SPORTING NOTES.

Shannon News, 26 March 1929, Page 3

SPORTING NOTES.

L - (By ‘‘Silken -Rein. ’’) - Umerick’s Brother. ( , A two-year-year-old gelding by Li-mond-Medley, a full brother to Limerick, has been named Dunraven. Worth Watching. i Broad Acre is a runner which should show a big improvement on his Awapuni outings, when next produced. It was about this time last year when he showed winning form and he should not be long now in getting on this season’s* winning list.' Another JumjfSr for Awapurn. S Star Shell, who %as trained by E.. T. Yuile and raced under the nomination of Mr H. P. F. Blundell, has * been leased to the Awapurn trainer, G. W. New. Awapuni has captured the majority of hurdle races ln province this season "and otar teneii should be capable of winning a few more for that centre. A Good One for Sydney.

Gay Ballerina, who won the North Island Challenge Stakes,, and «Mana* watu Sires’ Stakes has been disposed . 0 f to Mr H. G. Kirkpatrick, of Sydney, for 2000 guineas. It is understood that the, two-year-old daughter of Lord Quex —Lady Ball will fulfil her Easter engagements at- Auckland and will' then be shipped to her new' home. , Gascony Unlucky.

i Gascony ran a particularly good race when he scored from Paganelli and ,Gay Ballerina in the Man aw atu Stakes on Thursday last. After crossing the line, however, he broke down badly and will now be off the scene for some considerable time. His, time ' for that event, ,1.13, equals the record for the race established by The Hawk in 1920. Feilding on Saturday. The Feilding Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will be held on Saturday and Monday next. Airtight, who won the hurdles on the opehing day last year will be runner in the same event on Saturday. Fee Simple, who won the ,Onga Hack, is also due to contest the. ) same race this year, while Partaga, who won the Halcombe Handicap, appears among this 'year’s nominations for that race. - A Good Start. Disorder, who dead-heated with Eaglet in the Plunket Nursery at Trentham, and paid a great price, was making her (debut in a race. She was bred and is owned by Sir Geo. Clifford and is a ■ daughter of The Ace and Scrimmage, .'by Antagonist-—Mad Whirl, by Tread',ihill —Madowla, by Trenton. Count Cavour Pleases..

Count Cavour has staged a real come | '"back, arid with comparatively , light weight he will make matters interesting in the Great Autumn. Handicap at Riccarton, especially if the sting is out of the ground. His finishing run in tile Trentham Gold Cup ! (was a pleasing feature of the contest 'and the result would probably have |been ..different in another few strides. jThe going from now on will certainly ,be in his favour and a good race should not be beyond him yet.

Arrowsraith’s Best Son.

Apparently the possibilities of Toxeuma were not highly assessed - in the . New Zealand St. Legcr Stakes, for lie (started fourth favourite in a field of jfive, but a wrong impression of his powers was arrived at, as he only went . |down by half a head to Concentrate. .Although beaten, his owner, Mr F. Ormond, received 200 so vs. for the off or t .of the gelding, who will this week be .despatched to Ellerslie to take a place in the competitors for the Great Northern St. Leger Stakes. Owner Passes.

{ The death is announced of Mr Taranaki Te Ua, at Gisborne. There were (few better known natives in Hawke's Bay than Mr Taranaki Te Ua, and in ' 'his 65 years of life he built lip a reputation for honesty, kindliness and manliness which any man would be proud own. Deceased was a well-known sportsman, and of late his colours were carried by such serviceable hor (ses as Huikai, Tan, Gordon. Swift, [Hinekatorangi, and the promising two-year-old'Te Awha, all of whom, with the exception of Gordon Swift, were bred bv him.