SPORTING NOTES.

Shannon News, 15 December 1925, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

Bonnie Gold and Probate will probably be included jn the list of horses to* traverse the Coast (5.1.) meetings at Christmas. •' • W. H. Jones has been engaged to ride Oration in the Eailway Handicap at Auckland. Diogenes is a possible runner in the Great Northern. Derby, and if sent to Ellerslio 'will be ridden by D, Watts. Ngata is rapidly regaining old form. A surprise in this direction may not be, far ofl'. . j '■ Prospective' buyers have been pricing The Banker, and it is said .as much! us 5000 guineas have been asked fori the son of Jvilbroney. • ! After competing at Woodvillc Automncwill be taken on to to take up a position amongst the field lor the Great Northern Derby. At a recent sitting of the Bankruptcy Court in New South Wales a woman claimed to have lost about £3OOO in backing horses during the last two

years. i " It is probable that F. Tilley will take Mandane, Tukia, limited, Sinning Armour, Glenross and a two-year-old ( filly by Absurd—Hinepango to Auckland. ■ ' I If present intentions are adhered to W. Rayner will send Mask,Thc Thorn,! jLysander and Deluge to Auckland at J Christmas, and Adavale and Motley to] Awapuni, the last-named to contest the Palmerston North Stakes. It is reported that M. MeCarten lias declined a mount on a prominent A.uck- | land Cup candidate other than The i Banker. Taking a line through Canterbury Cup running, MeCarten and the] connections of The Banker should fee, satisfied with the weight allotted the Kilbroney gelding in the big race at Ellerslie. . Captain Wai, Benmure, Megalo, L,m Arlington, Birthmark, Many Colours, Purple Lilac, Kilmiss, Catcall, Novar, Waimana, Luamc, Sanctury and Capitulation are among the Awapuni-train-ed horses that go through their daily tasks satisfactorily and they should get some stake money during the holi- -. dav meetings. . ." _ Among the winners at Victoria 1 avlc (Australia) on November 18tR wor.j ' two horses which' first saw the light m the Mauawatu. district. Strange to say ' they won the divisions of. the 14.Handicap, Winter Time (Joculator— Ermine) scoring easily in the first,- and Millimetre (Solferino— Mazabuka) winV nine the second by a comfortable mar- , gin Both were favourites in their respective divisions. Winter Time was bred by Mr. J. Goring Johnston, and i prior to being sent to Australia was trained by J. Kelly at Awapuni, while ■' Millimetre raced in the colours ot Mr. E. Barnes. "Moturoa," in the Taranaki News. - 'lias the following in reference to Palmerston North's promising light-weight ■ jockey:—Little "Tommy" Green, who ' piloted the erratic Askari to victory in ' the Peilding'Cup, is not only one ox '■ the most promising apprentices, but_vs - a lad of many parts. Favoured wiui

a first rate college education, ho oxcelled in class work and all branches of sport, notably swimming and handball, and was tipped off for something different than a jockey, but the call of the Turf proved too much for him, and he' entered R. Hatch's stable, and appears likely to go far in the racing game. A quiet, unassuming little fellow, we can do with more of his class.