SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 76, 26 April 1909, Page 3

SPORTING.

AYOXDALE ACTI'MX RACES. liy Telegraph.--Press Association. 1 Auckland, Saturday Night. 'ihe autumn meeting of th. 1 Avondale -I.C. opened to-day. lie.-ults:— i Maiden Plate--Don llanibal I. Leo 2. I Zinnia 3. Other starters: Pukenui, Silj ent, Dainty, Appoliuaris, Lady Jane, ami ■ Toa Tel.', Won by eight lengths. Handicap Hurdles—Paritutu 1, Reservoir 2, Tc Arai 3. Also started: Xotcorini, Mozart, Waihekau, and Elimination. Won by three-quarters of a length. Oakleigh Handicap - Foremost 1, Lady France; 2, Grenadier 3. Aiso started: Devonport, Tarina, St. Maria, Mailings, Durability, -Martyr Xing, and Positive. Won by a length. Juvenile Handicap—lndian Chief 1, Fleet Arrow 2, Sea Elf 3. Hyperion, Tetrazzini, lift Yolk, Impulsive, Excalibur and Lady Anne also started. Won by a lengt h. Avondale Handicap Cnrmaniu 1, Waihiiku 2, First (iun 3. AUo started: Wainiaiigu, Sedition. lngn>. Waueliope, Dunborvc, Glitdstmiir and Azoll'. Won bv a length. I'itirangi Handicap—llarata 1, Epsom Las;, 2, Escamillo 3. Auldearn. Dardanus and Aimwell also started. Won by a length and a-lialf. Chevalier Handicap—Mailta 1, Norma 2, Don Qtiex 3. Uiddy Curran, Si'ent, Miss Stella, Apollinaris, Seldom, (Jensure and Komata also started, WOll by a length. Railway Handicap-Wo-'jungJituki ,1, Foremost 2, Miss Winnie 3. Devonport, Lochbuliie and Coromandel also started. Won by a length and a-lialf.

WELLINGTON RACES. SECOND DAY. Wellington, Saturday Night. The weather was line lot the heeond (lay of the Wellington Racing Club's meeting, and the attendance was good. The course was heavy, and towards the end of the day the weather became verv cold. Investments for .the day totalled £13.270, against £15,000 for the corresponding day la.it year. The total for the meeting was £24, SOS, against £27,124 last year. Results:—

Second idurdlu Handicap, one mile and a-llialf—lion. (Iruionil's Kairoiua, 10.4 (Delaney) 1; Rangihavta 0.8, 2; Exmoor 1-5. Altso ran: Master Douglas. I Whatakura, Eurus, Kaheroa, Chase Mab. Won easily by a length. A protest was lodged against Kaironia and dismissed. Hntt Handicap, one mile—W. N. Donald's Aboriginal 7.4 (Lowe) 1; Woodlicy 7.13, 2; Roosevelt 7.7, 3. Time, lmin 41) 4-ssee. Also ran: Diabolo, Czar Kolohol, Maiora. Merric Rose, Sail Fernando, and loa Tulii, Won bv a bead. Mnritai Handicap— CL D. Greenwood's -Miss Mischief 10.0 (Donovan), 1; IlhistrioiM 8.2, 2: Y'iuco 7.0. 3. Also started: Hilariau and Togo. Won easily bv two length. Time, lmin 35see. Autumn Handicap, onu mile and a quarter—Hon. .T. D. Ormond's Sir Tris-' tram 7.7 (Wilson) 1, All Red 2, Bobrikolr !I.U, 3. Also ran: Consolation, Samlstivain. Won easily by two lengths, lime. 2min 17 l-osec.

■St. Leger .Stakes, one luile and threequarters— .Master Soult 8.10 (R. K, Krowni, h llusbaiidnian 8.10. 2; Wilis' tlecraft 8.7. 3. The only staters; won l»y eight lenjrtlis. I'aciJic Jhifidicitp. five furlon^is—,T Monk's Cipsy Belle 9.2 (C. Jenkins), 1; Xylophone 0.2. 2; Wimmera 8.10.1 3. Also started: hlysian. Kilwinning, lVrle Dor, Olisiade, Hock l-'crry, and Ingoda. Won by Jialf a length. Time lmin 5 3-5 sec. ■Suburban Handicap-Sir Clifford's Flitaway U (F. K. .lones), 1; Mon Ami S.S. 2: Sunl:o":inet 7.11, 3. Also rail: Aborigine !).l. Los Angelos 8.4, Advantage 7.10. Martyrimn 7.41. Won by a length. Time, lmin 18 2-ssec. ■Belmont Handicap, six furlongs-A. 'Junker's Miscast 7.1, 2: Te ltu 8.4. 3. Also ran: Illustrious, Conquer, Vi.ico, Ukraine. Won by a neck. TiTme, lmin 20sec. TL'UF TOPICS. | (By ".Uoluroa.'') The Avondale meeting will be concluded on Wednesday. Master Soult e.-tablished himself as a stayer by making no race or the St. Ijeger at Trentliam on Saturday. Mi.-s Mischief wa- lunch too good fo? the poor croud of hacks engaged at the Wellington meeting, and won both of her races by the width of a street. I'aiitutii wa» si en in winning form at Avondale ill the Hurdles, which race lie won last year. The price he paid pulled several local punters out of tile lire.

Tin- other local candidate, Wailiuka, running at Avondale.paiil a remunerative price in the big race. Wailiuka generally lini-iies well unil may In- seen to "l-i-aler advantage over longer, conrw*.

There was no nionev fur Met Volt 011 Saturday, anil sin- liuished in the ruck. Ivairtjma, winner of the seen,id hurdle rate at Trc-ntliain. is said to lie much lie-low the other Karainu lepper, North Head. Which makes one wonder what sort of chance lias North Head in the Nationals.

The Winter Cup winner, Aboriginal, docs not win (.lit of his turn, hut managed to down the consistent Woodhcy by a narrow margin In the llutt Handicap on .Saturday. The class 01 hack., running at Treiithani last week was much below tliijt of lormer vear-. Take, for instance. the Jlelmonl /lack Handicap. List vea r l'enates beat Sir Kri-co in this event. Last Saturday's dividend-payer*, Waiwarcware and Misol. it may lie isafely hazarded, will never be in the same chivi with the previous nic-.iliuncil lliers. A lot of good 1110,icv changed hands when Wniinangu win! down in the Avondale Handicap. The Soult horse was in hcavv commission awav from the course.

A good word was always spoken for the pony Carniania, but even the most of her followers did not boast verv much about her chance in opt" company, tier victory in the Avondale Handicap 011 Saturday was a decidedly meritorious performance for the lillipntiau. Flitaway's win in the Suburban Handicap on the second day at Trentiiam keeps up Sir Ceo. ('lil)'ord's record for owning second-day horses. Truly, ihe "also started'' of yesterday i-s the winner of to-day.

With the publication of noniiinitions tor the Wanganui Steeplechase comes the winter racing season, in which siei-plc-. hurdle races, and welter handicaps will make the punt.r-' tin;:- a a anxiuu- one. Kialere. llocassin, Kuril-, and a number of the "old hands'' are engaged. ami llie old brigade are evidently as full of da-.-h a- ever. linrton. Lantern. Mivliaranui, C.dden (llow. and Paritulu .ire engaged in stick event- ar Wanganui. North Mead will prolwl.lv make' his appearance in hack hurdle ' company at the forthcoming cling. I'Vom •.•ml 1.1 end the nomination- are splendid and promise well for this winter's racing.

A Wellington writer state., that Pro vocation ha- never finished out of Unplaced divi-ion in any 01 his races and only once has lie been in third place. Mi liiilweir- coll lias gathered in the re spe.-table -nm »( CISSS in -take- this

Tlie uiiregl.-iered Mi rani:! r racing elnb set a gin..l example by holding 11 charity meeting on Fridn.v last, liaccs were appropriated' named--The Charity Cup. Distribution. Benevolent. Ambulance and (lift Handicaps. I'ul'ortunately the club's, ell'ort- in the cause of charity were not aided by Jupiter Pluvin-. wli'i-e watering-can was iu active service. All the same, those kill-sport howlers who decry the i-port may take note of the Mirainar Club's generous and high-minded move and bridle their aniinositv when racing again comes under discussion.

Moata gathered in the Charily Cup, neatherU-a La-s llie Distribution and (lift Handicaps, and Prince lioy (by .MeiischibdVi, Trixic (by .S'oult). and Auritera Iby Daunt) also won race.-. The ...towards have earned the confidence of turf follower- by promptly dealing with in-and-out performers, and again 011 Friday they came down with a cold, unsympathetic hand on Mcrric Oliver, who won the llenevolcnt Handicap very easily, after running hint in a race earlier in the day.

The long-standing appeal case of Ji>.key S. Lindsay and the horse lioya Soult has been again postponed and nil he heard at Hastings oil May lith. Los Angelos proved an expensive fail lire at Trcnthani, but the «ofl going wa; right against him, and as brother spur puis it, ''lie likes to hear his hoof rattle."