SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. Sept 15 and 10.—Aahlmrton County R.C. Spring. Sept. 15 and 10.—Rangitikci R.C. Spring. Sept.- 18, 22, and 25. —Avoudale J.C. Spring. Sept. 23 and 25.—Wanganui J.C. Spring. Sept. 30 and Oct. I.—Lower Valley J.O Annual. October t> and 7—Marlborough R.C. October « and 7—Hawke's Bay J.< : - November 0, 11, 13—Auckland R.C, TURF TOPICS. '

(By "Moturoa")., Maraiiui is reported to hr- unsound. Madame Melba has decided to go in for racehorses, it is to bj ! hoped that her prads will not be "inuj'car" ones. What a lark! Mr. F. '-'illy wccntly sold tho now broken doy'iiiorse The Lark to Mr. Albert Jackson" for the modest sum of £IOO and £25 out of the lirst win. The latter contingency borders on the improbable.. All Red found no favor in the Horowhenua Clip and rail accordingly, finishing a bad last. Uhlando, Woe Trink, i and Cavalry are nut badly treated by the • lnindicapper at Wiuigaaui. Dolce proved that Marton form was all right by scoring again at Horowhenua. Hector Gray again rode the winner.

Gray is riding well at present and ca"i go to scale at S, low weight. He promises to he wc!l up on the list of winning riders this season—that is if he leaves tho risky business alone. Only two first favorites were first past thep'ost on Wednesday, Iney and Captain Bell being the lucky ones. Sir 'Frisco.was a warm order in the Oup, but had no chance with AUerbrothock at'the weights. Aborigine continues to please the touts across the water, and is rapidly making friends for the jipsom and Caulfield Oup. The Maorilander has caught it hot from 'Stralian handicappurs, but is a really brilliant horse up to a mile and a quarter, and appears to stay all right. Mr. E. J. Watt has conferred upon the Merriwec—Victoria Cross filly the racy name of Winning Post, probably because that object is always " there" at the finish, but he should remember that nearly every horse passes the winning post in the run home! The Stead Memorial Cup, of 18-carat gold, must be a handsome affair and well worth winning. At a Maori meeting once a brown gentleman was handed out a massive silver cup after his geegee had scooped in the Grass-Fed Handicap. Gazing wistfully at the sil-ver-ware his nibs remarked, "Py corry, lli:i I. te good cup. I tink he hold te lone peer orlright. Kapai!" Iney let down a large following at Martin last week when the going was against her, but at Horowhenua she made amends for her defeat by winning a double in good style. Iney will win again shortly.

The rank outsider in the Welter field on Wednesday, the Renown horse Notorious, took charge after going tiiree furlongs and was never troubled afterwards, winning hands-down by half-a-dozen lengths. The race was timed to have been run in lmin. 29 2-osec, which is what the lads call "a terrible good go"' for seven furlongs. It is somewhat strange that after C. Jenkins lias ridden Captain 801 l into second place on three consecutive occasions the Officer gelding, with W. Young up, should just heat Jenkins' mount, the Porirua-traineil Lace Collar, in the Maiden Hack race.

Lace Collar can fly for four furlongs, but in the Maiden she was stopping in the last bit, and Captain 8011, vigorously ridden, just snatched a head victory on the post. Lace Collar, under a heavier scale of weights, and meeting Captain 801 l under 41b worse terms, won the Final Scurry on Thursday from the rise of the barrier.

Marenzi was responsible for a surprise in the Wcreroa Hack Handicap, winning by a narrow margin from the well-backed-Te Roti.

Tnc annual report of the committee of the Wellington Racing Club states that the profits' on the year's working amounted to £3724. Tho stakes distributed totalled £17,170. Lord Solvit proved that he was not a hack -number by easily accounting for the Levin Handicap. The soft going was all in the old fellow's favor, and he was allowed to pay a false price. The champion jockey, It. Hatch, was to the fore at Horowhenua on Wednesday, winning vml Iney and l'uiiikau, and steering Sir Frisco into second place in the big race. Purakau, a Mack gelding by SaraccnLola, showed any amount of pace at Trenthain, and went one better on Wednesday by accounting for a good favoritc in AA r aiari in the Jtilectric Handicap. Waiari tried to win all the way, is' at Marton, but Purakau, who had been running second, moved up at the riis tancc and won fairly comfortably.

Aborbrot.liook showed improved form by winning the big race on each day at Levin. The chestnut ran a good race to Dolce at Marton, and would have won had the course lieon anything but a swimming bath. He won both his races at Horowhenua in good style, finishing strongly and gamely, and many punters made a note of him for future engagements. Tommy Bums, of boxing fame, intends figuring as an owner. During his visiit. to tlio Dominion he purchased for 200gs. a two-year-old filly by Soult from Roxana, by Cuirassier from Vieux Rose, by Hippocampus. The j«ungster is expected to arrive in Sydney in a few days, and as Burns would scarcely have bought her nnlcss well advised, it is' possible she ■may tnni N out really well. Burns' brother-in-law, L. R. Keating, is already trying his luck on the Australian Turf, but not as an owner. As a bookmaker he is on much safer ground. Owners must be hard up for names for their horses. In nomination lists one notices such names as Bunkum, Happy New Year. Prizeman, Haka, Wild Oats, Waterworks, etc. Just consider the name of Rua—are you a—horse!