SPORTING.

Otaki Mail, 11 July 1923, Page 3

SPORTING.

The nainir of Dangle has been beed ' sto "" eri "P 011 lli# colt by Heather MixLure—Clianeury. Dangle is owned by jjg Mr - A - Sytuas. Gharlie Jenkins has again taken up residence at his home township, Bulls, ‘ where he daily puts in a lot of work id . . , 1 exorcism:;- horses. es . bonce Stuart Waddell, the vetran 1,. tfawke’s Bay trainer, purchased J’auI manuwhiri, the aged daughter of King’s j Quest, has started four time* for two firsts, «i,g seeond and one unplaced performance, when she fell. Tile KilbroiNf’ —Sister Radius gelding] 1 :.oughrea, owned by -Mr. L, 0. Hnxlett, j of Dunedin, lias boon sold to .Mr. J. I McCann, of Melbourne, at a price in j the vicinity of £o,(>uo. Tliis is the j j highest price paid for an Otago-bred j „ horse, with the exception of Canteen, ; l 1 I It is understood that Gladful’s eonnections are to make an attempt at winning a third Grand National Hurdles in succession with the veteran Birkenhead getting. He may win some of the ! prize money, ,i .ugh many racing folk will favour ti younger horse. After pay!■ . £ls:; to disabled .iners ai"- jockeys ti.i.i £:! in ambulance supplies, the ■- tatmieni nf accounts in connection with the Trainers and Jockeys' Provident Bund, of the Auckland Racing Club is in funds LSs. lid. Of this amount £2,190 is earning interest in debentures. M. McCarten’s success on Patuki in i tlie Otangn Handicap at the Pa,line-, virke meeting brings his total of win- : ning rides up to 48, four above 0. Enter- i son. With only the Wellington winter meeting and u few hunt gatherings remaining it looks as if the Bordell horseman will lie premier for the season. .Several New Zealanders got in the limelight at Mooreiield on June Pth. Kilroy (Kilbronoy— Rosyth) won the second division of the Kogarah Makes; Peroration got lirst place in the Wcltei ; j 1 and Dialogue (Demosthenes—Teli -a- 1 tetc) tinished third in the MoorclieK Handicap. In seven rides Turnkey scored three firsts and two seconds. At a general meeting of the Hamilton 1 Racing Club to consider the issue •! 1 debentures for the construction of the course at Tc Rapa, the meeting author- 1 iseit the committee to issue £•‘>0,0,111 in debentures, £lll,OOO to lie raised when ' required, and the balance in instalments 1 of £l-0,000 as required. Adrienne and. Bonny Rill are nov. trained at Marion by T. Coleman and * J. Coyle respectively. They were form- ' orly located at Bulls. A good story is told bv an English I ..° _ i comedian about the man whose wife said: “Who’s llmt Dorothy you were ' miking about in your sloop?” “That’s c all right, dear,” said he, “a horse I * won £lo on yesterday. Here’s a liver ' to buy a new hat.” When he returned from the oJlice his wife said: “\uu ' know that horse you backed vestcr- 1 day?” “Yes, dear.” “Well, it rang :l up this afternoon.” The rising two-year-old colt Penguin, by Absurd —Sea Elf, broke n fetlock at ’’ Wanganui last week, wh«» being cxwr- 1 ciscrl ih view of a veterinaiy surgeon, with the object of' discovering some I weakness in his legs. His trainer, j " Walter Rnyner, cabled to Mr. G. M. j * Currie, who is in .Sydney, seeking in- j structiuns as to whether he should have j the coi-t u#«troyed or not. When first handled he looked like turning mi well, but he had made little progress sinew and there appeared reason po doubt whether h» would ever show any of the brilliancy of his brother Merman. It is now practically certain Hint the old rules for weighing will be jeinstuted , at the taxi- i*.#cti«ia «f th* R-aci»;- @»n- > . ( (Vrence. At U-ir-t five slabs are moving | motions in that direction, and the pro-I oosal of the Auckland 11fi.?ing Club that ! -* in rf 1- - r to flea! with t limsc iliar ware ] c in the habit of abusing the obi ride, the ; steward, shall have the right to re-weigh i any jo-key. and such jockey and the person weighing him out -Hull, if found ; to bo short weigh;, be fined, suspended.; or dealt with in such manner a> the ! stewards may think fit.” appears to I safeguard the interest.-, of those whoj believe in true sport, free I Hu-, the . ... ■ , , . Mi abuses winch caused the oonfereime to I deal so drastically with the matter. j u