SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 115, 12 June 1909, Page 6

SPORTING

RACING FIXTURES. ; ffimtee's Bav J.C-Junc 16 and 17. Napier Pa-rfc K.C.—June 23 and s4. fifeborne R.U.-July 8 and U. Wellington R.C.-July 17, 21, and 24. TURF TOPICS. (By "iloturoa") I Hawke's Bay races on Wednesday and Thursday next. The "Great Northern Steeplechase was | i Copitol ra«e^ H. Tcifoni ;■ o.el Tauria ■• - and •will in tuture do all ui; iK ridrng for the I'orirua stable. i Paritutu- broke down in the Fht Rare on Wednesday, and >'.'. l! now | be given a long overdue spell. ]|r; 'M. Jones has a nice cut of colt, m ! th«,«ii months old youngster by eiii-'ab<kie-Sheila. .i.jfcHin and Audax have dropped out of tn«ir Hawke's Bay engagements. It . BJjrobable that Audux has not quite iMfcytwcd from the strain which pre- "■. vSwJ kin from etarting at Wanganui. '■''lh my be all right again when the Gmtii Nationals come round. ' - fji til expected, the Ellerslie hill toS all the steam out of Jack Pot. Rwnrog along the back the last time Jai Pot was going great guns, and had rulli up to second place behind Le Beau. Then came the rise, and Jack Pot quick■ly fell back, being the last' to come into the straisfht, and he was fairly walking ' at the finish.

Poseidon takes up stud duties next season. At a fee of 25 guineas the c'.i, npien of a few seasons ago shoui be much sought after. All the "good things" came from Ifnwera these days. Hawera stables contributed seven horses towards last Week's racing, writes "Observer," and they wered four firsts, one second, and a thmd—a good record. lie New Zealand Referee that bookmakers are paying th • r;i- ng and trotting chubs' using die '-u>. ■•." nearly £50,000 annually in Sic i-v f-cs. Add to that the travelling expe. -' -~ and upkeep of the "Bar Vons" (ai, < -,.ost to tbe« treat themselves jnosi eeneretßriy), the cost of golden brown suits, green tests,' and crimson ties. not to mention millions of cooling drinks and •tolas cigars, and one wonders where it all Gimes -from. Perhaps the mmrcrs could supply the required information! More' than one penciller in the Dominion could tell you all about Michacloff for the Ranfurlv Welter on Saturday last. The 6on of Menschikoff was hardly heard of until last week, when punters all over the colony received' an inspiration that Miehaci was a nood bet for the Welter, and plungee .v. cdi»gly. Half -UoMar bettor: ,ni-'.ed round with "half-jims," and the "-."ins" ■wared to hitherto unheard-of rl-'ws

of wealth. The "moral" got 1 i-w-. aad there was .weeping and w .:•■ nd * mnoh unparliamentary langtio- i". *he Bar Vons' camp. But they'll a- \: back again shortly. It's only leni. to say the mort of it. When the Soult gelding Grenadier came across from Australia with :■. good record to his name it was expected that he would not 'be long in scorine' in a big sprint event on this side of tte water. But. the bay has disappointed his followers so often that it was sumrising to We the crowd who came at him for toe Prince of \v"ates Handicap on Satur<ay. With -Deeley in the sa'ivile it certainly looked as if at last th°v meant. Tmatnes& Grenadier was in front with Wandtope all the way, and when the Utter -failed at "the turn for home, the •oil of BouTfc ; had no difficulty in .keeplag three-quarters of his carcase in front ef the favorite Dawn, who had been runainsf him closely all the way. Grenadier was credited with 1.40 for a mile in Melbourne, and a Winter Cup might not be beyond his powers. The now mucli-subdued Tod Sloan is reported to lMtve said, for the ediflca- *»»• of "the English Jockey Club's com■Utee most likely: "I have indeed been , amrely puiiit/hed for my foolishness in , tte past, bot if Ido not get reinstated -HHid I gineerelyhope some day I shall 1 ! -70 a can depend upon it I shall always ,** n>7 best to justify the confidence re- ' -jMed in me." Facially Sloan -has altered but little since he was last seen ].* m tSe English Turf, now some eight years ago, and he is.keeping himself hj•! (•ndition by "rinking." Capitol, winner of the Northern I We*pWhase, was bred by Shaw Bros. ■\"' hMhe Waikato. and is a six-year-old. Ifc sfcarUd three times last season, win- ' JWtjie Rrst and Second Steeples at M* TTwmes summer meeting, and running second to Kapalcapa in the Ranjitoto Steeple a. month later. Mr. Decble wdc the gelding in all his races, a .-id hi s ..' fMty must put it in very solfdlv to e»nd him out a better favorite 'ban Kiatere for the Great Northern Sjecni*. Simple though, they are. some b-ttin"-awn discovered the other day lb-u a telephone message comes to hand •piicker than a. telegram (writes "Old ■ Identity"), and the use of a private telephone somewhere outside Oamaru 1 having been secured, money was put on ■in Dunedin after the races were run •This happened in three events, the winners thus used being Miss Gal Merry Uss, and Eady Orizoin. At last the ,'boolties guessed sometliin::. ..;; the spoiline of the game came, i1,..r .- a y •throußh a man who was not "in tie tarow" going to the telephone at this end on other business and learning information which he accepted as a <dft from the gods. It is understood, howevier that not much harm was done to tayMy, as the bookies properly refused io part. • Gil Book has been sulTerin? from a poissned leg, but is now nearlv well again. He was Jumping well before this trouble, but has yet to acquire sufficient ■pace, to he able to foot it with the hack hurdlers running in these parts. The principal winning owners at the Auckland winter meeting owed the r positions on the "pay-list" to the efforts of single representatives. Mr. ,1. Twohill'gathered in ffi7s as the result of Capitol's win in the Great Northern Steeplechase and .second in th> Winter Steeple. Bully's win in the f-V-'at Northern Hurdles was worth £SO" *o Mr. J. Nelson. Ngapuka, by winning the Corn- ' wall and York Handicaps credited Mr. E. Wallace with a like amount. The consistent; Le Beau scored two firsts and a third across the big fences, and placed Mr. R. McMiken £420 better off. Mr. H. Kneebonc won £250 by Grertadier's

Victory in the Prince of Wales Handicap, and Donald McKinnon scooped £205 by 1 Cymri's two firsts and a third across the small sticks. Waipu's first in the Remuera Hurdles and third in the Great Northern Hurdles was worth x2OO. Others to win £.IOO or upwards were: W. Davidson ,£lfis, J. Cameron £l5O, W. Davies £l4O, R, Tindall £1?0. R. W. Duder £l2O, J. Pason £l2O, and J. B.

Williamson .aim. Mi-. Ji. T. licmie lakes .1211 fur Waiiui/s second in ll .lumpers' l-'lat raiv. Capitol and l.i- l>c;in (ought ma great finish ill the 111-cat Xoitlicr Steeplechase, and when the jki ir wcr saddled up for tin- Winter Steeple titer was iiiucli speculation as to the prul able result of their suoiul meeting. Th fact that Le Jieuii was meeting ui former conqueror on 131b better term uid over a inure favorable distance cau> 'd punters to send him out favorite Che field of four moved off in close com (any, but Irish toppled over at the firs 'bstaclc—another injustice to Jrelancl !ol fell in the first round, but McCon ion did not consider his light out, so n luckily remounted tv- uuie horse am ave chase, evidently buoyed up wit he hope that there are heaps 01 puasi ilities in 'cross country racing, am here is always a chance so long a here's a fence ahead. Le Beau mad "he pace for a mile and a half, an hen Capitol went up and led to th ill the last time. Le Beau made a gooi un up the ipse, and was upsides witl !apitol before the descent was made ie Beau was now galloping at a grea lace and led down the hill, but Cnpitc losed up again at the stone wall am fas level at the last fence. Excitemen ras then at fever heat, but the weigh ras telling its tale on the Great Nor hern winner, and Le Beau came righ tway on the flat and won handsomely iy half-a-dozen lengths. Sol, who iia'c lade a good stern chase, was nearly 00 yards in the rear, and came in for , great reception on passing the post. 'he time, Omin. 27sec, equals tile previ'tis beat, that of Cnnnongate put up n 1903, but the gallant son of Cannon arried 12st. on that memorable oecalion.

On the strength of ins first day's showing Bully was sent out a warm fish for the Campbell Hurdle Race on Wednesday, but performed very badly. There was loud talk of dead piscatorial matter after the race, for Bully ran last all the way, but the stewards failed to notice the aroma mentioned, and after a brief inquiry found that all was as fresh and clean and as nice as alleged by the owner and rider of the favorite. The lightly-weighted Reservoir, who performed well at Avondale over a two •miles journey, as well forward all the way, and scored comfortably at tae right end from Newtown and Cynvri. Waione was in a bad position when he fell.

The four-year-old Soult gelding Ngapuka allowed himself to lie a speedy customer and a great weight-carrier by leading home the field in the York Handicap with list, in the saddle. The public fancy. Grenadier, was up witn Irish Rifle entering the straight, and the Wanganui horse shut up immediately be was collared. Tilings looked well for the public when Grenadier showed in front at the distance, but Ngapuka gamely responded to Ryan's calls and, in a very close finish, just managed to beat Sedition by half a length. Lochlwihie was a similar distance away in third place, and Scotty a head off in fourth position. Then followed Sir Artegal, Grenadier, Irish Rifle, and Waimangu. Stayboy began slowly and got a bad passage, but was not far away at the finish. Oxton cut up badly and finished last.