () [ Amythas has evidently struck form, a i he won three races on end down South j his stake earnings in the holidays bein; j in the vicinity of £-000. ' The dividends at the Marton meet ing on the second day were on tin small side, and a punter would liav< ’ needed to have been on every winnei r to hiijVc shown a profit of a tenner. I Fractious horses •at the post evidently don’t get the same latitude in , | Ireland as they do here. The “Irish ‘ J Racing Calendar” says that after the race., for the Curragh Grand Prize the stewards, having observed that Mertoy. Cracknel, Miss Orby and Lady Orb were particularly fractious at the post, sent for the starter, who corroborated their views. The stewards consequently cautioned the trainers of the above horses that unless they find on subsequent, occasions that these horses are iinore amenable at the post the stewards will be compelled to take drastic measures with the trainers in question. It is probable that Waimatao will be spelled owing to foot trouble. He ran three hard races at Arvapuni and won j at Marton, where the going was also , hard. Machreo (Bczonian —Lady nelon), recently sold by Mr IV. H. Bowden, did not manage to win the first time she sported her new owner’s (Mr M. Boyle) colours, being beaten into third place in the Toriki Welter, seven furlongs, j Had she been reserved for the Mid--1 hirst Hack Handicap, eight and a half furlongs, she might have done so: When Maehrce scored over the distance ramie 1 on the second day, she defeated Self Alliance, winner of the Midhirst Hack Handicap.