SPORTING.

Shannon News, 21 February 1922, Page 4

SPORTING.

E. /penman, the well-known trainer, who. ’nas been located at Bulls for some time, is stated to be returning to Qtaki wi.th his team. The Otaki-trained Makere won the "President's Handicap the first day al}, Woodville, beating a field of eight good ones.

The meeting was down. £25,359 in the tote receipts as compared with the meeting twelve months ago. The turnover for 1921 was £55,626 and for 1922 £30,267/

Honeybee beat the Battle Song, in the first day at Woodville by a head after the pair being together throughout the journey On the second day the Feilding-owned Springtide captured the jumping event. Volo, Mountain March, Chimera and Flying Nell found the going to their liking at Woodville and each .won a double.

Yolo proved what a good horse he is when well by winning the two principal events at Woodville. Up to a mile and a-quarter he is hard to beat.

Zircon, nowhere in the President's Handicap on the first day, easily accounted for the opposition in the Maharahara Handicap at Woodville on Friday. ,

Vespucci's victory in the Taranaki Cup was not popular, and the local papers state “it was received in perfect silence, with the exception of some dissentient hoots."

That good mare Bonnie Maid il reported to have been so seriously injured through the knocking about she received on shipboard recently, that doubts are expressed as to her racing again.

Flying Nell, who. won a double at Woodville, is one of the Quin Abbey breed. She is a four-year-old from Brown Nell, and is a nice big mare with a very handy turn of speed. She runs in the colours of Mr R. J. Sexton, and is trained by A. M. Wright at Foxton.

Battle Song now runs in the nomination of Mr J. L. Nichol, who has been very successful with Explorer, Radiant Light is just beginning to give a taste of her real quality and is proving a good mare. War Loan was well backed in the. hurdles at Woodville last week, but ran so badly that on the second day he was neglected on . the machine, when he again showed very poor form. The Trentham-trained Opiate, who ran prpminently in the jumping events at Christmas and New Year, ran second in the hurdle race on each day of the Egmont meeting. After the race for the Hamilton Cup the stewards inquired into an allegation that R. Reed, the ruler of Truthful, interfered with Martial Dawn during the running, The stewards heard evidence, tilted Reed £lO, und^ administerin' a severe caution, ■, .

Since he won at Wellington the sum of 400bgs has been offered and refused for The Hawk. The Douglas Trustees raised the price from 3000 gs to 5000 gs. Gloaming has now won the Egmont and Hawera stakes double on three occasions.

Solfanello, who is engaged in the Newmarket and Doncaster Handicaps, was shipped to Sydney on the 16th: He will probably be accompanied by Lady Violet, -who has not yet won a lace.

* Caricature and Chrysostom, who raced prominently at the Gisborne meeting, have been sold to go to Australia. The former goes to the Sydney associated meetings and the latter goes to Victoria, where he null probably be raced over hurdles.

It is reported that an offer of 600 gs has been refused for Killashandra, Mr T. 11. Lowry's two-year-old that was among the winners at Trentham. Ou the opening day of the Egmont meeting Marqueteur, Mary Time, and Celmesia, three of the progeny, of By By, were among the winners.