SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 87, 8 May 1909, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTUHES. .May 12. 11l --Egiuont Racing Club. .May 12, 13. Ashburlon Racing Club. Ma'v 22, 21.-Wangauui Racing Club. Mu'v 22. 24.-Tnkapuna Racing Club, si June :!, 1.-Duncdin Racing Club. June 3, 5, tl.—Auckland Racing Club. EI.I.MOXT ACCEPTANCES. The following acceptance, have been i, received for the Kgmoiit winter meeting:— Tongvilioo Hitrdles-Rangihuota 11.ft, Claiemont 11.11, Auratus 11.2, Maharanni 10.:). Taupu H.lll. .Nova !>.B, Somali v, 11.7, Golden (How D.O, Tokoroa fI.U. s Railway Handicap—Nicotine (1.5, Mul- p ga Bill 8.0, Genuine 8.0, Clemency 8.5, Midian 8.2. Toanga 8.1. Dr. Shimose 8.1, v Dervish 8.0. Rohepotae 7.7, Castiglione s 7.4, Whana 7.2. Tsushima 7.!). t Hllwcra Cup-liesoarch and Mendip p !).U, Mallet S.P. Coroneted 8.4. Shannon e Lass' B.U-. Lilly Lucy and Paul 7.12, q North-east 7.1 i. Valentine 7.3. Tain Glen 7 7.2. Panliilus 7.1, Mont Pelier 7.U. - Waihi Wcller-Coronctcd 10.5, North- i' cast D.12. Kanewara 11.8. Goodwin Park t ami Marathon P. 4. Rohepotae !Uj. Royal .1 Voungster 8.11, Paululus B.S, Maggie Paul and Svlvia 8.7. 1 Telegraph' Handicap-Clemency 0.0, 1 Overtime 8,12, Laugshiin 8.11. Guiding Step and Toanga 8.10, Dr. Shimose 8.0, 1 Muskerado 5.2, Sedgmoor 8.0, Timothy 7.11, Redwing 7.0, Dover Straits, fc Iloti, and Overdraft 7.5. TURF TOPICS. I (By "Jloluroa.") Races at liawora on Wednesday and ' Thursday. ' '■ First class acceptances were received last night for the llawera winter meet- < ing. totalling s(i. against -19 last year. The big lacis have tilled well and the meeting promises to be a most successful one. Pariluiu. Scenery, Burton, Janella and Feu de joie have dropped out of the Hurdles, leaving nine acceptors. Shannon Lass, Guiding Step, anil Pavo are thc only defections from the Railway Handicap, a dozen remaining in. All the heavier-weighted division have paid up for the Cup, Kanewara, Chase Mali and Goodwin Park alone dropping out. This race should be the best race of the day. Shannon Lass, Lantern, Adopted, anil Waihi Welter, Coroneted being tonweight in a field of ten. ■ Clonpett is tire most noticeable withi ilrawal from the Telegraph Handicap, . but there is a sufficient' number left in to provide an ink-resting race, Diploma!ic 'and Twinkle, the "hot stuff" on Wednesday dulv "copped." t .North Head easily heat a poor field in the Longlands Hurdles but the small price he paid did not bring much capital to his followers. ' .Moral, who broke a small bone in » the pastern of one of his hind legs at j the beginning of the week has had the injured leg encased in plaster of paris. • 'Disqualified jockey Sid Reid has been granted permission to work in a training si able, but will, of course, not be • allowed to ride in working gallops. ' The steWiTids- of the Wellington Rae- " ing Club recently refused au applical! lion to remove the disqualification iiu- | posed on tile hurdler Full Cry. " Provocation added another winning ' bracket to his long list bv scoring coni- !'■ forlaUly from a good ' Held -iii the '' Jlawke's Bay Stakes. lie paid toe smallest dividend at thc meeting. l ' Master Douglas and Bollin were t.ic " only double winners at Hastings. ' Te Puia was well fancied for the Nursery Handicap on Wednesday, but finished a long way back, The Stepuiak gelding Kremlin has • resurrected and is moving well at " Ellerslie. If all goes well he will race J across the battens at the A.R.C. Winter meeting. Tanginionna ran one of her best races '. on Wednesday, when she beat Master : Soull ami California home ill the '" llawke's Kay Cup. The daughter of . Sun Fran finished most gamely and her success was helped along considerably by Arthur Oliver's judicious riding. Master Douglas 'claims a splendid '' record for consistency this season, and his latest winning achievement, a Hat race at Awapuui lasl week and a double over sticks at llawke's Bay, stamp him as a useful pcrfonnci'i Air Bert Covle, the new handieapper for the llawke's Bay Jockey Club, is to eongratulaled on the splendid results ' of his adjustments for the just couclud- ,.. cd meeting. Good finishes and iilterv esting racing were the features of the ,'l gathering. ~. Whisky and Soda landed a double at I, Urenui on Saturday,v Mountain King is again in work at ; Randwiek ami it is hoped that the horse ~( has thrown off the threatened respirals tory trouble which caused him to be •„ s]M'lled lasl season. ~, 'The ever-green hurdler Sardonyx has l( , been put in work again by C. I'rilchard. The game 'uus die hard! ~ 'Stralian jockey clubs have directed ~ judges to place four horses in each ,e race instead of the usual "One, two, >s three." The idea is a good one and ;j often saves a heap of trouble in place ,e betting when one of the first three are ti disqualified. All the same we run across L .. judges who cannot place two horses s correctly at times. g Now ' that thc Canterbury Jockey ,s Club has made a move in the matter of compulsory wearing of protective skulld caps in steeplechases and hurdle events, ,e it is likely that the innovation will be ie adopted' generally. The cap has saved a few of the lads a cracked skull in I- recent years and it is only right that d all possible measures should be taken ,1 to minimise danger in sport. Of course.. ,l| the scoffers will talk of soft-neaded k iocksters, but even with the covering d some knights of tff pigskin lire certain ■' to "lose their heads' as of yore, e Corazon had a big following in the II Ohiti Hurdles but Capt. Ilussell's lepper t turned turtle at the Hist obstacle and .'. Chicane and Papatawa were left to light s out a' neck and neck finish. • , e Thc Conqueror gelding. Tina Toa,,is, e gifted with a rare turn of speed, In il the ,Hcu'TV on Thursday Miiudic looked J a moral 'winner at th t . distance, but - Tina Ton came with a great rattle in r (.lie last few strides and won by a il neck. " Mr. K. .1. Watt has quite a mortgage • over the Burke Memorial Stakes. Aborigine scored for him on Thursday, and Palaver, float, and King Hilly have ; also carried his i'blor- lo the fore .in i thij race. Siiubo I. with Deeley aboard, was i a strong tip lor the Farewell Handicap - ,u Hastings, but Ormond's Bollin had i too inu(h pace for the opposition and won easily by a length in linin 28 1-5 sec. Chanleiw jiwl beat Sui'.bonncl for a dividend. Diplomatic very nearly repeated his first day's 'lerforinance at Blenheim, but after jumping hadlv. ju.-t suffered defeat ill the 'hands of Playmate by a narrow margin. The heavy going probably upset Diplomatic. 'Six fnrlo.igs of a mile and a-quarler. it's all the same to Aborigine. Jenkins held him back for six furlongs in the Burke Memorial Stakes and then let him go. Aborigine led into the -traighi and finished full of running. The full dMaucc was covered in 2mill Ssec, ami there wer,. some good horses behind 11i 1.1. notably Sir Tristram, BobrikolV, Tangiiiioana. and Waitapu. Luke WiNon piloted three winners at Hastings, I'. I). J, s .„„! I. || : ,|| ( .„ m . ing next with a brace apiece. Others to score a winning ride were 11. Price. J. Buchanan. A. Oliver. C. Jenkins. V. Cress. H. Cray, 11. Dcelcv. E. l/nve, and J. Dclancv,