SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 6

SPORTING

RACING FIXTURES. June 5 and !)—Auckland R.(j Junelß and 17-Ilawke's Bay JC Winter. June 23 and 24—Napier Park It.C. Winter. 1 " 1 E - c - SteepleTURF TOPICS. ( (By "Moturoa.") Die (ireat .Northern Steeplechase wiii be run at Ellerslie to-day. Bully proved a rare turn-up for tiie double, and straight-out pencillers ami t''' 1 "-' lmlst We had a roval win over the Great Northern Hurdle's The English-bred lilly Wet Day (by .Uacinto.shj is , saiJ to lw picking up fast since landing in Canterbury, and timres amongst tin; entries for the New°Zculand Cup. Old Southern Cross was "chaucin o "'' his fences at Oainaru as usual, and°n

l (-'parted lu haw received sucu injurie: us will necessitate a apeiJ. Seaman was hardly ready at Otaki a bad attack of iililuenza having dela ye* his preparation, Arivore. had a. lot of friends the firsi day at Otaki, but failed to gain a plac r The big gelding is by l'apakura Iron: Repose, and is just getting over t'.u eflects of a fall at the -Manawatu meet ing. Me is bred on jumping lines, and will shortly be tried over the small sticks. The New Zealand flip has drawn a line nomination of sixty-nine horses. With previous winners in Downfall and PriS'ij, and such high-class horses engaged as All Hcd, Zimmerman, Signor, iiobrikol!', California, Master Soult, and Gravita tion to name a few—this year's Cup promises to be a good betting race. At last the veteran I'aritutu s name in missing for the New Zealand Cup nominations. Ihe old fellow has contestct the event many times, and was unlock to run up against a real good three-vcar-old in Noetuiform's year, when he had to be content with second place. Taranaki claims a poor lot of stayers this season. Sir Prize (late Kilmarnock) and Kohepotae cannot be classed as verv strong representatives in the Cup, and Uhlando, who scums to be all at sea this year, has not been nominated. Kohepotae does not fdl the eye as a horse that is likely to run out a sol'd two miles' journey, and 011 his fori.'i up to the present does not appear to be able to get more than a ; mile in ver, moderate company. Bonny Glen is again in commission at Riecarton, but it is extremely doubtfui whether he will stand a reparation. Considering the very poor crowd o.' jumpers out this season it seems Strang" that the Canterbury ,f.C. Commltte? should be favorably disposed towards increasing the distances of the Grand National Hurdle Race and Steeplechase to two and a half and four miles respectively. Poor acceptances have been received for jumping events at the Auckland meeting to-day. Only live horses have paid for the Remuera Hurdles, and the Great Northern Steeplechase fluid has been further reduced to nine likelv runners.

Irish made all the running in the Great Northern Hurdle race 011 Thursday mil at'the last fence appeared to have the race in safe keeping, but Dully beat him over the last hurdle and won a great race by a couple of lengths. ,lackpot, who jumped badly, tired to nothing at the finish. and was beaten home by Waipu, who finished very fast. Helari'o was well forward when he fell, and Creusot broke a blood vessel. Jackpot, Not. iNigsuian, Cuiragnuo, I'aritntu, and Reservoir finished in that order behind thi placed horses. The -Maiden .Steeple was a good thing for Le Beau, who won very easily froro Te Kaimti and Mozart. Te Arai shaped disappointingly and was never dangerous.

Nnnlionnet started a warm favorite both days sit Otaki, but on each occasion wont down before Gipsy Belle, who was well handled by C. Jc'nkhs. On Thursday's showing it is probable that Irish will go out favorite for fch» Northern Steeple this afternoon. Tha top weight, Kiatere, is a great horse over Kllerslie country, and will carry a lot of good hard-earned money. Southern people pill thuir faith to Jackpot, and if he gets round he must fiavt* a chance, but hilly country takes some getting over. Le Ueau ran well in th Maiden Steeple, but is up against deferent cattle to-dav. Kiatere won the racu in 11)03 with list, up, and carried the crusher of 12st. 181b in first .n 1907. Sui won in mm; with list, ;iiu. Waipu ran a great race on Thursday, and has only gone tip 21b in the Renm* I era Hurdles. Jiully lias gone up 141b. and the field has weakened very considerably. . Tnuria broke a spell of bad luck by easily annexing the Hack Hurdles at Otaki on Thursday. The Mahaki horse was slow Id move, but got his head in front at the home turn and galloped over everything, finishing up a mile a;ul a half in 2min. 4!)se<\—u uood go. Stayboy was given a run in the Cornwall Handicap at Kllerslie on Thursday, and ran a fair race, Hie St. Cyr gelling can muster up a lot of pace on thv flat and stays well. His next appearance will lie in the -lumpers' Flat rac, run over a mile and a half.

Waipunui had the ISirtbday Welter a-i good as won on Thursday, but 11. Tel ford look things too easily and O'llrien brought the favorite. I'ikipo, along with a great rattle and won a great race bv a neck.

Roosevelt made the running in to? Raukawa Cup for seven furlongs, closely followed by Effort and Sir Tristram. Silken Rein led into the straight from Sir Tristram, and Mahuta and K«pn came fast on the outside. At the distance Sir Tristram had the rare in iurii and won comfortably from Kopu, who beat Mahuta. by a length. Tangimoana. Kurawaka and Waitapu finished next, and Effort was last, Ormoml won tlr Cup with Lyrist in 1!)0(J, and Sir Tristram carried the cerise jacket home in the van in 15107 and UMM). Coronetted won a double at Otaki in good style, but it took n\\ Jenkins' horsemanship to keep the big son of Coronvt in front of King Post in lite last fiftv yards of the Otaki Handicap. There was very little between Oymri and Leo in Ihe Maiden Hurdles at Auckland. and the same pair nivet again today in the Orakei "hurdles. This tim? Leo lias (ilb the better of the weights. Hilly Young came a bad cropper when Waione fell with him Thursday, anl he was subsequently removed to the hospital. Xo bones were broken, and only slight internal injuries nave hecn diagnosed. The much-boomed brollicr to Mofort broke it. for a win in the Final Scurry at Otaki yesterday. Wnioru has shown promise of better tilings from liis fir.vt start, but a Hack Seurrv is not n very large order lor the brother of a chainplon. North Kast missed the llrst dav when ■well backed, but his party got it back again yesterday, when the Kuroelydou gelding scored in the Stewards* Handicap, paying a short price.

Sunhonnet. Pikipn mnl Waipunui were hot favorites to fail at Otaki yesterday; and punter* lost a little on every pound invested on the warm orders. Roosevelt ran well enough on the first day at Otaki to point to his chance of wrnninjr over a mile yesterday, but the "MenschikofV horse was allowed to pay the biggest dividend of the day.