SPORTING.

Otaki Mail, 9 October 1922, Page 2

SPORTING.

, —* j A race between ('learning and Am; - (has is being looked forward to. and ; many expect to see a great finish fought out at Trent ha m between the j two eracks. They, howevei, will be disappointed as Amythas will not be |at his best by that time. Nat Williams is certainly improving the big fellow, but preparations take time. The Napier Park Racing Club gel a knock over its recent meeting, when their totalisator receipts dropped to £12,1(17, which represented a decrease of £8 it IS on its pievious meeting. | Nursing Sister met with a slight mishap whilst compel iag at the recent Marton fixture, and a.- a result is restI Ul lb 1 The black gelding Atapo. by Quarantine —Conqueror mate. formerly in charge of A. Atwood, is now trained by j A 1 f. Shcaisby. Fleuriste. which ran second to his j stable companion (Rostrum) in the I I'ipsom Handicap at the A..1.C. meeting. | is a highly-bred Knglish horse by Buna- I | rosa from Florentine. | Rowan, which looks well after his re- l | cent spell, is again in work at Awapuni. j . Ills name appears in the li- 1 of lull'd ! tiers at the Trent bant fixture. Alex, j • Browne lias also engaged Rentier. B- u | mure and Mountain Signal. I Word comes from Bulla that Mr Gai-- | lord’.- team —Mattock. Mark Time.) Koatlau and Projector—are doing all that is required of them on the tracks, i Cclmisia, which has bi-c.-i .-bowing sign- j of .soreness, is undergoing the rest cure. | The scratching of Tame Fox for the \ New Zealand Cup -ana- as a surprise i to many. He ran fifth in the Avondnb j Cuj' alter getting a bad run. Tam* • Fox is a useful sort, and can be ticked I off to win it substantial race later on. I Complimentary and Adrian, which j

J have been the care of E. Penman. Ota ki, have been returned home to Morton ; and Bulls respectively. The first-men j tioned had been shaping well on thtracks, but her running at the Otaki i meeting '-'as di-appointsng. Penman , i has two new,joiner irr hi: table, th" hurdler .fonnino and a mare by Mem--1 Moment —.Jeanne d’Are. Detroit iI .-’ill spelling.