SPORTING.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 19 July 1920, Page 4

SPORTING.

Tlic Marlon Jockey Club has decided j on a seven-stone' miniumuin for its : \ spring meeting. i i Nobleman, who is at present on the . a easy list, will shortly be given a chance j t to earn distinction as a hurdler. j t The rising two-vear-old colt by Ab- j v surd —Martin, which broke a leg twelve J months ago, is now all right. He will ' t be used for stud purposes, t’revious to j meeting with the mishap Mr J. Goring 1] Johnston received a very tempting li offer for this well-bred colt. s Hr Tom Cameron, who sold his farm d at Bulls recently, and intends taking f. up his residence at New Plymouth, is 1 t. at present in tux indifferent stato ol 1 health. ?’ ‘ Mattock was schooled over the big < fences at Bulls the other morning, and - gave a line display. He should be [ heard of to advantage early. i H. King has his iot lookiug_well. lie took advantage of the long spell ol dry weather to give them plenty of hilt work, but they arc now back on the Bulls track. * With the break-up of the Perry team of racers, Tom Quinlivan is once more 1 a free lance. After a trip to .Sydney < CJuinlivnn will set up as a public trainer sit Hastings. !•’. Ellis, who is well known as a rider a all over the South Island, will leave J shortly for Trcntlnim to take up lxis j l position as private trainer to Mr AN. j Higgins. j ' Though Arrow-smith has been exer- | cised daily sit Rieearton he has done I no serious work since he raced early in i May, but F. Christmas has just put him J into commission again. Christmas re j cently visited the North Island to com 1 suit with Mr li- AV. Broun before the I " latter's departure for England. Ali ; reatly he has A rrowsmith. Loyal Arch. J : Kilrnsii, and Counter Attack in work i for Mr Blown. As sot steamer ■ transport is available the team will be * increased by the addition of Daytime, j Oyrisian. Uemades, Going Up. and ' , Hilda. , j Birkenvule, who fell at the last 1 f.-nce while competing in the Hurdle j j Karo ill the Napier meeting, received a ' j |,ail shaking, and is not likely to race I ! j,, |,,r some lime. The soil of BirI ! kenhead is now in chitrge of the Foxton i trainer. A. M. Wright, j The death is reported from Kngland | of Tagalic, by Cyßene—Tagnle, a grey mare who unexpectedly carried L. H. | Hewitt to victory in the One Thousand^ J j Guineas of lit Ik*, and subsequently ac--1 counted for the Derby in the hands of i j. Bein'. ; I Sportsmen are proverbially generous, and two deserving objects, !6t. Dun- • stall’s in Kngland and the Drogheda j j Memorial Fund in Ireland, split £3OOO ■) , | ic t.wcen them as the result of nil inter- ! , national football match played in Lon- ! J doll on May 10 between English and j; Irish jockeys. There was an attond- ,| j of iearly -40.1100, and the Irish I | l; ; ,]s came out on top by two goals to | l Al ter Ihe match the Donkey 1 . Dorl.v was run. and the leading jockeys 8 j t-ad 'the mounts. A hee-haw named | j Viaduct showed most pace, and besides | i providing a heap of amusement the I ! event offered a fair field for spirited | .speculation. jj j The V. inner of the Tulavcra Hurdles ij | (Otaora Kid) al Wellington was ridden bv W. Bowden, who -also steered Stur- | ' dee into second place in the Hack and I j |Hunters’ Steeplechase. it is undcr--1 j ! ,«tood that in this event Bowden could 9 easilv have won had lie not ridden to 1 ! instructions. The sum of £161.628 was I i pm through the machine for the meetI | !IS against S-U2.589 ror a threes I J days’ meeting last year.