SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 81, 1 May 1909, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. May 5 and «—Marlborough R.C. Autumn. May 5 and o—Hawke's Bay J.C. Autumn: May 12 and 13—Eginont R.C Mav 22 aud 24—Waugavui J.C , June 3, 5 and 9—Auckland R.C. June 3 and 4—Otaki Maori RC. ! 1 ■ a * '.'" TURF TOPICS. ] (By "Moturon.") j Orsino has joined the jumpers. i j ilie i_n.,.-u....>ch *-■■ •>-., autumn meeting opens too.. Tanekaha cost punters a lc. f money ( on Thursday. I Uhlando, 7.8, has accepted for the , Hawke's Bay Cup, run over l'/» miles. The Apremont gelding, Oryx, is fencing in great style, and will probably , catch something valuable over big country this season. The Hawke's' Bay and Marlborough meetings take place on Wednesday and Thursday next. The : Farewell Handicap at Awapuni saw Effort win comfortably—without an effort, in fact! "Hot-stuff" had a good run this week, and the pencillers had a correspondingly bad one. Provocation simply "cake-walked" the Manawatu Stakes and will now be treated to a spell. Three first favorites, Rangihaeta, • Roosevelt, and Elysian, scored at Awajmni on Thursday. Sir Wm. Russell's Corazon (Coenr dc Lion—Rasulka) was as *arm as Hades in the Linton Hack Hurdles, and after v-een indulged with the lead, the favorite was given, his head and th e race was over. Somali ran two good r aces across the battens at Awapuna and will catch a good stake shortly when the company 's not so sultry; Somali jumps boldly and has quite enough pace for the majority of the lepping brigade. Qsrnora let si sanguine roob down badly on Wednesday, but they got ahead of it again when Nicotine won the next day; Kareroa ran hfs usual solid race in the Telegraph Stakes, but could hardly be expected to give Longner a pound oVeT'six furlongs. Nominations for the Great Northern Steeple closed last night, and with their appearance punters were let loose on a new trouble most likely. '. Jockey C. Scott got a nasty fall when Arivorc came down with him in the. Karere Haok Race on Wednesday. Scott was rendered unconscious, but recovered' slightly after being taken to the hospital. He has injured his spine, and is also suffering from internal injuries. More than one punter knew all about Brilliancy on Thursday and they put their money in so solidly that the Bar Vons had an awful bump. It was a "sweet" bet! . Roosevelt made amends for his defeat by Daisy Paul in the Longburn Handicap by gathering in the Dominion Cup after a terrific struggle with Tangimoana and Sandstream. The "famous Amurkan jockey, Tod Sloan recently applied for reinstate- ' ment in Hingland, but his application was refused. Stewards have lone memories in the Gold Gountry, and are very conservative. ,- Nicotine, with F. Coleman up, cut out six furlongs-in the Borough Handicap in limn 15sec, and led all the way. Flitaway ran a good race under her load of 0.4, in marked distinction to her show-] >-' iag on the first day. 1" <-' Hernia is only a little one, bnt even lOst-BHm could not kuep her back in the nick in the Karere Hack Welter. The daughter of Birkenhead was in front all the way, and won very casiily. Guiding Step started favorite n, this race, but was never dangerous. Xothair gave a surprisingly good dis- :■•. . play of jumping in the Linton"Hurdles . i and led for,a mile and a-half, where his ~ condition failed him. I The successful jockey, R. Hatch, was the Only rider to secure a brace or i winning rides at Awapuni. Nothing sue-1 ceeds like success! The principal winning owners at the Manawatu meeting werc:»W. E. Bidwill £350, A. Jackson £2BO, .T. Bull, jun.,l £l.w, F.- Cr. Roe £125, C. Monekton £120,' Trustees of bite Mrs. Cooinbes ■eiSO.K;'Johnson £3lO, and T. H. Lowry £IOO. Mr. E. J. Watt asked for an enquiry as_ to the running of Moriarty in the Longburn Handicap. The stewards met and Quinlivan, the trainer, and Oliver, the jockey, "wereccalle r before them. Oliver said he got blocked, and had only carried out the instructions given him by the trainer. The stewards were sat-' isfhid with the' explanation. ■The-pplice are making a move in Sydney, Premises in Pitt Street, on the window of which were displayed the. words: "Tasmanian Parcel Delivery Ex- . press Company, Agents Tasmniiian Tourist Association," have been proclaimed a common gaming house under the Gaming Act of 1900. Gee iwhizz! A jockey named MeKenzic - rode- ia ten races at Lismorc IN.S.W.) recently. t winning eight and only losing each of the others by the length of a riding whip. The other jockeys must have had 1 a most dispiriting time of it! Talk of jumpers! Not one of the Sydney horses which ran in the two steeplechases at Randwiek recently Buceeded in negotiating the course. At the recent yearlings', sales, in Sydney no less than 384 youngsters were sold for a total of 40,932gn5.. an average of nearly 120gns. each. ' There :• evidently plenty of money for horseflesh over that way. . A- group of racing sharps wanted to go into the paddock, but wefe unable to rai«e i sovereign between them. So one at a time they presented themselves at th t , gate. "1 am the owner of Quick-fire. - ' the first .said. He'was well dressed and imposing. Thev believed and fussed him in. "T am Qnickfire's trainer." fi aid the second. His red face and bluff manner bore out his story, and they admitted him: The third man was small and thin-. "Qnickfire's jockey, - ' he said shortly, and hurried through the gate. The fourth and last man o~f the group was very shabby indeed. "Well, who are yon?" thev said, imnatientlv.When he piesented himself. "I am Quickfire." was the meek reply. H e did not get through. Sporting folk will probably be interested in a sporting tale entitled "The Greenhorn on the Racecourse." which

appears in to-day's supplement. ' The sensational Jed'dah died ] n .-.{ month. Jeddali's Derhv ranks as n-ic if ,_ the greatest surprises We/.- attached to the race for the Blue Ribbon in England Jnlilah started at 100 to 1 in a fi-dd of 18. but was afterwards a rank failure at the stud.