SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7733, 8 February 1905, Page 2

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. Feb. 8, 9 Jockey Club Feb. 9, 10—Gistoorne Racing Club Feb. 9, ll—Canterbury Jockey Club w i Feb. 15. 16 —Rgmont Racing Club 0 j Feb. 16, 17—Poverty Hay Turf Club m eb. 22, 24, 35—Duncdin .Jockey j n Club CIJ Feb. 22, 23—Woodvillc Jockey Club i- ( March 2, 3—Wsingunui Jockey CIuJl „] March !i, 4—West port Jockey Club 0 | March 7—Akaroa County Racing n Club V( March 8, 9—Danncvirke Jockey Club March 11—Waihi Jockey Club tl larch 15, I(s—Napier l'ark liacing C( Club c< March 1(5, 17—Stratford Racing „ Club tl March 17, 18—Grcymouth Jockey u Club 1, March 22, 23—Nelson Jockey Club (, March !i0 and April I—Wellington Racing Club jj April 1, s—Avondale Jockey Club „ April 22, 21, 25—Auckland Racing j, Club tl April 24, 25—Canterbury Jockey r , Club 1 DATES OF COMING EVENTS. j; New Zealand : a Feb. B—Taranaki Cup a Feb. 15—Egmont Cup s Feb. 22—Duncdin Cup « Feb. 22—Woodvillc Cup. t March 2—Wanganui Cup I 1 March 3—Jackson Stakes 1 April 22—Great Northern Chain- n pagne Stakes * April 22—A.R.C. Easter Handicap J April 25—A.R.C. Autumn Handicap I June 3—Great Northern Hurdle Race June 7—Great Northern Steeplechase r Australia : J March 4—V.R.C. Sit. Leger ,J March 4—V.R.C. Newmarket Handi- j J cap March 7—Australian Cup c March 11—Champion Stakes 8 NOTES BY MOTI'ROA. The summer meeting of the Taranaki Jockey Club commences to-day, ami judging by the large influx of c visitors should prove a most successful gathering. Large lields are the ' order of the day. The winners ap- .j pear to be well concealed, and it looks as though most of the linis-lies I will be very keen and exciting. The | f Town liand will be in attendance to j enljventhe proceedings each day. The opening item oh the pro- j gramme is the Stewards' Handicap, .J •six furlongs, for which the barrier is | timed to rise at 12 noon. Fourteen | horses are accepted. Nimia, Regula- j tion, Auratus, Rustique, and General ( Average arc all nicely handicapped, ( and to make a selection I will take Numa to win, flwith Hustique and 1 Auratus close up. j No less than twenty-two names c figure on the caed for the next race, the First Handicap Hack, five fux*- j longs, for which I shall place San Paulo 1, Kudu 2, Maniopoto 3. The First Handicap Hurdles, two miles', is the next event, and should provide a good go between Dolores, Lissn, and Jeanne D'Albcrt. Then follows the Hack Hurdles, one mile and a half, which on Takapuna running looks a good thing for Inniskillen. The .principal event of the meeting, The Taranaki Cup, 350sovs, one mile and a half, is the next problem for backers to tackle. My selection is: Armistice 1, Strathavon 2, Heroism 3. The Second Handicap Hack, one mile, follows, with a field of fourteen, and the issue is decidedly open. The placing of the judge may be : Southern Cross 1, Grenade 2, Starina 3, Previous running should throw Borne light on the Flying Handicap, six furlongs, Lady Annie is carrying only SIT) more than when she succeeded in downing Golden Vein. Savoury and Co,, in thp Railway Handicap , at Christmas, and the finish may Ire : Lady Annie 1. Regulation 2, Rustique 3. Ii The concluding event is the Trial L Plate, six furlongs, weight for age, and the following may run well for- ( ward : Polycaste. Rotoiti, and Irn- j, molntion. j As the result of his fall in the ] Melbourne Cup, and the injuries done „ to his shoulder, Wairiki's oil 'eg will ;■ | always be shorter than its follow. j | Strathavon and Coronet are the , only two horses which have won the ! | .Takapuna Cup more than once. Cor'onet was successful in 1898 aivd 1902 . < and Strathavon gained his first vie- l< tory in 1903. ( Strathavon carried more weight to j victory in the Takapuna Cup than ij any other horse since Nestor won in |1899. Nestor and Fabulist share , the honours in this resi>ect, both , havvng triumphed under 9st 41b. ( | Eight of the eleven three-year-olds 'loft, in the Egmont Hack Produce Shakes are sSrod by sons to St. gerI There was aji increase of £425 in | thp totalisator I'ecdipts over last year's figures at the Foxton R,C. Meeting. Killarnpy demonstrated that his ' long course of hurdle racing has not ' i»iip«i>x<l his upccd. (bj< winning the ( Carnarvon Hack Welter at the Fox- 1 ton R.C. Meeting, from a good field, I Stratjiavon flow holds the time ' l'pcpi'd, viz., 2min 38sec, for the • Takapuna Cup, the previous best ' having been made by Pelores, when ' slip won last year in 2mj l n 39sec. ' The StaKps for the Manuwatu R.C. ' Aufumn Meeting are increased to the ' extent of £6OO compared with last f year.. i Tjio Dill of Portland horse Tread- I mill has been definitely retired from the racing track. It is believed the profit on the Wellington Racing Club's Summer Meeting will exceed £2OOO. The Workman gelding Firelight will In future be raced over the small sticks'. The Southland Racing Club made 1 a profit of £630 over its recent 8 meeting. ® J. ' Combe rode two winners on " the sfecond day of the Tapanui R.C. 1 Meeting, bringing his total tor the 1 fixture up to five. 1 | Apparently jumpers are scarce in ? i the South Island as only five entricsi have been received for each of 0 the three hurdle races at the Dune- 1 Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting. c | Gallinule, the leading sire in Eng- 1 ,}an<l, is a roarer, s'o is the Galopin 1 iliorse Grafton 1 , who (leads the winning sires in Australia. Heirloom, a l'our-year-old son of Casket and Tangi Maid, won a double on the opening day of the Tapanui meeting, being piloted on both occasions by J, McCombe. The Stratford Racing Club has appprntpd Mr R. 11. SMpworth (Sir 'J Uqd'iverc) to apt as stipendiary sfe- < ward at its annual meeting,"to be t hcfd on -March 1 (>l)r and 17th. 1] Mahutonga's yearling hajf-sistcr, n !r w-,'. 1 - |a "' wnji Purphused by Mr fi ii' , lllianis', of Gjsborno, at the '1 Vi a Muhanga sale on Saturdav. The 5 price paid was 220 guineas. The Soul), fil|y Solution was transferred to her lessee, Mr W. Mackav, etftcr her successes at the Wellington Suunucr meeting', The Auckland Racing Club's Easter "nnd'cnp is this y,,,r of the value of £(>.>o, ol which tile first horse will receive £SOO. The St. George's „ Handicap, one mile and a quarter, is u worth £SOO ; the Autumn Handicap, b one mile and a half, £650 ; and the s re-established Autumn Steeplechase d is endowed with £3OO. y] When in Auckland last month Sir n btead entertained some doubts as to a Savoury being a good stayer. The r < southern sportsman has, however, s | ejected to give the son of Simmer a Ii chance to distinguish himself over a n, Journey, as the bay coli, j s the sole T hope of \ aldhurst in tiic Wanganui si Cup, which event is run over a mile w and three-quarters. C| Savoury and Master Alix are in «■] demand for the double—the Cup and b Publicans' Handicap—at the Duncdin a meeting. 100 to 3 has been accept- n Red and Mi.sf.er t < tlie \vi unci's at Tapanui fr ivjlS Regiment', q. )iro'W tp pasket, jvho cost Mr ,-j J)i]t«rson 150gs as a .vearling, tf nipii); started njnp times as a two- t . : year-old, and sporeil onpe. His wjn lr was achieved in the W.H.C. Juvenjle ii Handicap, in which' he defeated a moderate field, ' Three of the horses which were In !! the field of eight wh)ch contested the Welter Handicap decided on tha (insf day of the jTapanui meeting were witliout financial support on the totalisator. Mr W. Lyons, who ivcontly became the owner of the New Zealand chaser I'P-tp-Date, has (says the Sydney pai).v Telegraph) decided ,to try him in Australia, buf doe« not intent! to do so until after the .winter. ?!